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01t11hIlflht0azt U. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA Friday, May 17, 1974 ZumwaIlt, J. P. Moorer see U.S. leet lacking NEW YORK (AP)-Vice Adm. Joseph P. Moorer, commander But he said his purpose was to make clear "a trend of the Eastern Sea Frontier, says the United States no that is not well-known and not clearly understood-- longer has "undisputed, general superiority in nuclear the declining balance of the naval strength of the arms" over the Soviet Union and must increasingly rely United States when compared with Soviet Russia." on conventional armaments for security. He maintained that the spectacular growth of the He said that because of the nuclear stand-off Soyfet navy makes "the continued "without strong conventional adequacy of our counterforces ques- forces we have only two options tionablo'-."' where our interests are threaten- ed in a military showdown: en- "What causes our naval planners the gage in nuclear war, or back down." greatest concern is . that we Moorer said "nowhere has the in- could be denied the unhampered use fluence of the Soviet naval buildup of the seas for commerce and sea- been more markedly demonstrated lift," said Moorer, brother of Adm. than in the Mediterranean and In- Thomas A. Moorer, retiring chairman dian Ocean. of the Joint-Chiefs of Staff. He said the two chief Soviet de- "Most significant," he said, "is velopments that "threaten the abil- what appears to be the Soviet ity of the United States to use the awareness that the oil supplies seas in time of war are the expand- of the Persian Gulf and the sea ing Soviet anti-ship missile and sub- lanes over which they must pass marine forces. They exist and gre are of absolutely vital impor- increasing in such quantity as to ADM. EIMO R tance to our most important al- make the continued adequacy of our . U.S. already 1ost to Soviet Navy . lies, and are of growing impor- counterforces questionable. tance to us." "Since 1962, the Soviets have outbuilt our navy by With naval growth in the Indian Ocean, Moorer far . 911 ships to 263." said, they mgy begin to outflank what they per- ceive as their other principal adversary, the Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., the Chief of Naval Opera- People's Republic of China. The Soviet navy is tions, was quoted earlier this week as saying he is initially an ideal instrument for the purpose." convinced the United States has already lost to the Soviet Union its ability to control the world's sea The admiral said "our own navy is encountering a lanes. reduction in strength and resources . one which inhibits restoration of a satisfactory He said he doubted if this position could be re- balance of naval power." versed over the next five years--and then only if. Congress funds a multi-billion-dollar naval construc- Moorer told luncheon guests that "we have gone tion program. from a navy of 965 ships and 765,000 men in 1968 to 511 ships and 550,000 men planned for the end Zunwalt's remarks were widely taken as an effort to of this fiscal year." That would be June 30. gain public and Congressional support for more money. Hoorer said he thought his comments at a private lunch- Moorer quoted Zumwalt as saying "the balance be- eon in the Regency Hotel here Tuesday might be inter- tween the two navies has shifted during the past preted the same way. The admiral coordinates sea and five years and right now we are at a very criti- coastal activities of eight naval districts on the cal point." East and Gulf coasts. NEWS ROUNDUP Guantanamo Gazette Friday, Page 2--LATE May 17, 1974 a Job opportunities '1 U.S. citizens GAZETTEER Title Grade Salary Command .a digest of late news Clinical Nurse GS-7 $9,969 pa Hospital Procurement Clerk GS-3 $6,408 pa Hospital Admin. Officer GS-11 $14,671 pa PWD Automotive Mechanic WS-11 $6,408 pa PWD Foreman MISSOULA, Mont. (AP)--Robin Hood put Richard Nixon Accounts Maintenance GS-3 $6,408 pa back in the Army Wednesday. The scene was the Missoula Clerk Army Recruiting Office where Richard A. Nixon of Seeley Rigger Foreman WS-10 $5.89 ph SRD Lake re-enlisted and Robin Hood was the area recruiter SRD Shipfitter Foreman WS-10 $5.89 ph who did the honors. "I get a lot of comment about my Accounts Maintenance GS-3 $6,408 pa Comptroller name," Nixon said. "But I try to keep out of the public Clerk eye." The recruiter, commenting on a name which once Head Bookkeeper NX-7 $3.43 ph NEX echoed through the Sherwood Forest of England, said: Cash Clerk (Typing) GS-3 $6,408 pa BPTO "My mother must have had a sense of humor." Library Aide