Troops in Capitol

Troops in Capitol

Troops in Capitol Tro Control Protests (Related story, Page 5) U.& NAVAL BASE f4UANTANAMO DAY, CUNA WASHINGTON (AP/AFRTS)---Fed- eral troops moved onto major bridges connecting the na- tion's capital with suburban Virginia as antiwar protesters attempted to stop the federal government. About 100 soldiers, in full battle dress and carrying rifles and sheathed bayonets, marched across the Key Bridge. They are reported to be mem- bers of the 91st Engineer Bat- AY, MAY 3, 1971 talion from Fort Belvoir, Va. Traffic disruptions were re- ported on the Key Bridge, the George Washington Parkway leading to Washington, and on at least one other downtown street. Anti-War Meanwhile, police have brok- en up the first attempt by the protesters to disrupt commuter Activists traffic in the capital. About 5:30 a.m., a crowd of some 100 demonstrators was Continue driven off the Washington end of Key Bridge. Siege Tear gas drifted through the air as the Protesters were driven back into Washington. On the other side of the Po- tomic, Virginia police arrest- ed several demonstrators who had erected barricades on George Washington Parkway. About 100 Marines have taken S. Viet Headquarters Hit up positions on both sides of the 14th Street Bridge. SAIGON (AP/AFRTS)--North Vietnamese troops made a new shell- Many commuters apparently ing attack today on a South Vietnamese military district head- were trying to get into the quarters s uth of Da Nang despite heavy losses there yester- bity before the traffic tie- day. ups. Heavy traffic was report- For an hour before dawn the enemy gunners fired 60 mortar ed 'n Interstate 95 at 5:15, a and recoilless rifle shells into the Dai Loc headquarters 15 full two hours before the nor- miles southwest of Da Nang. A communique said one house was mal rush hour. damaged and there were no casualties. Scattered convoys of jeeps Just 24 hours before, North Vietnamese forces made a ground and military troop trucks were assault under the cover of darkness against the headquarters. seen rolling along Washington In Saigon today, the U.S. C mmand announced the 32nd so- streets. called "protective reaction" strike of the year against anti- Half of Washington's police aircraft installations inside North Vietnam. (Please see PROTESTS, Page 2) Pag~e 2 Guantanamo Gazette Monday, May 3, 1971 11 Cambodia. Crisis Coniues PHNOM PENH (AP/AFRTS)--Brig. Gen, In Tam, .a digest of late news the latest nominee to end Cambodia's political crisis, today declined to form a government and said he was working on another solution. In Tam, the 55 y-ar old head of the National Assembly, told the assembly he and other lead- ers were trying to work out a formula under toafttributed the dismissal Sources il We5 which ailing Marshal Lon Nol, the outgoing of Vice President Aly Sabry, the Egyptian gov- premier, would be the titular head of the gov- ernment's leading leftist, to his onposition ernment and Lt. Gen. Sisowath Sirik Matak, the to the federation with Libya and Syria. acting premier during Lon Nol's illness, would Sabry was fired tvo days before the arrival continue to run the government. in Cairo of Secretary of State William P. Ro- In Tam said the plan called for Lon Nol to gers for talks with 'resident Answar Serat on be named president of the council of ministers the Middle East situation. But although Sabry and Sirik Matak to be "president delegate." was notabley anti-American, Pogers' visit was In addition, :Ti Tam said, there would be not believed to be a factor in Sabry's dismis- three vice presidents of the council below the sal. president delegate, and he would be one of them. He did not name the other two. different parts of Five eIplesills Gccurretin In Tam said he had been compelled to decline Belfast, Northern Ireland last night. No in- the mandate to form a government "under the juries are reported in any of the blasts. A- present formula," but he gave no further ex- mong the targets were the homes of two police planation. There had been speculation yester- officials who have been investigating terror- day night that he had run into trouble with ist activity in the province. Lt. Col. Lon Non, Lon Nol's younger brother. .il$ t8-aggrS ht0ill the 8585 0f 12 and 16 died last night when their compact car drove into FROTESra the path of a freight train near Covington, force is on duty, supplemented by about 500 Georgia. The tenth person in the car, a 16 National Guard and militaryoolice. And 10,000 year old girl, is in critical condition in an soldiers and Marines are standing by at nearby Atlanta hospital. military bases. Some apparently were called to duty