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Water Condition .HighTIDES 2:J44 a.m. jo Charlie 1 5:12 p.m. ~~t Low ti~Strag soreAUZt~Soae 9:22 a.m. First daily paper ever to win the CHINFO Merit Award 11 :44 p.m. Million gallons U. S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA Phone 9-5247 FRI DAY Date July 5, 1968 Radio (1340) TV (Ch. 8) Southern California Hit By Six Earthquakes Anti-Aircraft Missiles Fired LOS ANGELES (AP/AFNB) Six rolling earthquakes hit south- ern California Thursday caus- At B52 s During Air Raid ing light damage. The strong- SAIGON (AP/AFNB) Two enemy antiaircraft missiles were fired est quake measured 5.0 on the at U.S. Air Force bombers attacking North Vietnam's southern Richter Scale, a potentially panhandle Thursday, the U.S. Command reported today. damaging rating. Spokesmen said none of the eight-engine bombers was hit. The Broken windows are reported B-52s have been fired upon before by the Soviet-made missiles in areas northwest of Los Ang- in raids on North Vietnam's eles and especially in the southernmost section, but none Santa Barbara Channel region. has ever been hit so far in The first tremor hit at 8:46 the war. p.m. (local time) last night. The B-52s began a massive It shook the crowded stands at bombing campaign Manday against Hollywood Park race track in enemy artillery sites and Inglewood, south of Los Angel- storage areas in the panhandle es. And the press box over- and the northern part of the looking the 48,000 fans rocked Demilitarized Zone. Since visibly for several minutes. then, they have flown 28 raids The tremors were reportedly in the area. felt in downtown Los Angeles The giant bombers are con- and at beaches crowded with an sidered vulnerable to the en- estimated 400,000 swimmers. emy high-altitude missiles. The California Highway Pat- U.S. fighter-bombers--faster, rol said Route 154 over the smaller and lower-flying--or- San Marcos Pass is blocked by dinarily attack known enemy rockslides at several loca- As part of Gitmo's Fourth of missile sites before the B-52s tions. One officer said the July celebrations yesterday, head for the DMZ or North Vi- slides were definitely caused the Naval Station Ordnance etnam, and the B-52s generally by the tremors. Department sponsored a 21-gun try to steer clear of these A strong earthquake rippled salute at noon. Other cele- sites. through the Greek mainland brations included a fireworks On the ground, Allied troops Thursday sending scores of display at NAS Ferry Landing uncovered two more important persons into the streets. last evening. enemy arms caches today bring- ing the number found since Sniper Slays Woman in Park, Shot by Police Wednesday to five. The discovery of the arms is NEW YORK (AP/AFNB) The slain'Central Park.sniper who killed believed to have prevented a a young woman and wounded three men lived in'a sparsely fur- rocket attack on Saigon. nished tenement apartment decorated with photographs of Nazi: Independence Day was noted leaders. in a tragically bizarre man- Detectives found pictures of Adolph Hitler, Field Marshal ner in Vietnam. United States Hermann Goering and Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda Min- troops repelled a Fourth of ister, hung in the gunman's apartment. July ground attack on a camp They also found a mystery as to his name. A bankbook found 40 miles northwest of Saigon. in his pocket after he was felled by police bullets Wednesday The attack was made against a carried the name Angel Angelof but police said after their camp of the U.S. 25th Infantry *hearing it was "only part of his real name." Division after the Viet Cong The gun duel added fuel to the national controversy over gun had slammed 500 rocket and controls which began anew following the assassination of Sen. mortar rounds into it. Three Robert F. Kennedy last month. Americans were killed. Page 2 Gitmo Gazette Friday, July 5 ComNavBase RADM E.R. Crawford Public Affairs Officer LT Paul E. Lamey Editor J03 Tom Meyers Layout J03 Lonnie Sexton Sports YN2 Dave Nadolski The GITMO GAZETTE is published according to the rules and regulations for ship and station newspapers as out- lined in NAVEXOS P-35 and under the direction of the Naval Base Public Affairs Officer. It is printed four days a week at government expense on government equip- ment. The opinions or statements in news itmes that appear herein are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of ComNavBase or the Navy Dept. Ads and notices will be accepted between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. MON thru FRI only and will be publish- ed in