Apollo 10 Splashes Down After 8-Day Mission
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WEDNESDAY'S TIDES hdat fra to wL If- CHINFO Atara d WATER CONDITION HIGH LOW ': ~ a ~ ~Charlie V 6:14 a.m. 5;29 p.m. U.S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA STORAGE ASHORE 7:04 p.m. 4:25 p.m. 13.2 Million Gallons Phone 9-5247 Date Tuesday, May 27, 1969 Radio (1340) TV (Ch. 8) Apollo 10 Splashes Down After 8-Day Mission wM m CAPE KENNEDY (AP/AFN)--Apollo 10's astronauts streaked safely to a South Pacific splashdown yesterday from an 8-day mission that took them to the "hill tops" of the moon and proved America can land there in July. "We are in great shape," Thomas P. Stafford radioed an an- xious world as he, Eugene A. Cernan and John W. Young wafted down by parachute in their spaceship in the final few feet from their 750,000 mile journey. splashdown occurred at 12:52 p.m, EDT about 443, miles east of.Pago Pago, American Samoa, where a reception--complete with dancing girls--awaited the men who pushed back the final fron- tier before man can fulfill his age-old dream and set foot on the moon. "This is a historic day. Today, at this moment, we know we can go to the moon. We will go to the moon," Dr. Thomas 0. Paine, Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) told a news conference at the Houston Space Center shortly after the spacecraft touched down. The target date for the launch of Apollo 11--which will be APOLLO SPLASHES DOWN the historic landing mission--is July 16, with a moon landing coming July 20. "The thing that made this U.S. Command Announces Two New Offensives possible was the greatest country in the world," Cernan SAIGON (AP/AFNB)--The U.S. command took the wraps off two told the cheering sailors of new offensives yesterday and said they were aimed at knocking the Princeton, all dressed in out the enemy and destroying his installations in South Viet- their best whites for the oc- nam s northern provinces. casion. One offensive, operation Lamar Plain, has accounted for most Stafford, the spaceship com- of the action since it was mander, called it a "tremen- Convicted Mackle Kidnaper launched May 16 in jungled dous team effort," and Young, foothills 45 miles south of a Navy commander, said it was lets Life Imprisonment DaNang. The command said 113 "always good to see a big part ALBANY, Ga. (AP/AFNB) -- The North Vietnamese and 26 para- of the Navy waiting for a kidnapper of Barbara Jane troopers have been killed and small part of the Navy." .Mackle has been sentenced to 102 paratroops wounded in the The astronauts stayed on the life in prison. The sentence campaign launched by the U.S. carrier until evening, under- was pronounced last night af- 101st Airborne Division. going four hours of medical ter a jury in Decatur, Ga., The second drive, operation checkups and getting their convicted Gary Krist of the Herkimer Mountain, has produd first hot food since blastoff. crime. ed little of significance Then it was on to Pago Pago Theforeman of the jury said since it was kicked off May 9 where Owen S. Asninall, Gov- Krist's life was spared be- about 18 miles east of the ernor of the American Samoas, cause of precautions he took Laotian border 10 miles below planned to greet them and not to harm the victim. the DMZ. then on to Houston. Page 2 GuOatanamo Ga&ette Tuesday, May 27, 1969 TORONTO (AP/AFNB)--Beatle John Lennon and ROME (AP/AFNB)--Italy yesterday staggered his wife Yoko arrived in Toronto yesterday into a week of mounting labor troubles which from the Bahamas, reporting it was to hot included a blackout of the national television there for their "bed-in for peace." But im- networks, a new agitation of gas station oper- migration officials made it hot for them there ators, a walkout by teachers in state-run mat- too. ernal school and a work stoppage by Rowe gar- Lennon, Yoko and her five-year-old daughter, bage collectors. Kyoko, were detained for 2 hours at Toronto The new wave of stri)tes comes as the country International Airport when they arrived on is still struggling with the effects of a their way to Montreal. postal worker slowdown that had tons of mail George J. Dick, immigration administrator backlogged for weeks. for the Toronto district, said there was some question about Lennon's admissibility. A fur- IMIAMI, Fla. (AP/AFNB)--A Northeast airlines ther hearing was set for today. jetliner with 20 persons aboard was forced to Lennon and Yoko first planned to bed down in fly to Cuba yesterday shortly after taking off the United States, but he says the U.S. gov- from Miami on a flight to New York. ernment barred him because of the marijuana The Boeing 727 was flight six. The hijack- conviction. U.S. immigration officials say he ing was the 27th of the year and the first in- withdrew his visa application. volving Northeast. The plane landed safely in Havana. SOUTHEND, ENGLAND (AP/AFNB)--Oil fouled five miles of beaches along Britain's southeast BRUSSELS (AP/AFNB)-- Informed sources say coast yesterday after an unidentified tanker U.S. