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Phone 9-5247 Date Friday, November 22, 1968 Radio (1340) TV (Ch. 8) MarAirMed Started by NATO To Watch Russian Navy North Vietnam Uses Bomb Halt NAPLES (AP/AFNB) augurated a new air-- NATOcommand ifn- Thursday to seek out Soviet To Re-Supply, Repair Damage ships and submarines in the SAIGON (UPI/AFNB) - Thousands of North Vietnamese laborers Mediterranean and warned that are rebuilding bombed-out highways and rushing tons of war "any crisis in the Mediterran- supplies south toward the Demilitarized Zone, informed Amer- ean and Middle East would have ican sources said Thursday. world consequences." Reports of the crash program in the north coincided with The warning was delivered by a prediction by a South Viet- Italy's Manlio Brosio, NATO namese general of a new Commu- Secretary General, as a cere- nist offensive in the Saigon mony in which 10 planes-to be area and the loss of three used in the new command were American aircraft to Communist n overhead. gunners around Da Nang. Eight OAKLAND, Calif. (AP/AFNB)- - W he command, called MarAir- Americans were killed and 12 A nationWide search is under - Med, is headed by U.S. Rear injured in the downed craft. way for four young persons be - Admiral Edward C. Outlaw of A Viet Cong mortar attackon lived to be part of a sabo - Greenville, N.C., who doubles the Mekong Delta provincial tage conspiracy responsible(e as air commander of the U.S. capital of My Tho 34 miles for 30 bombings in the Sa n 6th Fleet. southwest of Saigon killed one Francisco Bay area, according g American, Italian and Brit- civilian and wounded nine, to the FBI. ish planes are used by the military spokesmen said. The announcement was madce command with Greece and Tur- The American sources report- at a news conference sponsored d key to participate later. ing the highway rebuilding in by the FBI and three local lavw France was reported coopera- North Vietnam said the south- enforcement agencies. ting closely with the command ward movement of wag materiel It came shortly after th e despite its earlier decisions does not necessarily indicate fifth suspect in the conspire - to withdraw from military ac- the Communists plan to launch acy was formally charged witih tivities of the North Atlantic new attacks across the six- recent bombings at the Univer - Treaty Organization. mile-wide (cont'd on page 2) sity of California and th e Oakland Court House. Charles Bates, special agent $35 Million Contract Awarded for New, 'Quiet' Sub in charge of the FBI's San WASHINGTON (AP/AFNB) -- A $35 million contract award was Francisco office, said there announced Thursday for start of construction of a new, "quiet" was a strong possibility the American submarine. five were part of a nationwide The Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Gro- conspiracy involved in sabo- ton, Conn., was given the contract by the Naval.Ships Systems tage and other disruptive ac- Command to start work on the nuclear-powered submarine. tivities. Congress reluctantly approved the project earlier this year He said they were known to after expressing concern over the cost of such ships, about have associated with various $50 million to $100 million apiece more than the present type activist groups headquartered marines of the U.S. Navy. in Berkeley near the Univer- he main change in construction of a "quiet" sub from other sity of California campus. c lear submarines would be use of a turbine electric system Formally charged Was Daniel to propel it, compared to the present gear drive. Guirkans, 23, an AWOL soldier. Page 2 Guantanamo Gazette Friday, Nov. 22, 1968 0 NORTH VIETNAM REBUILDS (cont'd from page 1) Demilitarized Zone. "They have an alternate, but we don't know which they will choose," one authority said. Guantanamo Gazette "They can move the stuff to the northern bor- der of the DMZ or they can move it into Laos." ComNavBase RAdm J.B. Hildreth over American photo reconnaissance flights Public Affairs Officer Lt D.S. McCurrach North Vietnam show that