July 11, 1969

huge influx of visitors into Cocoa Beach, Fla, for launch seen aiding city's econ; scene described; growing excitement noted; illus

Gandar and Pogrund found guilty of having violated '59 Prison Act; Justice Cillie, in 7-hr judgment s, revs state's charges; sentence pending; defendants and outside observers have held that outcome of case might indicate future of freedom of press in S Africa

Nguyen Van Thieu, in 'comprehensive offer' for pol settlement, challenges NLF to participate in free elections organized by joint electoral comm and supervised by internatl body, TV s; proposals reptdly discussed by Nixon and Nguyen Van Thieu during Midway meeting

Aiken says he will oppose Safeguard unless proposal is modified, Sen debate; gives no indication of whether he would vote to bar deployment entirely or support compromise proposal offered by McIntyre; says approval of present proposal by narrow margin would leave Nixon in weak bargaining position in forthcoming arms control talks with USSR; Pres press sec Ziegler confident of approval; Packard refuses to rule out possibility of compromise; says it is matter for Pres to decide; Stennis produces lrs from Laird and Helms rebutting opposition charges that there are differences between Defense Dept and intelligence community over likely Soviet threat in mid-'70s; Javits says Safeguard approval would make meaningful arms limitation more difficult, s, NYC

French Pres Pompidou holds EEC must agree to permanent agr subsidies program before Brit membership is considered, news conf