G*nentawmun FRIDAY'S TIDES 0zzttWATER CONDITION t HIGH LOW Charlie V 1:17 a.m. 7:40 a.m. U.S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA STORAGE ASHORE 1:29 p.m. 7:16 p.m. 15.3 Million Gallons Phone 9-5247 Date THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1969 Radio (1340) TV (Ch. 8) Communist Attacks Reach Low Ebb in Vietnam SAIGON (AFRTS)--Enemy attacks in South Vietnam "are almost Rogers Rejects down to nothing" an merican source reported yesterday. Mil- itary officials said attacks have dropped to one of the low- Challenge Motive est levels of the year, but added that infiltration from the North is keeping enemy forces up to strength. * In Nixon Trip "For reasons unknown," one source said, "the enemy has de- WVHINGTON (AP/AFPS)-- Sec- creased his actions. They are almost down to nothing. They retary of State William P. &re not launching any sizeable attacks." Rogers yesterday rejected the The source noted that "attack s have gone down in the past. idea that President Nixon's Whether wd're in a valley betwe en a couple of peaks, we don't visit to Communist Romania know yet. We'll have to wait might be considered a chal- and see. There is a sprink- lenge in Moscow. Wales Cheers New Prince ling of reports indicating "I do not think there is an- possibly another surge of kn- ything inconsistent with our FISHGU'ARD, Wales (AP/AFPS)-- emy attacks rather soon, but friendly relations with the Prince Charles charmed his way this is not firm." Soviet Union," Rogers told a through wildest wales yester- Ranking officers _,said the news conference. He said, re- day amid bomb scares but no Viet Cong and North Vietnamese sponding to questions, that bombs. are waging the war almost Washington did not inform the Sheep were left to fend for solely for political goals Soviets in advance about Nix- themselves in the lush green and are correlating their mil- on's plans to go to Romania. hills while farmers and their itary objectives with their It was announcedon July 28 families flocked into mountain goals at the peace talks in that the President will visit villages to cheer the new Paris. Romania in early August and Prince of Wales, invested Tues- Military analysts said they also will go on to Asia before day at Caernarvon. have proof that the communists returning home. It was the first day of the know they cannot gain a deci- The President received a Ro- prince's meet-the-people tour cive victory this summer. manian invitation to visit through Wales. There were Senator Claims Laird "very early in the administra- plenty of cheers from the tion," Rogers recalled,.and he Welsh and few signs of any Refuted Need for ABM decided to accept it. hostility along the way. WSHINGTON (AP/AFPS) -- A leading opponent of Presi Soviets to Launch Moon-Sampling Rocket July 10 dent Nixon's A-B-M proposal said yesterday that Defense MOSCOW (AP/AFRTS)-Communist two men on the moon. Secretary Melvin Laird has a- sources said yesterday the So- The report came as Cal. bandoned his contention that Union viet plans to launch an Frank Borman, the first astro- the Soviet Union is seeking a unmanned moon probe July 10 naut to visit the Soviet Union that will attempt to scoop up arrived in Moscow and was met a sample of moon soil and re- b three Soviet Cosmonauts-- Thursday July 3, 1969 Page 2 Guantanamo Gazette WASHINGTON (AFPS)--The Senate Foreign Rela- WASHINGTON (AFPS)--Secretary of State Willi- tions Committee approved Wednesday's resolu- am Rogers reports a drop in Vietnam hostili- tion that could be a step toward recognition ties. And that, says Rogers, could lead to a of Communist China. speed-up of troop withdrawals. The measure would express the sense of the However, Rogers cautioned newsmen that offi- Senate that U.P. recognition of a foreign gov- cials will have to "wait and see" how the ernment and an exchange of diplomatic repre- trend develops. sentatives "does not imply that the United Rogers said he had conferred with Defense States necessarily approves of the form, ide- Secretary Laird on the lull in fighting and he ology or policy of that government." added "we hope it has some significance." A The resolution, which now goes to the Senate drop in military hostilities was one of Presi- for consideration, was introduced by Sen. Alan dent Nixon's criteria for speeding up U-S Cranston, D-Calif., with Sen. George Aiken, troop withdrawal. R-Vt. as co-sponsor. The chairman of the committee, Sen. J.W. GOLSPIE, Scotland (AFPS)--Yoko Ono, wife of Fulbright, D-Ark., said no votes were cast a- Beatle John Lennon, received a major head in- gainst the resolution. He said Sen. Karl jury in an automobile accident near Golspie, a Mundt, R-S.D., was not present when the vote relative said Wednesday. was taken and later asked that he not be re- "She's in a bad state, she's got a terrible corded. head wound," said John's aunt, Elizabeth Suth- erland. 