before dawn. The America1 Alligator CenCilconcerned the al- Federal and city officials moved yesterday ligators' existence was being threatened, led to try to duffuse the antiwar protesters' the fight in the 1960s to have the reptile plans by revoking their camping permit and placed on the endangered species list, voted clearing the campground near the Lincoln Mem- to ask the Interior Department to remove the orial. But protest leaders insist that at alligator from the list. least ten intersections will be tied up in The switch, some members say, occurred when demonstrations 'lanned for this morning. the council was infiltrated by hide dealers The aim of the protesters is to handicap, in and tanners who profited from the days when an effect, shutting down the government for the army of poachers operated in the swamps. "Com- day. And protest leaders stressed today's ac- mercial interests have infiltrated the council tivities will be of a peaceful nature but are now," said one disgruntled member. threatened' by the number of troops on hand. Stateside Temperatures Guantanamo Gazette Washington 4P Atlanta 43 commanae.RAdm. B. McCauley Miami 65 Local Forecast Public Affairs Officer.LCdr. W. Boer II Detroit 43 Editorial Advisor.JOC Jim Teague Editor.,.JO3 Allan Smith Chicago 44 Mostly cloudy becoming partly Editorial Assistant.JO3 Bob Wellborn cloudy during the afternoon. Sports Editor.JO3 Frank Baker Minneapolis 40 Beeline Editor.YN1 Bill Walker St. Louis 63 Surface winds northerly from 3 The GUANTANAMtO GAZETTE is published according to Kansas City 54 to 5 knots with gusts to 22 in the rules and regulations for ship and station news- papers as outlined in NAVEIOS P-35 and under the Dallas 71 the afternoon hours. Hi 84, Lo direction of the Naval Base Public affairs Officer. It is printed four days a week at government expense Oklahoma City 69 74. on government equipment. The opinions or statements in nes itm that appear heroin are not to he con- Phoenix 57 strued as official or as reflecting the views of San Francisco 54 CimNavBase o, the Department of the Navy. Monday, May 3, 1971 Guantanamo Gazette Page 3 -- __M 4 Bearings SCENE: At the dinner table. SALLY: A man who used to tie wrist watches to skies on television in the olden days. Dad FATHER: Bless us 0 Lord in these Thy gifts means that Michael sounds too glibly articu- which we are about to receive through Thy late to be speaking authentically. bounty through Christ our Lord. In the name of PETER: Oh, I see. the Father and of the Son and of the Holy FATHER: My God, the rot really runs deep. I Ghost. Amen. never really actually knew what they meant by MOTHER: (Severly) What's the matter with you Original Sin until now---it's build into them. children? None of you joined in with Dad. The devil knows his business. Adam and Eve and (Silence) now my four kids. FATHER; Someone had better give us an answer. LAURA: You mean our mythical first parents? We Michael? know now that Genesis was just a convenient MICHAEL: (13 years old) It's a square prayer, way of accounting for creation to pre-scienti- that's all. And nobody's said the Holy Ghost fic, pre-theological people. for years. FATHER: Jesus, Mary and Joseph. They've gotten PETER: (6 years old) Rub-a-dub-dub, thanks for to ou. the grub. Yea God! MOTHER: Don't swear in front of the children, FATHER: My God, Agnes. Did you hear that? Fred. Peter, just where exactly did you hear that. FATHER: Children? Children? They sound more that jingle? like post graduate draft dodgers to me. PETER: In religion class--we made it up. Miss MICHAEL: With your hostile attitude, Dad, I O'Malley said it was great. don't see much point in attempting a serious FATHER: And who is, for the sweet of love. dialogue. Miss O'Malley? SALLY: Michael is right. You're not showing LAURA: (10 years old) She's our coordinator of any respect for us a individual members of the Religious Formation and Christian Life Experi- pilgrim church trying to find our path through ence. the darkness of authoritarian'and parental op- FATHER: Your which of what? Don't the sisters pression. teach you religion? FATHER: That does it. That does it. MOTHER: I'm afraid that hone of the children MOTHER: Don't ask any more questions, Fred. are taught by the sisters this year, Fred. Please don't ask any more questions? There are'only two left. (Curtain) SALLY: (12 years old) Only one sister now, From National Catholic Review, February 1971. Mom. Sister Yuette left yesterday. She got a leave of absence to form her own rock group-- REMARKS: Wow, times have changed, haven't they The Norvice Mistresses.

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