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Guantanamo Gazette Vol 43 -- No. 158 -- U.S. Navy's only shore-based daily newspaper -- Monday, August 17, 1987 N City Colleges of Chicago registration starts today w E Bay News By JOSN J.D. Parks and Windward. According to Adamson, credits For military personnel, tuition earned from CCC can be transferred Looking for a way to complete your assistance forms are available from to accredited colleges in the United S education? Looking for a construc- the Personnel Support Detachment. States. Water outage tive way to spend your evenings? The tuition assistance program "There is an increasing emphasis There will be a scheduled water City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) be- covers 75 percent of the tuition for on college education in the milit- outage affecting the BOQ on gins registration this week for the college classes. ary," Adamson said. "The military is Monday, Aug. 24, from 7:30 to coming term. "Each class is eight weeks long, looking for people willing to 11:30 a.m. Laurie Adamson, area cordinator and is held two nights a week, Mon- improve themselves, so a degree for CCC, said, "We have 23 courses day and Wednesday or Tuesday and would be a good career step." New telephone books available for military and civilian Thursday, from 6 - 9 p.m.," Adamson She added, "Even for civilians and New telephone books will be personnel, and our programs lead to explained. personnel who don't plan to stay in distributed in late December. one of two associate degrees; one in Credit requirements for a degree the military, a degree is very liberal arts, Requests for changes/updates to and one in mid manage- fran City Colleges of Chicago are a helpful in finding employment." listings may be submitted to: ment." total of 30 credits, "but at least Telephone Book Elective, general education, and 15 credit hours must be completed at Registration is this week at the Box 94 business classes are offered in the City Colleges of Chicago," she said. CCC building, located next to the coming term. Math 125 (statistics) Military personnel may also receive library. The last day to register is The point of contact for will be held at Leeward, and Ocean- college credit for military train- Friday, August 21. For more informa- ography questions or comments is the 101 will be held at Leeward ing, and for their individual rates. tion, call 4748. chief operator's desk at 2522. The cut-off date for receiving changes is Sept. 30. Automobiles, if handled improperly, are potential killers Vet clinic note By JOSN J.D. Parks tions to help remove hazards from '87, there have been only two auto- everyday driving. mobile accidents and one motorcycle The base veterinary clinic There is a potential killer near "Safety equipment is very import- accident involving serious injur- urgently requests fresh, small, your home. A mammoth of steel that ant, and drivers can improve the ies." bait-type fish to feed a gray can kill in an instant if misused. safety of their cars by doing reg- "By giving possible hazards more heron which recently underwent You see them everywhere, and ular checks of their directional room, and watching out for children major surgery at the clinic. probably use one to get to work signals, brake lights, reverse and other drivers, it is possible to To base fisherman, any fish every day. lights, tires, brakes and horn." decrease the possibility of an caught would be greatly With school starting, children The speed limit in Guantanamo Bay accident," he said, adding, "With a appreciated. The heron is not will be exposed to these potential is 25 miles per hour unless other- little effort on the part of driv- very large, so the smaller the killers more often. wise posted. ers, Guantanamo Bay will continue to fish, the better. To turn fish The killers are automobiles, but The limit in school and residen- be a safe place to drive." in, please call the veterinarian they don't have to be dangerous -- tial areas is 15 miles per hour. By observing speed limits, being at 2101 or 2212 DWH and 2478 AWH. if they are handled properly. "The slower speeds give drivers aware of your surroundings and BM2 Robert McDonough, safety spe- more time to react to a possible checking safety equipment regularly, Fire inspections cialist, with Naval Station safety situation," McDonough explained. automobiles can be a useful tool Annual fire inspections of office here, offers a few sugges- He added, "To date in fiscal year instead of a potential killer. housing units will be performed aboard the Naval Station starting Tuesday, Sept. 8. Inspection time USS Guadalcanal arrives in Persian Gulf, Marines on board frames will be between the hours of 4:30 and 7:30 p.m., Monday By United Press International the Guadalcanal will weigh anchor marking the largest Marine presence through Thursday. An