stockpiles of Commu- nist war supplies, previously stored north of Editor J02 Jerry Marshall the 19th Parallel, have been leapfrogged down Associate Editor J03 Tom Meyers Layout JOSN Larry Long the coast to new transshipment points. Areas north of the 19th Parallel have been The GUANTANAMO GAZETTE is published according to the off-limits to American raids since March 31 rules and regulations for ship and station newspapers under the arrangements with the North Vietnam- as outlined in NAVEXOS P-35 and undlr the direction of the Naval Base Public Affairs Officer. It is printed ese which started the preliminary peace talks four days a week at government expense on government in Paris. equipment. The opinions or statements in news items The reconnaissance photos showed North Viet- that appear herein are not to be construed as official namese laborers using everything from shovels or as reflecting the views of ComNavBase or the Depart- ment of the Navy. to bulldozers to clear and grade Highway 1, Ads and notices will be accepted between the hours the main north - south coastal route running of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. MON through FRI only and will be from Hanoi to the DMZ. It was the target of published in Monday's, Tuesday's or Thursday's GAZETTE. No ads or notices except command notices will be pub- hundreds of missions by American jets before lished more than once a week nor will they be run in the bombing halt. Friday's paper. Most of the rebuilding work was done on a The GAZETTE welcomes contributions of a newsworthy 50-mile stretch of Highway 1 reaching through nature. All contributions should be forwarded to Box 22, in care of the GUANTANAMO GAZETTE. The GAZETTE re- Vinh, a port 160 miles north of the DMZ. serves the right to modify the content of any story to Some American officers are fearful that make it conform to typographical and format standards North Vietnam may take advantage of the bomb- for publication. ing halt to rebuild the runways at the Vinh Air Base to accomodate Russian Mig fighter- I bombers. The aircraft shot down in the Da Nang area More Fires, Blasts in Mannington Mine were a U.S. Marine CH-46 helicopter and two MANNINGTON, W. Va. (UPI/AFNB) -- Explosions Air Force fighter-bombers--sn F4 Phantom jet and raging fires spread deadly 'arbon monoxide and an F100 Supersabre. through miles of tunnels in an underground In Saigon, Allied spokesmen Thursday report- soft coal mine Thursday, virtually eliminating ed a drop in American and South Vietnamese all hope any of 78 trapped miners would be battle deaths for the week ended last Satur- found alive. day and said Communist losses remained at re- The worsened conditions in the mine cut off cent levels. indefinitely the start of rescue efforts. The U. S. Command said 127 Americans were "Our hopes are dimmed considerably," William killed and 1,031 wounded last week. South Poundstone, Executive Vice President of Con- Vietnamese losses were placed at 127 killed. solidation Coal Co., world's largest soft coal The Allies reported killing 1,838 North Viet- producer, told newsmen Thursday. namese and Viet Cong. Poundstone said fires in the sevenmiles of tunnels in the Mannington mine "definitely spread during the night" following a fourth major explosion Wednesday night. Students in Prague End Four-Day Strike There has been no contact with the 78 men PRAGUE (AP/AFNB) - A four-day sit-in strike since the first violent blast trapped them by students that showed a split between Czech- 700 feet underground before dawn Wednesday. oslovak Communist leaders and the younger gen- Nevertheless, Poundstone said, "We will not eration concerned about freedom ended peace- give up hope." fully Thursday after some tense moments. He said the company "does niot-intend to seal Thousands of red - eyed students carrying off at this time." bedrolls, books and guitars pouredwearily but A decision to seal the mine to extinguish happily out of university buildings throughout the fires would mean the abandonment of all Prague at high noon satisfied that they had hope for the trapped men. done something to keep alive the spirit of "As long as we feel there is still a ch freedom curtailed since the August invasion by to reduce and contain the fires, we will Sov.iet-led troops. give up hope," Poundstone said. Pages Missing or Unavailable C

