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Tomorrow's flight Water Usage 727 PLEASE CONSERVE Friday, August 24 through Sunday, August 26 8:00 a.m. NAS Norfolk,Va. Usable storage: 9.44 MIL-67% (Fri.), 9.15 MIL - Guantanamo Bay 11:30 am. noon 65% (Sat.), 9.85 MIL-70% (Sun.) Kingston, Jamaica 12:30 1:00 p.m. WAT ER p.m. Goal: 850 K Guantanamo Bay 2:15 p.m. 3:20 p.m. Consumption: 747 K (Fri.), 907 K (Sat.), 1.0 MIL NAS Norfolk, Va. 6:15 p.m. Capt. W. C. McCamy *Five water leaks over the See page 3 Naval Base Commander (Sun.) weekend. I I I Guantanamo Daily Gazette Vol. 46 -- No. 168 U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Monday, August 27, 1990 52 dependents of American diplomat's from Kuwait set free AP/UPI -- Fifty-two Americans embassy officials and Iraq's foreign officials say 20 of their citizens nadze said the Soviet Union will not were allowed outoflraq today. Most ministry. Earlier, Iraq said it would were rounded up. send any forces to join the naval of them were wives and children of hold the Americans until the U.S. Iraq's Revolutionary Command blockade against Iraq. American diplomats who work at embassy in Kuwait is closed, some- Council announced anyone hiding Last week, Soviet President the U.S. embassy in Kuwait. Thir- thing the United States refuses to do. foreigners will be executed. The Gorbachev warned Iraq to withdraw teen cars carrying them and three Iraq has cut off water and power Iraqi news agency said hiding for- it's forces from Kuwait. Then the other Americans left Bagdad before to embassies that defy its order to eigners is considered a, "crime of Soviet Union voted for a U.N. Secu- Caribbean - Forecasters are tracking dawn yesterday. close. Japanese spokesmen say the espionage." rity Council Resolution allowing the seventh and eighth named storms of At the Turkish border, Iraqi two diplomats holed up in the Japa- One of the most outspoken crit- limited forces to ensure sanctions the Atlantic hurricane season. Hurri- officialsprevented three young men nese embassy have enough food and ics of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait has against Iraq are maintained. But cane Gustav, packing 80 mph winds, is in the group from leaving Iraq. The water to last for six months. been the Soviet Union. Yesterday, about 280 miles east-southeast of others crossed into Turkey and were The British government reports Soviet Foreign Minister Shevard- Please see IRAQ, page 3 Guadaloupe. And Tropical Storm met by people from the U.S. embassy Iraqi forces took eight more British Hortense has been sighted about a in Ankara. citizens from their homes in Kuwait Thailand makes changes in government 1,000 miles vast of Gustav. A spokesman for the Turkish yesterday. So far 145 British people government said of the Americans, have been rounded up. UPI -- Thailand's Prime Minis- last month. China -- At least 180 peoplewere killed ter Chatichai Choonhavan made Besides making somepersonnel and more than 300 injured when Ty- "They looked very, very happy." France says eight French citi- some major changes in his govern- changes, Chatichai brought in a phoon Yancytore swept across China's The release of the Americans zens were taken from their homes southeast coast. An official Chinese followed contacts between U.S. and detained in a hotel. Japanese ment today. seventh political party to join his newspaper reports last week's storm The re-shuffle is the first since coalition. caused an estimated $125 million in Columbia set for take off Saturday, Sept. 1 Chatichai took office two years ago That's expected to lend Chati- damages and left millions homeless in and is being viewed as a move to chai's government support against UPI -- NASA hopes to resume to begin the countdown Wednesday several provinces. recover public confidence lost in pressure from a new military-backed shuttle flights Saturday with the morning and the shuttle crew is to recent scandals. party currently being formed. launch of Columbia from Cape arrive in Cape Canaveral from Great Britain -- The doctor of freed Official Radio Thailand an- The Stock Exchange of Thai- Irish hostage Brian Keenan says his Canaveral, Fla. Houston that night. nounced the shake-up, saying a total land responded positively to the not want to be released with- The repaired spaceplane is set If Columbia is launched success- patient did of 12 ministers and eight deputy changes, rising more than 40 points out fellow captive and British journalist toblastoffSaturdaymorning at 1:17 fully, it will give NASA a much- ministers were dropped or shifted to last week. John McCarthy. Dr. Sean Blake says EDT, carrying a seven-man crew on needed morale boost. other posts. The shake-up is not expected to Keenan argued with his Moslem kid- a long-awaited Astronomy