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird has urged discharged massive slicks into the Thames es- Canada to slow down plans for pulling the bulk tuary. of its forces out of Western Europe. The Thousands of families on their Whitsun hol- sources in Brussels say Laird urged caution iday were warned away from the coast between lest other NATO members decide to cut back Southend and Shoeburyness. their troop strength too. A hunt was on for the tanker, but the Coast Laird conferred yesterday with Canada's de- Guard said it was "highly unlikely" they could fense Minister Leo Cadieux at the Brussels trace it. headquarters of NATO. ORLIN (AP/AFNB)--Czechoslovak Communist par- wAllah. ty boss Gustav Husak arrived in East Germany yesterday for his fourth visit to the Soviet Guantanamo bloc nations that invaded his homeland last Gazette August. The official East German news agency said ComNavBase RAdm J.B. Bildreth Husak flew into the airfield at Erfurt near Public Affairs Officer Lt D.S. McCurrach the West German border and was greeted by East Editor J03 Larry Long German officials. Associate Editor J02 Mike Nash On Saturday, Husak spent eight hours ini War- Layout Supervisor J03 Terry Veis 41paff Writers JOSN Phil Jordan saw conferring with Polish party chief Vlady- JOSN John Bell' slaw Gomulka. Before that he had visited Mos- The GUANTANAMO GAZETTE is pubiished according to the rules and regulations for cow and Budapest. ship and station newspapers as outlined in NAVEXOS P-35 and under the direction of the Naval Base Public Affairs Officer. It is printed WASHINGTON (AP/AFNB)--A new round of argu- four days a week at government expense on government ments has been ordered by the U.S. Supreme equipment. The opinions or statements in news items that appear herein are Court in a case involving basic issues on whe- not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of ComNavBase or the Depart- ther the death penalty is constitutional. ment of the Navy. The case, which won't be argued until next Ads and notices will be accepted between the hours term, involves a death sentence given an Ar- of.8 a.m. and 3 p.m, MON through FRI only and will be published in Monday's, Tuesday's or Thursday's GAZETTE. kansas man in a 1961 rape case. No ads or notices except command-notices will be pub- lished more than once a week nor will they be run in WASHINGTON (AP/AFNB)--Former Illinois Con- Friday's paper. gressman Donald Rumsfeld was sworn in as new The GAZETTE welcomes contributions of a newsworthy nature. All contributions should be forwarded to Box director of :the war on poverty yesterday. 22, in care of the GUANTANAMO GAZETTE. The GAZETTE re- At a White House ceremony, President Nixon serves the right to modify the content of any story to described the post as "of very great impor- make it conform to typographical and format standards for publication. tance" in his administration. Page 3 Guantanamo Gaette Tuesday, May 27, 1969 them leaves and fruit. \'\ NXN is the best season for seeing N A Early summer the goats. Special Services gives 15 of the animals Aug. 6 to the Base's Jamaican workers who slaughter, dress and roast them for the Jamaican Independence Day celebration. The Deer Park is also unusual in that it is one of the few places on the Base with grass and greenery, A grove of banana trees and flowering bushes are a welcome change from the otherwise drab landscape typical of Guan - tanamo Bay. The park includes playground equipment, a small wading pool for children and a Pee-Wee league baseball field. Picnic tables can be reserved free of charge and a picnic pavillion rents for $1 a day. Villamar swimming pool is located a short distance away. "Many families take a swim and come down here to cook hot dogs and hamburgers," said Chief Strickland, the Base's Assistant-Special Services officer. "Easily 200 people use the Deer Park Adds Color to Recreation park in a week, and on some weekends, groups by JOSN John Bell of 300 or more reserve it for a party." GUANTANAMO BAT--It may not be Chicago's An annual Easter egg hunt for the child- Lincoln Park zoo, but then wh-re else can a ren is held at the park by the Civ - child "shake hands" with a deer or feed a ban- ic Council.