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W Red Guard Clash DOD Asks 25 Billion In Canton GENG, MATWAGO (AP) AT LEAST For Militar onstruction 170 PEOPLE were killed or wounded during clashes between WASHINGTON (AP) THE U. . DEFENSE DEPARTMENT yesterday asked Red Guards loyal to Mao Tse- Congress for more than$2. 5 million for military construction, Tung and county officials at including more than $360 rn lion for use outside the U.S. Fatshan, near Canton, arrivals The petition for $2, ,238,ooo for the fiscal 1968 from Red China reported today. construction program would "sstrengthen and improve combat The travelers said the most readiness and capability of serious clash occurred last Wilson Faces military land, sea and air Friday when 2,000 Red Guards Problem forces." besieged a Communist Party (The Naval Station and Naval Committee office building Defending US Stance Air Station here will receive where about 700 officials were LONDON (AP) (By Arthur L. $5,518,000 in the construction working. Gavshon) HAROLD WILSON is bill.) After a lengthy argument, finding it increasingly diffi- Projects included are de- according to the reports, the cult to go on staunchly sup- scribed as "long overdue re- officials closed all doors and porting President Johnson's placements" for obsolete and windows of the building. Vietnam policies. outdated facilities of. "The Red Guards eventually Despite some evident embar- structures constructed almost smashed the doors and windows rassments the British Prime 25 or more years ago under the and physically subdued the of- Minister shows no signs of a- World War II mobilization cri- ficials and placed them under bandoning his pro-American teria. house arrest," one traveler stance. Two-thirds of the overseas said. His problems over Vietnam allotment, $217,111,000, Wall posters the next day are nearly as old as his 21- was destined to various reported about 170 people were year-old Labor government. unnamed and classified loca- killed or injured, the sources Lately they have become more tions. said. acute with the intensification The largest portion of the Other arrivals reported a- of American military pressures allotment for areas outside nother clash between Red against the North. the United States, $16,853,000 Guards and factory workers oc- On the military and troop- went for the construction curred Sunday at Fatshan. They morale level the statements by and improvement of Naval said the number of casualties the Johnson administration are and Air Force installa- (Continued on Page 2) (Continued on Page 2) tions on the island of Guam in the Pacific. Close-by Kawaja- lein Island was second with $14,760,000. Lawyer Says Oswald Framed The United Kingdom was third in the list with $10,627,000 (AP)(By Jack Owens) DEAN ANDREWS, JR., a lawyer followed by Germany, with who told the he thought $10,077,000 and Puerto Rico was a "patsy," testified briefly yesterday beforea Grand Jury with $10,042,000. hearing evidence in the District Attorney's investigation of The Panama Canal Zone drew the Kennedy assassination. $9,973,000 for improvement Andrews and Mrs. Josephine Hug were the only two witnesses of Army installations. subpoenaed for yesterday's secret session. Mrs. Hug, a Amounts requested for other tall well-dressed brunette, formerly worked for , the retired executive accused by DA Jim Garrison of conspiring to kill President Kennedy. PAGE 2 FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1967 GITMO GAZETTE NEW ORLEANS (Continued from Page 1) son LONDON (Continued from Page 1) understood by Parps (County), said: authorities here, who are not greenhorns in "There's three people I am going to find: the arts of campaigning. one of them is the real guy that Killed the On the political level it's another story. President; the Mexican, and ." The private conversations of some senior Asked then if he had considerable doubt a- government men suggest disenchantment with of- bout Oswald being the assassin, Andrews re- ficial Washington's aims and methods in Viet- plied: "I know good and well he did not. With nam. Among their arguments: that weapon, he couldn't have been capable of --American officials have insisted repeated- making three controlled shots in that short ly they have had no serious proposals for time.this boy could have connived the deal, peace talks from Hanoi. Soviet officials in- but I think he is a patsy. Somebody else pull- cluding Premier Alexei Kosygin seemed to sat- ed the trigger." isfy Wilson last month that serious peace Garrison said recently he didn't believe Os- talks were possible if Johnson ordered a mili- wald killed anybody in Dallas on Nov.22, 1963. tary pause. The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald --Johnson in early February said publicly killed both Kennedy and patrolman J.D. Tippit "just almost any step" by Hanoi would be on that day. enough to bring about an American standoff Andrews told the Warren Commission that Os- against the North. Some British officials wald came to see him about legal matters sev- think he shifted his position by demanding eral times during the summer of 1963, accom- later a reciprocal move by Hanoi such-as halt- panied by a stocky "Mexicano" with a short ing shipments of arms and men southward. butch haircut. Andrews said he had not seen the Mexican since that time. GENG (Continued from Page 1) was not known Andrews said he had met Clay Bertrand "a One traveler said a "huge" bomb was discov- couple of years" previous to that time,adding: ered on the Fatshan Highway Saturday and was "He's the one who calls in behalf of gay kids removed by Army troops. normally, either to obtain bond or parole for It was