Syria Joins UAR-Jordan in UN Cease-Fire
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WEATHER Cloudy 1JWATER High Tide Bravo 9:23 am 4 k Low Tide 11:23 pm 5:40 am 3:34 pm U. S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA Phone 9-5247 Friday Date June 9, 1967 Radio (1340) TV (Ch. 8) * Israelis Hit US Ship By Accident WASHINGTON (AP) ISRAELI WAR- Syria Joins UAR-Jordan PLANES AND boats mistakenly strafed and torpedoed a U.S. Navy ship off the Egyptian coast yesterday, killing In 10 UN Cease-Fire Americans and wounding 75 BEIRUT, LEBANON (AP) others, the Pentagon SYRIA ANNOUNCED EARLY Friday it has said. accepted a cease-fire with Israel. The United States promptly The announcement was made by Radio Damascus protested the incident, which decision which said the- was taken at an emergency session of came a few hours before Egypt Ministers. the Council of notified the United Nations it was ready to accept a At the same time the Damas- cease- Sword Passes cus Radio fire heralding an end to the On made its first ref- four-day old Middle East erance to acceptance of the War. cease-fire The Pentagon said 15 of the by Egypt. wounded were in critical Syria, which had been the con- most vociferous dition. Two destroyers were in support of speeding through war, was the last of the four the Mediter- principal ranean to aid the damaged ves- belligerents to ac- sel, a lightly armed cept the cease-fire call of research the ship that had been helping U.N. Security Council. relay communications from U.S. installations in the Mideast. C Pro There was no immediate White A Horns House comment on the attack, but Secretary Of State Dean Rusk was summoned from a Capi- a m D c t m Damascus tol Hill briefing to meet with GITMO--Colonel Gerald Sea President F.Rus- Haift h Johnson and other sell, Commanding Officer E a U.S. officials. of the Ground Defense Forces, S Rusk delivered a speedy oral presents Sergeant Major Ted protest to Israeli Ambassador Grant with the symbolic Avraham Harman, Seg- who came to eant Major's Sword for the the State Department to keep Gitmo Ground Defense Forces. an appointment with Assistant In the center is the departing TelD AmBI Secretary Lucius(Cont'd pge 2) Sergeant Major, James Turner. Alert Drill Continues This weekend the Base is engaged in a Hurricane Alert Drill, testing the responses of the various activities cane conditions. to our Hurri- achad b anicially This drill is NOT designed to cause a run on the or have households Commissary The announcernterrted a busy scurrying about moving lawn furniture Hesidte onclofMn indoors, boarding up shutters and hoarding food. It is, how- Geea ever, intended that families be U Tanti e ok aware of what is required of isters"took them IF a hurricane should head our way. hir(Cnm pg 2)ik The Base is currently programascu meitame usic in Water Condition BRAVO which means that water WILL NOT be used for watering fieo orsafertes.pta lawnsor washing cars. he saidthe inciluof a Tomorrow part of the Drill will be for personnel in essential not engaged duties to report to their hurricane shelters. Your command Admin office or Personnel office can tell you irs o what hurricane shelter you are eir to AFRTS assigned. Be sure andlisten radio and television Saturday for instructions. GITMO GAZETTE PAGE 2 FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1967 CAIRO (AP) THE NASSER GOVERNMENT announced to the Egyptian people on Cairo Radio early today it bad accepted a cease-fire with Israel Ch~o Q61uttle that began Monday. I (8 to stop the Mideast war ComNavBase.RADM E.R. Crawford The announcement came midway through a reg- Public Affairs Officer.LT Paul E. Lamey Liedtke ular post-midnight news broadcast. Editorial Advisor.JOC William A. elaboration a news Editor.JOl Sam Herzog The announcer read without News Editor.CT2 Vic Griffeth dispatch from New York reporting Egypt's note Feature Editor.SN Ed Sullivan to U.N. Secretary-General U Thant accepting Sports Editor.J03 Sig Couch Council's call for a cease-fire. to the rules and reg- the Security ,The GITMO GAZETTE is published according The news in NAVEXOS There was no immediate comment. ulations for ship A station newspapers as outlined people after a P-35 and under the direction of the Naval Base Public Affairs Of- was broken to the Egyptian ficer. It is printed four days a week at government expense on series of brief radio commentaries that seemed news items government equipmnt. The opinions or statements to be cautiously preparing the country for the appear herein Bre not to be construed as office f or as re- that announcement. flecting the ;views of ComnavBase or the Navy Departtand.