B52s Blast Missile Started Down Toward the Sur- the Ranges SAIGON (AP/AFRTS) --- U.S
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'W e're on the surface!' FRA MAURO, Moon (AP/AFRTS)--Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Edgar D. Mitchell made a bull's-eye landing in the moon's rugged high- lands here today after outwitting a computer failure that threatened to abort their mission last minute. J REPORT at the ON History's third pair of lunar explorers -ar- SPACE ried man's muest for knowledge to that alien soil in the terry Antares, which touched down at 4:18 p.m. EST in the dusty surface ot the Fra Mauro region. "We're on the surracel We're right on the landing site!" Shepard cried exuberantly as their 13-minute dive to the surface ended. Mitchell -himed in, "That was a beautiful one." U.& NAVAL SAM fVAA"40 BAY, CUA The touchdown was two minutes later than called for in the flight plan as Shepard, flv- ing the craft manually, maneuvered to the landing target between two crater clusters names Triplet and Doublet. Minutes after landing Shepard reported the craft had come to rest on a gentle 8-degree slope "in good shape." The computer problem was a false signal. If it oc-!urred during the descent to the moon,-it would have led the lunar module's guidance computer to order engine firings that would have taken the craft away from the moon and FEBRUARY 5, 1971 Phon 9-524 7 aborted the landing. Mission Control came up with a solution in which the -omputer was told to ignore the false readings. This meant Shepard and Mit- itne chell had to work furiously, Sesi right up to the moment they B52s Blast Missile started down toward the sur- the ranges SAIGON (AP/AFRTS) --- U.S. southern Laos. The U.S. Com- face, to program fighter-bombers attacked two mand said an F105 fighter- sent rrom earth. antiaircraft missile sites in bomber fired tow shrike mis- Jerry Griffin, a flight con- con- North Vietnam, siles Thursday at a surface-to troller, said it a news the U.S. Command -air-missiles--S AM--sites five ference after the landing, "It announced today. miles inside North Vietnam was not so easy to get us down Meanwhile, small when enemy radar locked on a to the surface because of this South Vietnamese flight of B52s bombing on tne problem. We cranked up a sol- re-on na issance I Laotian side or the border. ution which is truly astound- units were making The pilots said they saw no ing. The Massachusetts Insti- forays into southern Laos and SAMs fired, but the radar was ture of Technology experts other Saigon troops fought a tracking the fli ght, thus pos- pitched in and in four hours hard battle in Cambodia. ing an imminent threat. The did a fantastic job of getting The attack on the missile sites were 45 mi les northwest us around a very serious prob- sites was the 10th "protective of the demilitarized zone, the lem." reaction" attack in North Vi- U.S. Command said. Griffin said the solution etnam this year to counter the Meanwhile, as a new allied was found with only 10 minutes threat of antiaircraft fire a- push of 20,000 S aigon troops-- to spare. gainst Am-rican planes bombing backed by 9,000 Americans-- The problem posed no physi- * the Ho Chi Minh Trail through (Please see W Page 6) iAR,(Please see MOr, Page 6) Page 2 Guantanamo Gazette Friday, February 5, 1971 GAZETTEER Israel Considering Latest Demand JERUSALEM (AP/AFRTS)--An Israeli foreign .a digest of late news ministry official says a demand by Egypt for a partial Israeli withdrawal from the east bank of the Suez Canal before the end of the new Middle East cease-fire is "being care- fully considered." However, the Israelis at this time are un- Police in New Delhi fired rifles into the air today to disperse a mob of several thousand students who willing to officially accept or reject the proposal made yesterday by Egyptian President disregarded tear gas and tried to storm the Sadat as he announced a 30-day extension of Pakistan high commission for the third straight the current cease-fire. day. The students were protesting the burning The Israeli press attacked of a hijacked Indian airliner in Pakistan. the demand, cal- ling it "a tactical move" and a "response to A massive fire swept through the railroad, station in Russian imperialism." (Related story Page 7). Lucerne, Switzerland today causing extensive damage but there were no reports of casualties. The station is the major step in the key rail Tornado Kills 7 in Grenada, Miss artery linking northern and southern errope. GRENADA, Miss. (AP/AFRTS)--A tornado rip- All traffic was rerouted through a freight ped apart a house trailer yesterday and kil- yard as hundreds of firemen fo' ht t'-c )laze led seven persons near