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Uganda Reports Tanzanian Invasion KAMPALA, Uganda (AP)--Uganda claimed yesterday it had as Mutukula on the Uganda-Tanzania border, Kyotera and been invaded at dawn by Tanzanian troops advancing along Kalisizo. a road leading to Kampala, the nation's capital on the He said that a fourth town, Mbarara, 160 miles west shore of Lake Victoria. of Kampala, also had come under attack, and the army Tanzania denied the invasion claim. barracks there was surrounded. A 1,000-member Simba Battalion is based there. A Ugandan military spokesman said three towns fell and that the invading force had driven to within 18 Troops within the barracks, together with reinforce- miles of Masaka, an administrative center 80 miles south- ments which had been sent in, were "fighting hard to west of Kampala. repulse the enemy," spokesman said. Heavy fighting had been reported at military garrison He said it had not been possible to assess casualties, towns and in other parts of Uganda. partly because of communications difficulties. Some in Kampala voiced skepticism of the invasion re- Earlier the government described the action as the port and said fighting could reflect fresh undisciplin,. possible start of a British plan to overthrow President withing Uganda's 10,000-man army. Idi Amin, and said "many British spies" are in the A military spokesman named the three towns that fell country. The British denied it. Hanoi Releases Three U.S. Pilots During Ceremony II TOKYO (AP)--North Vietnam's Army held a special ceremony in Hanoi yesterday to release three captured .U.S.pilots, the Official Vietnam Monday, September 18, 1972 News Agency reported in an English- language broadcast monitored in Tokyo today. The three are Navy Lt.jg Mark L. Gartley, 28, Navy Lt. Norris Charles, Olt 27, and Air Force Maj. Edward K. El- ias, 34. Charles' wife, from San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Minnie Lee Gartley of Dunedin, Fla., mother of Mark, were in Hanoi for the occasion. El- Attacks Drug Record ias' father did not make the trip McGovern from Valdosta, Ga. The broadcast said the three pilots HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (AP)--President Nixon has failed to slow heroin ad- "took turns in voicing their deep diction in the United States because he was unwilling to crack down on gratitude to the people and govern- allies in the Southeast Asia who are involved in the drug traffic, ment" of North Vietnam "for their hu- George McGovern said yesterday. mane, polite and good treatment dur- McGovern promised top priority to "ridding America of the heroin plague" ing their detention." as he left Washington for a 12-day campaign please see POW'S page 2 swing aimed principally at the populous Northeast. Although his first scheduled stop was in WATER CRISIS: traditionally Democratic West Virginia, his Figures for the weekend 15-17 itinerary suggested he is keying his Pres- Friday, Saturday and Sunday idential swing to states were there are big blocs of electoral votes. WATER PRODUCED: 3.831.000 McGovern said he is challenging Nixon, who participates in a State Department con- WATER CONSUMED: 3.667.00o ference today on the international drug traffic, "to explain how the North Vietnam- WATER GAIN: 164.000 ese are a greater threat to our national security than the crime, violence and in- WATER IN STORAGE: 17.377.000 ternal decay caused by narcotics." Nixon has failed to prevent Southeast Asia please see MCGOVERN page 2 Page 2-eLATE NEWS ROUNDUP Guantanamo Gazette Monday ,I September 18, 1972 in POWs- from page one p. GAZETTEER The three pilots wore civilian suits "complete with neckties," it added. .a dligest of late news An unidentified commander of the "camp of detention of U.S. pilots captured in North Vietnam" read out a release order issued by the General Political Department of North Vietnam's armed forces, it said. It quoted Gartley as saying "in a moving voice": "The news of my release came as a complete surprise to me. As long as this conflict continues, the suffer- A 4,000-man force pretending to come from ing of the Vietnamese people will continue, and dis- tne Soviet Union opened an "attack" early today to sensions and unrest in the United States will continue, begin the battle phase of "Strong Express," the big- and more American pilots will be killed and more Ameri- gest combined war games in the history of the North can pilots will be captured." Atlantic Alliance. The troops from "Orangeland"--actu- ally a Norwegian brigade--will cross the Balsfjord in Gartley promised that when he returns to the United an attempt to encircle the "Blue" defenders in the States "he will make every effort to end this war and strategic Norwegian Arctic. The defenders are largely to get his fellow pilotsrepatriated," the broadcast from the Allied Command Europe (ACE) mobile force. said. The Vietnam News Agency account said Mrs. Bui Thi Typhoon