Smate Vetoes Let Fighters for Formosa

TIDES WATER CONDITION HIGH LOW CHARLIE V 6:11 a.m. 12:28 p.m. U.S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA STORAGE ASHORE 4:59 p.m. 13 MILLION GALLONS Phone 9-5247 Date FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1969 Radio (1340) TV (Ch. 8) Smate Vetoes let Fighters for Formosa WASHINGTON (AP/AFRTS)-- The Senate rejected yesterday a proposal to give Nationalist China East German Letter to Bonn $54 million worth of jet fighter planes under the foreign aid bill. Reveals New Communist Policy Attempting to pass the aid bill and move toward an early adjournment, the Senate adopted BONN, Germany (AP/AFRTS)-- East Germany made Democratic Sen. J. William Fulbright's propos- its first move yesterday to put into practice al barring unauthorized projects from the aid the Warsaw Pact nations' new policy toward bill. The vote was 62 to 28. Chancellor Willy Brandt's West German govern- At the same time, the Senate rejected a pro- ment. posal to cut from the military section the The initiative came in a letter from East earmarking of $50 million-for Korear. The Sen- Germany's President and Communist Party Chief, ate then passed the nearly $2 billion foreign Walter Ulbricht, to President Gustav Heinemenn aid bill by a vote of 55 to 35. of West Germany. Congressional leaders are hoping to adjourn It was the first such contact between the the marathon 1969 sessi" Saturday night, if heads of the two states since November, 1951, agreement can be reached on the tax reform when Presidents Wilhelm Pieck of East Germany bill and a number of money measures. and Theodore Heuss of West Germany exchanged But Senate and House disagreements, on a letters. batch of unpassed money bills could drag the It was too early to tell whether Ulbricht's session into the Christmas week. letter would lead to an improvement in rela- The House passed yesterday a compromise de- tions between the two parts of Germany. fense bill running to more than $69.5 billion. Officials in Bonn maintained silence on the The bill includes a ban on using funds to put content of Ulbricht's letter. Government American combat troops in Laos and Thailand. spokesman Conrad Aglers said it would be an- The bill now goes to the Senate. CONT'D ON PAGE 2 The House was told the compromise figure represents a cut of about $5 billion from the budget recommendations. Iirection The Senate sent to the White lsap lints Weakening of Political House yesterday the toughest HANOI (AP/AFRTS)-- North Vi- that divided political leader- coal mine-safety bill in his- :namese Defense Minister has ship is to blame if the policy tory. The measure was passed anted publicly that Hanoi's is not successful. despite last-minute objections >litical direction of the war North Vietnam has been ruled from the administration. is weakened since the death by a committee of top leaders The bill would set up per- since Ho's death last Septem- missible dust levels in 3,600 ber. Ho's post as Party Chair- coal mines in an effort to man has not been filled. cut down on mine explosions In the war yesterday, Viet and "black lung" disease. Cong gunners killed at least It also contains other pro- one person and wouftded several visions designed to protect others in a rocket attack on the health and safety of the CONT'D ON PAGE 2 * **** * Page 2 Guantanamo Gazette Friday, December 19, 1969 ULBRICHT'S LETTER TO BONN-- Cont'd from Pg. 1 NEW YORK (AP/AFRTS)--A poll by the American swered Ulbricht's letter to Bonn. He said the devlop- Broadcasting Company indicates that fifty- ment was related to a resolution passed Wednesday night two percent agree with Vice President Agnew's by the Volkskammer, the East German Parliament. The charge that television newsmen present the news resolution endorsed! the policy set at a meeting of the in a biased manner. The survey showed that thirty- Warsaw Pact States-the Soviet Union, East Germany, Po- three percent disagreed with Agnew. At the same land, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Romania in time an overwhelming majority of those interviewed Moscow earlier this month. said news commentators should have the right to The Moscow meeting and the Volkekammer resolution give their reactions immediately after a Presidential appeared to omit the usual demand that Bonn accord East speech. The repondenta were almost evenly split Germany full international recognition. in their reaction to Agnew's contention that newspapers are biased. GIAP HINTS WEAKENING OF POLITICAL DIRECTION-- Cont'd from Pg. 1 WASHINGTON (AP/AFRTS)--An American company is ex- the big Ton Son Nhut Air Base outside Saigon. The at- pected to sign a contract with Peru for what has tack was apparently timed to coincide