Nixon Administration Trying to Cut Off Legislation
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U. S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA Phone 9-5247 Date FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1970 Radio (1340) TV (Ch. 8) Nixon Administration Trying To Cut Off Legislation WASHINGTON (AP/AFRTS) -- The But despite their efforts, Nixon Administration is trying support for the measure ap- to head off legislation aimed pears to be growing. * Trouble Continues on at restricting its actions in Supporters :laim at least 53 Southeast Asia. Three top votes, two more than needed Nation's Campuses ranking officials went to Cap- for adoption. ATHENS, Ohio (UPI/AFRTS) -- itol Hill Thursday to register There were other Indochina Turmoil continues on the na- opposition to legislation that developments in Washington;De- tion's college and university would force President Nixon to fense Secretary Laird says he campuses, Governor James Abide by his promise to get decided to support the United Rhodes has ordered Ohio Na- all American forces out of States move into Cambodia when tional Guardsmen to standby a- Cambodia by the end of next the communists began a west- lert to prevent trouble in month. ward offensive. Athens, location of Ohio Uni- He says he concluded it was versity. designed to restore Prince Si- Police used pepper gas to hanouk to power in Cambodia. break up a crowd of students IsraeliTFishing Boat The United States Ambassador who threw bricks at university to South Vietnam, Ellsworth buildings and downtown stores. Claim med Sunk in-Med. Bunker, put in an appearance At Columbus, the board of TEL AVIV (UPI./AFRTS) -- s- before the Senate Foreign Re- trustees voted to re-open Ohio rael says an Egyptian Navy lations Committee. State University to profes- vessel sank an Israeli fishing sional students today and to vessel in the Mediterranean "Onusi al" graduates and undergraduates off the Sinai Peninsula. Chairman J. William Ful- next week. (Cont'd on Pg. 2) A spokesman says the four bright says Bunkar told the crewmen aboard the fishing* committee that 7,200 American hn~i- "Crr'hii- ~~m made rifles have been turned Soviet Fleet over to the Cambodian govern- ment. Fulhright says it is Visits Cuba "unusual" that such action GUANTANAMO BAY (AFRTS) -- The would be taken without tel- Soviet Fleet has arrived in ling Congressional committees. Cuba. Seven Soviet warships Aid there were Indochina de- including one nuclear submar- velopments in Europe, diploma- ine arrived in the southern tic sources in Londoh say the Cuban port of Cien Fuegos yes- Soviet Union has proposed to terday. China that the two communist It's called a courtesy visit powers establish a common pol- and is expected to last one icy on Indochina. week. Cuban television covered their arrival, describing tne They say Moscow asked Peking visit as " a demonstration of the fighting solidarity of the to let Soviet supplies pass a- people and the armed forces of Cuba and the Soviet Union." cross Chinese territory to This is the second visit by Soviet warships to Cuba in the North Vietnam. past year. Page 2 Guantenamo Gazette Friday, May 15, 1970 NEW YORK (AP/AFRTS)--Two economic indicators were announced yesterday. They both indicated News Gazetteer a slowing economy. The Federal Reserve Board reported a decline in.April's industrial pro- duction, wiping out a small March increase. The Commerce Department said that the per- sonal income for April would have declined if AUGUSTA, GA. (UPI/AFRTS)--Almost 1,000 Na- it had not been for large social security and tional Guardsmen remain on duty here where six federal. wage increases. Negro men were shot to death in racial vio- The stock market tumbled to is lowest level lence Monday night. since April 3, 1963. Thursday's Dow Jones There is no Word when the Guardsmen will be Average plunged over nine points to close at withdrawn. A dispute has arisen over how the 684.79. six victims were slain. A preliminary autopsy report from the Richmond County coroner's of- CAMPUS TURMOIL (Cont'd from pg. l)--The fice Wednesday indicated all were shot in the school was closed after a week of disturbances back and four of them received multiple wounds. in which 200 persons were injured. At Carbondale, Southern Illinois University MOSCOW (UPI/AFRTS)--The Soviet Union moved students voted yesterday to decide whether to yesterday to broaden the concept of the Warsaw reopen the campus that was closed by student Pact of Alliance of Eastern Europe. It would demand. include defense against Communist China. Students at Eastern Michigan University In an editorial, the Soviet defense ministry were forced inside buildings by a curfew be- newspaper called for readiness to battle im- tween 