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Sciiss Young Navy Pat lIoSt 'SLevel'Theiri At the ABOARD USS PROVIDENCE (AP)--Youths 'in whiskers and headbands leaned against their giant Naval guns after blasting the Viet- nam coast and leveled their fire at the war itself. "It's a game, one big heck of a game," said Arthur Guerr- ero, 22, of San Jose, Calif. "Nobody really likes to kill. I can't even say I'm fighting for my own country. I just want to go home.' Glen Stillman, 20, BountifulUtah, eyed a 6-inch explos- ive round. "War is the lowest you can go," he said. "I've forced my- self not to think about this too much. It was pure stupidity that the war worked up to this point. .I'm opposed to it." The majority of the gun crew in the darkened turret of this 14,000-ton cruiser said they agreed. But not everyone. "I dig using this thing, because you're blowing the hell out'em," said Tim Hubbard, 19, Springfield, Mo. ( please see YOUTHS page 2 ) U. & NAVAL BASE GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA Bombs Hanoi Reports Populated Areas Hit SAIGON (AP)--Hanoi reported that large numbers of U.S. aircraft attacked North Vietnam yesterday following a buildup of American naval power in the Tonkin Gulf. South Vietnamese forces pushed close to the besieged provincial capital of An Loc in search of their first significant victory in the enemy offensive. Friday, May 19, 19)72 Hanoi's official Vietnam News Agency, VNA, claimed U.S. planes deliberately bombed "many populated areas" in Hanoi and the port city of Hai- phong "to massacre the civilian Ransom population." Bomber Demands $350,000 Another Hanoi radio broadcast non- itered in Tokyo said "large numbers attempted to bomb" forof for ine Qu en Eiza ethHanoi and the provinces of Thanh U.S.Hoa warplanes LONDON (AP)--A caller demanding $350,000 ransom threatened to blow up the and Bac Giang and five planes were luxury liner Queen Elizabeth II in mid-Atlantic last night. He said six shot down. to com- bombs had been placed on the ship before she left New York and would ex- The U.S. Command declined plode unless the ransom was paid. Cunard said it was ready to pay. meant, its usual policy. It reported The vessel carried 1,400 passengers, most of them Americans bound for va- earlier, however, that strikes over last two days cations in Europe. They included conductor Leopold Stokowski, who is 90 the north during the years old. The vessel has 950 crew members. destroyed more thin 80 supply trucks, four tanks, and three field gans, surface The British defense ministry dispatched a military bomb disposal team to and damaged or destroyed 26 rolling the 65,000-ton Queen, reported about 50 miles northwest of the Azores. water craft and 34 pieces of The team was being flown out to parachute as close to the ship as pos- stock. Large quantities of fuel and sible. fuel depots also were destroyed, the The defense ministry in London had estimated an arrival time of around command said. 2:30 p.m., EDT. (please see HANOI page 2) Page 2--LATE NEWS ROUNDUP Guantanamo Gazette Friday, May 19, 1972 GAZETTEER YOUTHS- from page one "I might be killing someone, and I dig it. You have .a digest of late news to stop them here before they come and kill us." Hubbard said he felt very few of his shipmates agreed with him. "I guess it's the difference of how you're brought up, what you're used to," he said. "There's a lot of old-fashioned people where I come from." Terrorist machine gunners made a bloody fiesta He grinned at reports from his friends, and then out of Uruguay's Armed Forces Day celebration yesterday, everyone went back to their game of draw poker. Mike killing young soldiers outside the army commander-in- Mann, 18, Denver, was stoic about it all: "Personally, chief's home. The victims, sitting in a jeep sharing a I'm not crazy about being over here. I've got a wife cigarette and a goard of mate tea, did not have a and a little girl, but you can't buck the system. I chance to grab their rifles when the leftist terrorists joined of my own free will, so I just do what they say. opened fire from a passing truck. But I don't think anyone really likes the war." Federal authoritiessay they are investigating A 20-year-old seaman from Jersey City, N.J., Dennis the possibility the man accused of shooting Governor Moore, said, "we should clean up our own country first." George Wallace, Arthur Bremer, may also have been Guerrero, who said he wanted to go home to study law stalking Senator George McGovern. Sources close to the enforcement , said working six-hour shifts in the investigation say an inventory