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Whoops, there goes. Some base residents who failed to take action last week may find that late might as well be never. As part of the base-wide Shape Up, Gitmo! campaign now under way, many of the base's derelict cars were tagged last week with noti- ces that they would towed to the dump if owners did not remove them prior to Oct. 25. Citing SOPA Instruction 5400.2, Chapter 2, the notice said it contrary to regulations to repair vehicles outside of the Hobby Owners should remember that improperly parked vehicles may be confused Shop Garage on Marti Rd. with abandoned ones, as could be the case above. M& NAVAL CUATAM4AgSr. Y, CUBA Bias it Canadians Protest Atomic Test WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Nixon administration announced yesterday plans t o proceed with a huge underground a- tomic blast in th e Aleutian Islands, drawing expres- sions of dismay from the Canadian ambassador here. Although Sen. .1 ike Gravel, D-Alaska, told newsmen the blast, testing a 5-megaton anti-missile warhead, is THURSDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1971 scheduled for Nov . 4, James R. Schlesinger, chariman of the Atomic Energy Commission, told newsmen a test date has not been established. Schlesinger said, however, that preparations would be completed within a week. Meanwhile, seven environmental Nixon Reacts to U.N. Vote groups, headed by the Committe for WASHINGTON (AP)--President Nixon, giving a delayed reaction to Monday Nuclear Responsibility, are seeking night's events that saw the United Nations admit mainland China and expel to halt the test through court ac- Taiwan, suggested yesterday the result could be lessened U.S. support and tion, contending it might cause a reshuffling of foreign aid. earthquakes, tidal waves, radiation Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said Nixon was shocked by what he re- leakage or other environmental dam- garded as "undisguised glee" and "personal animosity" on the part of un- (Please see BLAST, page 2) named U.N. delegates following the votes by the world organization that marked a diplomatic defeat for the United States. Historical Highlight Reading from notes, Ziegler made On this date in 1962, a dangerous it clear to reporters that he spoke U.S.-Soviet confrontation eased as for Nixon and the government in say- Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khruschev g lessened ing "we would be less than candid" announced that he had ordered with- if warning were not served publicly drawal of Russian missiles from aid that Monday's happenings could well Cuba. foreign erode public and Congressional sup- In 1492, Christopher Columbus dis- SUppoTt port for the U.N. and, in the case covered Cuba on his first voyage of of foreign aid, for those countries exploration to the New World. whose delegates joined in what he In 1636, Harvard College, the old- -Nixon termed a "shocking spectacle." est institution of higher*learning The White House spokesman said he in the United States, was founded was talking about events that took in Massechusetts. place on the floor of the General In 1866, the Statue of Liberty was Assembly following Monday night's put in place on Bedloe's Island in votes, as seen by Nixon and others New York Harbor. on television news programs. In 1919, Congress overrode a veto The extent and direction of Nixon's and enacted national prohibition. (Please see NIXON, page 2) Page 2 Guantanamo Gazette Thursday, October 28, 1971 GAZETTEER BLAST- age. a digest of late news Alaska Gov. William Egan said President Nixon and the AEC "in making this decision have taken-and must assume-full responsibility for the safety of the people who would suffer the consequences if an acci- dent occurs." Congress had passed legislation last Sept. 22 bar- Police announced today the arrest of an Israe- ring the test before mid-1972 unless the President li Arab family-husband, wife and parents-and described authorized it. them as "the most dangerous Israeli Arab terrorism cell Schlesinger told a news conference yesterday, "The yet uncovered." Atomic Energy Commission is now planning to proceed Twelve other Israeli Arab citizens also were arrested with the Cannikin test. We have now received the in the past three days on suspicion of belonging to requisite authority to go ahead including detonation." the cell, police said it plotted five sabotage blasts "We have presidential authorization," he said in in two Israeli cities in 1969 and 1971. answer to a question. Canada and Japan have both opposed the test, in which Princess Anne had her fortune told Chinese a hydrogen warhead with a force equivalent to 5 style--with a prediction that she will become very million tons of TNT would be exploded some 6,000 feet rich--and bought jade decorations at a Communist Chi- underground in remote Amchitka Island in the