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. Northwestern Univer- perialists. But more significantly, it de sity in Evanston, Illinois,closed five build- handed preparedness by Russian soldiers as ings after receiving bomb threats. well as what it referred to as "our cor-rades- in-arms" in fraternal socialist.countries. W eatherscope WASHINGTON (AP/AFRTS) -- The President hung the The Weather Facility here is calling for Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for partly cloudy skies today-becoming most- bravery, around the necks of 12 U. S. service ly clear after midnight. Surface winds men yesterday. will be out of the North-Northeast at 3- Mr. Nixon said during the White House cere- 5 knots becoming Southeasterly 10-14 knots. monv, the Vietnam war is 'not understood and Today's maximum temperature can be expect- not supported by some of the country." But ed-to be near 86 and tonight's low near 73. the President predicted that Americans would eventually look back and honor those who HIGH Tides LOW Sunrise Sunset fouciht in it. 0541 1723 1210 2322 0643 1918 SAIGON (AP/AFRTS)--The U. S. command here Water condition Charlie V reported yesterday that U. S. helicopters and warplanes have been sent in to support a new South Vietnamese thrust into Cambodia. The South Vietnamese defense ministry re- Guantanamo Gazette ports no immediate contact with the enemy in the offensive launched from the central high- lands. ComNavBase Radm J. B. Hildreth Public Affairs Officer Lt D. S. McCurrach HONG KONG (AP/AFRTS)--Nationalist China's Editorial Advisor JOC Jim Teague vice premier says his country may offer in- Editor J02 Bob Lowell creased economic aid to South Vietnam. Staff .JOSN Jerry Camphell Chiang Ching-Kuo adds that his country JTOSN Tom Betz could make contributions in the fields of The CIIAllTAJAM CA7FTTP 4s nihlichd scentrline tn economics and construction. Pages Missing or Unavailable k~ ~ ~ ttI ~11! aze e Friday Ma 15, 1970 Page 7 EDITORIAL Armed Forces Day The military services are an investment made by the American people to assure the future. Billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of young men and women are part of this invest- ment. The desired result of all this is a firm a 00 the LIGHTER SIDE MAY 6G.' From San Francisco we hear from a.couple of scientistsat a medical center who say they've succeeded in treating mental cases by putting families in the hospital with the patient. Another doctor reports considerable success with older patients who are given beer to drink during group therapy sessions. assurance that the nation which they helped build, and are building, will continue as a The will of retired postal worker Elmer Ke- strong force working toward the betterment of hoe isbeing filed for probate this week in man. Chicago. The man's entire estate worth 150,000 This May 16 the armed forces will be pre- dollars goes to a college. senting what will amount to a "stockholders" The postal employee had no known connection report to the people. As the people honor with the school, and left no instructions on those in-uniform, it is fitting they should how the money should be handled. His family be able to see the trust ofthe nation's defense didn't even know he had that much. But they is being carried forward with energy. (AFPS) say they're delighted to know that he did something nice for someone, and there-will be no contesting of the will. New statistics from the U.S. Internal Reven- ue Service show that Federal tax collections were lower on cigarettes.last year, but much higher on liquor. That's right Americans smoked less but drank more in 1969. Susie Barnes of Lonaon wants to be an air- line stewardess. She already has an applica- NEW A.ILL INCREASED EDUCATION BENEFITS tion in with BOAC, saying that she's flown 25,000 air miles, speaks Frcnch, Italian, and English and can mix a good gin and tonic. But there is only one obstacle' to immediate employ- ment, Susie is only nine-years-old. BOAC pro- 44tt FOR You! mises to keep her application on file. AMERICAN FORCES (FM) Nine women in Miami Beach, Florida, have put RADIO Presents a totally in their application to open a bank. The new concept in listening ladies say they hope to use the bank to train enjoyment. other women in financial affairs. It would be set up near a local retirement center. If Definitely a night-time ALL AROUND--G approved, it will be the first bank ever oper- experience Join your ernment starts at the I Barbara Hillary remi ated soley by women in the country. "Begim your 1970 voting night ly, Monday through taining ant absentee ba your state's primary e A group of sti ats at Washburn University Friday from 6 until mid- (Photo courtesy Playboy in Topeka are p] iing an appreciation day for today to thank I taxpayers of Kansas for their education.