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a Primary GNA Top Contenders &,I -A. In Tomorrow's Contests OHIO (AP)--Top Presidential contenders in tom- morrow's Ohio Democratic primary played to their political strengths yesterday, with Sen. George S. McGovern warning the Vietnam war has "infected every aspect of American life" and Sen. jiubert H. Humphrey visiting four black churches and marching in a Jewish parade. Monday, May 1, 1972 The Ohio contest holds Tuesday's spot- light with secondary attention on the Indiana balloting in which Humphrey and Alabama Gov. George C. 14allace are the top contenders for 76 convention delegates Sen. Edmund S. Muskie, who retired last- week from active primary campaigning, is on the ballot in both states. The Vietnam War Primaries are also being held Tuesday in Alabama and the District of Columbia. Anti-Wallace forces hope to take con- has infected trol of the Alabama delegation from the Governor. Local groups are con- testing the D. C. race. Additional every aspect of Presidential primaries are scheduled later in the week in Tennessee and North Carolina. American life.' Humphrey, the only major contender competing actively in both Ohio and Indiana primaries, also spoke to a rally in Indianapolis after urging President Nixon to press for ultur- al exchange programs between soviet (Please see ELECTION page 2) SAIGON (AP)--South Vietnamese Marines and Rangers fought savagely with the might of U.S. air and naval power behind them yesterday in an effort to reopen National Highway 1, lifeline of the northern front. A North Vietnamese regiment stopped them cold. As the enemy's offensive moved through its 32nd day, the United States The marshalled every available warplane and warship in the Indochina theater for massive attacks. U. S. vessels bombarded North Vietnam's coast and enemy positions in the south. A52 bombers made their heaviest strikes of the war around major battle points in South Vietnam. War South Vietnamese forces and their Cambodian allies along the border fell back from other fronts apparently leaving wide gaps on the western flanks of Saigon and the Mekong Delta. In the Central Highlands, South Vietnamese forces pulled into a tight Vietnamese Marines ring around Kontum, said to be a principal objective of the North Vietman- ese. U.S. helicopters began evacuating military dependents and civil ser- Stopped Cold wants. A third district town in coastal Binh Dinh province to the east was in By Enemy Regiment peril. The fall of Tam Ouan would extend4 enemy control to the better part (Please see WAR page 2) Page 2--LATE NEWS ROUNDUP Guantanamo Gazette Monday, May 1, 1972 WAR- from page one GAZETTEER of 200,000 inhabitants in northern Binh Dinh and give the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong a rich rice harvest .a digest of late news of 5,000 tons. Landing Zone English, a South Vietnamese regimental headquarters and the only remaining government strong- point in northern Binh Dinh, came under a two-hour rocket attack at dusk. Aircraft were unable to lan and the base was being resupplied by parachute drops from U.S. C130 transports. Quang Tri is still threatened by about 40 or 50 North Vietnamese tanks although many more have been Reports from Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital, said knocked out by allied air strikes, a senior U.S. advis- South Vietnamese troops abandoned Konpong Trach in the er said yesterday. Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Bowen stressed southern tip of Cambodia, opening an invasion path that the North Vietnamese tank figure was a guess by and supply corridor for the North Vietnamese 1st Divis- the South Vietnamese. He said the Communist command had ion into South Vietnam's Mekong Delta, so far spared initially committed two armored regiments to the north- the brunt of major attacks. ern front and later added a third. Kompong Trach is on the other side of South Vietnam's border, about 150 miles southwest of Saigon. Sources in The board chaimanof Continental Can Co. is- Phnom Penh said the South Vietnamese suffered more sued a statement yesterday calling the Price Commiss- than 400 troops killed and lost more than 40 armored ion's suspension of 4.22 per cent can price increase vehicles in a month's fighting for Kompong Trach. "arbitrary and discriminatory." Robert S. Hatfield said he had wired Commission Chairman C. Jackson Gray- The Cambodian command reported the fall of the fron- son Jr. requesting an explanation, and planned to appear tier town of Bavet which lies along the Phnom Penh- before the Commission today. Saigon highway at a point where it crosses into South Vietnam. Secretary of State Rogers said yesterday the bombing of targets around Hanoi and Haiphong has weak- ened the North Vietnamese military effort in South Viet- nam. Rogers also said that