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ThIfE Water Condition 15 :35 p.m. II 07 :5 a. m. Stoake Ashore 22 :04 p. m. First daily paper ever to win the CHINFO Merit Award ) 9- U. S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA Mil lion Ga1 1lons Phone 9-5247 FRIDAY Date AUGUST L6 1968 Radio (1340) TV (Ch. 8) Bombing Won't Stop Unless DM1 Safety is Guaranteed 234 North Vietnamese Killed WASHINGTON (AP/AFNB) Sec- retary of Defense Clark Clif- In Fighting Near Gi Linh ford Thursday stated there will be no complete halt to SAIGON (AP/AFNB) united States and South Vietnamese forces U.S. bombing of North Vietnam report killing 234 North Vietnamese in the hardest fighting until the safety of American in nearly one month along South Vietnam's northern frontier. troops near the Demilitarized Spokesmen say three South Vietnamese sold-iers were killed in Zone could be guaranteed. the clashes while 15 government troops and 15 U.S. Marines Clifford said the bombing were wounded. Vastly superior restriction authorized by Allied firepower is considered President Johnson March 31 al- responsible for the big dif- Nigerian Troops Reported lowed for strikes against the ference in casualties. The Al-- enemy above the DMZ so U.S. lied troops were backed by Ten Miles From Aba and South Vietnamese forces tanks, planes and artillery. ABA, Biafra (AP/AFNB) Radio in that area would not' be Elsewhere in the country, Biafra says Nigerian Air Force eapordized. the lull in ground action con- planes have attacked Biafran "I think that reason still tinues. And there is no sign villages, killing ten persons. olds," the defense chief said. of the major enemy offensive Meanwhile, reports from La- Clifford said he felt that which American officers ex- gos, Nigeria say the federal without some agreement with pect before mid-September. forces have moved to within the North Vietnamese, the cur- Today's ground action was ten miles of breakaway Biaf- rent bombing limitation is a centered around Gio Linh. ra's temporary capital of Aba. "reasonable and logical ap- American B-52 bombers re- But informants say that ele- proach." turned to their northern cam- ments five miles to the east At the same time, Clifford paign yesterday with five mis- are running into stiff oppo- said the United States still sions along the southernmost sition. awaits a "clear signal from edge of North Vietnam. They An estimated 6,000 troops Hanoi that the recent lull in dropped tons of explosives from Nigeria's 3rd Marine Div- ground fighting is a reply to on troop concentrations and ision were reported committed the bombing restrictions. artillery positions. to the attack on Aba. The city some 40 miles inland is the largest of the three major 14 Cubans Reach Miami in lijacked Plane towns still in rebel hands. MIAMI (AP/AFNB) A Cuban crop-dusting p*1ot Thursday flew The secessionist army now his single-engine Russian-inade aircraft to Florida, bringing holds only about one-third with him 13 other fleeing Cubans. of -the 29,000 square miles The plane reeked of fumes identified by authorities as an proclaimed independent in May insecticide when it landed 25 miles south of Miami. The pilot of 1967. said he flew at low altitudes on the 200-mile trip'from Vara- The peace talks in Addis Ab- dero Airport--60 miles east of Havana--to avoid radar detec- aba, Ethiopiaare still dead- ti6n. He said he flew so low at times that the plane struck locked, with no indication of high waves in the Florida Straits. progress from either side. All of the refugees except the pilot hid in a sugar cane Nigeria Thursday refused a field Wednesday night and boarded the plane as it was prepar- Biafran proposal that relief ing to leave on a crop-dusting flight. supplies be brought to Biafra authorities. through a Red Cross airstrip. be returned to Cuban O The plane will rage 2 Gitmo Gazette Friday, Aug. 16 Political Round-Up SAN DIEGO (AP/AFNB) Republican Presidential Sit=n 0buaxdt nominee Richard Nixon conferred in San Diego Thursday with the chairmen of the House and ComNavBase RADM J.B. Hildret Senate GOP campaign committees. Afterward, Public Affairs Officer LT Paul E. Lamey the chairmen predicted substantial gains in Republican Congressional strength. Editor J03 Tom Meyer Nixon said the group discussed national Layout J03 Lonnie Sexto strategy aimed at winning both the Presidency and as many new Congressional seats as possi- The GIT14O GAZETTE is published according to the rules ble. and regulations for ship and station newspapers as out- A Negro advisor to Nixon, J. Earl Dearing of lined in NAVEXOS P-35 and under the direction of the Louisville, Ky., says some of Nixon's top Naval Base Public Affairs Officer. It is printed four aides seem very much concerned about a seeming days a week at government expense on government equip- Negro "revolt" in the Republican