GAZETTE They Will Discuss Dental Care in GTMO
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IMPACT Capt. Ronald King, head of the Naval Regional Dental Center Branch Clinic, and Cmdr. L.C. Neilnas, an orthodontist at NRDCBC, will be on Impact tonight at 6 p.m. on TV-8. GAZETTE They will discuss dental care in GTMO. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Cake-cutting tomorrow Captain M. D. Fitzgerald will pre- side over a short cake-cutting cere- Volume 36 Number 233 Wednesday, December 9, 1981 mony tomorrow at 10:45 a.m. at the Enlisted Dining Facility. The 78th Birthday of the base will Venezuelan jets' hijackings end in Havana be the occasion. HAVANA, Cuba (UPI)--A bizarre two- Iran earlier rejected an attempt ordeal. News day hijacking ended in Cuba yester- by the hijackers to land. Present- day after a wild tour of seven Lat- ly, there is no word on the condi- The hijackers are demanding Libya in American nations. tion of the 41 passengers and crew relases a Moslem Shiite leader, miss- Digest believed aboard the jet during the ing since 1978. Eleven gunmen landed the three WASHINGTON (AP)--An authoritative hijacked Venezuela jetliners in Ha- source in Washington says the U.S. vana, freed 102 passengers and crew has warned Libya to end its alleged members, and surrendered to author- plot to kill U.S. government leaders, ities. or suffer the consequences. Word of the warning came yesterday as the The gunmen described themselves administration asked the Senate to as three groups, Peurto Rican se- hold off on action to declare con- paratists, Salvadoran international gressional support for a boycott of commandos, and Venezuelan "Red Flag" Libyan oil products. guerrillas. Each group held a plane GREAT LAKES (AP)--Gale-force winds Cuba's official news agency, Pren- swept off the Great Lakes yesterday, sa Latina, says the 11 leftist air carrying snow toward sec ions of New pirates have been arrested and will England. An additional six inches be tried for hijacking. may add to the already two feet of snow New England has received. So The Cuban statement appears to in- far, at least 10 deaths have been dicate the hijackers will be tried blamed on the weather in the north- in Cuba, rather than Venezuela as east since last weekend. There was Caracas has demanded. troublesome weather on the West Coast as well. More rain soaked the Pacif- Radio Havana quoted an official ic Northwest. And thick fog blank- communique saying the hijackers eted California for the fourth never intended to fly the jets to NO DRIPPING PIPES, NO RIDING BACKWARD IN THE DARK. THE MAC CONTRACT straight morning yesterday, closing Cuba, but were forced to because of with Eastern Airlines went into effect yesterday, when this 727 touched L.A. International Airport for a the technical state of the planes. down at NAS. The Eastern aircraft will arrive and depart on Tuesdays time. Six deaths have been blamed and Fridays, for a six-month trial period. (Photo by PHAN Lisa Verbrycke.) on Southern California fog. The ordeal began Monday when the air pirates seized three jets over DONALDSVILLE, La. (UPI)--Confessed Venezuela and ordered them to fly Tennessee coal mine explosion kills 13 instantly "ski mask rapist" Jon Simonis, who to Colombia. The planes split, has admitted to at least 80 attacks ,criss-crossing Central America, and PALMER, Tenn. (UPI)--A Tennessee The blast collapsed a shaft at nationwide, says he wants to plead landed separately in Honduras, El Division of Mining official now says Grundy Mining Company's No. 21 mine. guilty to the rape of three Louisiana Salvador and Guatemala. an explosion that killed 13 coal Grundy is a subsidiary of Tennessee women because, in his words, "I feel miners yesterday near the town of Consolidated Coal Mining Company. bad." A Louisiana judge set bond at Finally at sunrise yesterday, they Palmer apparently was caused by meth- $4 million on three counts of aggra- in Panama, refueled, took reunited ane gas. The spokesman says all The tragedy brings the death toll vated rape, four counts of armed off several hours later, and ended the miners were killed instantly to 24 in three Appalachian mine dis- robbery and one count ,of aggravated up in Cuba. They left behind a from the explosion. asters over the past six days. burglary. trail of 133 exhausted women, child- ren and sick passengers in exchange WASHINGTON (UPI)--House and Senate for fuel and maps before arriving in Two climb skyscraper to protest nuclear arms negotiators yesterday reached an Cuba. agreement on a four-year farm bill SAN FRANCISCO (AP)--A man and Edwin Drummond and Lia Simnacher that includes controversial cuts in Meanwhile, Iran's off ical news woman climbed part-way up a San timed