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Phone 9-5247 Date THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1969 Radio (1340) TV (Ch. 8) Key Witness Claims Sirhan Practiced Rapid Pistol Fire FBI Tampedng Alleged, Shaw Thai Before Kennedy Shooting Witness Says FBI Ordered Him to Be Silent LOS ANGELES (AP/AFNB)--SitC- NEW ORLEANS (AP/AFNB)--A prosecution witness, who said he -han Bishara Sirhan spent at was ordered by the FBI to keep his mouth shut, testified at least five hours at the fir- the Clay Shaw trial yesterday that he heard shots fired from ing range the day before Sen. behind a picket fence when President Kennedy was assassinated Robert Kennedy was fatally in Dallas. shot, using up eight boxes of The witness, Richard Carr of Dallas, confined to a wheel- ammunition and at times fir- chair because of an accident, also told of seeing four men ing as fast as he could, wit- hurrying from the murder scene Nov. 22,1963. His testimony came ness at his murder trial said during questioning by Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison. yesterday. Earlier testimony linked Shaw to a mysterious "Bertrand," One said that Sirhan com- the name a key witness claims Shaw used in plotting Kennedy's mented that his gun was power- death. ful enough "to kill a dog." Carr was the 43rd witness in Nixon Revamps Bureaus A pretty blonde said the 24- Garrison's attempt to prove WASHINGTON (AP/AFNB)--Presi- year-old Jordanian took :time Kennedy died in a conspirator- dent Nixon has sent a special to show her how to shoot her ial crossfire involving Shaw message to Congress promising Christmas revolver. and not at the hands of a lone to keep the Office of Economic Michael Saccoman, one of gunman, Oswald, as the Warren Opportunity alive as an "incu- several who said they saw Commission concluded. The bator" for experimental anti- Sirhan at the San Gabriel Val- commission said. it found no poverty programs. ley Gun Club last June 4, credible evidence of conspir- The President said he is was asked if he discussed acy. stripping from the OEO two ma- hunting with the defendant. Carr, an Army Ranger vet- jor programs--Head Start and "He said he was going on a eran of World War II action in the Job Corps--and delegating hunting trip with the gun. I Africa and Normandy, testified their work elsewhere. told him it was against the he heard four shots, not three, The President called for a law because you can't use a as most other witnesses. said. national commitment aimed at pistol. I explained the rea- The first, Carr said, sounded "providing all American child- son was a lack of accuracy." like small arms, but the last ren an opportunity for health- Asked for Sirhan's reaction three were "a high-powered ri- ful and stimulating develop- to the question, Saccoman said fle." ment during the first five the defendant. said: I don't The shots came from a fence, years of life." know about that, It would Carr said, located on the The two programs account for kill a dog." Saccoman said he grassy knoll which he pointed about half of the OEO's $2 took this to mean it was pow- out on .an aerial photo. Sev- billion annual budget for an- erful enough to kill an an- eral witnesses have said they ti-poverty efforts. imal. thought the (Cont'd on Page 2) As of July 1, the Head Start program will be the responsi- bility of the Department of U.S. Troops Engage Large NVA Force in A Sham Valey Health, Education and Welfare. SAIGON (AP/AFNB)--U.S. Mar- Leathernecks killed at least The program offers summertime ines fought hordes of North 196 Communists while American pre-schooling to underprivil- Vietnamese troops yesterday on artillery traded fire with Red eged children. On the same foggy ridges overlooking the gunners across the Laotian day, responsibility for the A Shau Valley. border. The fighting in thisa- Job Corps will be delegated to Military spokesmen said the rea was the heaviest thismonth. the Labor Department. Page 2 Guantanamo Gazette Thursday, Feb. 20, 1969 . Paradrop Returns to Guantanamo Bay CLAY SHAW TRIAL (Cont'd from Page 1) shots GUAkNTANAI4O BAY--Base residents will get a came from that area, as opposed to the de- chance ilonday to see something that has not pository. been witnessed here in five years: a paradrop. Carr said he saw a "light Rambler station TI.d~CBrig&:Ie i1atoon of Air Naval Gunfire wagon" parked on the street near the .deposit- Liaison Company, known as ANGLICO, will con- ory. duct an 11-man parachute jumping exercise over "It was parked on the wrong side of the the golf course's No. 9 fairway Monday after- street4.it was headed in the wrong direct- noon. According to ANGLICO's Marine lst Lt ion," he said. "Immediately after the shoot- Gene Darling, "The exercise should bc inter- ing, there were three men who emerged from the esting to people here." back of the school book depository." Vhe public is welcome to witness the jump-- Two of the men got into the car, driven by a at a safe distance, of course. It will be dark-complexioned man, or a Latin, Carr said. wade from a helicopter making three passes o- The other man, Carr said, "came down the ver the golf course at 1,500 feet. street toward the construction site.in a "We don't feel there's a danger element of very big hurry, and every once in a while he any kind," 1st Lt Darling said, "but I would would turn back and look over his shoulder as suggest that people observing the jump try to if he was being followed." keep track of the jumpers-especially if On cross-examination, Carr said of the man there's much wind Monday. We want to make it who walked from the depository: "I would know interesting, but we want to keep it safe, too. that man if I saw his hide in a tannery." A paradrop has not been conducted here since But he left the stand without either side 1964, when ANGLICO detachments were first as- asking if he could identify any of the men. signed here. This five-year absence of para- The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald chute jumps should make Monday's all the more walked from the depository minutes after the shooting and interesting, 4 lst Lt Darling feels. boarded a bus. ANGLICO, made up of both Navy and Marine Another witness, Mrs. Jessie Parker of New Corps personnel, is based at Camp Lejeune, Orleans, testified that while she wa. a.host- N.C. A detachment is rotated here every four ess at an airlines VIP room at New Orleans or five months. International Airport, Shaw signed the name Its primary purpose is support of Army air- "Clay Bertrand" to the guest register Dec. borne units, Lt Darling explained. 14, 1963. "In effect, ANGLICO is the eyes and ears of air and naval gunfire ashore," he said, point- ing out virtually everyone assigned to ANGLICO is a Vietnam veteran. "We direct the fire of Guantanamo Gazette the Navy guns and the bombing by aircraft-and we do it from front-line positions." The jump training program, discontinued here ComNavBase RAdm J.B. Hildreth Public Affairs Officer for five years, has now been reactivated, Lt Lt D.S. McCurrach Editorial Adviser J02 Jerry Marshall Darling said. He indicated a jump exercise Editor J03 Larry Long will be conducted monthly in the future. Associate Editor JOSM Phil Jordan Layout Supervisor J03 Mike Nash Staff Writer JOSN John Bell GUANTANAMO BAY - GMCM D. D. Black, Master The GUANTANAMO GAZETTE is Miblished according to the Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, continues to rules and regulations for ship and station newspapers as outlined in NAVEXOS P-35 and under the direction of confer with Guantanamo Bay enlisted personnel the Naval Base Public Affairs Officer. Itis printed Friday After an early breakfast at Bay Hill four days a week at government expense on government Galley, he will meet with men from Naval Com- equipment. 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