0 CAPE KENNEDY (AFPS)--A leaky fuel valve yes- John, Yoko and their two young children by terday interrupted a countdown rehearsal of previous marriages were all injured in the ac- the Apollo 11 man-on-the-moon launching. cident Tuesday night on a narrow Scottish The trouble developed just one hour, 50 min- highway. John's new car veered off the road, utes before the test was to end with the sim- throwing them all against the dashboard. The ulated ignition of the Saturn 5 Rocket. Until vehicle was badly damaged. then the lengthy test had proceeded for 5 1/2 days without a hitch. WASHINGTON (AFPS)--The 1967 income tax re- Launch officials called a halt in the count turns of doctors who drew more than $50,000 and sent a four-man team of troubleshooters to from Medicare and Medicaid payments will un- the pad to check the valve. dergo a special audit. The National Aeronautics and Space Adminis- William Smith, Assistant Deputy Commissioner tration said the valve was located on the 200- of the Internal Revenue Service, told the Se- foot level of the rocket service tower and was nate Finance Committee yesterday the audits part of a system that replenishes liquid hy- would be extended. drogen to the third stage. Examination of returns after 1967 will in- clude all medical practitioners who received WASHINGTON (AFPS)--Senator George McGovern more than $25,000 from the programs. This about 10,000 doc- says he does not think the Communist negotia- group has been estimated at 0 tors in Paris will budge on two of their chief tors and dentists. demands. And he says that's a first hand con- The upcoming audits are part of the Senate clusion. Committee's probe into abuses of the programs. The South Dakota Democrat revealed that he met secretly with the chief Communist negotia- tors last May. He feels they were adamant a- bout two demands---U-S troop withdrawal. and abolition of the present Saigon regime. McGovern said in a statement that he thinks the Communistswould be willing to negotiate Pages Missing or Unavailable Thursday, July 3, 1969 Guantanamo Gazette Page 7 Local Softball Major League Baseball TE AM W L PCT. GB NEW YORK (AP/AFPS)-- Reggie Jackson contin- ued his assault on the home run records last NSD 11 0 1.000 night with his 31st, 32nd and 33rd round trip- NAS #1 10 1 .909 1 pers as Oakland shut out Seattle 5-0. NAS #2 6 5 .545 5 Detroit and Denny McLain shut out Boston 7-0. 2/8 Marines 6 5 .545 5 It was New York over Baltimore 3-2 as Mel Stot- Hospital 5 6 .455 6 tlemeyer pitched his 13th complete game of the SecGru 5 6 .455 6 season for the victory. Washington beat Oak- PWC #1 5 6 .455 6 land 5-1 and Kansas City aced California 1-0. NavSta 4 7 .364 7 ComSta 4 7 In the National League, Ken Boswell singled .364 7 home the tie-breaking run and Wayne Garrett MarBks 4 7 .364 7 walked with the bases loaded to drive in his PWC #2 1 9 .100 92 fourth run of the game as the New York Mets scored two runs with two out in the top of the Good Turnout Expected for Track Meet 14th inning to beat St. Louis 6-4. Juan Mari- Mother Nature willing, the largest Guantana- chal won his 10th game this year and the 180th mo Bay track and field meet in several years of his 10-year career as the San Francisco will be held Saturday at Cooper Field. Giants beat the San Diego Padres 6-3. The first events are scheduled for 9 a.m. Houston's Astros exploded for seven runs in The public is invited, of course. the seventh inning to snap a four-game losing The Saturday date marks the third time the streak with an 8-2 pasting of the Los Angeles meet has been scheduled. Originally slated Dodgers. Atlanta regained the West Division for June 7, it was "practiced out" instead of lead from the Dodgers with a 9-4 win over Cin- rained out when a hurricane drill was held. cinnati. Chicago topped Montreal 4-2 and Phil- Torrential rains June 28 forced a second can- adelphia clobbered Pittsburgh 14-4. cellation of the competition. Eleven track events and seven field events are listed on Saturday's card.