U. S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA Friday, August 31, 1973 After conferring with lawyers Nixon chooses appellate route SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP)--Presi- routinely re- James McCord said Sirica's order to dent Nixon directed his lawyers corded conver- Nixon was good news. yesteday to appeal a federal judge's sations in his "I believe those tapes may be very order to produce the secret Water- Oval Office and material to my case," McCord said. gate tape recordings. elsewhere. The President's decision on his He said the tapes may shed light next step in the historic legal Acting on be- on alleged offers of executive battle came 24 hours after Chief half of the clemency to him U.S. and other Watergate District Court Judge John J. Watergate Grand defendants. Sirica ordered Nixon to produce Jury, Prosecutor for his private inspection the Cox subpoenaed tapes demanded by special Watergate tapes of eight Guyana government Prosecutor Archibald Cox. meetings and one telephone Nixon announced Wednesday he would call between awaits refuse to obey the order. After Nixon and his Castro visit summoning his top White House lawyers advisers at the to California, he disclosed yester- time, John W. GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP)--The Guyana day he would seek review by the Dean III, H.R. government yesterday began decorating U.S. court of appeals in Washington. Haldeman and the capital of Georgetown with flags "Appropriate papers for obtaining John D. Ehrlich- and buntings for a visit from Cuban review are being prepared" and will man. Prime Minister Fidel Castro, who is be filed before a stay order granted The White due Sunday afternoon. by Sirica expires next Thursday, House also has Foreign Minister Sonny Ramphal de- the White House statement said. rejected a sub- scribed the Cuban leader as "one of poena delivered the foremost revolutionary leaders of Deputy Press Secretary Gerald L. by the Senate this generation." Warren turned aside questions on committee, what legal approach the appeal will prompting the Castro will visit for one day before take. But the White House lawyers panel to file traveling with Guyana's Prime Minis- are certain to repeat Nixon's RICHARD NIXON claim a separate suit ter Forbes Burnham and Jamaica's that executive privilege allows him .Supreme Court to force disclos- Prime Minister Michael Manley to the to keep confidential material sought to rule ure. non-aligned summit in Algiers begin- in a criminal investigation. ning next Wednesday. Whatever the appeals court decides, Indications were that White House They will fly in a Cuban Airlines it is virtually certain the case lawyers gave some consideration to jet for the Algerian capital. will be carried to the U.S. Supreme seeking a further stay of Sirica's Court. This could take months, ruling in hopes of consolidating Ramphal said that although the visit meaning a final ruling would not the suit with the one brought by the will be only for one day, Castro will come until some time in the fall. Senate panel. But the President de- be able to see "some of the Capital" cided instead to seek immediate re- and the Guyanese people will be given The dispute began last month, when view of Sirica's ruling. an opportunity to see the Cuban lead- a former White House aide told the Meanwhile in Springfield, Ill., er. Senate Watergate committee that Nixon convicted Watergate conspirator Page 2--LATE NEWS ROUNDUP Guantanamo Gazette Friday, August 31, 1973 iiRetailers given extra week to post gastO price Pst ceilhgsas piceceilngs.a digest of late news GAZETTEER WASHINGTON (AP)--The government yesterday ex- tended the retail price freeze on gasoline for an additional week to give gasoline retailers more time to post new gasoline price ceilings. The ceilings had been scheduled to go into OTTAWA, Canada (AP)--Militant members of the striking effect Saturday, but were delayed by a court non-operating railway workers stormed through security challenge brought by gasoline retailers. guards in a Canadian Parliament building yesterday shout- ing their opposition to back-to-work legislation. The effect of yesterday's action on gasoline Police tried to remove the approximately 200 workers supplies over the holiday weekend was not known. but they were outnumbered. Some policemen were knocked The extension of the price freeze until Sept. down or struck, windows were smashed and a TV camera 7 is the third for gasoline prices. It original- crew was attacked. Parliament had been scheduled to de- ly was scheduled to expire Aug. 15. bate a hack-to-work bill yesterday aimed at settling the week old national rail strike. The government has The Cost of Living Council says it should voiced confidence