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coighectien heen ed a: at tae Mle cd Sec? Sade Edd, SBS i, AC ea ae ta ~eciiili ie' er: and warm today and riday. Possible: cloudy pers. iods. Light. winds. Low to- Home Newspaper' - Of Oshawa, Whitby, Bow- manville, Ajax, Pickering and neighboring centres in On- pa ener a aarat 3 ae gene 0 eager ~tario and Durham Counties, eae Lies VOL. 94--NO. 135 en night, 55. High tomorrow, 76. Aged A Will Pa nd Sick V More Into Medicare TORONTO (CP) -- The aged and those in chronic poor health will have to pay higher. prem- jums under the new Ontario medical care plan, Health Min- ister Dymond told the legisla- ture bik ogee Answering a\question by James Renwick (NDP--Toronto Riverdale), Dr. Dymond said that normally healthy persons might have to pay less than the maximum premium established by the legislation but age and health factors would require some to pay the maximum premium. The bill does not give the maximum--to be set by an ad- visory council established by the bill. Opposition Leader Andrew Thompson said the so - called "bad risks" often were those who could least afford to pay more, It is revolting that insur- ance companies are making a profit from ill health, he said. NDP Leader Donald MacDon- ald suggested the 'difference in the premium might be from $20 to $50 more for the aged and those in poor health. Dr. Dymond said the rate for persons expected to buy govern- ment-subsidized coverage would be about $180 a year. Ross Whicher (L--Bruce) said the government should not look at costs incurred by. Physicians' Services Inc. when estimating how much the medical care plan will cost the province. "There are thousands of doc- tors in Ontario who are fleec- always charging patients maximum amount allowed by PSI for certain services. He said rural co-operatives and suggested Dr. Dymond go to them for representation on his advisory committee. MAXIMUM RATE | Mr. MacDonald said the ad- visory committee might set the maximum rate to be charged by private companies at as much as $250. The rate charged by the companies for people with normal health might be from $150 to $180, depending on ben- efits desired, with the result that old and sick persons would pay about $200 or from $20 to $50 more. The legislature is giving section bill. Lewis Lashes Government: ing PSI," Mr. Wicher. said, by| ; the} : run their medical plans cheaper| § clause-by-clause study of the 30- Starving Mental Hospitals TOONTO (CP)--The Ontario governmen{, was accused in the legislaturé }Wednesday of con- sciously, systematically and premeditatedly starving its On- tario mental hospitals. The charge was made by Stephen Lewis, New Demo- eratic Party health and welfare Critic, who told the house that in the last two months he has visited seven Ontario hospitals. Mr. Lewis said he found that the government. spends more for the care. of prisoners in jail: ae eon orga and for) ton does reese fen ee hospitals. He gave the house examples Ds hy findings: of $6.24 a r person for Brockville's Ontalio hospital, compared with $9.85 a day per person for its county jail; $634 for St. Firms Support Safe-Car Laws TORONTO (CP)--The car in- dustry would welcome laws forcing them to make safety features standard equipment, Metropolitan Toronto Chief Cor- oner Morton Shulman said Wed- nesday. Dr. Shulman recently re- turned from Detroit from talks with major automobile manu- facturers. Safety features discussed in- clude: Padded dashboards, a dual braking system, head rests and a flexible steering column. "General Motors officials .es- timated 'that the 17 recom- mended features would add only $70 to the retail price of a car," he said. Thomas' Ontario hospital, com- pared with $9.02 for its jail and) $6.55 for Whitby's Ontario hos-| pital, compared with $12.17 for its jail. Beside being starved for) funds, Ontavio hospitals also are! suffering from depleted staffs,| low salaries, overcrowding, and) from an increasing patient re- admission rate, he told the house, Mr. Lewis said he visited On- tario hospitals in St. Thomas, away that in some communities it would be preferable for a men- tally-ill person to go ta jail, He read the house a list of the per capita, per diem costs at all 22 Ontario hospitals, rang-' ing from a low of $4.71 at Au- rora to a high of $39.48 at Thistletown. The average of $6.96 com- pared with 'the average per diem per capita net cost of $27.54 in group A general hos- pitals; $23.65 in group B, and $19.97 in group C. Mr. Lewis said it is ironical that the department of health makes grants of $6.50 per per- son a day for domilicilary or nursing care homes, providing Keen concentration is por- trayed in the face of eight- year-old Jane Mette, 842 Beaufort, who is in the midst of writing final ex- ams. Jane