0day, Nov. 22, 1968 Guantanamo Gazette Page 7 Titles, Rivalries at Stake In College Grid Weekend SPORTS Harvard-Yale Slated; Michigan Local Tennis Results Meets Buckeyes for Rose Berth NAVAL BASE 4, SECURITY GROUP 0 NEW YORK (AP/AFNB)--College football's last Capt Dean Pfeiffer, NavBase, defeated Tom full Saturday of games takes place this week- Lewis, Security Group, 6-1, 6-2. end with some conference championships and Andy Anderson, NavBase, defeated Art Cook, some long-standing rivalries to be decided. Security Group, 6-2, 6-4. The oldest rivalry of them all--Harvard-Yale RAdm J.B. Hildreth and Lcdr Jim Foley, Nay- --will be resumed Saturday on the Crimson's Base, defeated Tom Lewis and Art Cook, Securi- home soil at Cambridge, Mass. ty Group, 6-2, 6-3. Other top rivalries set for Saturday will be Missouri-Kansas, Oregon-Oregon State, Cor- MARINE BARRACKS 3, NAVAL SUPPLY DEPOT 1 nell-Princeton, Minnesota-Wisconsin, Purdue- Sgt. Tim Ryan, MarBks, defeated Mrs. Chuck Indiana, Southern California-UCLA, Utah-Utah Morehouse, NSD, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. State, Oklahoma - Nebraska and Washington- Maj. Chris Catoe, MarBks, defeated Ltjg Phil Washington State. Stan, NSD, 6-1, 6-1. But more important than back-to-the-old-days Mrs. Phil Stan and Cdr Chuck Morehouse, NSD, rivalries are the conference championships up defeated Maj. Chris Catoe and l/Lt. Bill An- for grabs this weekend. keny, MarBks, 6-3, 8-6. In the top. game of the day, Big 10 co- leaders Michigan and Ohio State will collide at Columbus, Ohio, for that conference title. Fresco Thompson of Dodgers Dead at 66 The winner meets Southern Cal in the Rose Bowl New Year's Day. ULLERTON, CALIF. (UPI/AFNB)--Fresco Thomp- Ohio State has a string of eight straight son, who capped a 45-year baseball career when victories this year and ranked second again he was named general manager of the Los Angel- this week in the AP poll. Michigan, 8-1, was es Dodgers last June, died Wednesday night at again the No. 4 team in the nation. the age of 66. A record crowd of 85,000 is expected. His death came after a lengthy illness and Arkansas could claim a half-share of the kidney surgery. Southwest Conference title Saturday if the Ra- Dodger owner Walter O'Malley named .Thompson zorbacks beat Texas Tech. Texas, the other general manager of the National League Dodgers co-leader, plays Texas A&M Thanksgiving Day. last June when E.J. "Buzzie" Bavasi left the In other games this weekend: club to take a similar post with the newly Ari Force at Colorado, Wyoming at Arizona, formed San Diego Padres. Thompson had been San Jose State at Arizona State, Baylor at director of minor league operations before he Southern Methodist, Boston College at Massa- took over the job as general manager. chusetts, Bowling Green at Xavier, Brigham His active major league career spanned nine Young at New Mexico, Brown at Columbia, Buff- years. He had a lifetime batting average of alo at Boston University, Stanford at Cal, .298. Miami (0.) at Cincinnati, East Carolina at the Citadel and South Carolina at Clemson. Middlweight Bryant Scores Splt Decision Colgate at Rutgers, Colorado State at Texas (El Paso), Dartmouth at Penn, Vanderbilt and LAS VEGAS, NEV. (UPI/AFNB)--Experience paid Davidson tonight, Dayton at Temple, Duke at off for veteran middleweight boxer Gene "Hon- North Carolina, Wake Forest at Florida State, eybear" Bryant Thursday night when he scored a Connecticut at Holy Cross, Tulsa at Houston, split decision over young Ronnie Wilson of San Iowa at Illinois, Oklahoma State at Kansas Diego. State, Kentucky at Tennessee and Louisiana The 10-rounder was held in the Silver Slip- State at Tulane. per Ballroom in Las Vegas. Drake at Louisville, Maryland at Virginia, Bryant, 160, used a bob-and-weave attack to Michigan State at Northwestern, North Texas win the votes of two of the three judges over State at Wichita State, Northern Illinois at Ohio, Penn State at Pittsburgh, William & Mary at Richmond. Southern Mississiopi at Tamna. Guantanamo Gazette Friday, Page 8 Nov. 22, 190 EDITORIAL

