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AMERICANS STILL HELD HOSTAGE BY MOSLEM STUDENTS (UPI)--After a Thursday night scheduled to visit Canada Friday. state dinner for the visiting are now in their-sixth day of to negotiate or mediate but to Irelands' Prime MinisterJack captivity. The Moslem students appeal for the safe release of .Irish Prime Minister . Jimmy Lynch had a few words about the to reporters and who demand the extradition of the hostages." Carter turned Tehran crisis. He said it's a the past 48 hours have been the exiled Shah of Iran say the Former Secretary of State Hen- said "sad situation" when the Iranian days of his pres- Americans are safe. The United ry Kissinger said the holding the worst two Regime won't communicate with idency. Carter has chosen to States have made direct contact of U.S. hostages represents "un the U.S. government . and in Washington to direct with the Palestinian Liberation acceptable" blackmail and humil- remain when that government sanctions up to 65 Organization . and has made iation for the United States. U.S. efforts to free an act of terrorism. Americans held hostage by Moslem it clear that Washington would Said Kissinger: "It has to be No one seems to know what the appreciate made clear students at the U.S. Embassy in PLO help, but the that there is nothing next step will be in the efforts Tehran. The president had been top PLO official at the United to be gained by holding them to free the Americans . who Nations says: "We are not there hostage." Guantanamo Gazette Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Vol. 34 - No. 207 Friday, Nov. 9, 1979 NATIONAL-WORLD BRIEFS COMPILED FROM AP/UPI--California Governor Jerry Brown held a party for several hundred supporters Thursday night in Manchester, New Hampshire. Brown has become the second Democrat to formally challenge Jimmy Carter for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. He did that in Washington.,. then flew to Boston and Manchester to campaign in politically important New England. The first Democratic challenger--Senator Ted Kennedy--campaigned Thrusday in Chicago, Oklahoma and Tennessee. In Nashville, Kennedy told a group of black students that if he's elected president. .he would make sure they would get more federal education money than provided by the Carter Admin- istration. _ Holland has come out against deploying up to 572 new nuclear warheads in Western Europe. A NATO decision on that issue is expected next month. However, the Dutch Defense Minister says his country will support the limited production of the nuclear weapons system. delaying any deployment decision until after arms negotiations with the Soviets. Another view of the U.S. Air Force A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft. In the Marxist Peoples Republic of the Congo. they want to train them Six of the planes assigned to the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Myrtle young--Cuban-style. The State Department has confirmed that about 600 Beach AFB, SC, recently arrived here to participate in joint training Congolese youth--aged 10 to 16--are being sent to Havana for up to 15 years operations. of military and political training. The Congolese government hopes those The A-10A is a single-place, twin-turbofan aircraft specifically youngsters will return home to provide an elite revolutionary leadership. signed for close air support missions, with particular emphasis on the anti-armor role operating in close proximity to friendly ground forces. The Senate gave final approval to a mammoth Energy Bill Thursday night. It's simple design allows it to be serviced and operated from bases with The legislation--which includes 20 billion dollars for synthetic fuel limited facilities close to the forward edge of a battle area. development--is one of the most expensive ever to move through Congress. The plane's survivability is enhanced by the use of armor around the The price tag: 34.1 billion dollars. cockpit and critical components, redundant structure, redundant flight The measure now goes to a conference committee, which will try to recon- controls, defensive electronic countermeasures, and "go home" fuel in cile it with a less expensive version approved by the House. self-sealing, foam filled tanks. Myrtle Beach AFB ia home of the fir at combat ready A-iDA wing in the The future of Salt-' II is in the hands of the Senate Foreign Relations United States Air Force. The planesand shout 62 support personnel Committee. The committee ended four months of hearings and debate Thurs- are expected to return to the U.S. in Smid-November. day--and Friday morning it votes on whether to send the pact to the Senate floor. The committee's expected to pass the treaty--but a close vote could mean it's in for a tough time before the full Senate. The Arms Limitation WHAT IS A' V E T E R A N ? Pact needs a two-thirds majority for ratification. Vete "ns Day on November 11 is a timent and tinged with resentment A four-mile oil slick from a burning tanker is reported edging toward the specially-designated time of at the "pull out" or the United Texas coast. Moat of the oil leaking from the tanker, the "Burmah Agate," national tribute to those who have States' ever becoming involved was shoved out to sea by northerly winds. But the wind shifted Wednesday, served in America's Armed Forces in the conflict. pushing what one Coast Guard official calls "A heavy concentration" of since the Revolutionary War. But But why, as a nation, do we oil toward Galveston. dictionary definition aside, the designate a day each year to honor I- word "veteran" means many things to these "veterans"? Jurors in the Cullen Davis trial retired without reaching a verdict Thurs- just as many people. Certainly it's not to hear another day. The Texas millionaire is accused of trying to arrange the murder Some see the quiet courage of longwinded speech or see another of the judge in his divorce case. the doughboys and GIs of two parade of drums and bugles. world wars, mud-caked and battle- Maybe it's because down deep, Police in Missouri say a convicted murderer who was mentioned as a wracked, slogging through yet under the crust of cynicism and possible link in the assassination of Martin Luther King Junior has been another village toward yet another skepticism that we as a country in killed. Richmond Heights police say John Paul Spica was killed when dyna front line. recent years have raised against mite planted on his car exploded. They say they have no motive or suspect Some see the bravery displayed our institutions, the military in the slaying. holds a special at the Iwo Jimas, the Pork Chop place. Maybe the uniform-and those who - Rosalynn Carter flew from Bangkok, Thailand to the Cambodian border area ills, the Khe Sanhs, and those have worn and still wear it-is early Friday. The first lady is in Thailand for a three-day fact-finding .,eroes and heroines of other wars the cord that binds us as a nation, tour on the Cambodian situation. She's touring a refugee camp about 50 who gained their nation's homage first tying the country together miles from the border. when they stood where they could and, today, have fallen at unknown places with weaving its fabric strange-sounding names. of security. And others see a less-than-wel- Perhaps we celebrate Veterans Day because "veteran" coming nation when Jonny came march- is a forging of ing, flying, and sailing home from deeply significant images which been, where Southeast Asia during a time rife tell us what we have AMERICA with anti-military, anti-war sen- we are, and how we will deal ELUCATIONwWEEK withwtheafuture. sNovember 11-17, 1979 FM-103 sports schedule newwnea ne II ieJs vc II iaa yc SATURDAY FB: Southern California at Washington.c.4 p.m. FB: Alabama at Louisiana State.8:30 p.m. SUNDAY FB: Oakland Raiders at Houston Oilers.1 p.m. FB: New England Patriots at Denver Broncos.4 p.m. Page Guantanama oGazett - Friday, Nov. 9, 1979 Job opportunities Applications should be submitted to the Consolidated Civilian Personnel community Office by the closing date indicated. If insufficient applicants have filed by the closing date, applications will be accepted until the posi- tion is filled. 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