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Everett M. Dirksen, Senate Minority Leader, Dies TUESDAY'S TIDES WATER CONDITION HIGH LOW Charlie V 7:48 a.m. 2:47 a.m. U.S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA STORAGE ASHORE 8:53 p.m. 1:43 p.i. 11.7 Million Gallons Phone 9-5247 Date MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1969 Radio (1340) TV (Ch. 8) Everett M. Dirksen, Senate Minority Leader, Dies WASHINGTON (AP/AFRTS)-- Everett McKinley Dirksen, Leader of the Republicans in the Senate and probably the most personally colorful member of that body, died Sunday. He was 75. He had undergone surgery at Walter Reed Army Hospital last Tuesday for lung cancer and reports through the week indicated he might be recovering as he had done from many illnesses be- fore. But the hospital and his office announced last Sunday afternoon that he had suffered a cardiac and respiratory ar- rest at 2:50 p.m. EDT and was pronounced dead at 4:52 after all efforts at resuscitation had failed. A head of tousled hair, a deep voice, and-a rich oratorical style were his trademarks as he rose to power in the Senate and at the same time became one of the senators most widely recognized by the public. The death of the Illinois senator prompted a swift outpour- ing of expressions of grief and shock from the Presiden- tial level ol down, on both sides of the party line. Through Dirksen's skillful leadership of a Republican mi- Kidnapers Release U.S. Ambassador nority that sometimes composed less than one-third of the 100- RIO DE JANEIRO (AP/AFRTS)-- U.S. Ambassador C. Burke Elbrick seat Senate, he became one of was freed by his kidnapers yesterday about seven hours after the most powerful men in Con- 15 Brazilian political prisoners reached asylum in Mexico gress. When Democratic Presi- under a ransom agreement. dents John F. Kennedy and Lyn- Elbrick had been held 78 hours by a group of terrorists. don B. Johnson were in power, "To coin the understatement they went out of their way to of the year, I'm glad to be IApiaa" Leader Hail seek Dirksen's support for back," Elbrick said in a state- their programs. He was widely ment released by the U.S. Em- credited with having played a bassy minutes after his return. decisive role in the Senate "I'm glad the kidnapers lived SAN FRANCISCO (AP/AFRTS)-- passage of the limited nuclear up to their word and let me The Episcopal bishop who once test ban treaty of 1963 and go. asked that Dr. James A. Pike the far-reaching Civil Rights "I'm very grateful to the be barred from pulpits describ- Act of 1964. Brazilian government for tak- ed him yesterday as a prophet And when Republican Richard ing the necessary action to and a great man. M. Nixon became President in bring about my liberation." "We have all lost a friend," 1969, he found his Senate Lead- The embassy said Elbrick re- Bishop C. Kilmer Myers said in er, at times, more of an obsta- ceived a confidential call a message to the 108,000 mem- cle to his will than Johnson from President Nixon shortly bers of his diocese, covering .- A~- W__" after his arrival. 10 Central California counties. Elbrick had a small in-ury Myers issued the statement CONT'D ON PAGE 2 Page 2 Guantanamo Gazette Monday, September 8,. 1969 CONT-D FROM PAGE 1 CONT'D FROM PAGE 1 American Medical Association, for example, after searchers found Pike's body on a ledge that forced Nixon to overrule his friend, Ro- where he had fallen on the sun-baked Judean bert H. Finch, who wanted to appoint Dr. John desert. The former California bishop's coar Knowles as Assistant Secretary of Health, Ed- broke down Monday five miles from the shores ucation and Welfare. of the Dead Sea. And within days of Dirksen's attack on Clif- He and his wife, Diane, who had accompanied ford L. Alexander, chairman of the Equal Em- him on the desert trip to gather research for ployment Opportunities Commission, the White a book on Christ, left the car. Mrs. Pike House announced Alexander would no longer be hiked for help and survived. chairman. He later resigned from the commis- "The church has lost a prophet and the world sion entirely. has lost a great man," said Myers, who once The wild and wavy yellow-gray hair that cas- sent a "personal request" to the 141 churches caded 6ver his brow made Dirksen one of the in his diocese asking them to prevent Pike most readily recognized public figures, and from performing official church functions. his sonorous speaking voice was considered one Pike, who was Myers' predecessor, was chast- of the eloquent in the Senate. Critics some- ized by the church