The 1971 Freeze What happens after 90-Days? WASHINGTON (AP/AFRTS)--president Nixon'l chief enforcer of the wage-price freeze si u. NAVAL SAsW MIANANAMa S, amA "something different" has to be devised a: the 90-day order expires. That's the view of the director of the i fice of Emergency Preparedness, George Lil He said he couldn't comment, however, o, whether mandatory controls will be impose when the freeze ends Nov. 12. Lincoln addressed the National Press Cli Washington. He said he hopes that whatever places the imposed curb doesn't require a sive bureaucracy. Meanwhile, America's new ten per cent si charge on imports was accepted in Geneva THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1971 the 54-nation, general agreement on tariff! trade. Represented at the meeting were major trading partners of the United States. However, a study group has been asked to report on the Communist Offensive legality of the surcharge and possible harmful effects on trade. Developing countries claim American GIs Put on Alert the added charge will hamper SAIGON (UPI/AFRTS)--The U.S. Command warned yesterday of an their efforts to achieve ex- expected Communist offensive with the approach of presidential port diversification. elections The list of foreign car dis- The com mand said American GIs had been put on alert for Com- tributors announcing price munist at tacks and not just in case of political upheavals. hikes on their 1971 models The warni ng came as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units continues to grow as a result shelled-f ive American bases in the three-week-old Communist of the surcharge on imports. offensive along the DMZ and American B52s kept up their raids Yesterday, Volkswagen and along the buffer zone. Toyota announced hikes. Nissan Viet Co ng bomb squads, meanwhile, set off a series of explo- --distributor of the Datsun-- sions tha t rocked a giant allied ammunition dump at Cam Ranh said there would be no in- Bay on th e central coast for 13 hours yesterday. crease on its 1971 models but The U.S . Command said the allies have "indications the enemy its 1972 car prices will be up. may be pl inning a high point of activity in the next few days." VW and Toyota joined British meanwhi le. outh Vietnamese forces went oh the offensive Leyland Motors, makers of the south of Da Nang in an attempt to head off an expected Commun- (pllase see FREEZE, Page 2) (Please see OFFENSIVE, Page 2) Page 2 nuantanamo Cazette Thursday, August 26, 1971 4 GAZETTEER FREEZE- Fo Pe Austin, MG and Jaguar, in announcing prices increases. a digest of late news Pushed prices up 6 1/2 per cent on the 1971 models after President Nixon boosted import surcharges on foreign cars. The British manufacturer had earlier I1E announced a temporary boost of 3 1/2 per cent on its 1971 cars. United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock says A free Clinic that opened last week in Providence, his union will cooperate with the 90 day freeze on R.I. is already swamped with requests. The clinic is wages and prices. But he says the union will legally for the 20 minute sterilization operation for men call- fight for later payment of any wages due and will join ed the vasectomy. It's only operating on Tuesday the AFL-CIO in opposing parts of President Nixon's nights and can handle five cases each week. Nurses new economic measures. say the clinic is booked through January. Meanwhile the painters union told its 200,000 members to "strike if necessary" for higher pay despite the Women's Liberationists celebrate the first freeze. It is one of 120 AFL-CIO unions vowing to anniversary of their protest today. In New York, Mayor challenge the curb in the courts and congress. John Lindsay has proclaimed the day, "women's rights day.' Marches and demonstrations are planned in many major cities with a "speak out" in the capital to push OFFENSIiE- mmoe for passage of an equal-rights amendment. ist-lel forces to launch widespread rocket and mortar The American Commuist Party has named attacks across South Vietnam in the next few days. General Secretary Gus Hall as its 1972 Presidential Such assaults could disrupt the country's National candidate. The 61-vear-old Hall told a New York news Elections on Sunday. conference "we have no illusion about winning but we Saigon militiamen, spearheaded by an armored column, hope to have an influence on the ideas of the messes." slashed twice into North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops in a sweep 35 miles south of Da Nang. The Atomic Energy Commission has an- Saigon headquarters reported 46 enemy troops were nounced tighter controls to safeguard