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I Tomorrow's flight EDITOR'S CHOICE Water Usage 727 Power Outage Wednesday, July 25 NAS Norfolk, Va. -------- 8:00 a.m. Power will be out Guantanamo Bay 11:00 a.m. noon for the whole naval base Usable storage: 9.20 MIL - 66% Kingston, Jamaica 12:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. from midnight, July 27 Goal: 850 K Guantanamo Bay 2:15 p.m. 3:20 p.m. to 8 a.m., July 28 NAS Norfolk, Va. 6:15 p.m. Use wind up alarm clocks Consumption: 772 K See page 3 I I I Guantanamo Daily Gazette Vol. 46 -- No. 149 U.S. Naval Base, Guantanarno Bay, Cuba Thursday, July 26, 1990 Durenberger denounced by Senate Nerve gas removed from military facility AP - The Senate Ethics Com- during trips to Minnesota. He re- mittee will send its findings on funded $11,005 of the payments and AP -- Trucks accompanied The lethal weapons are des- Senator David Durenberger on to agreed to return another $29,050, by hundreds of police have started tined for destruction on an atoll in federal investigators, but so far, plus interest. removing deadly nerve gas stored the Pacific Ocean and are being there are no allegations of criminal - Failure to report the receipt at a U.S. military facility in West removed under a 1986 U.S.-West violations. of travel expenses in connection Germany. German agreement. This is a list of rules violations with the book-promotion appear- The snaking convoy today Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico and the for which the Senate Ethics Commit- ances and trips to the Boston area, began hauling away 100,000 artil- Environmental groups, which island of Hispaniola are bracing for the tee denounced Republican Senator which he used to visit a marriage lery shells containing the gas, for years had campaigned for the effects of Tropical Storm "Arthur" -- the Dave Durenberger. counselor. stored near the small town of removal of the chemical shells, first named storm of the season. Arthur - A "pattern of prohibited Clausen. Hundreds of police offi- had sought to block the trans- is reported packing winds of 70 miles- - Using a book contract with communications" concerning the cers accompanied the line of 80 port, charging that the safety per-hour, just below hurricane strength. Piranha Press, a small Minneapolis condominium, with the trustee of trucks. measures are inadequate. Weather officials have issued tropical publishing house, to collect speaking storm watches forthesouthem coasts of the blind trust in which the property Puerto Rico and Haiti and the Domini- fees in 1985 and 1987 over the was held. can Republic, which share Hispaniola. Senate's limits on honoraria. He has - Acceptance of free limousine Souter abortion opinion reviewed agreed to repay $95,000, less taxes, service during the Boston trips in Iraq-- The situation appears to be cool- he paid on the income. violation of Senate gift limits. AP - A letter written by Su- not want to be forced to decide preme Courtnominee David Souter ing between Iraq and Kuwait. Iraq has - Structuring real-estate - Conversion of a $5,000 cam- whether a minor should be allowed - - agreed to hold talks with Kuwait fol- transactions involving his Minnea- paign contribution to personal use by may or may not shed some to terminate her pregnancy - even light lowing a dispute over their border and polis condominium to obtain Sen- turning it over to Piranha Press on the nominee's feelings without parental consent. oil production. Sources say Iraq has about abortion. ate reimbursement forstaying there instead of his campaign treasury. He said a bill then before the agreed to pull back thousands of troops The letter is from 1981, when legislature failed to provide guide- it reportedly sent to the border earlier Souter was a superior court judge in lines for the judges to use in such this week. Iraqi President Saddam Budget talks continue on Capitol Hill New Hampshire. He made it clear he decisions. Hussein is staying firm on his demands AP - Budget give-and-take posal to Capitol Hill republicans. was writing for fellow judges, and Other state that Kuwait cut back on oil production. It court judges have continues. asked Hussein is also calling on Kuwait to pay President Bush is urging includes more than $50 billion in the state legislature not to pass sent virtually identical letters to the his country for oil it allegedly pumped lawmakers not to cut his defense savings in fiscal year 1991, through a bill requiring judges to approve legislature during debate of parental- illegally from a disputed area. budget by more than the Senate new taxes and lowered spending. abortions for minors. consent laws over the past decade, Armed ServicesCommittee figure of One source says over five