a Grade 3 stu- ~ ORE ANSWERS, THEN... dent at St. Gertrude's sep- ing their final exams. The arate school, is one of 15,- examinations will be wrap- 000 city separate and public' 24 UP by the end of next week and school doors will school students takling final be closed by the end of tests. City high schood stu- June. dents have just started writ- --Oshawa Times Photo many of them with larger budg. ets than those of mental hos pitals. ONLY FOUR. LOWER Only four of 45 county and| district jails in the province had| lower per diem costs than the| average for mental hospitals. | Mr.. Lewis, who represents the Toronto suburban riding of Scarborough West, shortages at each hospital he visited that he said were crip- pling any effective treatment programs. HOUSTON, Tex. (AP) -- As- tronauts James McDivitt and Edward White -- still recalling some grim expectations -- hur- ried to the arms of their fam- ilies today to answer a thou-| listed staff|sand questions about some of the wonders they met. "I have known a Jot of peo- ple and a lot of big times, but the biggest day of my life was - "horror stories" meant. "TEARS FLOW FOR RACE-HATRED VICTIM eral today near leaker ate the victim. The .~ victim, Deputy Oneal Moore Mrs. Oneal Moore, wife' of slain Negro deputy sheriff, - 'weeps at ber husband's fun- Bogalusa. Stephen Moore, > was fatally shot to death last week when ambushed by nightriders. --(AP Wirephoto) Spacemen Come Home 'To Arms Of Families armament negotiations. - June 7 (the day of splash- |day space journey aboard the down)," McDivitt told the of-) |Gemini IV_ spaceship,Fotay, ficers of the aircraft carrier|they arrive at Mayport, Fla., Wasp. on the Wasp, for their first step "When we came. down wejon U.S.-soil since June 3. \didn't know what kind of shape| we would be in--the doctors| FLY TO HOUSTON jhad told us a lot of horror} The astronauts 'go directly stories about what to expect./from the ship to a plane. Half ina we got down on the water/an hour later, they were to be safely, I don't think there were|wWinging their way to Houston two more pleased people than|where their wives and children Ed and I." jawait--and where McDivitt will leelebrate his 36th birthday. McDivitt didn't amplify "7 'Ahead tbe the astropatiig-ate |six days of heroes' welcomes, Just one week ago, the astro- la weekend "visit with President nee MOSCOW (Reuters)--Rus- sia's Luna VI moon rocket has swerved off course and will miss the moon by 100,- 000 miles, the Soviet news agency Tass said today. Tass had said earlier that all equipment aboard the 1%-ton rocket was working perfectly and it was expect- ed to reach its goal late Fri- day or early Saturday. Since the rocket took off mn Tuesday observers had spec- ulated that its mission might be a "soft" landing on the moon, a task which its pre- decessor failed to accom- plish a month ago. In today's announcement Tass said an engine switch- ed on Wednesday in a cor- rection manoeuvre could not be switched off. ; As a result, the trajectory deviated from the planned course. From AP-Reuters SAIGON. (CP)--A curtain of machine - gun fire cut down South Vietnamese reinforce- ments today as they jumped from helicopters at Dong Xoai, a district capital overrun by 1,00 Viet Cong. All the 21 Americans at a nearby special forces camp were listed as dead, missing or wounded. Reuters news agency said sur- vivors in the town garrison were holding out desperatey. A US. military spokesman said the losses at Dong Xoai, 60 miles north of Saigon' were the heaviest suffered by the United States in a single en- gagement of the Vietnamese war, ° Official reposts said one of the Americans et eng was ve V state de-| partment said its latest res were seven Americans dead and 13. wounded. South Vietnamese casualties were staggering and still mount- ing. BLOODY BATTLE About 400 South Vietnamese soldiers were at Dong Xoai when the attack began Wednes- day. They felt the brunt of a full regimental offensive by the}: Communists during a day of bloody battle. . A relief battalion of about 400 South Vietnamese Army men landed by helicopter at an air- strip near the town this morn- ing. It was cut.to pieces by enemy fire: A count of casual- ties was impossible at this point, Many of the men got only a few steps from the helicop- ters. Reports reaching Saigon late 15. Mutilated Bodies Found SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) United Nations officials here are investigating the reported execution last Saturday of at least seven men found slain under a bridge 15 miles from nauts blasted off from. Cape Kennedy, Fla., for their four- Canada Fiails |Johnson on his Texas ranch, a |Monday ticker-tape parade in |Chicago, and a Tuesday honors ceremony at their alma mater, the University of Michigan. Doctors