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Tomorrow's flight Openline Water Usage C-130 Tonight at 7 p m.l 6 Cable Channel 2. AM 1340 Monday, Nov. Guantanamo Bay 9:15 a.m. 11:30 a.m. MAC and R & R Flights Storage: 11.86 MIL Charleston, S.C. 3:00 p.m. Capt. John Boyd's guests Goal: 1.1 MIL Chief Petty Officer Pamela Schaefer and See page 3 Consumption: 954 K I Chief Petty Officer Dempsie Scott I Guantanamo Gazette Vol. 45 -- No. 210 --U.S. Navy's only shore-based daily newspaper -- Tuesday, November 7, 1989 Russian protestors rally against anniversary of communism be "the greatest mistake." Instead, that they say only make matters WIEREOTWIRE REPORTSion Squarewith and authorities a possible confronta- he's calling for faster movement worse. At least 5,000 protesters have Some of the protesters toward a new system. Former president Jimmy Caner, _ _,. Squ a e a n d1 ,.a p o s s i bl e co n f r o nt a .-. l o. .. eF . 7 .F« . .. t . _i _. _ _. _ turned out in Moscow on the anniver- shouted "down with the KGB and The Soviet leader gave few de- said that Gorbachev's reforms are a sary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution Secret Police,' and others had tails of whatthatsystemwill belike, positive step to world peace and the that brought the communists to power. Posters scorning the communist but progressives have recently ent- Soviet Premier should be supported Colombia - Colombian The unofficial demonstration was revolution. One poster read, 72 cized the regime tor halt-measures by the United States. authorities report two more staged as an alternative to the tradi- years on the road to nowhere." bombings.these in cities on the tional military parade in Red Square. Gorbachev acknowledged his China cracking down on economy country's Caribbean coast. A bomb Demonstrators representing a country's economic troubles in an planted in a shopping mall in the broad spectrum of unofficial groups informal television interview dur- That could mean giving central resort city of Cartegena damaged a WIRE REPORTS took to the streets to protest widespread ing today's official ceremonies. planning a primary role again and bank and broke several shop Gorbachev said there's been what limiting the growth of collective and windows. A newspaper office was food shortages, pollution, communist Chinese communist leaders are he called "a loss or weakening of pnvate enterprise. damaged in a bombing in Santa rule and the Secret Police. expected to endorse a three-year Maria. No one was injured in either The protest happened as President control" over the economy. austerity plan in a secret meeting attack. Mikhail Gorbachev and the Soviet today. Meanwhile, the Chinese people leadership stood atop the Lenin Mauso- Gorbachev says the problem The communist party's govern- are being told to brace for several India - Typhoon Gay continues to leum,reviewing the traditional show of results from abandoning the old ing Central Committee is expected years of "hard living." A commen- cause havoc as it moved toward military hardware. system of central control economy to prescribe tighter government tary in the official "Beijing Daily" India today. Gay moved into the Gulf But leaders of the counter-parade without installing a new system. controls over the economy and calls for several years of hard work of Bengal.500 miles off the Coast steered the marchers away from Red But he says to go back would fewer market-oriented reforms. and belt-tightening. of India.traveling at about 10 miles an hour. The storm's fierce 75-mile- an-hour winds ravaged dozen of villages earlier this week in its deadly Gitmo's going back to Water Condition Bravo sweep through southern Thailand. By JOC BILL DOUGHERTY days later. According to LoFaso, funny, but it's safe." "It won't come unless we have Namibia - U.N. officials hope the water carried by the barge It will take just over 50 hours to an emergency water situation," said elections that began today in came from the City of Jackson- pump all the water from the barge LoFaso. "It will remain The naval base will be back on in Mayport Namibia will bring an end to years of ville's water system. into Guantanamo's water system. and hopefully we'll never have to use conflict in Africa's last colony. Water Condition Bravo as of 6 p.m. "The barge was contracted The barge carries two pumps that it." About 700,000 registered voters can tonight, according to Lt. Cmdr. Joe through Military Sealift Com- will move 3,500 gallons of water per The system that cast ballots designed to bring inde- LoFaso, Assistant Public Works