years, the Souter wrote that the judges did all of which have been defeated. (Continued on page 2) $18 billion. There's word the White plan would save a-half trillion dol- House and Republican budget nego- lars.It's unclearif the GOPwilloffer Hearings on Hubble telescope begin tiators have come up with a proposal its plan today, unless the democrats A team of NASA scientists has the flaw as early as May 1981, but for Democrats. The package would have one of their own to discuss. started hearings at the Danbury, dismissed the evidence because they cut more than $500 million, relying An administration official says Conn. plant where the Hubble space thought the testing appratus was USA mostly on benefit cuts. granting amnesty to tax evaders telescope's flawed mirror was manu- faulty. Meantime, Bush and congres- wouldn't be fair to honest taxpayers factured. The group took secret testi- The Hubble space telescope was News sional leaders meet today for the - even if it raised revenue and mony yesterday from employees at launched by a space shuttle and had third time this week to discuss the helped cut the deficit. A treasury Hughes-Danbury Optical Systems, difficulties working. Once opera- budget - and this time, there could official told a House panel yester- and reviewed data pertaining to the tional, NASA found the mirror West Virginia -- Authorities in Pied- be something new. White House day that an amnesty program would mont, W.V., say more than 30 people mirror. "The Hartford Courant" re- wasn't working properly and sent officials last night took a new pro- probably end up losing money, too. have been hospitalized after coming ports scientists may have discovered back fuzzy pictures to earth. into contact withturpentine vapors. The turpentine came from a Maryland pulp mill, where it accidentally spilled into Safety requires practice, training and common sense sewer line feeding into Piedmont's sewage treatment plant. By DEREK NELSON and Inthe olddays, maybe safety was or toxic atmospheres. Avoiding If people had a painful accident JOSN CHRIS CORBIN a matter of common sense, but today these hazards takes more than com- every time they cut a corner or ig- Philadelphia-- A chemical company in knowing how to be safe and under- mon sense. nored a safety precaution, the busi- Philadelphia is warning its employees Is safety just common sense? standing all of the hazards is much Even wearing a seatbelt while ness of safety would be a piece of about possible cancer risks they were more complicated. driving acar takes some imagination cake. "A lot of times people do cut exposed to, up to 42 years ago. Rohm Not anymore says Guantanamo Ludwig says, "The key to being to appreciate it. Most people who the and Hass says the focus is on people Bay's Safety Specialist Wayne corners and things don't happen. safe is practice, enforcement and who worked at its Philadelphia plant Ludwig. "What common sense may have neverwom seatbelts havenever But through safety training and prac- from 1948 to 1971, when theplant was be for one, may be zany for others," training. Practicing proper training been in a car crash. Some of these tice, we're hoping they won't take making the now-banned insecticide he says. procedures can prevent fewer acci- people's "common sense" tells them those chances to commit unsafe DDT. Forthe first time, a study done by The Naval Safety Center in Nor- dents in the workspace." that wearing seatbelts is unneces- acts," Ludwig says. researchers at the University of Michi- folk says, one of the classic truisms Sometimes it takes a matter of sary. Base Police Command Inves- It takes more than common sense gan draws a possible direct link be- of the safety business is that safety is technical knowledge and study to tigator Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin to realize that just because it hasn't tween DDT and pancreatic cancer. simply common sense. If someone practice safety in the workspace. Toms disagrees. He says, "All safety happened to you yet, it doesn't mean ignores ahazard or has an accident, it Some modern hazards are literally regulations should be common that it always happens to the other US. -- A new poll suggests Americans shows they lack that quality. invisible, such as asbestos in the air sense." confidence in the nation's economy and guy. their personal finances has sunk to a new low. An ABC news-Money maga- zine survey says 71 percent of the re- VC-1 0 Line Division keeps aircraft in working order spondents said they think the economy is in not-so-good or poor shape. Forty- By JO3 LISA PETRILLO If one of Gitmo's 10 plane cap- nine percent had the same to say about tains find something wrong, it's their responsibility to note their personal finances.