H elen cut a path of death and destruc- Cam, secretary of North Vietnam's Committee for Soli- tion through Japan's populated western coast Saturday, darity with the American People, expressed her thanks then swept northward where it blew itself out yester- to the North Vietnamese Armed Forces General Political day. Police said 13 persons were killed, mostly in Department for releasing the three American pilots. landslides, and 28 others were missing. The missing included 5 crewmen of two fishing boats which sank in from high seas off Hachijojima, 200 miles south of Tokyo. MCGOVERN- page one Empress Farah of Iran accompanied by Ira- from emerging as a major source of heroin supply, nian Premier Amir Abbas Hoveda and senior ministers McGovern said, and continued: arrived in Islamabad yesterday en route to Peking for "The reason that Richard.Nixon has been unable to a state visit to China. The Iranian party is scheduled prevent this is that our allies in Laos, Thailand to leave Pakistan for China today. The Empress and her and South Vietnam are involved in the narcotics trade. party were received at the airport by President Bhutto The administration does not crack down on them becauseW and his cabinet ministers. it needs air bases in Thailand, Lao mercenaries, and Vietnamese soldiers to fight its war." Turkey and Iran yesterday called for an "The administration's claims of impressive seizures, early release by India of Pakistani prisoners of war. important arrests, and growing international coopera- In a communique issued as Iranian Foreign Minister tion simply cover up its failures," McGovern said. Abbas Ali Khalatbary ended an official visit to Turkey, the two sides said this release was required to comply McGovern demanded also that President Nixon suspend with the Geneva Convention and for "political, legal, Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz and other offi- and above all humane reasons." cials who participated in arranging a grain sale to the Soviet Union, pending an investigation of allega- Britain accused the Uganda government Saturday tions that big grain corporations were giving an ad- night of indiscriminately arresting 19 British subjects vantage. and denied any connection with a reported invasion of McGovern has contended the administration withheld Uganda by 1,000 Tanzanian troops. The Foreign Office from the public information about the pending sale, in London said the British High Commission in Kampala but that some large grain exporters learned enough to lodged a protest with the Ugandan Foreign Ministry enable them to buy up wheat at low prices. over the arrests. Butz has called the accusations "a bald faced lie." Stateside Temperatures Local Forecast. iTAft. 0. I. -dt.d Captin . - lf-, Partly cloudy becoming mostly JOSN Vir.k .i . Witor with 300 onr H ftth. Asiotat Edito Charlotesville pt cloudy 89 cloudy during the afternoon JO0 Ibith Sadler. 00, AM-at Miami pt cloudy 87 scattered showers. Visibility J03 taoi, .t. .Ot-it. witor New York sunny 85 unrestricted. Winds N 3-5 knots Lt. WIr. U., -oo'.2 300Brd ha Little Rock cloudy 91 becoming SE 10-12 knots with P00100 dilir. O"fit., .ti! at Mtt.- . ar. ft t,attaa- 0.iQx U tiatteUW 1odiol t, t. =l1. &a Glenville pt cloudy 88 gusts to 22 knots. High today limit M35 .04 oti t- oiof =t X-1. -o. rtttit Albany clear 98 89. Low tonight 74. Bay condi- affair. oIfitt. It U prftted tE da 00.0 at t4-to Philadelphia. clear 76 tions 1-2 feet increasing to 6,1. of Colt-t, or te 0.- W1,tia Or Tltfin t Tampa clear 88 3-5 feet during the afternoon. patitt ot. D"r. Baltimore clear 95 High tide 1832. Low tide 1059. Boston clear 66 Norfolk clear 74 Monday, September 18, 1972 Guantanamo Gazette LOCAL NEWS--Page 3 LOCAL 0*BRIEFS Wait Until Dark *scotch doubles An Evening of Entertainment There will be a sobtch doubles no- By HAL HANCOCK velty moonlight bowling tournament Guantanamo Bay's Little Theatre opened.Friday night with its current at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Marblehead production of Frederick Knott's mystery-drama, Wait Until Dark. Hall bowling lanes. There are reser- The basic plot concerns a young, blind woman who has become an inno- vations available for 42 couples on cent pawn of an underworld heroin ring. Director Tom Pineau has knotted a first come first serve basis. For together Knott's somewhat powerful suspense script into an evening' en- further information or to sign up tertainment at Guantanamo's pleasant Morin Outdoor Entertainment Cen- please call 99186 AWH. ter. *job opening The three underworld figures of Mike Talman, Sergeant Carlina, and Harry Roat Jr., respectfully played by Jerry West, Bob Patterson, and There is an opening for a beauty Don Rabb, are physically well cast for the roles, but there is a ten- consultant with some experience and dency for the trio to either over-play or under-play their parts as the or background in this field, inter- plot advances.