said both astronauts So 5 t P li jhad got back up to their pre- v1le 0 icy \flight weights--and even added a pound. White had lost eight UNITED NATIONS (CP) --|pounds from his preflight 173, Canada challenged the Soviet|and McDivitt -had dropped four Union Wednesday to give up its|from his 156. "obsession" about secrecy and) McDivitt had suffered some permit disarmament agree-car and nose plugging during ments including on-site inspec-|the space flight because of the tion. 3 |drying effects of breathing. pure Gen. E. L. M. Burns told the|oxygen, but the condition United Nations hg ly ag" up on earth. commission the Russian con-| Both astronauts still have a cern about. secrecy is outdated) slight elevated heart -rate,' 'but and is blocking progress in dis-|this is not unexpected,": said Santo D 4 An eyewitness said some of the bodies were partly burned and one was fingerless. 'The bodies -- five or six of them lying on the ground under the bridge and others in two shallow graves nearby --, were investigated by UN officials after the office of Papal Nun- cio Emmanuele Clarizio pro- atrocities. The UN special tive, Dr. Jose Antonio . 'ayobre, reported the incidest to UN Secretary - General U 'Thant, after sending Prof. ! anuel Bianchi of Chile, presidest of the Inter - American Con7mis- sion on Human Rights, and UN Viet Cong Slaughters 21: Worst U.S. Losses tested the killing and alleged) representa-/ RUSS LUNA SHOT MISSES Luna V, launched four weeks ago, was supposed to make a soft landing on the moon, but if. crashed into the moon's surface. Observers had speculated that the Russians planned to land Luna VI on the moon's surface gently with the aid of retro-rockets and possibly some new device. Success would have given them an important lead in space' ex- ploration, tc eapenna rte isnet tonight said a U.S. helicopter, was shot down by Communist groundfire and all crew mem- bers were presumed killed. 'The helicopter was hit by machine-gun fire and exploded in mid-air. It was not known how many Americans were in the 'copter but it was thought to be at least four and perhaps as many as eight. All of the wounded Americans were evacuated from the Dong Montrealers Take Strike In A Stride MONTREAL (CP)--1 e third day of a strike-by 3,900 ees of the Mantreal Transpor- tation Commission (MTC) began today as the deadline ap- proached for a walkout of 600 drivers of the Provincial Trans- port Co. Both groups of employ- ees are seeking higher pay. With two days and four rush hours behind them, commuters who usually take MTC buses have been getting used to find- ing other means of transporta- tion. A newsstand operator told of travelling to work Wednesday in a station wagon and. three trucks. One was an ice. cream truck; in which Maleo Rittper, who has a newsstand in 'the fi- in the "Very nancial district, rode freezer compartment. cool," he said. "T frankly could not care Jess if the bus strike never-stops. I get to work much faster and meet many friendly people this way.' Police have estimated that there are 25 to 50 per cent more cars on the roads, though they have expressed surprise at the relatively free movement of traffic. TRAINS JAMMED Crammed commuter trains have been coping with extra loads, absorbing at least some of the 1,000,000 passengers that the MTC normally carries. As of 12:01 a.m. EDT. Satur- day, 600 drivers and 200 other employees of the PTC are set to go on a strike of their own. The PTC, which serves Mont- real suburbs and operates buses from city to city in Quebec, has announced that it will not ac- cept express packages after noon today. Meanwhile, two insurance companies published an adver- tisement warning car owners about charging their passengers for rides. The advertisement advises that car insurance is normally invalid if paying sengers are carried. bi Employees of both the political officer Cesar Ortiz to Flight Surgeon /Sharles Berry. WHITE, McDIVITT APPARENTLY IN view the site. ERROR gling in space more than 100 miles above the Gulf of Mex- ico, The photographs, filling the front pages of British news- papers, only confirmed what Sam has believed for the last 40 years --. "the earth is shaped like a plate." Sam, who is the local sec- retary of the International Flat Earth Sociéty, scanned the newspapers and declared DOVER, England Reu- ters) -- American Ge mini space twins. Edward White and James McDivitt had bet- ter make up their minds that they did not see what they thought they saw as they sped around the earth at 17,000 miles an hour in their space craft. The earth is flat~and 'that's final says 62-year-old Sam Shenton, who studied the pho- tographa of Maj. White dan- photographs taken e é in spave are not very good. "The wide-angle lens dis- torted the picture of the earth," he complained, 