WEATHER 1OND GEN 5720/2 VATFR F AIR + ff P TTh, *86/75 01 f U. S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA Phone 9-5247 WEDNESDAY Date TANUARY 4, 1967 WGBY Radio (1340) TV (Ch. 8) FormerTreasurer Exile Army Jailed Of FLN Shot MADRID, SPAIN (AP)(By Harold Kt& Milks) Spanish police search- By US Governmen t ed today for two gunmen who as- KEYWEST, FLORIDA (AP) The leaders of a tiny Cuban-Haitian exile sassinated Mohamed Khider, Al- army are in jailtoday, fuming overbreakup of afantastic plan to conquer gerian political exile accused of Haiti and turn it into an invasion base against Fidel Castro. absconding with $11 million from Officials at Key West's Monroe County Jail said all. were held for the Other treasury of Algeria's ruling Federal government on charges of violating U. S. neutrality laws. National Liberation Party. *A Bond was set at $5, 000 for Re- The 53-year-old former Secre- lando Masferrer, exiled Havana tary-General and hairman M o Treasurer of the politician who has tangled before FLN (Algerian National Liberation with the United States over plots Front) was riddled with bullets as to shoot up Castro Cuba. he left his Madrid apartment house TOKYO (AP)(By J6hnRoderick) Officials set bondat $2, 500 each last night with his wife and brother- Red China's Chairman, Mao Tse- for most of 27 comrades jailed in-law. Tung, and number two man, Lin here with him after a roundup of Police believedthe dispute over Piao, appear to be crushing their about 8 0 motley-uniformed per- main opposition. FLN funds triggered sons, including a woman and a *e e slayingmissing of the former Nation- Conflicting reports from Commu- priest. alist leader who was a key figure nist China indicate they may have William B. Meadows, U.S. At- in his country's revolt against struck a crippling blow at President torney for South Florida, said he French rule. Liu Shao-Chi through the big Chi- was checking on whether Masfer- Independence leader AhmedBen Com labor movement. rer had violated restriction im- Bella, who was overthrown as Al- The Soviet news agency Tass and posed on him by the immigration gerian Premier in 1965, had ac- the Czech news agency Ceteka both service for previous war-making cused Khider in 1964 of making of reported that the 21-million mem- activities. with the $11 million and putting it ber All China Federation of Trade About 50 of the captives were in Swiss banks. Unions (ACFTU) has been dissolv- taken to Miami for booking. All Khider counter-charged that Ben ed and its official newspaper shut were released last nightin recog- took tella, the money;. but in in down. nizance bonds of $100. Interview. after Ben Bella's over- A later report from Japanese cor- Masferrer criticized the United throw, as much as admitted that respondents in Peking said the States for "protecting Fidel Castro" he had taken it. ACFTU had notbeen disbanded but by arresting him and his band at a Madrid security police checked that its leadership had been taken Florida Keys' rendezvous where the list of Algerian refugees known over by a new Mao-Lin oriented federal agents said the expedition to be in Spain in an attemptto run (Continued on page 2) was preparing to embark. down the assassins or at least get a line on them. They also ques-. tiomedKhider's widow, Fetta Toudor, and her brother in an US Denies Rhodesia Pressure effort to identify the gunmen. WASHINGTON (AP) U. S. officials yesterday evening firmly denied Wash- The gunmen intercepted Khider ington dispatches in British newspapers alleging that the U. S. had second in front of his apartment entrance thoughts on sanctions against Rhodesia because of British plans to supply let him pass, then opened fire as Communist Cuba with a fertilizer plant. he entered his car. Whatever misgivings the U. S. government has because of London's ap- (Continued on page 2) parent intention to go ahead with the fertilizer project, to link it to sanc- tions imposed by the U. N. Security Council is "nonsensical" officials said. peed King Donald Campbell is It is clear, they said, that the Johnson administration is unhappy about led trying for a new speed re- the British deal and it so informed the Wilson government. At no time, Word---see page 5 (Continued on page 2) PAGE 2 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1967 GITMO GAZETTE MADRID (Continued from Page 1) As Khider TOKYO (Continued from Page 1) group called tried to get into the car, he was brought the All-China Association of Red Revolution- down by several bullets. Neither his wife aries (ACARR). nor her brother were hit. Khider's youngest If either report is true, it means Liu h son, 3, was asleep in the apartment at the lost a critical round