Offi- received the mand with pendence to the territory. cer (APWO). Crowley/TMT of minute. water is more than 20 years old and "We opened up water usage last Jacksonville," said LoFaso. "They "We should complete pumping had not been used since the 1960's. Honduras - Charges and counter- week, and as of 7 p.m. Sunday night, prepared the barge specifically to by 9 p.m. tonight," said LoFaso. "We (Public Works) were real charges are being made across the when the water barge arrived, we had take on water." "Our system is designed so that we happy with how smooth the opera- Honduran-Nicaraguan border. The 10.3-million gallons of water in stor- The APWO said water move the water through our treat- tion went," said LoFaso. "That's not Honduran Army is denying age," explained LoFaso. "The barge samples were taken on the barge ment plant before it goes into stor- bad for a system that hasn't been accusations by Nicaragua's and were checked for chemical age." used in so long." Sandinista government that it's will top us off and then we'll be right and bacteria content. The barge will be returning to Once the water storage tanks are helping U.S. backed Contra rebels back where we were before." infiltrate into Nicaraguan territory. The water barge left Mayport, Fla., "The water checked out fine," Mayport tomorrow and will remain Please The Contras are supposed to be Oct. 30, and arrived five and one half said LoFaso. "It may taste a little on stand-by. see WATER, page 3 dismantled under the terms of a regional peace plan signed by five nations, including Honduras. HURREX prepares you to deal with the situation, anywhere Editor's Note: This is the finalpart you I thought we were going to the street with huge shopping bags. (continued.page 3) home,I almostcriedwithrelief. The of the two -part letter from a former die! No building was untouched, and roof's a mess, trees were on it, under Guantanamo resident who survived the No one slept awinkthatnight. huge old trees blocked the roads, it and the yard's no more! But that wrath of Hurricane Hugo. She be- It kept up until 5 a.m. and then tangled up with telephone poles and brick house was still standing. And USA lieves she survived because of the with the sunrise, the whole thing wires everywhere. my dog, "Bubba" was alright. We Guantanamo disaster training she was gone. We walked outside at We left around 10 a.m. to check had no phone, water, or electricity News when through during HURREX. Read 6 a.m., and it waslike being trans- on our house. Our truck had the for over a week. It came back yester- on and see just how much of a disaster ported to theMiddle East, maybe camper crushed, and we were left day, firstthing I did was, youguessed Washington - A Washington she lived through. Beruit. Whole sides of buildings with no windows. We brushed out it, take a nice hot bath. newspaper report says the Defense were gone, smashed vehicles the broken glass from the seat and John's parents drove down and Department may have to dump some They got a little power back on at everywhere. People were walking tried to get home. The roads were helped with supplies. It's much bet- new airborne electronic defense the hospital, and we found out the roof around in a stupor. Power lines, virtually impassable. The highway ternow though. The restaurant I went systems because of serious techno- had blown off of the 10th floor. The telephone poles, signs, roofs, and was blocked from fallen trees. The out to eat at last year is no more. The logical flaws. Congressional and walls had been ripped off the top floors trees, were lying all over the place. more you drove the more destruction funny thing is those years in Cuba Defense Department documents (the ones made of glass facing out.) The shopping centers with you saw. It took us four hours to had me psychologically prepared. I obtained by the newspaper indicate The informationbooth hadbeen sucked walls ripped out already had drive 10 miles and we were in a four- just didn't think that it would be the equipment, which cost billions of out of the first floor and the bottom people beginning to loot. Lots of wheel drive truck. dollars to develop, cannot be relied floors were my brand new Please see HURRICANE, page 3 upon in battle situations. flooded with water. I'll tell men on bicycles were going up When I saw I York - Tuesday is a day for New not much we can do about it. If we also have a special Veteran's casting ballots for many Americans. NAVY RESALE ACTIVITY outside the gate they Day Sales coming up on The contests to be decided have the had a K-Mart Saturday, Nov.