here. which quickly spread through the old station. The dead included the wife and three child- ren of a Grenada policeman. Two of the rail unions threatening a , nation-wide The other three victims were identified as strike March 1 have reached tentative agreement, relatives visiting the home of Christopher but a fifth union, the singalmen, has set a Hawkins about 12 miles southeast of Grenada. March 1 strike deadline. Federal mediator First reports had listed the dead as Francis O'Neill Jr. says agreement was reached Hawkins' wife and their six children. yesterday between the railroads and the Broth- erhood of Maintenance Way Employes and the Hotel and Restaurant employes. The two unions Armor in Riot-Torn N. Ireland holding out are the United Transportation Union S BELFAST.(AP/AFRTS)--The Duke of Kent ar- and the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline rived in riot-torn Northern Ireland today Clerks. commanding a task force of armor. The man described by a prosecutor as.Charles Man- He is a cousin of Queen Elizabeth and 11 in son's "head zombie," Charles "Tex" Watson, is line of succession to the British throne. being released by a California mental hospital The force of 22 armored cars, 10 jeeps and to face trial in the Sharon Tate murders. five trucks is based in an area midway be- Earlier, Watson had been ruled insane and in- tween Belfast and Londonderry. capable of standing trial. Watson was indited Thirty-nine persons were arrested here last with Manson and the other members of his so- night during guerrilla bomb attacks on British called "family" but sucessfully fought extradi- troops. Gasoline, gelegnite and nail bombs tion from Texas until the trial of the others exploded among soldiers battling Roman began. As a result, his trialwas separated Catholic extremists. from the others. Stateside Temperatures Caribou, Maine -30 Guantanamo Gazette A Norfolk 28 Atlanta 38 ComNavBase.RAdm. B. McCauley Local Forecast Public Affairs Officer.,IL'dr. W.-Boer II. Pensacola 61 Editorial Advisor.JOC Jim Teague Editor.J03 Allan Smith St. Louis 35 Partly cloudy this afternoon Editorial Assistant.J03 Bob Wellborn Bismark 8 becoming mostly clear tonight. Staff Photographer.J03 Tom Betz Staff Artist. .JS Steve Duren Denver 31 Winds will be easterly 10-15 Beeline Editor. XN1 Bill Walker Dallas 56 with gusts to 23 becoming north The GUANTANAND GAZEITE is published according to Pnoenix 68 2-6 tonight. High today 83, the rules and regulations for ship and station news- papers as outlined in NAVEXOS P-35 and under the San Francisco 59 the low expected tonight 72 direction of the Naval Base Public affairss Officer. Seattle 44 degrees. The low last night It is printed four days a week at government expense on government equipment. The opinions or statements Billings 17 was a cool 69 degrees. in news items that appear heroin are not to he con- strued as official or as reflecting the views of Detroit 26 ComNavBase or the Department of the Navy. New York 22 New Orleans 65 Friday, February 5, 1971 Guantanamo Gazette Page 3 Judy Kealey helps clean up the hitching rail area across Kittery Beach Road from the Golf Shack this week. She was joined by Norm Boster jr., Karen Prejean and Dawna Pa- rish, all mem- hers of the Guantanamo Bay Trick Riders, in an effort to improve the environment. MARIA BOROT is Naval Supply Depot's Mardi Gras queen can- didate. The brown haired, brown eyed beauty is a student Folksingers George and Judy at 0 Club at W.T. Sampson High School. She enjoys dancing, swimming Folksingers George and Judy will sing at the OffIcers' and music. She stands five Club Sunday and Tuesday in the main lounge 8-11:30 p.m. feet, three inches and meas- ures 37-23-38. Here-is a list of persons Wavded two or more points at Base Police Traffic Court dur- CLUB ACTIVITY ing the week of Jan. 23-29. (for Feb. 6-11) Richard Wadewitz, Navy Ekchange, speeding, Acey Ducey driving under the influence of intoxicating SATURDAY--MONTE WALSH -- Lee Martin, Jeannie beverage (DUI)--license revoked Bdrry N. Moreau. "DIRTY DINGUS MAGEE"--Frink Sinatra, Turnage, NSD, speeding--two points? Keith Jo- George Kennedy. SUNDAY--HELLO DOLLY--Birbra Streinand, Walter nas, Marine Barracks, spee2.ng--six points and Matthau six months suspension- C.R. Wells, FORACS, MONDAY-lub alowed speeding--two points, Thomas L. Caugham, FOC- TUESDAY--The Join Seaga D-ners and a dance Base band 9 p.m.-midnight ACS, speeding--two points, Michael Schultz, WEDNESDAY--The Join Seaga Dancers and a dance USNK, speeding and dragging--six points Craig band 9 p.m.-midnight Police THURSDAY--THE SINS OF RACHEL CADE--Angie Dick- Amrhein, USNH, dragging, excessive speed and inson, Peter Finch.