\ of the cease- Ads and notices will be accepted between the hours 6f. 8 a.m. Soon after Egypt's acceptance either Mon- Egyp- and 5 p.m. MON thru FRI ONLY and will be published in fire, the high military command reported day's, Tuesday's or Thursday's GAZETTE. No ads or notices--ex- fought agbinst Israel a battle than once a week nor tian forces had cept command notices--will be published more "unprecedented in its ferociousness" and that will they be run in Friday's paper. fighting was still going on on all fronts. to ac- -ilERUI (Cont'd from page 1) decision SIMON Wiesen- Council's call for a VIENNA (UPI) EICHMANN HUNTER cept the U.N. Security welcomed Brazil's decision to after considering the present situ- thal yesterday cease-fire alleged war criminal Frank Stang1 to ation and informed U.N. Secretary-General U extradite Syria would agree to a cease-fire West Germany. Thant that thinks that jury decisions in S condition that the other side accept it." Wiesenthal on trials of war criminals "usually are more just D. Battle. in West Germany than in Austria." WASHINGTON (Cont'd from page 1) office of Dussel- him to Rusk's office where the Moreover, the prosecution Battle escorted Germany, possesses all the material was delivered. dorf, West protest for a verdict in the upcoming Stangl Pentagon said the Israeli government in- necessary The trial. In Dusseldorf the so-called Treblinka formed the United States "that the attack was forces." It added; trial has been conducted. made in error by Israeli of the extermination "an apology has been received from Tel Aviv." Stangl was commander Treblinka and is held responsible for reported his government's apology. camp of Harman the death of at least 700,000 people. The vessel was identified as the USS Liberty, some twenty ship that According to Simon Wiesenthal, a lightly armed technical research still at large in communications for subordinates of Stang] are was in position to assure therefore will try to get posts in the Middle East and Austria. Wiesenthal U.S. Government prosecutor tothe upcoming trial in relay. information in the evacuation an Austrian to help Germany to have him hear of the evidence of Americans from the war zone. West Press Officer Robert J. against these men. State Department Stangl's arrest possible in said he had-no reason to think that Wiesenthal made McCloskey by paying $7,000 for his address in Sao the damage to the Liberty resulted in any dis- Brazil Paulo to a former Gestapo officer. Wiesenthal ruption of communications. one cent per body---700,000 cents said the 11,510-ton Liberty was had to pay Officials most cynical bargain ever proposed to flying its colors when attacked at mid-after- in the his exceptional career as a war criminal noon. They fixed its position at the time as him in 15 miles off the Sinai Peninsula and 90 miles hunter. southwest of Tel Aviv. SENATE YESTERDAY con- Assistant Secretary of De- WASHINGTON (UPI) THE Phil G. Goulding, Johnson's appointmentof Covey Public Affairs who made the announ- firmed President fense for as Assistant Secretary of State for cement, said the ship suffered at least one T. Oliver that she is in Inter-American Affairs. torpedo hit. "It is reported debate and came said. The action was taken without no danger of sinking," he Foreign Relations carries a crew of 15 shortly after the Senate The 450-foot long ship recommended confirmation. officers, 279 men and three civilian aides. Committee unanimously did not immediately '-release The Pentagon CITY (UPI) PRESIDENT JOSE' JOAQUIN names of the casualties. MEXICO Fernandez of Costa Rica returned home yester- visit during which TALK THAT CUBA may not be able day after a 71-hour official NEW YORK (AP) for a large-scale Mex- meet all of its sugar export commitments the groundwork was laid to American Market. and dealer interest to buy Brazilian sugar ican entry into the Central world sugar futures yester- spurred demand for DUTCHMEN were at one time extended to 15 points. THE HAGUE (UPI) ALL WORKING day. Gains three hours wages or said the latest Havana reports placed urged yesterday to donate Dealers aid to Israel. the Cuban sugar production at about six mil- more for economic lion metric tons. Pages Missing or Unavailable GITMO GAZETTE FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1967 PAGE 7 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ROUNDUP--An abbreviated fifteen homers to lead the Natio-nal League *in schedule in 1he Major Leagues yesterday, in the that department, and Frank Robinson has collec- National League, Bob Gibson fired a four hit- ted 15 homers to lead the American League. Ken ter and Julian Javier's leadoff homer in the Holtzman leads National League pitchers with a fifth inning snapped a tie as St.