'but they prove it is not a globe." Shown the apparent curva- ture of the earth in the photo- graphs, Sam refused to ac- knowledge that it suggested the world might be round. "Why, if. you walk in a straight line you will come to the edge of the earth,' -he said, "Beyond that is an-ice and the PTC are seeking higher | wages. The Earth Is Flat! That's That! barrier. The. sun is only 32 miles across and about 3,000 miles high. Between it and the earth is the moon. This is not theory. It is a fact." All the talk about limitless space leaves Sam unmoved "There's a roof above us,' he said. "Things keep drop- ping from it, but I do not think there's any danger of anybody ever reaching it." Xoia area. No word was avail- able on how this was done 'but it was probably by helicopters under intense ground fire. First reports from the battle area said 14 Americans were killed and at least 13 wounded. BUILDING AIR STRIP Some of the American casual- ties were believed to be navy seabees at the special forces camp. They were constructing an air strip. The special 'forces camp has been abandoned and survivors fled to a district compound. hard - pressed gov e'r nment troops were holed up there as the battle raged on this after- noon, Brig.-Gen. Cao Van Vien, the}iy th Vietnamese commander, OTTAWA (cP) at fairs Minister Martin" jected any ai Communists in Viet. warned that an exc! tary response to agg there may bring Russia ip conflict openly. He told the Commons e affairs committee: "If North Viet Nam succes in taking over the whole Nam by force, if the re: world is prepared to sit b and see this happen, feebly that if'is after ter atl domestic rebellion. so" accept the invetable, we ¥ I think, be guilty of an @ the same 'nature as the 1 takes made at Munich' oe that, in the or ons, Armed sail Runs A Risk "Aggression fe eppres: sion whether it takes place in Europe, or in Ethiopia or in Viet Nam AWARE OF DANGERS <= - "I am deeply aware, .of course, a the dangers spondin be he -was en. it a Vietnamese nese. battle fe ont § time being. "We think the Viet Cong is trying to suck the Americans into this one for a pitched battle," he-said. Meanwhile, U.S: Air Force| and Navy planes pounded a|™ wide range of targets in North Viet Nam. In the Dong Xoia battle, fighter planes and armed helicopters were in action all night trying to drive the guer- rillas off. The battle appeared to be the biggest since the bloody action at Quang Ngai about 20 miles farther north 10 days ago when guerrilla forces cut two govern- ment battalions to pieces. SHELLED BY MORTARS The attacking Viet Cong d 200 60-niillimetre mortar shells into the special forces camp, a mile from the town. Under cover of early morning darkness, one guerrilla batta- lion assaulted the town, de- fended by about 90 militiamen, and another the camp. There were about 300 South Vietna- mese troops training in the camp, 'ate its' - and its ability to, other Communist si "Such a Soviet r ) would, of course, or destroy. the pe that -- eaningful, if ime, algun with the Soviet alae is one of the cornerstones on which world peace must rest,. Firmer Stand Is 'Inevitable' Mr. Martin, in his. strongest statement to daté on the Viet Nam situation, added: "on the one hand, surrender to Communist vaggression only postpones the day when a firmer stand must be taken; on the other, resistance in exelu- sively military terms raises the spectre of a wider conflict ex- tending beyond the perimeters of Viet Nam. ... "The only acceptable alterna- tive is to negotiate, and to get negotiations started is our ob jective." jectiv: one NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Aussies May Join U.S. In Active War CANBERRA (Reuters) -- Australian troops may be used with Americans to support South Vietnamese forces under attack if the military situation requires it, Defence Minister Senator Shame Paltridge said today. He amended a press conference statement he made Wednesday that the Australians would have a "static defence role", N.Y.'s Wagner Won't Seek Re-election NEW YORK (AP) -- Mayor Robert F. Wagner, 55, the only Democrat ever to as mayor of New York City, re-election. "I shall not' seek serve three four-year terms said today he will not seek or agree to re-election," he told a press conference, "'I am not willing under any cir- cumstances to be a candidate for this office." Masked Gunmen Rob Mail Truck WINDSOR (CP) -- Three truck today and escaped wit masked men held up a. mail h several bags of registered sail, Williani Deans, 64, of Windsor, driver of the truck, said he was making an early morning delivery when the three came up behind him. He said one of the men stuck a gun in his ribs and ordered him into the truck. ' ...In THE TIMES today... 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