reported that Army troops had poured them." into Canton in the past 10 days to take up In applying for a warrant to search the home positions along railway lines in coastal of Shaw, former director of the New Orleans areas. International Trade Mart, Garrison's office "The troops were used to combat chaotic stated that Shaw used the alias of Clay Bert- conditions prevailing in Kwangtung Province," rand. one arrival said. Shaw publicly denied that he used an alias, s&id he never had seen Oswald, and called his MANSFIELD, OHIO (UPI) UNITED AUTO WORKERS arrest "fantastic." He is free under $10,000 made an about face and returned to work this bond. morning at General Motors' vital parts factory Garrison has said he has "solved" the assas- here in Mansfield. The second wildcat walkout sination and will bring those involved in the in less than two months at the planthadthreat- conspiracy to justice. ened to cripple the world's largest auto pro- In Dallas, Raymon Cummings, a former cab ducer. A company spokesman said about 900 driver said he told Garrison about driving Lee members of the 1,200-man day shift reportedfor Harvey Oswald and to 's work. Dallas nightclub early in 1963. Ruby killed Oswald in the basement of the Dallas City Jail LONDON (AP) PRIME MINISTER Harold Wilson's two days after the assassination. Ferrie, a Labor Party retained two seats but lost a third former airline pilot, died in bed in New Or- in special elections yesterday to fill \ecancies leans last Feb. 22 while under investigation in the House of Commons. by Garrison. Garrison's office has said that The Laborites suffered big voting i.nroads by Ferrie and Oswald were among the New Orleans Conservatives and Celtic Nationalists in a conspi rators. major electoral rebuff for the Wilson govern- ment. CLINTON, TENN. (AP) OFFICIALS OF MAGNET The Conservatives won the Glasgow division MILLS, largest employer here in Clinton, of Pollok from Labor by a margin of 2,201 announced today that the plant will be closed votes. In the national elections a year ago in consequence of a strike and the danger of Labor won by 1,075 votes. violence. Labor's percentage of the votes cast in all President John Wallner said the plant will three special elections was 38.8, compared "cease all operations"as soon as possible. He with 58.7 in the same parliamentary constit- said the order came down from the New York uencies at the general election. owners Wednesday. A swing on this scale throughout the country Magnet employed about 750 persons before the would give the Conservativesa handsome Commons Textile Workers Union of America called a majority in a national poll. strike Jan. 16. The mill had been in operation But the results still left the Labor govern- ment with a majority of 93 seats over all other parties in the House of Commons. Under British law, Wilson need not call another general election until 1971, U.S. NAVY--AN HONORED PROFESSION. Pages Missing or Unavailable GITMO GAZETTE FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1967 PAGE 7

NEW YORK (UPI) THE NEW YORK Giants are sta- king their future as a football attraction on scrambling quarterback Fran Tarkenton. The Giants aquired Tarkenton Tuesday from Minnesota. In order to obtain Tarkenton, they SPORTS had to trade away their first three draft choices of the next two years plus a player to be agreed upon later. Minnesota will have the choice of any player in the 1967 and 1968 col- lege drafts. The 26-year-old Tarkenton is a six-year veteran.

CHET DONNELSON THREW a seven-inning no-hit- NEW YORK (AP) HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION Cassius ter asthe VC-10 Crusaders last night to give Clay hit the canvas in a workout yesterday but the Marine Barracks an easy, 8-0, win in the he was only fooling. Gitmo Baseball League. Clay hammed it up forthe benefit of an over- An error in the first inning by Donnelson flow crowd of more than 450-non-paying fans in gave the Crusaders their one and only base- Madison Square Gardens Exposition Hall. runner of the night as the big left-hander In the third round of an easy five-round struck out 19 of the 22 batters he faced and sparring session with James Ellis, his Louis- . walked none. The Crusaders couldn't get a ville buddy, Clay took a rijht to the chinand ball out of the infield against Donnelson. feigned a knockdown. When he got up staggered The Leathernecks scored an unearned run in around. the first inning, four earned runs in the bot- Clay and Zora Folley, his opponent in the tom of the second, and chased Crusader starter March 22nd bout at the Garden, met in Central Al Welsch in the bottom of the fifth with a Park while doing their morning road work. walk, an error and three hits. Gene Backes With a photographer present, Clay pointed a came in to put out the fire and pitch the last finger at Folley and said: "This is my park." inning. Welsch gave up all eight (four earned) runs, ORLANDO, FLORIDA (AP) DEAN REFRAM AND Doug ten hits, struck out three and walked one. Sanders tied for the first-round lead in the Tonight CommSta, who lost Tuesday night to Citrus Open Golf Tournament yesterday with 5- FMF, and NSD, who dropped a 10-6 decision to under-par 66's. Hosp/Dent Monday, will play at 7 in Cooper Gary Player and Arnold Palmer, a stroke back Stadium. at 67 along with Guy Hebert and Don January, Over the weekend, on Saturday afternoon, missed putts late in the day that would have NavSta will visit Hosp/Dent and at 6 p.m., given them a share of the top spot. SecGru plays host to FMF. Sanders swept to the front with the best Sunday at 3, FTG hosts PWC and,in the night- putting on the Pro Tour this year, using the cap, VC-10 visits NSD. 