U.S. NAVML BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA Tuesday, May 28, 1974 Base museum to open; varied-interest displays By J03 John Hansell The time machine has not been invented yet but Guan- tanamo Bay residents have the opportunity to take a =IST 0F 0F'FICERS journey through the past right here on base. You can Wbo Imv died, been detched, or t frI. r he U. $. S. o see famous Americans of yesteryear in their gallant commanded by C , t , U.&6. S. N, I tduring the period covered by this moments; glance through the 1898 log book of the USS Log Book, from 1: , 181f , to ei , 18'( . Marblehead or take a ringside view of the 1950 Mardi Gras. Founded in 1968 and sponsored by the Civic Council, J:,XAV \, . the Gitmo Bay Museum is the host of relics dating X, X-,A,- back to the 1800s, aquatic exhibits, training displays A- -L.9 and more. Director and curator William R. Robinson explained, "Our exhibits are basically of Spanish-American War content, but we also have displays of local, current interest too. "For example we have a seashell collection donated by a teacher and high school students. We also have the Explosive Ordnance Detachment display used in warning children what kind of devices to beware of. This exhibit I always emphasize to museum visitors especially the little ones. "This is a community project and it needsthe support of everyone with exhibits," he continued. "People are still finding artifacts around base of historic value and they're under the misconception that if they bring them to us, we'll keep them. We like to help identify and &ate the article but we never keep them. Exhibits can be donated on a permanent or temporary basis." The museum is currently closed for remodeling but will open its doors this weekend-June 1-2--between noon and 2 p.m. Nibbling mike present problem and hazard to communications MICE DID THAT? . GNAW! ! Yes they really did, according to Lt. Tom Cooney, PWD utilities officer. The lead-covered cable in the above photo encloses 200 pairs of phone lines used as a control cable for radar facilities on Leeward Point. Last week it was discov- ered that some hungry mice had been chewing through the cable, exposing the inside wires and allowing water to short out the system. Evidently, mice need to chew on something semi-hard, such as lead, to keep their front- teeth from- growing excessively long. According to Lt. Cooney, "What they do aboard ship'to reduce this prob- lem is to have all lead cable-wrappings permeated with arsenic." e Page 2--LATE NEWS ROUNDUP Guantanamo Gazette Tuesday, May 28, 1974 LONDON (AP)--A British firm of design engineers an- nounced plans Thursday to produce a giant cargo-carry- ing airship which, it claimed, could operate almost GAZETTEER as cheaply as conventional freight transport by sea. John West, chief of John West Design Associates, said .a digest of late news his "skyship" would cost no more to build than a jumbo jet. As an example of its use, he said an army would Ii00 be able to transport 1,600 men, 70 small vehicles, 14 large vehicles, 60 trailers and 100 tons of stores in a single lift. West said he is now negotiating on two offers of finance for the next stage of development-- BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (AP)--A second part of the St. one from Europe and one from North America. He did Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla British Associated State has ex- not name the companies involved. pressed a desire to break away politically from St. Kitts. The Nevis local council released a resolution Saturday asking for political independence from St. BRUSSELS (AP)--A spokesman for the North Atlantic Kitts, the capital of the state. The resolution said Treaty Organization (NATO) said yesterday it has taken that the "island of Nevis has been left to suffer econ- no measures to limit the release of information to omic, financial, social and moral neglect" by St. Kitts. Portugal, which-has two Communist ministers in its new In St. Kitts, the House of Assembly, the state's legis- government. Newsweek Magazine reported Sunday that lature tabled a similar motion six weeks ago, accord- Portugal will no longer receive NATO documents classi- ing to a government spokesman. The state took on its fied "Cosmic" or "Atomal." The NATO spokesman called current political status in 1967. Soon afterwards, the story "incorrect." The spokesman said that NATO Anguilla made a similar complaint and broke away for nations are thoroughly familiar with their obligations a time. under the rules that protect the interests of the al- liance. The purpose of the pact is to link the defense of North America and Western Europe against any