Party. After ment. The opinions or statements in news itmes thu conferring with the nominee, Dearing told a appear herein are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of ComNavBase or the Navy Dept. news conference the selection of Maryland Gov. Ads and notices will be accepted between the hours of Spiro Agnew as Vice Presidential nominee has 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. MON thru FRI only and willbe publish- made Negroes "cool to the party." Afterward, ed in either Monday's, Tuesday's or Thursday's GAZETTE. Nixon's Press Secretary, Herb Klein, said he No ads or notices--except command notices--will be pub- believed Dearing was referring to "vocal lished more than once a week nor will they be run in Negro groups". Klein added that the Nixon- Friday's paper. Agnew ticket was receiving "broad support" in The Gazette welcomes contributions of -a newsworthy the black community. nature. -All contributions should be forwarded to Box, 22y4in care of the.Gitmc Gazette. The Gazette reserves Dearing said he hopes Agnew will be able to the right to modify the content of any story to make it show American Negroes that he is concerned and conform to typographical and format standards for pub- will do something to help them withtheir prob- lication. lems before November. Democratic National Chairman John Bailey in- spected the party's convention hall in Chicago Thursday. And he says he had never been sorry Johnson's Condition Remains Sane the convention remained in that city. SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP/AFNB) The Texas The three announced candidates for the Dem- White House Thursday quoted Presidential phys- ocratic Presidential nomination were busy ician George Burkley as saying intestinal x- yesterday. rays show no significant change in President Vice President Humphrey campaigned in New Johnson's physical condition since 1966. York and New Jersey. And with high optimism, White House news secretary George Christian he announced he will open his campaign for the told newsmen the assessment by Burkley applied Presidency in New York on Labor Day. to everything, including the diverticulosis Sen. Eugene McCarthy Thursday announced a whichvas disclosed last week. list which he says illustrates the kind of The diverticulosis was the particular target Cabinet he would appoint. The list was headed of the x-rays made Monday at Brooke Army hosp- by Sen. William J. Fulbright as Secretary of ital in San Antonio. State; New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller as In official business Thursday, the President Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs; and approved 35 postmaster nominations, cited two Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr; as Ambassador to South Vietnamese Army companies for heroism, the United Nations. and issued an executive order setting up a co- Sen. George McGovern in New York assailed operative manpower planning system. The sys- what he called "empty-headed cries in some tem is designed to emphasiah state and local quarters" for law and order. Noting that Hit- initiative in meeting local manpower problems, ler "did a pretty good job of preserving law and order," McGovern added: "Law and order CHICAGO (AP/AFNB) The strikebound Illinois without justice is a pretty hollow slogan." Bell Telephone Company reported Thursday that American Party Presidential candidate George telephone cables leading to a missile site Wallace was assured of a place on the Massa- and the Glenview Naval Air Station northwest chusetts ballot Thursday when the state's Bal- of Chicago have been knocked out by gunfire. lot Law Commission dismissed four objections Electrical workers have been on strike a- to his nomination papers. A commission ruling gainst the company since May 8 and many incid- said the papers had "sufficient valid sig- ents of cable slashing have been reported natures." cently. Pages Missing or Unavailable Friday, Aug. 1' GGitmo Gazette Gitmo SPORTS And Elsewhere Baltimore Splits Doubleheader with Minnesota The Baltimore Orioles failed to gain ground LEAGUE STANDINGS on the -idle Detroit Tigers last night, spli:tt- ing a doubleheader with the Minnesota Twins. AMERICAN . The Orioles took the first game, 4-3, on a three-run rally in the fifth inning triggered DETROIT 76 43 by Larry Haney's home run. The Twins took BALTIMORE 69 50 7 the second game 2-1. BOSTON 66 55 1 1 The results left the runner-up Orioles sev- CLEVELAND 64 58 132 en games behindthe American League pace. OAKLAND 62 57 14 Top scoring National League leader, the MINNESOTA 56 62 19- St. Louis Cardinals trampled the Chicago rubs NEW YORK 54 60 191 8-0. CHICAGO 49 69 26f Steve Blass hurled a four-hitter, as the WASHINGTON 44 73 31 Pittsburgh Pirates downed the San Francisco Giants 2-0.

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