* Reserve Seabees drill* most like training here Story and photos Gitmo. "Everyone is getting a chance to work in his rate, especially the by JOl Merle Jacobsen equipment operators and construction Reserve Seabees here for their mechanics who don't normally get a annual two weeks of active duty chance to work in their rates during training express satisfaction (for drills," according to Lt. Charles the most part) with assignment to L. Dalton, Greenville, S.C., officer in charge of RMCB-24's Detachment Gitmo. He said, "The people (in Gitmo) are very helpful and have given us all the support they could." The lieutenant also said that "the troops seem to be more satisfied with their duty, especially living conditions" than with previous two-week "cruises.' Chief Builder Bert H. Reece, assis- tant OIC and also a Greenville resi- dent, was concerned about the dis- regard of safety precautions by many of the local construction workers. SWC FLOYD SMITH, Gallant, Ala., a people He said, "How come so many welder and steelworker in civilian neglect to wear helmets on this base life, prepares wire mesh used in re- This is a on construction projects? inforcing concrete for the floor of requirement." a cabana under construction at Vic- tory Hill. The main problem facing the 39- man detachment is "getting material" tion of two cabanas at Chapman Beach to accomplish its tasks, according and completed the paving of a park- to one chief. His comment was the ing lot just off the runway near the most common of those made about the galley. The parking space off the negative aspects of duty here. west end of the runway is to be Detachment Gitmo arrived here used for emergency vehicles during April 28 and is scheduled to leave meal hours. May 10. The detachment will then The main projects on the Windward PLASTERING THE WALLS of handball fly to Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, (See RESERVES, Page 6) courts at Cooper Field are BUCNs and join the rest of the 500- Glenn Shackelford, left, Booneville, man battalion there for their a junior high school teacher, Miss., return to the United States. and Lawrence Crowder, Asheville, salesman. N.C., a soft drink RMCB-24 is headquartered in the 6th Naval District and in- cludes the states of South U.S. NAVAL BASE Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA Tennessee and North Carolina. Reece said about 80 per cent of the men in the Gitmo detach. ment work in jobs related to their military specialties in civilian life. Another reserv. ist said, "Most of our men ari skilled civilian construction men." Generally the Seabee Reserv- ists are continuing work on projects left unfinished by other construction organiza- tions. OTIS SANDERS, Gulfport, Miss., replaces a On Leeward Point they have carbu retor on a NAS bus during a major paved the parking lot and put tune p. Sanders works in the mails and up bumpers at the SPO Club, files the Gulfport Seabee base Tuesday, May 7, 1974 office at paved four barracks parking in cilvilian life. lots, continued the construc- Page 2--LATE NEWS ROUNDUP. Guantanamo Gazette Tuesday, May 7, 1974 1 emigrate to the United States with his family. After a brief stay in Miami, Reyes moved to Los Angeles, and got a job as a cigarmaker with the National Cigar Co. AZETTEEREALast year he was laid off, but he obtained a bank loan to open his own factory. Reyes works 10 hours a day, six days a week rolling between 300 and 500 of what he .a digest of l e news considers to be "possibly the finest handmade cigars in America." He makes nine different sizes and shapes of whole leaf cigars and retails them over the counter at his factory in a converted bank building. He also makes custom cigars to order, 10-inch panatelas and other unusual shapes. His cigars are priced from 25 LONDON (AP) - Britain's top woman cop says "Thank cents to $1.25 each. goodness for the pill" because it's a prime weapon in keeping Scotland Yard's female contingent up to strength. Commander Daphne Skillern, 46 and unmarried, took over Gitmo is ahead this week as Britain's highest ranking woman police of- of the game for gy ficer. Her responsibilities include the careers of Lon- fuel conservation don's 650 female officers, and part of the problem is in the first five the capital's 20,000 bobbies. "To put it bluntly, the days of May. The men and women in the police force are very good physi- allotment for the cal specimens and it would be surprising if they did month is 1.437 not find each other attractive," Cdr. Skillern told million gallons a news conference. In pre-pill days, marriage usually and 198allotent millionfr th meant a quick end to a woman police officer's career gallons