with the anniver- been called the world's largest investment in new sary of the start of the French-Indochina War in 1946. copper deposits. The contract provides for a com- Four large Soviet-made rockets caused light damage to mitment of three-hundred-fifty-five million dollars military facilities and a Vietnam housing area on the by the Southern Peru Copper Corporation. The com- base. Official reports said one civilian was killed and pany's chairman and Peru's military government both five wounded, but sources at the base said two were kil- decline to confirm the contract will be signed to- led. morrow. But Lima newspapers say it's ready for signing. The contract is for development of the NEWARK (AP/AFRTS)--Several past and present Newark city Cuajone deposit in the extreme southern portion of the officials-including Mayor Hugh Addonizio- are scheduled country. to enter pleas today on charges of income tax evasion and extortion. The mayor is free on twenty-five thousand LONDON (AP/AFRTS)--The British House of Lords has dollars bail. He has pledged to continue to operate the permanently abolished the death penalty for murder government of New Jersey's largest city "efficiently in Great Britain. The abolition covers only murder- and effectively." not capitol crimes of state or of the armed forces. There was strong opposition to a ban of the death NEW YORK (AP/AFRTS)--The big four United Nations repre penalty. Public opinion polls showed rising support sentatives have met again to discuss the Middle East for a return to the use of the gallows to help stem crisis. But.the only announcement following the ses- growing violence in a nation where even police do not sion was that the four-will meet again next Tuesday. carry guns. Though the vote was not along party Representatives from the United States, Britain, lines, the issue may be-debited further in the general France and the Soviet Union attended the meeting in New elections, which must come before May 1971. York. SAN FRANCISCO (AP/AFRTS)--Senator George Murphy suggests Alcatraz; Island be made into a national park in honor AFRS, 1340 AM radio, will present Spanish of all indians. A group of Indiana has been occupying programing this Saturday at midnight. the former prison island in San Francisco Bay. The California republican says he's presented his proposal to the White House. TARPON SPRINGS FLORIDA (AP/AFRTS)--Hundreds of sight- sears have converged on a Greek Orthodox church in this city where church officials say a painting of a saint has been weeping. The painting is sealed inside a glass frame and a priest says water droplets have Guantanamo Gazette been forming on the inside of the glass since last Sunday. The painting is of St. Nicholas. ComNavBase RAdm J.B. Hildreth WASHINGTON (AP/AFRTS)--The latest Gallup poll in- Public Affairs Officer Lt D.S. McCurrach dicates that one half of the nation's college students approve of President Nixon's Vietnam policies. Another forty-four percent disapprove. The survey also shows that sixty-nine per cent of the students consider themselves "doves" while only twenty-percent said they were "hawks." Pages Missing or Unavailable Friday, December 19, 1969 Guantaname Gazette Page 7 SPORTS CHICAGO (AP/AFRTS)-- Chicago White Sox in- fielder Pete Ward has been traded to the New York Yankees. In return, the White Sox received rookie southpaw pitcher Mickey Scott and an undis- closed amount of cash. *0** . CHICAGO (4P/AFaTS)-,.; The University of, of illinois, ranked 14th national, defeated Detroit 82-65 last night in the Loyalo (Ill.) Classic. In the first game, Wichita State edged Loy- ola 96-94. The two winners meet tomorrow * night at the Chicag6 Stadium for the tourney title. Results of other games last night: Purdue 65, Kent State 64 Cincinnati 114, Iowa 105 South Carolina, tied for fourth in the national rankings with Southern California, had an easy time of Long Island, winning 89-52. However, for Southern Cal, it wasn't quite so easy. The Trojans held off a wild second- half rally by Loiibiana State and Pete Mara- vich for a 100-98 victory. Maravicj scored 50 points in defeat for LSU. Niagara 73, Rutgers 61 Brigham Young 88, Texas Tech 81 North Texas State 98, Arizona 81 Tulane 59, Miami (Ohio) 57 One college game played last night ended before the first half was over. Georgetown Cont'd on next column Mus Candidate Caroltilley GUANTANAMO BAY-- Sixteen-year-old Carol Hilley has been nominated by NavComSta to represent that command and Fleet Training Group in the competition for Mardi Gras Queen coming up in January. Miss Hilley is a sports enthusiast, in fact was a key member of the Juniors' flag football team, which beat the W.T.

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