ISS New Jersey Returns from Vietnam Shelling Mission SAIGON (AP/AFNB)--The Mighty New Jersey, the World's Only Active Battleship, Left the Viet Nam War Yesterday And
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WEDNESDAY'S TIDES WATER CONDITION HIG N A LO (luE da aper zvz to win t& CHIN FO -vR itu -4w rd Charlie II 8:47 a.m. 2:28 a.m. U.S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA STORAGE ASHORE 9:05 p.m. 2:40 p.m. 13.4 Million Gallons Phone 9-5247 Date TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1969 Radio (1340) TV (Ch. 8) ISS New Jersey Returns From Vietnam Shelling Mission SAIGON (AP/AFNB)--The mighty New Jersey, the world's only active battleship, left the Viet Nam war yesterday and. headed home after having pounded the enemy with 18,000 rounds of shells at a cost of $6 million. The 45,000-ton battle wagon sailed for Long Beach, Calif., for refitting and fleet exercises after six months on the fir ing line. She is scheduled to return to Viet Nam next plied, "I don't know how to put fall for another six months a dollar value on a man's life. of action, but many Navy men Ask a Marine if it's worth it. doubt that she'll be back. The battleship's 1,600-man The Jersey's skipper, Capt crew left this record: J. Edward Snyder Jr., does Five thousand, 16-inch shells not think his ship has seen and more than 13,000 five-inch the last of Viet Nam however. rounds fired and more than He told a reporter: "If the 1,600 enemy bunkers and mill- war is not over, we should be tary structures destroyed or back next October." damaged. In their biggest day, Snyder said the Jersey off the central coast, New Jer- GUANTANAMO BAY - The *U.S. could be utilized either a- sey gunners knocked out 117 en- Marine Corps silent drill team gainst North Viet Nam or to emy structures and 32 bunkers, drum and bugle corps and color support allied troops in damaged 93 other structures guard can be seen Thursday South Viet Nam. and set off eight secondary night at Cooper Field. Asked about the cost of op- explosions in a Viet Cong fue eratinTthe ship, Snyder re- and ammunition dump. Disabled Sloop Reaches Safety In Guantanamo GUANTANAMO BAY--The Naval Base had an un- expected guest Saturday in the form of the 40- foot sloopTouche." The sloop lost all engine and electrical power while enroute from Port Antonio, Jamaica to Miami and was forced to put in at Guantanamo Bay. The Touche is manned by a four-man crew, F. Michael Hendrick of Miami, James Schlake of Coconut Grove, Fla., Glen Morris of Park Ridge Ill. and Jeffrey Foxx.Qf Rye, N.Y. The Touche reportedly spent 24 hours in the vicinity of Guantanamo Bay trying to enter the harbor. She was picked up by Harbor Police early Sat- urday morning and was towed to Wharf Tango, where she was to remain until repairs were completed. Page 2 Guantanamo Gazette Tuesday, April I, 1969 World News Summary DETROIT (AP/AFNB)--One white policeman was LOS ANGELES (AP/AFNB) -- A suite of three killed, another wounded and five Negroes were cells--complete with living and dining quarters injured during a weekend exchange of gunfire and a television set--is being built for Sirhan at a church near the scene of the 1967 riots. Bishara Sirhan in case the young Jordanian is A meeting of the black militant New Republic convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert Kennedy. of Africa had just adjourned. Four Negroes The California Department of Corrections inside the church were shot and wounded when wants Sirhan to stay in the special cell wheth- police officers stormed the building Saturday er he gets life imprisonment or the death pen- night. alty. A source said "There is always the Police said the dead officer, patrolman chance an inmate might want to kill him and It Michael Czapski, 22, was shot seven times in would be best to isolate him." the head and chest when he and his partner tried to question about a dozen Negroes carry- WALTON-ON-THAMES, Eng. (AP/AFNB) -- Beatle ing rifles and carbines outside the church. George Harrison and his wife Pattie, hand- in Czapski's partner, Richard Worobec, 28, was hand in court, yesterday pleaded guilty to wounded in the back and right leg, but managed having marijuana in their suburban home and to crawl to their scout car and radio for help. were fined 250 pounds ($650) each. The ambushers, dressed in Army fatigue The 26-year-old pop guitarist paid the fines, clothing with leopard skin epaulets and black left the court and told newsmen: "We hope the combat boots, ran into the church as police police will now leave the Beatles alone. reinforcements roared up. Officers said they were met by a hail of MOSCOW (AP/AFNB)--The Red Chinese have not gunfire from the church. They stormed