VOL. 3 No. 708 KWAJALEIN , MARSHALL ISLANDS THURSDAY 5 JANUARY 1961 DRY \VEATHER HERE U.S. BREAKS OFF' DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS \;llTH CUBA 1 Now THAT WE ARE GOING INTO (SHORTWAVE}--THE UNJTED STATES HAS BROKEN Off THE SECOND MONTH OF THE DRY DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS \-IITH CUBA AND HAS ASKED SWITZER" SEASON, A RESUME AND A PRE­ LAND TO HANOLE OUR AFFAIRS IN HAVANA. PRESIDENT DICTION OF WATER USAGE IS IN ErsE'NHOWER iSSUED A STATEMENT GIVING THE REASON: "THE ORDER. ULTIMATUM DELlvtRED BY PRI~E MINISTER CASTRO EARLY ON r,~~E~BER I, 1960, THERE TODAY LIMITING OUR EM6ASSY IN HAVANA TO II PERSONS." WERl: Ic~.9 MILLION GALLONS Of THE flRESlOE".NT SAYS "THERE IS A LIMIT TO \O/HAT THE WATER IN THE STORAGE TANKS U. 5., IN SELf-RESPECT, CAN ENDURE AND THAT LIMIT AND AN ADOITIONAL 2~ MILLICN­ H.AS BEEN RE ACHED. ff GALLONS IN THE CATCHMENT THE ACTION IN WASH~NGTON CAME AS A CLIMAX TO AREA. TIc APPROXIMATE 4 IN. STEAO~~Y OETERIORATING RELATIONS WITH HAVANA OVER Of RAl#F~Ll PRODUCED ANOTHER THE PAST fEW MONTHS. EARLIER, WE HAD QUIT BUYING 2~ MILLION GALLONS Of WATER. CuBAN SUGAR AND CASTRO HAD MOVED STEADILY CLOSER TO THE ~RODVCT10N OF ONE MIL- TRADE WITH RUSSIA, RED CHINA AND THE COMMUNIST BLOC. L I ON G.'\l LONS AT THE 80 I lER ONLY LAST WEEKEND, AT A CELEBRATION OF THE 2ND ANNIV­ PLANT 'wt\S ALSO PUMPED INTO ERSARY Of CASTRO's OUSTER Of DICTATOR BATISTA INCLUD­ T4E \vATER SYSTEM. AT THE ED I N THE PAR AD£: \OIERE COMMUN 1ST-MADE TANKS AND \olEA ... END Of D£C£MBER, THERE WERE PONS. 12~ I'LION GALLONS OF WATER ONE BIG QUESTION LEFT UNANSWERED AT THIS HOUR IS IN STORAGE. THE FUTURE Of GUANTANAMO E IGHr !t_' LLION GAllONS \-JERE COMMUNIST REBELS CLA.MlMAJOR THE BIG NAVAL BASE OF USED DURINI THE MONTH AND, VrCTORY IN LAOS THE U.S. WHICH V/£SHOLD AT THIS USAGE R~TE, IT CAN I UNDER LEASE IN EASTERN BE SEEN THAT WE \JOULD RUN (upr)--THE COMMUNISTS IN CUBA. WH rTE HOUSE rJr'J<' LAos AR~ CLAIMING A MAJOR OU1 OF WATER 8Y THE MIDDLE StCRET ARY JAMES HAGE.RT I I Of FEBRUARY. VICTORY. THE LAOTIAN REBELS SAID HE COULD NOT GO SAY THEY HAVE RECAPTURED THE HOWEVEn, A By PRODuel NG WATER BEYOND PRESIDENT EISEN­ AT A RATE OF 10C,000 GALLONS TOWN Of XIENG KHOUANG AND HOWER'S fORMAL ANNOUNCE­ PER DAY ~ BY CATCHING THE ARE SENDING SPEARHEADS DR/V- MENT WHICH DID NOT MEN­ ESTIMATED RAINfALL OF 2.3 INTO SOUTHERN LAOS. TION GUANTANAMO, MIllION GALLONS IN JANUARY XIENG KHOUANG IS IN THE PRES IDENT-ELECT KEN­ ~ BY EVERYONE HELPING TO CENTER Of' A COMPLEX OF AI R- NEDY'S NEWS SECRETARY CONSERVE WATER, THE RED OR FIELDS AND IS CONSIDERED A SAID THAT MR. KENNEDY EMER~t Hey CONDITION CAN BE KEY MILITARY POSITION FOR WAS INfORMED IN ADVANCE POSTPONED. THE DEfENSE Of LAOS •••• AND Of MR. EISENHOWER'S •••••• ALL Of SOUTHEAST ASIA. ACTION BUT THE SPOKES­ KENNEDY PLANS TO STAY CLOSE THE COMMUNISTS SAID THEY t4AN SAID THAT MR. KEN"" CAPTURED 200 GOVERNMENT TO WASHIN9TON FOR 6 MONTHS- NEDY WOULD HAVE NO TROOPS ••••,OOO RIFLES ••• AND COMMENT AT THIS TIME. (Up, ) a=PHES' DENT-ELECT MANY ARTILLERY PIECES. KENNEDY REPORTEDLY