northern nese store in her first full day in Hong Kong yester- Pacific Ocean. It would be the biggest U.S. under- day. ground test although the Russians have had some in The fortune-teller in one of Hong Kong's oldest and this range. most famous Buddhist temples and the surprise visit Canada's ambassador Marcel Cadiax was informed of to the Red Chinese store came at the end of a heavy the U.S. decision in a meeting with Schlesinger ear- program of official functions for the 21-year-old lier in the day. A Canadian spokesman said Cadieux British princess. expressed a sense of dismay and told Schlesinger there were international principles involved in a test whose The U.S. Command today ordered American effects might reach to the borders of other nations. troops in Vietnam on an increased alert for the week- Environment groups opposing the test have argued end in anticipation of eqemy attacks during the inau- that it might leak radiation into the Pacific Ocean. guration of President Nguyen Van Thieu. Schlesinger told newsmen the administration has The alert is also intended to keep the 202,000 considered the environmental issues and believes the American troops away from any hostile demonstrations risk to be extremely small. by anti-Thieu forces who blame the United States for his unopposed re-election. NIXON- President Chiang Kai-Shek said today the reported shock, perhaps anger, were not perfectly Nationalist Chinese government must concentrate on clear. It was not immediately evident, for example, spiritual, educational and domestic affairs in the whether the President aimed primarily at expressing wake of its expulsion from the United Nations. his sentiments to the world community or to American Chiang also said the withdrawal of Nationalist dele- voters who feel strongly about the result of U.N. vo- gation from the General Assembly chambers minutes be- ting on China. fore its expulsion was a brave and glorious act, a Ziegler did say the White House had received a large spokesman said, number of telephone calls and telegrams "expressing The 83-year-old Generalissimo spoke for about 10 shock and dismay" at what he sought to picture as un- minutes at a luncheon of more than 1,000 local and seemly antics on the floor of the General Assembly national officials at the Sun Yat-Sen Cultural Palace. that he labeled unworthy of the organization. Ziegler Foreign newsmen were barred, but his remarks were re- insisted the United States is not challenging the U.N. ported by a spokesman. votes, but rather objects to the post-voting actions. Stateside Temperatures Guantanamo Gazette Boston 69 Local Forecast ComNavBase.RAdm. B. McCauley New York 59 Public Affairs Officer.LCdr. W. Boer II Philadelphia 69 Editorial Advisor.JOC Brad Durfee 70 Partly cloudy with scattered rain Editor . .J02 Ira crew, Washington Assistant Editor. YN3 Jeff Emricl Atlanta 77 showers late this afternoon. Visi- Sports Editor.L/Cpl. Dennis Roby 82 bility will be unrestricted. The Staff Artist.ETSN Frank KluttZ Miami Beeline Editor.FN winds are southeasterly TOny Radomski Detroit 71 at 6-10 The GUANTANAMiO GAZETTE is published according to Chicago 73 knots. Today's high will be 87 the rules and regulations for ship and station news- papers as outlined in NAVEXOS P-35 and under the St. Louis 79 with a low this evening of 75. direction of the Naval Base Public Vffairs Officer. Dallas 80 It is printed four days a week at government expense on government equipment. The opinions or statements Oklahoma City 75 in news items that appear herein are not to be con- strued as official or as reflecting the views of Los Angeles 63 ComNavBase or the Department of the Navy. San Francisco 57 Seattle 45 Thursday, October 28, 1971 Guantanamo Gazette Page 3 Citizen's Band Radio Returns to Gitmo Citizen's band radio, once a popular hobby the requests of base radio enthusiasts, citi- and an asset to many in terms of increased zen's band radio will once again be allowable safety for boaters, has returned to Guantana- for use in boats, cars or even airplanes, Bro- mo Bay. der said. According to Navy Lieutenant William T. Bro- To become a licensed operator is relatively der, base communications officer, citizen's simple: band radioes were permitted aboard the base a- The first step, as related by Yeoman First round 1964, but no one is sure why their use Class Jimmy D. Thomas, the first man on the was prohibited after that. base to receive Federal Communications Commis- Because of their usefulness and because of sion (FEC) and ComNavBase approval for a pri- vate communications system, is PPENING- to order equipment from any WHAT'S HA one of the mail-order firms dealing in radio equipment. e The mail-order house will VC-10 Wives Club Bake Sal usually send a FCC license ap- The VC-10 Wives Club will have a bake sale.to morrow in front plication with the equipment of the Marine Exchange at 10 a.m.