either Monday's, Tuesday's or Thursday's GAZETTE. No ads or notices--except command notices--will be pub- lished more than once a week nor will they be run in A pr . Friday's paper. The Gazette welcomes contributions of a newsworthy nature. All contributions should be forwarded to Box 22, in care of the GITMO -- A memorial service is scheduled for Gitmo Gazette. The Gazette reserves the .right to modify the content of any story to make it Sunday, July 7, at'the NavalBase Chapel for conform to typographical and format standards for pub- Lt(jg) David Means, pilot of an F-8C lost in lication. a crash at sea Monday about 25 miles south of Leeward Point. The service will begin at 2:30 p.m. Patterson Suffeirs Third Night of Rioting * Uniform for officers and chiefs is Tropical White Long and for other enlisted personnel PATTERSON, N.J. (AP/AFNB) Police carrying Service Dress White. shotguns and using tear gas have restored ord- er to Patterson, N.J. after a third straight night of rock throwing and window smashing. City police early today broke up bands of Puerto Rican and Negro youths who roamed the city 'smashing windows, emptying garbage cans, and hurling missiles at authorities. Twenty persons were hurt and 84 arrested in disorders involving gangs numbering from 10 to 200. About 800 persons participated in the disturbances. Police chief John O'Brien said most of the vandalism "was the work of the Puerto Rican community," but added that some Negroes were involved. Trouble also broke out in Minneapolis, Minn. and Memphis, Tenn. during the night. At least one person was arrested and 13 suf- fered minor injuries in Minneapolis as gangs of youths hurled three firebombs and smashed Pxumuoru -- ut Aonert . mars, rori DerviCeu windows on the city's south side. In Memphis, Officer, was promoted to the rank of LCdr in police arrested one person in a rock and bot- a ceremony Tuesday. His wife Johnnie and Capt tle throwing spree in a mostly Negro area. G. L. Rawlings, Commanding Officer of Naval Police officials there denied reports that Station, helped pin on the oak leaf clusters. a non-lethal gas was used in quelling the dis- . Mr. Mars is a native of Quitman, Miss. His orders. wife hails from Long Beach, Calif. They have Six policemen were injured in the Patterson, W one son, John, who is six years old. They have N.J. disturbances, including two seriously lived at East Bargo 6A since August of 1967. enough to be relieved from duty. Pages Missing or Unavailable Friday, July 5, 1968 Gitmo Gazette Page 7. Git*o SPORTS And Elsewhere Pro Baseball Bell to Replace Santiago In games played in the major leagues on Wed- Dick Williams, who will manage the American nesday, Boston beat Oakland 4-3 in 11 innings, League All-Star squad on Tuesday, announced Cleveland shutout Minnesota 1-0, Detroit top- today that Boston pitcher Jose Santiago has ped California 5-2, New York nipped Washington been removed from the squad because of a sore 4-1 and finally in the American League, the elbow. Williams named Gary Bell, also of the Baltimore Orioles swept a twin-bill from Chic- Red Sox to replace the injured Santiago. ago 3-1 and 1-0. Bill Voss of the Chicago White Sox received In the National League on Wednesday, Pitts- a fractured cheek bone yesterday when struck burg defeated the Mets 8-1, Philadelphia edged in the ninth inning of the game at Baltimore. the Cubs 3-2, Atlanta blanked the Giants .2-9, Pete Richart was the pitcher for Baltimore. Cincinnati outslugged Houston 9-8 and the lea- gue leading Cardinals squeeked out a 2-1 verd- ict over the Dodgers. Jack and Jill Tournament Postponed The three men and a girl Jack and Jill Golf Tournament scheduled for this weekend and the Over the Independence Day holiday there was trophy presentation a full schedule for the base championship including two double-headers. tournament scheduled for Angels Sunday evening have The Detroit Tigers and the California been postponed until next put on an old-fashioned weekend, July 13 and slugftst in holiday 14, due to the memorial service for LT(jg) baseball yesterday with Detroit winning 13-10. David Means. It paid to be a spectator, especially in the bleacher area. The two teams provided nine home runs, six by Detroit and three for the Angels. The St. Louis Cardinals again beat the Los Yarborough Wins Firecracker 400 Angeles Dodgers. Today the score was 3-2 on Cale Yarborough won more than eighteen thou- Mike Shannon's two-run homer in the eighth inn- sand dollars for finishing first in the tenth ing. The victory gave the leaders a four-game annual Firecracker 400 stock car race Thursday sweep.