PLANS TO CUDA'S IMMEDIATE RE­ THE U.S. HAS CHARGED Rus­ SPONSE TO THE BREAK WAS STAY IN THE U.S. DURING THE SIA AND COMMUNIST NORTH FIR~r STAGES or HIS ADMINIS­ A TERSE COMMENT BY VIET NAM HAVE OPENLY INTER­ PREMIER CASTRO. HE SAID TRAT ION. KENNEDY'S NEWS VENED IN THE LAOTIAN CIVIL SECRn ARY PI ERRE SALI NGER AND WE QUOTE THE THREE \/AR. THE STATE DEPARTMENT WORDS, "CUBA IS ALERT." SAID TP~T T~E PRESIDENT-ELECT SAID IT WAS RELEASING WHAT CASTRO MADE THE COMMENT ~~ JO tOEA OF LEAVING THE IT CALLED HARD EVIDENCE Of TO A NEWSMAN AS HE EM~ COUNTRY DURING THE FIRST SIX COMMUNIST INT~RVENTION IN GED fROM THE PRESIDENTIAL OR SEVEN MONTHS OF HIS ADt-11 N- LAOS. SPECIFICALLY IT PALACE \-IHERE HE ATTENDE4 ISTRATI J, SALINGER ADDED CHARGED THE TWO RED NATIONS (S~~ PAGf 2, COL. t) (SEE PAGE 2, COL. 2) I - . (SEE PA¥ 2, COL. I) PAGE 2 HOURGLASS THURSDAY 5 JANUARY '961 PUBLISHED AT THE DIRECTION OF THE (CONTtD fROM PAGE I, COL. I) ,,0Mv1 'IND I NG OFFICER, PAC I F I C MISS I LE A RECEPTION fOR VISITING FOREIGN DELEGAT­ RANGl F AC 'LfTY, i~AJALE IN J MARSHALL IONS. ASKED If HE KNEW THAT THE U.S. HAd ISLANDS, IN J\CCORDANCE WITH BUREAU BROKEN OFF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CUBA, OF WEAPONS CONTRACT NOAS-59-4f76-c CASTRO REPLIED "YES". ASKED rOR COMMENT, tilTH THE TRANSPORT COMPANY OF TEXAS .. HE SAID, "I DONtT HAVE TO COMMENT. CUBA IS ALERT." HE THEN SPED Ofr TO AN UNDIS­ THE HOURGLASS IS PUOLISHED DAllY MONDAY CLOSED DESTINATION WITH CAPT. ANTONIO NUNEZ THROUGH SATURDAY. DEADL INE FOR COPY IS JIMINEX, CHIEf OF THE CUBAN AGRARIAN RE­ 1000 DAY OF PUBLICATION. THE HOURGLASS FORM I NST tTUTE. RESERVE~ THE RIGHT TO EDIT ALL COPY AN EMBASSY SPOKESMAN SAID, MEANWHILE, RECEIVFD FOR PUBLICATION. PHONE 214. THAT EVERY EfFORT WILL ~E MADE TO KEEP A CARETAKER FORCE ON HAND fOR AN INDEFINITE ED ITORS JOYCE RAWLES, NOGLE YAMASAKI TIME IN ORDER TO CLEAN UP ANY PENDING ADVISOR: JOHN COLEMAN EMUASSY AfFAIRS. ·..... THE BULK OF THE EMBASSY STAFF, WHICH HAD ( CONT t D FROM PAGE I, COL. I) ALREADY BEEN ORDERED OUT OF THE COUNTRY AT THAT THIS IS NOT TO BE REGARDED AS ANY A fiERY SPEECH UY CASTRO ON MONDAY NIGHT, INDICATION KENNEDY WILL FEEL DiffERENTLY MADE PLANS TO LEAVE HAVANA OY FERRY BOAT. AfTER SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS. THE EMBASSY PERSONNEL WILL TRAVEL TO THE SOVIET rREMIER KHRUSHCHEV HAS BEEN FLORIDA MAINLAND AND THEIR PROPERTY AND PUTTING OUT FEELERS AbOUT PROSPECTS OF BELONGINGS WILL JE fERRIED ACROSS LATER ON AN SARLY SUMMIT CONfERENCE THIS YEAR. HE ANOTHER UOAT. THERE ARE 87 AMERICANS, ALL ALSO HAS SPOKEN Of THE POSSIBLE NEED FOR TOLD, ON THE STAff. THUS, PLANS FOR THE AN INTERNATIONAL MEETING TO HELP SETTLE EVACUAT ION OF A~1ER I CAN PERSONNEL PROCEEDED THE CRISIS IN LAOS. WITHOUT DELAY. ·..... CUBAN OFFICIALS STATED THAT ALL FACILIT~ (CONT'D FROM PAGE i, COL. 2) I ES WOULD BE MADE AVA I LABLE FOR AMER I CMl WITH 184 AERIAL SORTIES SINCE DECEMBER 15, DIPLOMATS I RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS. DROPPING PARATROOPERS AND SUPPLIES TO EMdASSY OFFICIALS URGED ALL AMERIC S COMMUNIST