Astronauts Rehearse For Sunday's Blastoff * Apollo 16 CAPE KENNEDY Fla. (AP)--The astronauts rehearsed blastoff and earth orbital maneuvers yesterday as the countdown proceded smoothly toward Sunday's beginning of the Apollo 16 moon mission. Civil authorities prepared for the massive traffic jam expec- ted to be caused by the launch. Astronauts John.W. Young, Charles M. Duke Jr. and Thomas K. Mattingly II boarded the command ship simulator to run through activities from the time the booster roc- ket leaves the pad until they fire out of earth or- bit and head for the moon. That covers 2 hours, 27 minutes in the flight. Young and Duke also practiced their lu- nar module trainer and -Mattinglyworked on lunar orbit exercises in the com- mand ship simulator. Four days before Apollo 16 V leaves the launch pad for man's fifth expedition to 0 BAY, CUBA Fraud the moon, house trailers and campers already were swarming around scouting for van- tage points IRS Cracks Down (Please see APOLLO d tu n page On Tax Preparers 2) WASHINGTON (AP)--With five days left before the filing deadline, the Internal Revenue Service assigned thousands of agents yesterday to help taxpayers fill out their 1971 federal income tax returns. Commissioner Johnnie M. Walters Thursday, April 13, 1972 said his agency will use 15,000 tech- nical personnel, about seven times more than normal, to help taxpayers complete the job of filling out re- turns before the deadline of mid- Enemy Rockets Hit Da Nang night Monday, April 17. le said the sharp expansion and SAIGON (AP)--North Vietnamese gunners fired a score of rockets into Da its service to taxpayers is being Nang today aiming for the allies' second largest air base in South Vietnam. launched because of widespread evi- Enemy troops also renewed attacks across a key river defense line anchoring dence of fraudulent practices by the government's northern front. sufficient numbers of tax preparers. Within minutes of the first rockets explosions at Da Nang, hit for the IRS offices throughout the country first time since the current enemy offensive broke out two weeks ago, an will be open at later than usual aircraft with a huge searchlight took off. Its task was to pinpoint the hours, including Saturday but not enemy rocket launcher positions and if possible to guide fire on any wea- Sunday, Walters told newsmen. pons will unfired. The IRS crackdown of tax preparers There were no immediate reports of damage from the 1:30 a.m. attack. The in recent weeks has resulted in de- last one February 9, killed three South Vietnamese and wounded six South tecting 1,800 preparers who have pre- Vietnamese and ten Americans. pared fraudulent income tax forms. U.S. Air Force and Marine F4 Phantom squadrons from the base as well as South Vietnamese fighter-bombers are vital in keeping the northern front resupplied. IRS studies have shown that about In reporting the new enemy attempt to cross the Dong Ha-Cua into the de- half of federal income tax returns militarized zone, the Siagon command said 52 enemy troops were killed. are prepared.by tax preparers. Vietnamese pilots also claimed to have knocked out six enemy tanks as they Walters said that IRS agents en- tried to cross a tributary of the Dong Ha-Cua several miles to the west. gage in other work, apparently in- After the collapse of their defensive line south of the DMZ in the open- cluding wage-price controls, would ing days of the enemy offensive, Saigon's troops managed to stablize their be pulled off their jobs the next (Please see WAR page 2) (Please see TAXES page 2) Page 2--LATE NEWS ROUNDUP Guantanamo Gazette Thursday April 13, 1972 APOLLO- from page one along roads and causeways. "The time is right," Brady said. "Anybody in central, .a digest of late news north-central or south-central Florida can get up at a reasonable hour Sunday morning and be in time for the shot. The United States expressed formal displeasure TAXES- from page one at the French government yesterday for the prompting five days. from Paris that the Vietnem peace talks be resumed with- But Walters said agents, like anyone else, are sub- out delay. Emmanuel de Margerie was called in by the Un- ject to human error and the tax payer will be liable dersecretary of State for Political Affairs, Alexis for the mistakes. Johnson, to convey the Nixon administration's feelings Walters said in response to a question that IRS agent- that the French call was one-sided and made without no- s who prepared returns for taxpayers will not sign them. tifying the U.S. in advance, spokesmen said. But, he said, in view of the