in his fight to survive time. His three older sons are in school in mounting pressure against him. Switzerland. Liu, who made his niche in Red China as a labor organizer and was formerly ACFTU chair- LONDON (AP) The $7 million worth of paint- man, is believed to have heavy trade union ings stolen from the Dulwich College Gallery support in the present confrontation with Mao have all been recovered, police said today. and Lin. The eight paintings included three Rem- Though it is a labor organization, the brandts, three by Rubens and one each by ACFTU's primary function is to carry out the Gerard Dou and Adam Elsheimer. party's orders on production. As such, it is One of the Rembrandts was the "Girl At A the link between the party and the nation's Window", said to be worth $2.8 million. All 26,250,000 industrial workers. the Rembrandts and Rubens were world famous. Mao's young Red Guards have encountered Scotland Yard, in announcing that the resistance from workers in many parts of the paintings had been recovered, said they were country where Liu presumably continues popu- identified by the curator of the gallery. lar. The paintings were stolen sometime between The name of the new labor group suggests Friday evening and Saturday morning from the that it is on the Red Guard model, probably college art gallery which is the oldest pub- made up of a minority of nonunionists who lic one in Britain. The Dulwich collection follow Mao and Lin. On Dec. 30----three days went back as far as 1616. after the reported move against the ACFTU---- Police said they got possession of Rem- the official New China News Agency (NCNA) re- brandt's "Girl At A Window" and the portrait ported that the Chinese union had issued as of his son Titus as well as "Three Graces" by statement protesting the decision of the Rubens on Monday night. The other five Soviet-dominated World Federation of Trade paintings were found last night. Unions barring it from its Dec. 8 general All the paintings were recovered in London. council meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria. Officials said some were damaged, but the This suggested that the reports the ACFTU damage was described as comparatively slight. has been taken over, rather than abolished, The original announcement of the recovery are true. of the paintings did not say how they were traced or whetheranyone had been arrested. WASHINGTON (Continued from Page 1) however, Earlier, it was announced that several per- .was the Rhodesian issue brought up in th* sons were being questioned. connection, the officials said. W The fact that three of the paintings had The U.S. could not do so even if such a tie been recovered last night was withheld by would be justified because it voted for the Scotland Yard in fear that publication might mandatory sanctions against Rhodesia in the lead the thieves to destroy the other art United Nations on Dec. 16, and the resolution works. is binding for all U.N. members, including Scotland Yard said inquiries were continu- those which abstained in the voting, they ing in an attempt to establish identity of said. those responsible for the art theft. The resolution banned the purchase of 12 The thieves removed a panel from a seldom key Rhodesian exports and also the supply of used door in Dulwich Gallery and one of them oil and oil products to Rhodesia by U.N. mem- was small enough to slip through it. He ap- bers. parently handed the paintings out to his con- federates. The canvases were removed from WASHINGTON (AP) Hugh Winterhalter, son oW their frames. orchestra leader Hugo Winterhalter,was killed in Vietnam, Dec. 29, while on his second tour As the"Old Man of 1966" packed his bags and of duty there. the "Infant of 1967" moved in, Gitmo also Winterhalter was with the Army's 169th prepared for its "Babe of '67." Combat Engineer Battalion. His parents said The Navy and Marine Exchanges have donated he will receive a military funeral at Arling- gifts ranging from baby blankets to a baby- ton National Cemetery Friday. sized silver set. The Guantanamo Bay Civic During his first tour in Vietnam, he was a Council has donated a $50 Savings Bond. The combat helicopter gunner with the 20th Aerial staff of the Hospital and everyone at Gitmo Artillery and received the Air Medal with six anxiously await the birth of the first child clusters. of 1967. Will this year's baby be the son or daughter DETROIT (AP) The big four of the auto in- of a Marine, sailor or civilian? dustry-have informed the government they are Last year's "Baby of the Year" was Sandra not able at this time to comply with all 23 Elaine Hixon, the daughter of Emery D.
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