were used as motherhood took over. May 1-5 or 13.8 per cent of the WASHINGTON (USN) -- Features similar to parts of the allotment. The Union Ironclad ship USS Monitor were identified re- balance is 1.239 cently during a Navy evaluation of the shallow water million gallons. IL search capabilities of the research vessel Alcoa Sea- For the first L239,000 GALS The research probe off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. five days, Gitmo IN STORAGE vessel was under contract to the Navy for the March 31 was 27.5 per cent to April 7 evaluation. A photo mosaic of what is be- ahead of savings lieved to be the famous "cheese box" turret of Monitor for the same pe- C has been constructed from over 1200 photographs taken riod in 1973. In ll of the wreckage. Apparently, the turret dislodged from fractions, 5/31 its original position in the center of the ship when of May's allot- she turned over while sinking. An inner support mem- ment would have ber similar to one on Monitor is also visible in the been .231 million mosaic. gallons. Actual consumption was LOS ANGELES (AP) -- When it comes to small busines- 13,000 gallons 31 eses, Rafael Reyes' is as small as you can get. It's more than 4/31 of AS OF MAY 5th a one-man operation producing quality cigars by hand. the allotment, or For 37 years Reyes, now 51, has made cigars in his na- .185 million gal- tive Cuba, Miami and now in Los Angeles. When Fidel lons. Castro took over Cuba, Reyes decided he did not want to live under Communism and in 1968, was permitted to Local Forecast Water status Mostly cloudy with diminishing Guantanamo shower activity. Visibility Gazette unrestricted except 2-4 miles RurC Mm. Riphl M. CbmUy capC. NicCCel F. CWrkh Water figures for yesterday: in showers. Winds SE 8-12 knots with gusts to 22 knots. High WATER PRODUCED: 1,359,000 Lt. Car . -11. Affar offi today 85. Low tonight 73. - O l c . Mv- ser Bay conditions 1-3 feet increas- JO3 e ch chub. , WATER CONSUMED: 1,191,000 ing to 4 feet during showers. J 1a . .pr. High tide 0949. Low tide 0505. JSO S y -re. C WATER GAIN: 168,000 JosA C. sp.acy" - y . --Cp e a mum nneisp-b-e acor-s to the dsad edtm for andshi stat- i.nsp-35rd WATER IN STORAGE: 19,153,000 dicof the alaspubli .f ofc IttS print.i e Tuesday, May 7, 1974 Guantanamo Gazette WORLD, NATIONAL NEWS--Page 3 Precedent exists for, Calley to be free on bond COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP)--A federal judge indicated yesterday there was ample precedent for allowing former Army Lt. William L. Called Jr., to remain free on bond despite objections from government prosecutors. After hearing arguments from government attorneys who contended it was unprecedented for a military prisoner to be granted bond, Elliott said: "For the Army to say there is no precedence for granting Lt. Called bail is simply to ignore an action by the U.S. Supreme Court." Elliott freed Calley, 30, on Feb. 27 on personal recognizance in lieu of $1,000 bond. He said that in 1969 a Supreme Court justice freed Army Capt. Howard Levy, who like Calley had been convicted by court-martial and had exhausted military appeals. Levy was convicted of refusing to train Green Berets and medics. In granting Calley temporary freedom in February, Elliott said he present- ed no threat to himself or society. Called served nearly three years under house arrest for his March 1971 conviction in the killings of at least 22 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in 1968. Elliot set May 20 for hearing defense motions challenging the constitu- tionality of Calley's conviction. He set June 24 for a hearing before his court on the merits of Calley's appeal. In arguing that Calley should remain free until his hearings are held, one of his civilian lawyers, J. Houston Gordon said: "It is. an unfair, arbitrary and capricious act of the government," to attempt to deny Calley bond. The Army dismissed Calley from military service Saturday. At the same time a statement from President Nixon was released saying he had reviewed Called's case and decided not to further reduce his sentence. LT. CALLEY .precedent problem Britain, Soviet Union sign ten-year pact for cooperation LONDON (AP)--Britain and the Soviet Union signed an ing their diplomatic privileges by spying. historic ten-year pact yesterday to develop economic, Official sources reported the British hustled to com- scientific, technological and industrial cooperation. plete the deal in advance of a European Common Market The deal, the first ever between two countries, opens move to limit direct dealings between member-nations the way for the British to compete for lush long-term and Communist countries.