GS-3 $6,408 pa Library MILAN (AP)--Luciano Liggio, the reputed "boss of bosses" of the Sicilian Mafia and Italy's most wanted Non-U.S. citizens fugitive, was arrested in this north Italian city yes- Title Grade Salary Command terday. Liggio had been the object of a nationwide manhunt after he vanished from a Rome clinic in 1970 Electrician Helper LWG-5 $1.28 ph PWD under what parliamentary investigators called "suspic- Air Compressor LWG-8 $1.59 ph PWD ious circumstances." Police raided an apartment here Plant Operator at dawn and took Liggio and two Sicilian brothers into Heavy Duty Equipment LWG-10 $1.81 ph PWD custody. Investigators said they believed Liggio had Mechanic I plastic surgery done on his face, for the second time, Electrician (Tele) I LWG-10 $1.81 ph PWD in an effort to conceal his identity. Plumber Worker II LWG-7 $1.48 ph PWD Baker LWG-8 $1.59 ph Hospital LONDON (AP)--Hungarian born author Arthur Koestler is Press Operator one of three distinguished writers elected Companions Laundry, Finisher LWG-2 $0.95 ph NEX of Literature, the highest honor of Britain's Royal Firefighter PS-3 $1.18 ph Security Society of Literature (RSL), it was announced yesterday. Firefighter PS-5 $1.77 ph Security The other two are Lord Clark, who as Kenneth Clark won Plant Account Clerk LGS-5 $2.22 ph Comptroller renown for his writings on art and his television-ser- Motor Vehicle LWG-5 45% Com. s/s ies on civilization, and the poet Ruth Pitter. The Operator award is limited to 10 living writers but with the elec- Greenskeeper LWG-5 $1.28 ph s/s tion of the three there are only eight Comapanions of Automatic Pinsetter LWG-5 $1.28 ph s/S Literature. The others are: authoress Dame Rebecca Attendant West, poet laureate John Betjeman, critic Cyril Connol- Machinist I LWG-10 $1.81 ph SRD ly, literary scholar Lord David Cecil and novelist Machinist (Marine) LWG-8 $1.59 ph SRD Angus Wilson. The presentation will take place July 24. II Accounts Maint. LGS-3 $1.46 ph SRD KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP)--Jamaica, the world's largest Clerk producer of bauxite which is refined into aluminum, has Bartender LWG-5 $1.28 ph SPO Club decided to levy a tax on the mineral, Prime Minister Meatcutting Worker LWG-5 $1.28 ph Commissary 'Michael Manley announced Wednesday. Manley estimated the Wire Cable Worker I LWG-10 $1.81 ph supply levy, which is retroactive to January, would produce $189 million by May, 1975. Local Forecast Ge Water status Continued partl y cloudy with scattered showe rs and thunder- Water figures for yesterday: showers in the Bay area. Visibility unre stricted except, . WATER PRODUCED: 1,519,000 reduced to j mi le in heavier . shower activity . Winds N . WATER CONSUMED: 1,376,000 3-5 knots becoming SE 10-14 . knots with gust s to 23 knots WATER GAIN: 143,000 during the afte rnoon. High today 85. Low tonight 74. d1-= WATER IN STORAGE: 19,033,000 Bay conditions 2-4 feet. High tide 0536. Low tide 1155. Guantanamo Gazette LOCAL--Page 3 4W Friday, May 17, 1974 *Retroactive pay LOCAL be continued this year. Donald SECNAVNOTE 7220 of May 3 provides Townsend, vice president of the Ja- instructions regarding the payment *BRIEF S maican-Cuban Civic and Recreational of a retroactive pay raise foi Council, will be the naval base ob- military personnel who were on ac- server. Data will be collected for tive duty during the period Oct. Armed Forces Day manual and non-manual occupations 1, 1972 through Dec. 31, 1972. from all private establishments which This retroactive payment, which will be processed locally, will be Forces Day, 1974, participated in last year's full scale On this Armed amount based upon Corps team can survey. The data collecting team a reconstructed the Navy-Marine each individual's pay account in look back on 199 years of proud will be contacting some 50 firms. The service to our na- survey is expected to last approxi- effect during that period. As and successful such, payment will be effected by helping earn its inde- mately eight days. tion: of longevities, promotions, and re- to maintain its pendence, fighting enlistments processed during those of its allies, freedom and that months. a position of and maintaining Payment will be made as soon as from which peace may be strength What you can do required information can be ob- assured. tained from each member's service cannot afford to spend a But we record and old pay record. How- of time looking back. great deal ever, delays may result in cases demands of the pres- to The pressing fight pollution, where information is not available security of the free ent and future locally.