inside, reacted to a Soviet note seeking talks to eli- smashing through plate-glass doors, firing as inmate tension in the Manchurian border, and they entered. Police said they confiscated the general feeling here is that the Kremlin seven rifles, three hand guns and a large does not expect them to. quantity of ammunition. Police Commissioner Johannes Spreen, who Observers felt Moscow merely wanted to show took personaltookperona charge ofchage thef te inestgaton,investigation, the Soviet-Chinese its borderWarsaw dispute Pact in aallies reason- it Is trying to solve said 135 Negroes were taken into custody and able way, hoping to resolve the disagreements questioned. it sparked among East-Bloc countries. All but 10 were released after investigation These disagreements reportedly led to anoth- and the others were held for appearance before er postponement of the long delayed World recorder's court judge George Crockett. Communist Conference. At a recent preparatory In a brief flareup in a makeshift court, meeting in Moscow, Romania was reported to Crockett cited Wayne County Prosecutor William have been most critical of Soviet handling of Calahan for contempt after an exchange of the border dispute. words over whether one of those arrested should be released. Calahan is white; Crockett is a Negro. Later, Crockett disqualified himself from the contempt hearing, explaining the clash was Guantanamo Gazette racially motivated. Another judge would preth havemst een citica of oieth handno side at the contempt hearing, he said. The Rev. David Munday, pastor of the New ComNavBaae RAdm J.B Hildrets Bethel Baptist Church, scene of the gun battle public Affairs Officer Lt D.S. McCurrach 0 said the New Republic of Africa group had no Editorial Adviser J02 Jerry Marshall connection with the church but had merely Editor -J03 Latiryugo rented the haCo. Associate Editor a philraory The organization, headed by two brothers, Layout Supervisor J03 Mie Nash Mi lton:ad Richard Henry, advocates the form- Staff Writer JOSN John Bell at ion of a separate Negro nation in five The U4NTANAMO GA7.TTE is published according to te Southern states--Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala- rules and rfguratodmu for ship and station newspapers. bama, Georgia and South Carolina. asoutlined in NAVEXOS P-35 and under the direction of It is asking for $400 billion from the the Naval Base Public Affairs Officer. It is printed United States'for reparation of what -it says four days a week at government expense on governm ent our ancestors dur- equipment. The opinions or, statements in news items was the labor "stolen from official ing slavery and for damages ed orthat as appearreflecting herein the areviews not ofto CoptavBase be construed or theas Depart- Broes since slavery, by reasons of racial dis- meant of the Navy. crimination. Ads snd notices will be accepted between the hours United.State forrb nrepaatio of whatrde tit says ofreea. and 3 p.mdMON through FhI only and wil be WASHINGTON (AP/AFNB)--Oregon Sen. Mark Hat- polished inMonday's, Tuesday's or Thursday's GAZETTE. fielnad spurned VIP treatment yesterday and No ads or notices except command notices will be pub- stood in the cold for more than an hour wait- listed more than once a week nor will they be run in ing to pay tribute to Gen. Eisenhower. Friday's paper. SAs a Senator, he would have been admitted to the Nat nal Cathedral quickly. But Hatfield 22 in care of the GUANTANAMO GAZETTE. The GAZETTE re- referred to his experience as a Navy enlisted serves the right to modify the content of any stNery to man. He said: "I would wait in line for a make it conform to typographical and formatstandards haircut and be just about to get in the chair for publication. when some officer would come in and I would lose my place."' Tuesday, April 1, 1969 Guantanamo Gazette Page 3 j: J WASHINGTON--Americans filed in simple, si- lent, yet eloquent tribute yesterday past the flag-draped steel coffin of Dwight D. Eisen- hower. The salute of the ordinary citizen, the tourist, the veteran of Eisenhower's armies, the women who knelt in prayer on the stone floor of the capitol rotunda, was counterpoint to the solemn splendor of the state funeral. Leaders and representatives of nations a- cross the world assembled for that rite. At the White House, President Nixon talked for nearly an hour with French Prei'dent De Gaulle. Belgium's Baudoin called KubI ANv mNJ wUUemeLIn d popuse vocal Charles group will appear in Guantanamo Bay on the President, too. April 3, 4 and 5. Mrs. Eisenhower spent the hours before the funeral in the seclusion of her hotel suite, receiving messages of condolence from around the world. Former President and Mrs.