FORCES. TO LEAVE AT ONCE UN~ES5 THEY HAD COMIELL­ IT ALSO SAID THERE WERE 34 KNOWN FLIGHTS ING REASONS TO STAY IN CUBA. THE EMBASSY wY REO PLANES INTO VIENTIANE AIRPORT FROM ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE UP TO 800 AMERICAN DEC. 3 TO DEC. 14. THE STATE DEPARTMENT CITIZENS HERE. AMERICAN CITIZENS WILL SAID THESE PLANES eROUGHT IN NORTH VIENNA­ HAVE TO PAY THE In Ol:/N WAY. (THE HOURGLASS MESE TROOPS, HOWITZERS, AMMUNITION, GASO­ THANKS HERB GOODMAN OF' AFRS, KI:JAJAL.E I N, LINE AND COMBAT RATIONS. fOR TAKING-DOWN THE AGOVE STORY VIA SHORT­ THIS IS THE fiRST EVIDENCE THAT TROOPS WAVE.) fROM NOPTH V lET NAM HAD ENTERED LAOS TH AT ....... EARLY IN THE CIVIL WAR ••• WHEN THE ~ATTLE I KE MAY MAKE FARe-JELL ADDRESS TO NAT toN OF" VIENTIANE ""AS BEING FOUGHT AND WON UY PRO-WESTERN FORteS. (UPI)--PRESIDENT EISENHOWER MAY MAKE A FAREWELL RADIO AND TELEVISION ADDRESS TO MEANWHILE, IN BANGKOK, THAILANO, SOUTH­ THE NATION BEfORE LEAVING OFfiCE. WHITE EAST ASIA TREATY ORGANIZATION COUNCil Of HOUSE NEWS SECRETARY JAMES HAGERTY SAYS REPRESENTATIVES HAS BEEN CALLED INTO ITS SECOND EMERGENCY SESSION IN THREE DAYS. THE CHANCES ARE VERY GOOD MR. EISENHOWER WILL REQUEST TIME FROM THE RADIO AND TV ALSO IN OANGKOK, THERE ARE REPORTS THAT NETWORKS fOR A fiNAL PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH. THAILAND's PRIME MINISTER HAS ORDERED MR. E,SENHOWER WILL SEND HIS FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE DEFENSE Of HIS NATION STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE TO CONGRESS IN CASE THE SITUATION IN LAOS THREATENS THt,II..AND. JAN. 12. HAGERTY SAYS THE STATE Or THE UNION SPEECH WILL CONSIST Or A REVIEW Or • ••••• THE PRESIOENTtS EIGHT YEARS IN THE WHITE \-JHEN YOU SAVE ELECTR tc ITY YOU SAVE \.JATER HOUSE. THE PRESIDENTIAL NEWS SECRETARY DON'T LEAVE LIGHT ON DURING THE SAYS THE BUOGET MESSAGE WILL GO TO CONGRESS DAY WHEN NOT NEEDED! JAN. 16, FOLLOWED BY THE ECONOMIC MESSAGE • ••••• TWO DAYS LATER. PAGt~ _________________________~HOU~R~G~L~~S~ ______~T~HU~R~S~O~AY~5~J~AN_U_A_RY __ I~9_6_' __ __ _ WECO FL IGHT DUE: TOMORROW WELCOME ABOARD • OVER THIRTY NEW ISLAND RESIDENTS ARE ARRIVING ON KWAJALEIN TH1S MORNING ON 'EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TOMORROW AfTERNOON ON THE WORLD AfRWAYS 'LIGHT WERE THE fOLlOW­ THE WESTERN EUCTR I C CO,.-IPANV CHARTERED ING PASSENGERS: HAWAllAN tliRLINES 'lIGHT. TRANSPORT COMPANY OF TEXAS - ROBERT THE ~ASSENGER MANIFEST, AS RELEASED PRICE, RESIDENT ENGINEER, ENGINEERING THIS MORNING BY BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORiES AND MAINTENANCE DIVISION. MR. PRICE ,'> AS JLLOWS· FORMERLY WAS CITY MANAGER or OAK LAWN, ELECTRIC COMPANY - MR. MRS. ~tsrL1N & ILL., A SURBURB Of CHICAGO. MRS. PRICE CLARENCE REED. MR. REED IS DEPT. tHIEF AND THEIR TWO CH?LDREN WILL JOIN HIM • AND THEY WIL! PES IDE IN QTRS. 210.. THEY fOR RESIDENCY ON~THE ISLAND NEXT MONTH. ARE COMING TO KWAJALEIN fROM WHITE'SANDS, RETURNING FROM LEAVE WERE: ERNIE HAWKIN~ N.M. AND WINSTON SALEM, N.C. ALSO l. R. LAWRENCE KAAIHUE, K'YOSHI KIMOTO, PAUL DEVORE, rl.