mission. The space agency has been hit nappers, but they took him away from Several of those government affect any free-market, pro-western Columbia originally was set to with strong criticism because of his prison in Beirut without letting him officials had been accused of corrup- policies that have helped Thailand take off in May, but a hydrogen fuel flaws in the Hubble Space Tele- say good-bye to McCarthy. tion or inefficiency during a nation- achieve stability and prosperity leak forced cancellation of that scope, problems with the shuttle ally televised no-confidence debate during the past two years. East/West Germany -- Abortion is flight. Another similar leak program and doubts about the emerging as a key obstacle to German prompted officials to ground feasibility of NASA's planned space unification. Wrangling over differ- Columbia's sister-ship Atlantis. station. ences in East and West Germany's Officials say Saturday's flight Columbia's mission will be to Marine Barracks abortion laws kept West German lead- could easily slip back one or two collect data about powerful ultra- Ground Defense/Security Force awards ers up until the early hours Monday days because of an extremely tight violet rays from stars and other gal- moving. Chancellor Helmut Kohl and pre-flight schedule. Engineers plan axies. his conservative coalition met with Guantanamo Bay - Marine leaders of the opposition social demo- Sgt. Jacqueline Ortiz crats, who oppose efforts to impose Coal mine explosion traps 179 miners Barracks Ground Defense/Security Sgt. Kenneth Serres restrictive abortion laws on West Ger- Force held quarters on Friday, Aug. Cpl. Joseph Cintron man women after unification. AP -- Yugoslavian rescue crews shaft since the blast. 24. The following personnel were Cpl. Stefan Spiecker have recovered 69 bodies from a coal The rescue parties have been recognized for their excellence: Certificate of Commendation (continue to page 3) mine, one day after an explosion in concentrating on clearing ventilator Sgt. Jeffrey Rhodes one of the shafts which trapped 179 shafts or building new ones in case Meritorious Service Medal Sgt. Robert Thompson mmers. some of the trapped miners are still Lt. Col. Howard Langdon, Jr. Meritorious Mast Officials now say they believe all alive. Navy Commendation Medal Sgt. Amado Figero USA of the workers still trapped are dead. Only one miner has been found Gunnery Sgt. Francis Donahue Sgt. S.J. Crowder Rescuers laboring around the alive since the blast of methane gas Navy Achievement Medal Lance Cpl. Anthony Homer News clock since the blast early yesterday or coal dust at the mine about 90 Capt. Lyn Officer Lance Cpl. R.L. Everson say its been tough reaching the min- miles west of Belgrade. Sgt. David Jones Lance Cpl. C. Troncoso North Carolina -- A soldier charged ers. Tons of concrete blocks and The cause of the explosion is with shooting aPanamanianman during other debris have blocked the mine under investigation. the U.S. invasion of Panama could face life in prison if convicted. The court- martial trial of 1st Sgt. Roberto Bryan Gitmo Marines do their stuff in an arduous Combat Conditioning Course begins today at Fort Bragg, N.C. Bryan Parade Field, says he did exactly what the soldiers they zoomed over to By JOSN the next went to Panama to do, but the Anny says CHRIS CORBIN station for the fireman's it was unpremediated murder. carry. The fireman's carry consists Hard charging Marines were at it of paired Marines carrying each U.S. -- The Lundberg survey says retail again. That'sright, theMarines went other for 50 yards then switching for gasoline prices have gone up about 5 all out in a Combat Conditioning another 50. cents a gallon in the past two weeks. But Course. That course was on Friday, After the fireman's carry the whole sale prices rose to 9 centsand re- Aug 24, on Marine Hill. platoons muster up for 30 sit-ups. tailers profits were actually cut. Trilby All the Marine Barracks played. Even though most people would Lunberg, director of the survey, says the That includes Headquarters and reach exhaustion prices could move either way in the at this point, the Service Company, Rifle coming weeks. Security Marines dash to the fire station for 30 Company (RSC) Windward and push-ups. From there they reform for U.S. -- A report Sunday says Arab- Leeward. They wore full combat a precision 3-mile platoon run. Americans are keeping close tabs on gear. The program had them When it's over the victors share television coverage of the Middle East climbing ropes, jumping ditches, the thrill of victory with all partici- crisis. Arab-American activists say TV doing sit-ups and push-ups, per- pants. There are no losers in this coverage of the standoff has been anti- forming the fireman's carry and competitive training.