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Wednesday's flight Editor's Choice Energy Conservation Monday, June 24 C-141 Navy-Marine Corps Relief Usage: 278,000 KWH 'Arrive Depart 1991 Jeep Wrangler Cost: $34,750 Guantanamo Bay -------- 4:35 a.m. Get raffle tickets from Cost in Norfolk: $20,850 Charleston, S.C. 7:30 p.m. Central Fidelity: 4372 Comparison in April See page 3 DDS/PAC: 4875 Paola Point Gitmo Norfolk SIMA: 4776 Three bedro om $1,271 $404 I Guantanamo Daily Gazette 1 Sunrise: Tomorrow, 5:29 a.m. Sunset: Today, 8:37 pm. Vol. 47 -- No. 119 U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Tuesday, June 25, 1991 Earthquake shakes Filipinos, death toll increases to 310 It's here! AP - The forces of nature from the tons of ash and debris r continue to test the patience of that have poured from the Filipinos. volcano. Yugoslavia - The Republic of It was another earth-shak- United States officials have Croatia apparently can't wait to ing day in the Philippines been quoted as saying that break away from Yugoslavia. An today. Five moderate earth- Clark Air Base, just 10 miles announcement on Zagreb Televi- sion today says Croatia will make quakes have struck the area from Mount Pinatubo, has suf- its secession official today, one near MountPinatubo, sending fered about $300 million in ay earlier than scheduled. thousands of frightened people damage from volcanic ash and ere's fear the move could trig- ger unrest and bloodshed among scampering from their mudslides. Before the vol- the 600,000 ethnic Serbs living in homes. Yesterday, the vol- cano erupted, the United Croatia, who oppose independ- cano was rattled by 108 States and the Philippines ence. earthquakes. The death toll had been negotiating new Hong Kong - Hong Kong and the from more than two weeks of leases for Clark and Subic Bay U.N. arentrumpeting abig returnof eruptions has climbed to at Naval Bases. Vietnamese boat people, but in least 310. fact the problem is showing few signs of abating. About230people Scientists say the earth- The State Department says The Wrangler Jeep being raffled off for Navy-Marine left Hong Kong refugee camps on quakes were moderate ones, informal discussions are con- Corps Relief Fund Drive arrived. It will be on display aplaneboundforHanoitodayone but the tremors were strong tinuing, and formal talks of the largest mass returns in re- at the Mall tomorrow until next Wednesday. The enough to wake thousands of could resume next month. cent months. The average number raffle date is July 4 in the afternoon at Phillip's Park. of boat people being returned people and send them running Philippine officials say dam- Tickets are $20 and will be on sale in the display area, doesn't come close to the number from their homes last night. age from the volcano has sailing into Hong Kong. or through DDS/PAC and Central Fidelity. Only base There is also increased con- considerably diminished residents can participate. Japan- The Japanese are demand- cern about possible landslides their negotiating power. ing a shake-up of the country's brokerage houses. They're in the midst of a scandal that's triggered Adjustments widespread calls for government- led reform. Prime Minister U.S. Army Toshiki Kaifu is joining the cho- DoD changes fiscal 1991 personnel ceilings rus. wants lift on AFIS -- An at usted per- said Christopher Jehn, assis- stop-loss was in effect. Ac- homosexual ban (Continued on page 3) sonnel plan permits more than tant secretary of defense for cording to Jehn, this affected 16,000 service members to force management and person- about 4,000 officers and 3,000 AP - An official remain on active duty through nel. enlisted soldiers who would Army document pro- the endof fiscal 1991 thatwere "The services adjusted otherwise have been separated poses the service lift its 1991. orginally authorized under their personnel plans signifi- in fiscal longtime ban on ) USA DoD's drawdown plans. cantly to accommodate Op- Jehn said only a relatively homosexuals, but an Donald Atwood, deputy eration Desert Storm," said small number of personnel News Army secretary of defense, advised Jehn. "For the active force, subject to stop-loss may be spokeswoman Hawaii - Army specialists in Hon- says the policy "re- olulu are trying to identifyremains the military services in a this included extensive stop- kept involuntarily on active of American servicemen who died memorandum to waive the loss actions, accelerated ac- duty after July 31. Most will mains unchanged." The almost 40 years ago in the Korean personnel end strengths set in cession and retiree recalls. be given a chance to get out document, released by War. The remains arrived from Defense Authori- With the initiation of the before then. He said all serv- North Korea on the eve of the 41 the National the Justice