for his last marriage. times referred to him as "the Wizard of Ooze." Church officials, friends and parishoners In recent years, Dirksen was frequently hos- offered condolence to Mrs. Pike and voiced re- pitalized for short periods because of stomach spect for her husband, who questioned Christi- and intestinal disturbances which, he said, anity's tenets and forced believers to reaf- 0 were due to tension. He also suffered from a firm their faith. bleeding ulcer, a pinched nerve in his back, "I thought he was a trailblazer," said one and emphysema, a lung ailment. He was a heavy parishoner, Dr. Irving Bussing, a business cigarette smoker. economist. "I discounted his spiritualism, Dirksen served in the House from 1932 to but had the greatest respect for him as a 1948 and had been a Senator since :1950. He churchman and as a man." became Senate GOP leader in 1959. Pike was Bishop of the diocese-- a sprawling He is survived by his widow, the former Lou- 230-mile-long section from San Francisco ella Carver, whom he married in 1927, and by south-- for eight years. In 1966 he stepped their only child, Danice Joy (Mrs. Howard H. down to become theologian-in-residence at the Baker). Center for the Study of Democratic Institu- Dirksen's death means that the 42 remaining tions at Santa Barbara. Republican Senators will have to chose a new "The most significant thing about him has leader. been the fact that he made so many people look Sen. Hugh Scott, the GOP Whip or assistant hard and long at what they said they believed," leader from Pennsylvania, assumed the leader- said John Gogley, 52, a fellow at the Center ship duties temporarily last week after Dirk- who knew Pike for 10 years. sen underwent surgery for removal of part of "He forced honesty on people by being honest his right lung. himself," Cogley said. But movement fror:the whip post to the lead- ership is not automatic and a vigorous intra- party struggle for the toptspot seems likely. The death presumably will not alter the party division in the Senate--which prior to Dirksen's death stood at 57 Democrats and 43 Guantanamo Gazette Republicans--because the governor of Illinois B. Ogilvie, is a Republican and will Richard ComNavBase RAda J.B. Bildreth presumably appoint a fellow party member to Public Affairs Officer Lt D.S. McCurrach the vacancy. Dirksen was elected to a six- Editor J02 Mike Nash year term in 1968. go W~t~g J03 Phil Jordan J03 John Bell CONT'D FROM PAGE 1 with a red disinfectant. The GUANTANAMO GAZETTE is pub ,enarding to the "The ambassador was hit over the head with a rules and regulations for ship as outlined in NAVEXOS P-35 and pistol as he was being transferred from one the Naval Base Public Affairs C car to another during the kidnaping," Embassy four days a week at government Press Officer Ernest Wiener said. He added equipment. The opinions or s that Elbrick appeared to be in good physical that appear herein are not to I or as reflecting the views of Cc condition. ment of the Navy. One of the 15 freed political prisoners said in Mexico City, "The method used by our move- ment to free us'is the only language that the dictatorship understands." Monday, September 8, 1969 Guantanamo Gazette Page 3 'Silent Service' Units Take Part in Local Training By Ens Stephen P. Clark Marine Lt. Tom carroll and I went aboard the GUANTANAMO BAY-- "Enemy aircraft coming in Threadfin one morning to find out what sub at'-two o'clock!" life is all about. "Clear the bridge!" Our hosts showed us a lot. How to make a "DIVE, DIVE, DIVE!" manual dive, instead of a hydraulically-con - The hatch slams shut behind the skipper, but trolled one; how to handle a periscope; torp- not before several of us get drenched. The edo firing procedures and even some of the plane strafes the water-- we can almost hear intricacies of underwater navigation. the bullets-hiss above the noise of the boat. The manual dive was particularly interesting The spb groans at the steep angle of the dive. as it proved an opportunity to see the entire Finally the danger passes. We surface right diving operation in slow motion. Drills which in the middle of the enemy convoy. The CO's deny the use of some hydraulic or electrical eyes widen. Ahead are some of the fattest conveniences are conducted regularly so all mecrchantmen in the enemy fleet, and their es- hands know how to operate without them-- just . corts don't know we're around. in case. "Range. Mark!" Lunch in the wardroom supported claims about "2200 yards and closing." five-star cuisine aboard subs.
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