of items found in Bre- cramped, acrid gun turret was frightening. mer's car included McGovern campaign literature as well as Wallace's. HAN01I- from page one A 15-year-old boy was gunned down in Belfast yes- terday when guerrilla snipers, hidden in a Catholic The number of 7th Fleet carriers stationed off the stronghold, fired a volley of shots into a neighboring southeast Asia coast rose to six for the first time in Protestant sector. The killing came amid British claims the war with the arrival of the 78,000-ton Saratoga. the Roman Catholic based Irish Republican Army was She came from the Atlantic fleet and boosted the off- mounting a bloody campaign to provoke Protestant at- shore American Naval force to about 46,000aboard more tacks on Catholics in a desperate bid to cement their than 60 ships. A seventh carrier, the Ticonderoga, power base. left from San Diego, Calif., for Vietnam on Wednesday. 0 Angela Davis' attorney said yesterday he would At An Loc, southermost of three fronts opened by the offer an abbreviated defense" in her murder-kidnap- enemy during the six-week-old offensive, a government conspiracy case, and predicted the trial would be fin- relief column moved within 2 1/2 miles of the devastat- ished by month's end. ed city. Advancing behind hundreds of bombs dropped by jets from the Saratoga and from U.S. B52S, the troops The United States, with the support of its al- leapfrogged up Highway 13 and met little resistance. lies, beat back a Cuban attempt to introduce a resolu- Associated Press Correspondent Lynn C. Newland re- tion at the biggest gathering held under United Nations ported there were indications the enemy might be loos- auspices condemning the mining of North Vietnam ports. ening its grip around An Loc and South Vietnamese The Third United Nations Conference on Trade and Devel- forces verging on their first important success in the opment, UNCTAD III, yesterday voted 50 to 26 to support offensive. President Nguyen Van Thieu has ordered the a U.S. motion that the resolution did not come under provincial capital 60 miles north of Saigon held at the competanee of the 140-nation body. all costs. Stateside Temperatures Local Forecast Gazette Boston 65 Partly cloudy with scattered New York 77 showers. Visibility unrestr- Philadelphia icted, except 2-4 miles in Dallas 82 showers. Winds S 7-10 knots Denver 81 K.ISI. S. with gusts to 18 in showers. .l~. Chicago 80 Today's high 85. Tonight's St. Louis low 74. Bay Conditions 1-3 TA. d,.,t,,A. r .ci.d .~. ~ Norfolk 77 feet. Rainfall yesterday Tb . .FI.A. T Washington 2.13 inches. High tide 1510. Seattle 52 Low tide 2048. Los Angeles 67 San Francisco 0 New Orleans Friay, May 19, 1971 Guantanamo Gazette LOCAL NEWlS--Page 3 BRIEFS VC-10 S* LOCAL *paving Command Changes Monday A Silver Star and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient will take command Public Works should complete pav- of Fleet Composite Squadron Ten (VC-10) at change-of-command ceremonies ing the east entrance to Center Monday morning at Leeward Point. Bargo by Tuesday. The department re- Navy Commander Edward W. Oehlbeck, presently squadron executive officer, requests that all vehicles remain will take the helm from Commander Lawrence P. Walsh. Walsh assumed command off that section of road until work in July. is completed. Cdr. Walsh will report to George Washington University, Washington, D.C., for duty under instruction. civil service Ceremonies will begin in Hanger AV-600 at 10 a.m., and the public is in- A Civil Service examination will vited. Dress for participants will be full dress white, and for guests, be held for sales store checker and tropical white long or summer ser- clerical positions 9 a.m. Tuesday at vice "C" with ribbons. the Consolidated Civilian Personnel A command spokesman pointed out Office. For registration or infor- Exchange Sets that Cdr. Walsh was instrumental in mation, call 85209. the expansion of the vital Caribbe- an squadron. *corrals Houseware Event Tn addition to Due,to longer daylight hours, the Mike Fisher, navy exchange merchan- normal missions, naval station and family corrals dise manager, announced this weel it squadron avia- will remain open for rentals until is time for the annual housewares e- tors have con- 6:30 p.m. vent at the exchange. ducted aerial The event means special sales on reconnaissance, *bake small appliances, glassware, hath- airborne commu- sale room accessories, walnut and maple nications relay, rhe Ellis Field N.W.C.A. will have pepper mill sets, and other house- surface support, a bake sale tomorrow at Camp Bulke- ware items.