expanded program the ser- vice will now consider requiring agents to initial or FIrmer president Lyndon B. Johnson was feeling sign returns if they prepare them. great after he returned to Texas yesterday to recuper- The commissioner said that taxpayers who have reason ate from a major heart attack. One physician indicated to beleive that thier returns have been prepared fraud- Johnson may be able to resume much of his normally ac- ulently or incorrectly by preparers may have the IRS tive life. help them file an amended return. What got the IRS started on the new program was a Iur individuals, including Vermont's commission- study of tax preparers in the southeast region which er, and two corporations were 'accused in federal court showed that more of the private commercial tax prepare yesterday of-vioLating united Nations sanctions against ers in that area were making fraudulent returns. trading with Rhodesia. In a unique case, the U.S. attor- ney's office in New York announced the first such prose- one cution under 1968 Rhodesian sanctions. WAR- from page northernmost line on the south bank of the river. They President Nixon announced yesterday he will inflicted heavy casualities on waves of enemy attack- nominate Benjamin L. Hooks, a Memphis attorney, to be ers who sought to breech it with tanks and infantry. the first black to serve onh the seven-member Federal The town of Dong Ha lies just below the river and Communications commission. Hooks, described by the has been one of the enemy's major objectives so far in White House as a political independent, would serve a the offensive. The provincial capital of Quanh Tri lies seven-year term starting July 1. 13 miles further south. Enemy troops also tightened their seige of an infan- Three persons were killed,) houses were wash- try and artillery base guarding the most valuable ape ed away and hundreds of residents were evacuated yester- proach to the ancient imperial capital of Hue. day as heavy rains caused severe flooding in several Field reports said enemy troops had now surrounded Kentucky communities. High winds toppled barns and fire base Bastogne 12 miles south of Hue. house trailers and snapped power lines. Enemy gunners fired 50 rounds into the base Tuesday and government forces battled an estimated 300 to 400 Army S gt. Donald Fryer's seven-month battle North Vietnamese troops three miles from the shell- to adopt a 'ietnam orphan ended when the three-year-old scarred base's barbed wire perimeter. The Saigon com- boy arrived at Ft. Lewis, Wash. yesterday from Vietnam. mand said 21 enemy troops died in that engagement Attempts by Fryer and his wife, Delores, to bring young while three government troops died and 17 were wounded. David Matthew to the United States was complicated by The situation around Bastogne was described as criti- an erroneous Army drug test. The long effort to clear cal. It commands route 574, a narrow dirt road that was the sergeant's name involved a pair of Army generals, a used by the enemy during the 1968 Tet Offensive to Congressional hearing and a nudge from the White House. spearhead an offensive that partially captured Hue. Stateside Temperatures ' ' Guantanamo NgW Boston 44 Gazette New York 61 local Forecast 72 Washington becoming partly 68 Mostly clear Atlanta cloudy with showers during Miami 78 afternoon,becoming mostly o2Iacro. Jacksonville 82 fmh v Ince t .es tntE io clear again after sunset. a i s ie../..,. s itnt dio Detroit 64 TowY adt. .) 69 Visibility unrestricted. Winds St. Louis N 3-5 knots becoming SE 10-14 Dallas no aanteam ente spolished scoordit o U, rbules an knots,gusts up to 22 knots Denver 80 during afternoon then returning Los Angeles to N knots San Francisco 3-5 after sunset. 57 Today's high 84,tonight's low Philadelphia 65 Seattle 71. Bay conditions 1-2' increase to 3-5' during afternoon. High tide 2147. Low Tide 1445. Thursday, April 13, 1972 Guantanamo.Gazette LOCAL NEWS--Page 3 Club Movies Club Iguana Exchange FRIDAY--"THE IMPATIENT HEART" NRA Michael Brandon, Michael Constantine SATURDAY--"ROMANCE OF A HORSETHIFF" 'The Scene' D to :i M ay Yul Brynner, Eli Wallsch PG Sound Due Open SUNDAY--"THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD" Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee PG Next on the horizon of new Navy Exchange facilities is a personal ser- vices center which will be co-housed with the new appliance repair area TUESDAY--"NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS" and the new stereo and record store called "The Sound Scene". 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