1967 low of 25 strokes on the greens to jump off to a swift start in pursuit of his second Pct. Behind straight tournament title. . Team Won Lost FMF 1 0 1.000 January andBebert rode putters to their Hosp/Dent 1 0 1.000 67's, with neither slipping over par. PWC 1 0 1.000 -- Charles Coody and Jack Rule fired 68's with NAS 1 0 1.000 a handful of players deadlocked at 69. NavSta 1 0 1.000 Jack Nicklaus and defending champion Lionel MarBks 1 .500 Hebert both matched par with 71's. CommSta 0 1 .000 FTG 0 1 .000 NEW YORK (UPI) THE NATIONAL AnD AMERICAN NSD 0 1 .000 1 Football Leagues hold their first common draft SecGru 0 1 .000 next Tuesday, but will select only players who VC-10 0 1 .000 have played out their college eligibility. NFL Commissioner Pete Rozell said the two Leagues had agreed jointly to eliminate the much dis- PAPER says the New Orleans Saints in the NFL cussed policy of picking "redshirts" or "fu- are ready to pay $90,000 for Jimmy Taylor of tures" who still have eligibility left. Some the Green Bay Packers. Taylor played out his 445 players are expected to be chosen at the option last year and declined to sign a con- tract. But any move hv Taylor wounld h auh- PAGE 8 FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1967 GITMO GAZETTE

BERLIN (AP) FOREIGN MINISTER WILLY Brandt PARIS (AP) PRESIDENT CHARLES DE GAULLE seems reaffirmed today West German Willingness to assured of a comfortable majority to support renounce the use of force as a policy. his policies in the new National Assembly to He said this applied to individual countries be finally elected Sunday, but he might lose concerned and in the case of the Soviet Union two of his top ministers in the voting. extended to Communist East Germany and the Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville settling of the problem of the division of and Defense Minister Pierre Messmer both are Germany. borderline cases. They could win--and the lo- Brandt was asked at a news conference if his gic of figures might be with them--but no one ministry was preparing a note concerning the is counting out the possibility that either or exchange of pledges of the renunciation of both might be beaten. force. Both Couve de Murville and Messmer are cab- "Leaving the form (of such a declaration) inet veterans but political neophytes. Neither open," Brandt answered, "this is German policy has ever before tried for an elective office the Federal government is ready-- to declare and both went into marginal districts for the renunciation of force." their debuts. Brandt did not elaborate on how this ca2ld Nothing in the French Constitution requires or would be done. But as far as the Soviet ministers to be selected from Parliament, and Union was concerned, he said, "we are ready to Gen. de Gaulle started out with a preference let a renunciation of the use of force be ex- for technicians over Deputies or Senators. tended to the problem of divided Germany.! Couve de Murville and Messmer got into the Renunciation of the use of force, Brandt Cabinet by that route. But since de Gaulle added would invalidate charges that we are made his own debut in a popular election in retaining the use of force in relation to la- the presidential vote in 1965, he has almost ter German developements. insisted the Ministers try their own vote-get- ting persuasiveness. JAKARTA (UPI) NAVY CHIEF ADMIRAL Muljadi De Gaulle will probably decide each case on yesterday warned the special session of Cong- its merits, but many sources close to the gov- ress deciding the future of President Sukarno ernment doubt that he would re-appoint a min- that "too drastic action" could trigger ser- ister who had been defeated. With that in mind ious repercussions throughout Indonesia. Couve de Murville and Messmer are putting His warning coincided with a belated govern- every ounce of energy into their campaigns ment announcement of a major clash in Central this week. e Java between Army troops and an underground The opinion polls predict that Gaullists faith healer, preparing for another coup at- will win 264 or 290 of the 487 seats in the tempt. New Assembly. Gaullists-backed candidates won 66 of the 81 seats decided last Sunday in the HONG KONG (UPI) HONG KONG NEWSPAPERS last first round of voting, when a majority was re- night reported a massive military buildup of quired. On the runoff, the high man will win. Red Chinese Army troops in Canton, and said the situation in South China's largest city MOSCOW (UPI) THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT newspap- was extremely tense. er IZVESTIA yesterday said te U.S. Peace Corps New reports here told of bloody clashes is loaded with "spies and intelligence agents" near Canton last week between supporters and for the Central Intelligence Agency. 01 opponents of Mao Tse-Tung and said hundreds of The Soviet press has tried for years to anti-Maoists were arrested in Army-led raids tarnish the image of the Peace Corps and les- on Cantonese paper mills. sen its influence in Afro-Asian nations which Moscow hoped to win. MOSCOW (UPI) SOVIET PRESIDENT NIKOLAI Pod- gorny charged today that Hanoi and Peking are LONDON (UPI) PRIME MINISTER HAROLD WILSON split over the issues of war and peace in rejected a call in the House of Commons today Vietnam. to urge the United States to stop bombing tar- In an attempt to split North Vietnam off gets in North Vietnam. from ChiCom influence, Podgorny accused Mao Wilson's refusal came in a sharp exchange Tse-Tung of opposing Hanoi's bid for peace during question time with members of his own talks in exchange fro an unconditional end to Labor Party. U.S. bombing of the North. "BUY AND HOLD U.S. SAVINGS BONDS"