their climb to coincide with dairy, grain and sugar price supports. agency says three gunmen have land- Francisco office building yesterday the 1st Anniversary of John Lennon's The agreement came as House conferees ed their hijacked Libyan plane in in a protest against nuclear arms. death. reversed themselves on Monday's re- Tehran. Their banner read "Imagine No jection of an $11 billion Reagan ad- The two climbed to the 9th Floor Arms." Ground supporters of the ministration compromise. The bill A foreign ministry spokesman said of the 42-story structure before climbers said the slogan is an al- also includes price support programs Iran will "try to solve this pro- being stopped by building officials. lusion to a pacifist song on Len- for peanuts, soybeans and cotton, blem according to Islamic relations They unfurled a banner, and climbed non's "Imagine" LP and was chosen and sections of food stamps, agri- and human regulations." back down unharmed. in part to commemorate Lennon. cultural research and construction. GTMO's historic past recalled on eve of 78th anniversary by JO1 Martin Fucio ashore. Although there were with about 50 Cuban rebels, moved fight, fled. Two Marines were 7,000 Spanish troops in the area, out. Stephen Crane, whose novel wounded. Tomorrow marks the 78th anniver- the landing was unopposed. The The Red Badge of Courage is The next target was a Spanish sary of the U.S. Naval Base, Marines pitched camp on what is considered one of the greatest fort on Toro Cay, which had had Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. During all now McCalla Hill. stories of men in battle, was very little influence on the its history, Guantanamo has with the Marines as a war fighting. Marblehead and two other sually been as quiet as it is Just after dusk on June 11, the correspondent. ships smashed the fort, then oday. War came here only once, Marines had their first The Marines and Cubans sweated realized they were steaming in a in the summer of 1898. casualties. Privates William up to a hill overlooking the Wells. minefield. The mines were poorly Just before the Spanish-American Dumphy and James McColgan were The Spaniards and their Cuban maintained, and none exploded. War broke out, a Marine battalion ambushed and killed by infiltra- allies were in a thicket about Still, they had to be cleared. began forming in Brooklyn, N.Y. tors. 200 yards away. A Navy dispatch Boatswain's Mate Second Class In two weeks, they were at sea, Just after midnight, the boat, USS Dolphin, with three William Morin received the Medal heading for Cuba. Spaniards struck again, and four-inch guns, was called in for of Honor for clearing 27 mines. Acting Assistant Surgeon John artillery support. Sgt. John The Navy-Marine actions bottled The U.S. fleet, under the Gibbs and Sgt. Charles Smith were Quick signaled the boat with a up 7,000 Spanish troops in command of Adm. William Sampson, killed. flag. Guantanamo City. The Spanish was blockading the Spanish fleet Then, the next night, Acting Crane wrote of Quick, "It was commander had no knowledge his in Santiago Bay, 40 miles west Sgt.Maj. Henry Good and Pvt. necessary that this man should troops were desperately needed of Guantanamo. Sampson needed a Goode Taurman died in action. stand at the very top of the ridge in the Battles of El Caney and coaling station and hurricane (Streets on Leeward are named in order that his flag might San Juan Hill, near Santiago. shelter. Guantanamo Bay was the after the dead Marines) appear in relief against the sky, Since the cable had been cut, and likely choice. and the Spaniards must have con- Cuban rebels intercepted and The key to Guantanamo was Cuzco centrated the fire of at least 20 killed his messengers, he had no On June 7, the light cruiser USS Wells, the only source of fresh rifles on him. His society was at idea what was going on. Also, he Marblehead and two smaller ships water in the area. The Spaniards that moment sought by none. We feared the main U.S. invasion steamed into Guantanamo Bay. They needed the Dell, while the gave him a wide berth. Presently would come through Guantanamo. cut the transoceanic cable at Americans could get drinking water into the din came the boom of the In 1903, Guantanamo Bay became Fisherman's Point, isolating off the ships. Dolphin's guns." an American naval base. That Guantanamo from the outside world. Huntington decided to knock Quick received the Medal of Honor. same year, Brig. Gen. George Three days later, the 674-man out Cuzco Wells. On the morning (The_ present day Anti-Air Warfare Elliot, who had led the attack at Marine battalion, commanded by of June 14, two companies, led Center is on Stephen Crane Hill.) Cuzco Wells, became the 10th Lt.Col.