threat. LIMA, Peru (AP)--Peru's military government announced He said NATO is certain that internal measures required yesterday that the Soviet state airline Aeroflot has of a country to fulfill its NATO commitments are con- been authorized to fly between Moscow and Lima. A res- stantly taken as circumstances require. olution of the transport ministry said Aeroflot will serve a route from Moscow to Lima with stops in Frank- furt, Paris, Rome, Rabat, Casablanca, Havana, Quito and WASHINGTON (AP)--The Washington Star-News in an ed- Guayaquil. The authorization will last one year under itorial entitled "Puerto Rican Freedom" yesterday des- a reciprocity basis. cribed Gov. Rafael Hernandez Colon's proposals for changing the island's status as "rather modest" and approved a suggestion that future U. S. law specifi- SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP)--A man lost in Mexico's Baja cally mention its application to the commonwealth. California wilderness for 10 days apparently has found The editorial also proposed a "debate on two examples food and water but is still many miles from a road as of areas where Hernandez would like Puerto Rico to be he walks through rugged terrain, searchers said today. free of national legislation, environmental law and The search party followed Fred Mundy's tracks to a the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Com- cabin used by Mexican cowboys in the remote area, Sher- mission over radio and television." The Star-News riff's Lt. Dusty Rhodes said. The shacks are stocked mentioned the ad hoc group presently studying Puerto with water and dried beef. The tracks leading from Rican-U. S. relations and cited the "sizeable minority" the cabin placed Mundy less than 40 miles from one on the island who favor eventual statehood as well as north-south direction is about "40 or 50 miles" on the "Lonely Independent Movement" on the island. The the other side of Mundy, who is believed three days editorial predicted that the independence movement will ahead of his trackers as he walks south-southeast in not grow "if the commonwealth with its large measure the mountainous area, Rhodes said. of economic interdependence with the United States works as well as it has since 1952." Water status Local Forecast * Guantanamio Water figures for yesterday: Continued partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers WATER PRODUCED: 1,385,000 in the Bay area. Visibility unrestricted. Winds N at 5 WATER CONSUMED: 1,455,000 knots becoming SE by noon at J01 t 3.t.Odtt~.t -- ~~ 86. 10-12 knots. High today 3 . .ttt WATER LOSS: 400 .0t .. ..- 70,000 Low tonight 74. Bay conditions !TdO . 000 High tide 0253. 1-3 feet. ItO *00 .4 .ttt 00~7.0. -00300.4 0 tOfl.t.00. 0 WATER IN STORAGE: 18,766,000 Low tide 0927. tott.tO tt. lt0 . p1 7 I0.00100 It 1tttd l 4 P Tuesday, May 28, 1974 Guantanamo Gazette Page 3--LOCAL Hurricane drill inform ation By LCdr Jim Lois Make sure you have a flashlight --Take down television antennas (Reprint from Aug. 9, 1973) with extra batteries and plenty of if you don't want a mass of twist- matches. ed metal. You'll feel safer and more at ease --Have rags and mops available to --Put up storm shutters; close during an actual hurricane if you soak up water that may beat into metal or wooden awnings; or board take the proper precautions before your house from torrential rains up windows and glass doors. Take it hits. that accompany hurricanes. Stuff down canvas awnings or roll them up Be sure to give yourself plenty papers and rags in openings. and lash them down. of time; don't wait until the big --Check your trees and shrubbery wind is whistling around the corn- --Conserve refrigeration by turn- and remove limbs which may damage er. ing your refrigerator and deep your house or utility wires. Remove freeze to the coldest setting and ripe coconuts from palm trees. Here are some suggestions on what open only when necessary. Food i- to do inside your home (if it is tems will stay colder much longer --Take blankets, pillows and designated hurricane-proof), out- after the power goes off. flashlights if you are going to one side in the yard, during and after --Stay indoors and away from the of the shelters. If special diets a hurricane: window during the storm. Glass or baby formulas are needed, take --Have a battery-operated radio shatters easier than you might these foods with you. Be sure to handy so you can listen to the think. eat something before you leave home. storm's progress and other emergency --Open a window or door on the Remember, pets cannot be taken to information as it is broadcast on side of the house not being hit by shelters, so be sure to leave plenty AFRTS 1340 Radio.