Maybe, Maybe Not COMO CLUB Movie Schedule - Nov. 23-29 Judging from all the outward appearances, news reports and Sat. "THE SGT. O FARRELL" statistics available, there are still a great many servicemen and PRIVATE NAVY OF women - too many, in fact - who haven't gotten "the word." Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller What word? The one on driving safety. Sun. "A TIME TO SING" Hant Williams jr., That's right, driving safety. The thing you've been hearing about Shelley Fahares for years. The thing you've spent hours listening to lectures and seeing films about. Driving safety, the thing that - if you're Mon. Open lucky and it's gotten through to you - has helped keep you alive Tue. "THE GREEN BERETS" John Wayne, David so you could be griping now about reading another article on it. Janssen Maybe you've gotten the word and do drive defensively and in- telligently. There are a lot of people who haven't. They are the Wed. "THE ONE AND ONLY GENUINE ORIGINAL ones who are listed as statistics. If they've managed to survive FAMILY BAND" Walter Brennan, Budd this lung, they are probably the ones who are screching up and Ebsen Thr. Game night "'OUT IN FROWT Fri. Junior officers' nijht - "The Personal- ities"

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Sat. "THE ONE AND ONLY GENUINE ORIGINAL FAMILY BAND" Walter Brennan, Biddy Ebsen down the highways in their souped-up coffins figuring they are Sun. No movie "too cool," "too swift" to have anything happen to them. Maybe it won't happen to them - maybe their indifferent, in- Mon. No movie considerate, dangerous antics behind the wheel of a car will only Tue. "THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR" Michael Deni- cause an accident, injuring or killing someone else. son, Dulcie Gray Time will tell - and this is a good time of the year for automo- bile accidents. There are more hours of darkness; the weather is Wed. "THE SYNDICATE" June Ritchie against you with rain, sleet and snow in many areas; windows are Thr. "THE DIRTY DOZEN" Lee Marvin, Jim Br fogged due to temperature differences; people are in a big hurry to No game get inside, away from the cold or damp. Into the middle of all this careens Harry Heavyfoot or Bob Fri. "A TIME TO SING" Hank Williams Jr., Blankbrain-unconcerned, unaware and unpredictable. They have Shelley Fabares watched the safe-driving movies, but they didn't see. They heard the safety lectures, but they didn't listen. They have read the arti- cles, but they didn't comprehend. They are living on borrowed time. ACEY-DUCEY CLUB Movie Schedule - Nov. 23-29 If they're someplace now where they don't have a car, they'd do well to keep the word about safe driving tucked away in their Sat. "Harvest Moon Ball" with "Th;b Skylarks" head. It'd be pretty wild to make it all the way through 'Nam and then get zapped on a stateside Interstate. 8 p.m. There's the word-again. See you around-we hope. (AFPS) Sun. "RIVER OF NO RETURN" Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mitchum Mon. "THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR" Michael Deni- Effective immediately, all passengers son, Dulcie Gray traveling to Kingston on the MAC flight Tue. "THE ONE AND ONLY GENUINE ORIGINAL FAM- are limited to 66 pounds of luggage unless ILY BAND" Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen otherwise specified on orders. It has Wed. "A TIME TO SING" Hank Williams Jr been determined that MAC regulations do Shelley Fabares not allow payment for excess luggage, Thr. "RUN LIKE A THIEF" Kieron Moore, Ina therefore the practice of paying for ex- Balin cess luggage has been stopped. Fri. Game night

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