adult today to head north toward Kuwait, in the Persian Gulf to date. occupant must be present during The largest American warship to where it will start helping escort Ships and helicopters searched the the inspection. Time frames for enter the Persian Gulf since the Kuwaiti supertankers through the Gulf of Oman for a second day yes- each housing area will be Iran-Iraq War began began nearly Gulf to the Strait of Hormuz. terday, but found no sign of five announced. seven years ago is getting ready for One witness says the 11,000-ton seaman who have been missing since tanker escort duty. Guadalcanal is packed from bow to Saturday when their supply ship hit Postage-free mail Witnesses and shipping sources say stern with helicopters gunships arm- a mine and sank. They are presumed the amphibious assult carrier USS ed with missiles. drowned. One other seaman died in a All base residents may mail Guadalcanal is anchored 30 miles Hundreds of Marines are believed hospital after being pulled from the personal first class letters, northeast of Bahrain. They predict to be on board the Guadalcanal, cards, and packages that weigh sea. less than 12 ounces, free of postage to another individual Passengers, crew when addressed to the following destinations: of plane crash Base residents of Guantanamo Captain's Hotline NAVSTA, Roosevelt Roads, PR all believed dead Query: There is MPS mail must be correctly a government roan extremely loud music is being By United Press International vehicle, #9523622, parked on 5th addressed, including complete played by patrons bringing in street in Villamar forwarding and return addresses, that shouldn't their radios. I complained to the Officials say they don't believe be there. and have "MPS" printed or manager and the manager had the anyone survived an airliner crash in Reply: That typewritten in the upper-right- vehicle belongs to radios turned down. I feel that Detroit last night. the Seabee detachment. hand corner of the article. In some the users of the weight room A Northwest Airlines DC-9 taking cases you will see a Seabee MPS is not authorized for the should not have to listen to other off from Detroit's Metropolitan Air- detachment vehicle in housing payment of bills such or people's music because it as base port crashed into a highway viaduct, telephone, insurance, cable, etc. other places normally unauthorized distracts them fran their concen- exploding into a huge fireball. for government When mailing articles locally, vehicles. Their traction. I would like to see Northwest officials say 153 people vehicles MPS or with postage, the are authorized for radios banned fran the weight were aboard the plane, 144 paying following format should be recreation activities due to their room. Maybe you could require only passengers, a crew of six and three utilized: status as a deployed unit while Walkmans be used. non-working Northwest employees Name other government vehicles are not. Reply: Walkman-type recorders riding for free. Officials say they The guidelines for their use Box # are are not to be used in a believe all the passengers and crew strictly Local enforced by the Officer- free-weight setting due to the are dead. Two of those aboard were in-Charge of the Seabee need to verbally warn of impending babies. detachment. danger such as falling or dropped Drinking age Wayne County undersherriff Warren weights. The Leeward weight roan A Guantanamo\ Bay resident or Evans say there may have been as Query: My neighbors moved into will acquire its own stereo system visitor must be 18 to purchase or many as six or seven non-fatal in- temporary quarters for at least a controlled by the management. consume malt alcoholic beverages juries in the accident. But author- month. They have left their lights (beer). A person must be 21 to ities are "reasonably sure" those and air conditioners on for at Query: I think it would be a purchase or consume all other were people on the ground, not on least a week now. This is a waste good idea to have erosion fences nonmalt alcoholic beverages (i.e. the plane. of energy and can something be along Cooper Field on Sherman liquor, liqueur, wine, cordial). Sheriff's deputies say they found done about this? Avenue. The topsoil is blowing the plane's black box carrying the Reply: Thank you for your call. away and sandblasting the traffic Speed limit reminder flight recordings. That waste of energy has been along Sherman Avenue. The FBI sent agents to investigate taken care of. As a reminder to Reply: Right now there are Motorists are reminded the the crash, that's because several all residents, please use the several projects that will eyewitnesses, official speed limit for vehicles including an air Captain's Hotline when efforts to eliminate most of the dust is 25 miles per hour, unless controller, said the plane was on use the chain of command fails.