the nation's sup- killed and one prisoner taken. There was no listing ply of tritium. The radioactive material is used in of government casualties. making hydrogen weapons and for various industrial pro- Cambodian troops meanwhile killed 300 North Viet, ducts. A commission spokesman told newsmen there was namese and Viet Cong in eight hours of fighting in no tritium missing. rice paddies rorth of Phnom Penh Tuesday, the Cambodian command reported. Belfast Headquarters 'of Northern Ireland's The U.S. command said several American GIs were in- electricity board was bombed and one man killed in that jured in the series of explosions which military sour- explosion. British Security forces called it, one of ces said were apparently touched off by Communist sap- the worst terrorist attacks. In all, 31 persons have pers who crept into the huge military complex 185 miles died in the past two weeks in the warring province. The northeast of Saigon. Ammunition kept exploding for 13 explosion today injured 35 persons, some critically. hours and fires broke out. A American GIs, outraged by a series of thefts and Japanese di8patcl from Peking reports Commu- burglaries in their barracks at Ouang Tri, shot the nist China has completed preparations for its first Na- tires out from under a truckload of stolen goods and tional People's Congress, around Oct. 1. The Congress then beat and tarred the South Vietnamese driver. has not met since 1965. Ever since the first brigade of the 5th Mechanized Division pulled out a month ago, South Vietnamese sol- The Mariner nine spacecraft isreported to diers and civilians have been stripping and looting the have passel the halfway mark on its 248 million mile base. journey tc Mars. It is expected to rendezvous with the In addition to dismantling abandoned barracks, they mysterious planet in mi -November. also have begun breaking into American's barracks. Stateside Temperatures Guantanamo Gazette Boston- 78 ComNavBase.RAdr. B. McCauley New York 80 Local Forecas Public Affairs Officer.Icdr. W. Boer II Philadelphia Editorial Advisor.Joc Brad Durfee 83 Editor.J03 Allan Smith Washington 76 Partly cloudy with scattered rain Sports Editor.L/Cpl. Dennis Roby Atlanta 85 showers northwest of the station Staff Artist.ETSN Frank Klutts Beeline Editor.yN Mike Kiefer Miami 86 during the afternoon becoming mostly Detroit 85 cloudy during late evening. The The GUANTANANO GAZETTE is published according to the rules and regulations for ship and station news- Chicago 81 surface winds are northerly 4-6 knots papers as outlined in NAVEXOS P-35 and under the Minneapolis-St. Paul direction of the Naval Base Public affairs Officer. 69 becoming southeasterly 12-18 knots. It in printed four days a week at government expense St. Louis 87 Todays high will be about 90, with on government equipment. The opinions or statements Kansas City in news items that appear herein are not to he con- 74 a low this evening of about 78. strued as official or as reflecting the views of Dallas 82 ComNavBase or the Department of the Navy. Oklahoma City 91 San Francisco 65 Thursday, August 26, 1971 Guantanamo Gazette Page 3 Order of the Arrow embers in Scu Troop 4 donned In- via costume an presented ritual-like dances and enter- tainment last week. Visitors to their Hidden Beach campsite saw a tapping-out ceremony in which a scout be- comes a member of the honor campers society. The scout troop, during its week-long summer's end camp, learned about and practiced conservation. They worked to improve their Hidden Beach campsite in an effort toward a self-help pro- gram. Photographs by MAGGiE AND JACK SCOTT El Ranchito Vaqueros members pose with stacks of trash they gathered last weekend as Trop- i-al Storm Chloe threatened. Women and children of the Lee- ward Point riding club set out through the Leeward Housing Area with large bags for de- bris while adult males members cleared heavier and larger po- tential missiles from the playground and ballpark areas. Photograph by DICK WIDEN Page 4 Guantanamo Gazette Thursday, August 26, 1971 Cine Scene Sat. Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Naval Station 1/8 2 3 4 5 6 7/9 Naval Air Station 10/9 1 2 3 4 5 6/8 Marine S~ite 11 10 1 2 3 4 5 Hospital 12 11 10 1 2 3 4 Camp Bulkeley 13 12 11 10 1 2 3 EM Leeward Point 14 13 12 11 10 1 2 NAS Leeward Point 17/18 14 13 12 11 10 1/15 BOQ Leeward Point 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 1. TRUE GRIT: John Wayne, Glen Campbell. When 10. THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS: Robert Kim Darby, a 14-year-old girl from Yell County, Prestcn, Dorothy McGuire. With arrival of the Ark.