after more than one month of ELECTION- from page one the offensive, the North Vietnamese have not taken one and American Jews when he visits Russia next month. provincial capital which, he said, has been their goal. McGovern, seeking an Ohio upset over Humphrey that would give his presidential drive a major boost, re- President Sekoi Toureof Guinea announced turned to his effort to wooh blue collar support, vis- yesterday he would return the body of Ghana's deposed iting Youngstown, Akron and Canton. dictator, Kwame Nkrumah, for burial only if the Accra government recognized Nkrumah as its legitimate presi- Ethel Kennedy, widow of the late Sen. Robert F. Ken- dent. In a broadcast over Radio Guinea monitored in Da- nedy, plans a fund-raising picnic for him at her Mc- kar, Toure also demanded that all Nkrumat's associates Lean, Va., home. imprisoned in Ghana be freed, and restrictions barring Sources in Washington said a report in the Cleveland other Nkrumah supporters from entering the country be Plain Dealer that Mrs. Kennedy would publicly endorse lifted. McGovern, possibly before Tuesday's balloting, was incorrect, but added she has indicated to friends she President Anastasio Somoza hands over the favors him. Her oldest daughter, Kathleen, has been reins of government to a Triumvirate today at the end campaigning with McGovern. of his five-year term. It will mark the first time in 35 years that a member of the Somoza family will not Sources close to McGovern said the Senator expects the directly govern this Central American Republic. Members eventual support of both Mrs. Kennedy and Sen. Edward of the Triumvirate are Roberto Martinez Lacayo and Al- M. Kennedy. Kennedy's press secretary said in Washing- fonso Lovo Cordero, both members of Somoza's National ton "Sen. Kennedy has said he is going to be neutral Liberal Party, and Fernando Aguero Rocha. until the party has chosen its nominee." Stateside Temperatures Boston 74 * Guantanamo 6,6 New York 76 Local orecast Philadelphia 71 Dallas 82 Partly cloudy through out most Denver 60 of the period with scattered Chicago 55 shower activity in the after- . bli. , St. Louis 78 noon. Visibility unrestricted. Norfolk 62 Winds N 3 knots becoming SE Jacksonville 78 11 knots with gusts to 21 Washington 73 knots in afternoon. High . ...... Seattle 55 today 85, low tonight 72. Los Angeles 69 Bay conditions 1-2 feet. San Francisco 68 High tide 1038. Low tide 1637 New Orleans 82 Monday, May 1, 1972 Guantanamo Gazette LOCAL NEWS--Page 3 LOCAL BRIEFS Caution Protective Shoes May Be Hazard The Naval Station Supply Department this week cautioned the *Girl Scout Camp wearers of electrical hazard protective shoes that their pair Registration for Girl Scout might be potentially hazardous. summer camp is due today. All In a "Supply Flash" the.department asked owners of the pro- currently registered Girl Scouts tective shoes wrich have six-inch-high tops to check numbers are eligible. But registrations located on the quarter lining. Numbers in the following five must be in by today. Contact groups may be hazardous: Mrs. Warman at 96108 for infor- mation or registration forms. IN 102 thru IN 110 ter the Julian date of the do- lP 103 thru lP 123 cument." *Protestant Women IT 101 thru IT 106 Issue Group III requisitions lR 104 thru 1R 117 must be received for proces- The Protestant Women of the 1s 101 thru lS 116 sing by supply no later than Chapel will hold their monthly two days after the Julian date meeting Wednesday night at 7:30 The department urgently sug- of the document, the flash in the home of Shirley Marchant, gests that individuals with said. C.B. 1195-A. Visitors are wel- shoes in above categories con- come, and members are asked to tact Lt. V. P. Conradt-Eberlin "On several recent occasions bring their hygiene kits for at 85136. some Issue Group I and II re- the Haiti mission. For trans- "A.report has been received quisitions have not been re- portation or more information indicating a potentially ha- ceived 'y Naval Station Supply call 95480. zardous condition existing in within 24 hours of origination subject shoes due to cracked- as required by OPNAVINST out soles," a spokesman for 4614.lD," the spokesman empha- * *Nursery School the department said. sized. The Nursery School bookkeeper In another "flash", supply will collect cash payments for said that Issue Groups I and "In order to ensure proper May tuition tomorrow between the II requisitions must be re- handling, compliance with the hours of 3-6 p.m. at 388 Evans ceived for processing by sup- .time frames is essential," Point. Payments made by check ply no later than "one day af- the officer explained. may be deposited in the drop- box anytime prior to the above hours. *Power Outage BINGO! There will be a power outage at the Turn Key construction Every - area on Thursday from 7:30 un- til 11 a.m.