Department anniversary of the outbreak of the zation Act for Fiscal Year redeployment, the services ices will allow stop-loss mem- although it has not been war. The identification effort 1991. Congress recently au- have readjusted plans to allow bers to request up to a 90-day- approved by the Army, could be a long one. Seven sets of thorized the waivers in the them to end fiscal 1991 as active duty extension to help remains turned over last year still says homosexuals Persian Gulf Supplemental close to their previously ease transition back to civil- have not been identified. should be admitted as Authorization and Personnel budgeted and strengths as ian life. Washington - A key Democratic Benefits Act of 1991. possible." long as they "exercise senator is calling for an investiga- appropriate restraint tion into charges that the 1980 The Persian Gulf conflict For example, the Army All services will meet the Reagan-Bush campaign sought to played a major role in DoD's decided not to involuntarily fiscal 1992 and strengths re- and discretion. delay the release ofsAmericanhos- decision to raise the ceiling, separate members while quired by law, Jehn noted. tages in Iran. Tennessee Senator Albert Gore announced on the Senate floor yesterday that he'll introduce a resolution to create an Keeping Guantanamo Bay clean is everybody's business independent commission to look Guantanamo Bay -- The room for recyclable material. asserted. Recyling requires The payback for keeping into the allegations. naval base clean-up and recy- "We even have bins for sorting collection, processing, transfer the community clean and recy- Washington -White House Chief cling programs are under-way material at home," he said. and re-use of material. cling material improves qual- of Staff John Sununu says he in- and interest grows everyday. "Each resident can pick up Recycling must be part of ity of life. That's not hard to tends to stay on the job for at least Unfortunately, not everyone is a curbside recycling bin from everybody's daily routine. No achieve if everyone cooper- another year and a-half. It looks cooperating. Driving around the Center, just off Sherman longer can we afford to care- like he'll be allowed ates. to stay after the neighborhoods one sees Avenue," he added. The Cen- lessly discard material in positive statements yesterday When you see people litter- litter strewn about instead of ter operates Monday to Friday dumpsters or to litter the from President Bush and White ing, or you find them not recy- House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwa- placed in receptacles. The from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The streets and highways with cling material, remind them of ter. Sununu has been embroiled in dumpsters are full of recycle- phone number is 4376. unwanted junk. We have to controversy over his travel prac- able cans, bottles and paper. "Recyling involves every- help clean up the environment their obligation to the commu- tices. Senior Chief Lambert directs one and unless we have full and reuse material. That takes nity. These are community programs and benefit every- (Continued on page 3) the Recycling Center opera- cooperation we won't have a effort from each of us and it is tions and says he has plenty of successful program," Lambert the right thing to do. one. Recycle, it's your future. PAGE 2, TUESDAY, JUNE 25,1991, GuAtANAMO DAILY GAzerlE Want to bone up on Math, English and Social Studies? Who are these Scholastic That's what Central Texas College will help you do. Call children? Sue Cooke at 4307 for infor- Line mation on programs designed They're just a few of over 600 with you in mind. Gitmo children who attended The schools are out, that is City Colleges. There'll be Vacation Bible School this the elementary and high 53 college graduates from City year. It was the largest group schools. However, the college Colleges at the July 31 com- ever to participate in the week crowd will stick with the books mencement ceremony in the long program. Bravo Zulu to until July 20 before getting a FTG Auditorium, says Chaplain Ron Wilkins for his short break. Here's a look Coordinator Debbie Johnson. outstanding efforts in coordi- around the campuses: Graduates can get their an- nating the event. Sampson High. Accord- nouncements at the Education ing to Melissa Cantu, at 3100 Center. Erdtails on starting Connie O'Donnell and the yourcollege program ortaking Sergeant Major are off to anew a few classes, call 4748. = assignment in Yuma, Ariz. hs campuses all over the Classes*rsume Aug. 26 and world, in such places as Argen- Schwarzkopf retiring, bubble gum brings luck registration packages will be tia, New Foundland;Bermuda, AP - General Norman the movie version of the Pulit- Keflavik, Iceland; Germany; mailed this week.