that the bill -ould be accepted by force many gasoline retailers to lower prices the House of Commons and the strikers. from one to three cents per gallon. Each retailer must post on his gasoline pump LONDON (AP)--Three firebombs exploded in the heart of by Sept. 7 special stickers that list the gasoline Birmingham, England's second city, yesterday and security ceiling price, plus the octane rating. authorities feared Irish terrorists were spreading their Retailers may obtain the stickers from one of bombing campaign from London to other major cities. No 33,000 local post offices around the country. casualties were reported in the blasts in three city center stores. They came 12 hours after two bombs ex- The Cost of Living Council made clear there was ploded in Solihull, a residential suburb of Birmingham not enough time for the retailers to put the late Wednesday night. Yesterday's bombs went off as ceilings into effect, even though an appeals 160 Scotland Yard detectives, some armed, raided the court Wednesday granted a stay of a lower court homes of suspected Irish terrorists and sympathizers in order that prohibited enforcement of the ceilings. London, The extension of the freeze and the ceiling prices also apply for diesel fuel. PAPEETE, Tahiti--(AP)--France appears to have suspended The Phase 4 regulations for the rest of the its nuclear test series in the South Pacific but may be petroleum industry, including other petroleum planning further blasts in mid-September, observers said products, have been in effect since Aug. 19. here yesterday. They noted that the area around the Council Director John T. Dunlop said yesterday Mururoa Atoll test base remained off limits to ships the new ceiling prices "will assure motorists and aircraft two days after what is believed to have of stable gasoline prices while at the same time been a fifth test Tuesday. Two French navy meteorlogical assuring dealers of minimum mark-ups which are vessels arrived in Tahiti yesterday from the test site, .actually above the average national markup ap- indicating the current series was over. There have been plied during 1972." reports of five atmospheric tests, including one pos- \ French Defense Minister 14 / sible failure, since July. Robert Galley admitted yesterday he had held extensive talks with senior military and scientific personnel at the test bases this week. Water crisis Guantanamo Local Forecast - Gazette 1ear Ada. alph ". Chme--t.1b fr Water figures for yesterday: Continued partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and thunder- L. - .b Affi . ffie WATER PRODUCED: 1,070,000 storms in the area. Visibility 10 mi. JIC Brad Durfee.Editoril Adiso reduced to 5 mi. in areas of showers. JO2 S e Vi rg. .Ed o WATER CONSUMED: 1,115,000 Winds light & variable southerly 8-12 J0sN J c o - . .Repo -a . knots by noon. Max. temp. 88 Min 74. J0sN s. dy . f,,, .,. .etr. WATER LOSS: 45,000, Bay cond. 1 to 3 feet. t- pulse codiatph uesa e lto fo hpad _:nnepesa -5 dueh High tide: 1214, Lowtide: 0530/1820 dieto f he avlas pulc ffisofcr Itspaed fou -. p.-- WATER IN STORAGE: 14,183,000 .-- d.-.- -- 10 Friday, August 31, 1973 Guantanamo Gazette Local News--Page 3 MARS's mission: Support the personnel By JOC BRAD DURFEE Rico, for those interested in util- The evening you wish to make izing our facilities," added Mac- your call will find one of our "I'm traveling barefoot November Pherson. local operators sitting over his Zero Juliett Victor Golf and stand- If a resident wants to place a set contacting a "Gateway" station ing by to copy. This is November call between the hours of 6 and 8 in the states, thus starting the Zero Golf Charlie Golf." p.m. (local time) he should contact first step in actually getting you If you happen to be traveling on one of the below-named MARS volun- in touch with the party to whom you Sixth street in Villamar and hear teers during normal working hours wish to speak. seemingly nonsensical words to this so that they can get the necessary One such operator, that is fam- effect, emanating from a household, information to the operator who will iliar to Guantanamo MARS operators, don't become alarmed. be working the net on the night you is Marlin J. "Mac" McCollum of It is Chief Radioman Harold "Mac" wish to place your call: Belmar, N.J. MacPherson performing a public ser- RMC H. MacPherson, Jr. -- "He is more fondly known as vice by placing a phone patch to the 85133/85406/95476 'Grandpa Mac' to our guys here. He States for another Guantanamo resi- is a civilian who volunteers his dent. RM1 G. Haneke -- 85442/85419 time -- seven days a week -- to RMC K. Rouse -- 85459/85582 place phone patches anywhere in the states," noted MacPherson who is CWO3 C. Hornbrook -- 85419/ known as "Uncle Mac" on the net.