AAn Orange A Day. PLEASE SEE PAGE 8 DUKE YOUNG Drawing shows routes the Apollo Rover took on its three trips U.S. NAVAL BASE Apollo 16 GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA 'I Believe We've Got Everything We Went For' SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP)--Apollo 16 explorers rocketed away from the Descartes Mountains of the moon yesterday, carrying with them rocks geo- logists believe were formed by early lunar volcanoes. The two men thus achieved their primary goal. With astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr. at her controls, Orion, the lunar module blasted upward into the black lunar sky, and sped into moon orbit. "I believe we got everything we went for," said Dr. Tony England, a scientist-astronaut at the manned spacecraft center. Monday, April 24, 1972 "What a ride, what a ride!" Duke called as Orion climbed into space. The two astronauts left the moon at 8:26 p.m. EST, and sped off toward a link up with the command ship Casper, piloted by their crewmate Thomas K. Mattingly II. Together, the three will rocket out of lunar Carrier Costs Excessive orbit tonight and start toward earth and a Pacific Ocean splash- WASHINGTON (AP)--Sen. William Prox- 88 per cent from original planning down on Thursday. mire and Rep. Les Aspin, Wisconsin estimates. He said the projected Democrats, yesterday released se- cost of the two giant carriers has Young and Duke were on the moon parate government studies showing reached $1,779.8 billion, or $889.9 for 71 hours, and with them they huge cost overruns on Navy construc- million each. brought a pocket full of records, tion and modernization projects the amount of rocks brought from for two aircraft carriers and "This represents," Proxmire the moon, time on lunar surface and 20 guided-missile frigates. said, "an increase of $833.392 speed traveled in the moon vehicle. million, or 88 per cent, over And, the two legislators the original Navy planning es- Apollo 16 explorers drove to a said, there is no assurance timate of $946.5 million for deep bright crater yesterday and that either nroiect will do both carriers." probed among building-sized boulder the job supporters say it will. on their final search for volcanic Proxmire said a March 1972 general Aspin said another GAO report on evidence in the lunar mountains be- accounting office study shows that the missile-firing ships showed the * fore their blast off from the moon. the estimated cost of the two nu- Navy's cost estimate for the 20-ship (Please see APOLLO page 2) clear aircraft carriers has risen (Please see PROXMIRE page 4) Page 2--LATE NEWS ROUNDUP Guantanamo Gazette Monday, April 24, 1972 APOLLO- from page one GAZETTEER They roamed through a field of black and white boul- .a digest of late news ders-- some of them the largest moon rocks ever seen-- and walked to the very edge of a crater so deep they could not see its bottom,: "I can't believe the size of that big black rock," Charles Duke said as the astronauts stopped their elec- tric car beside a massive crater they call North Ray. Cambodian troops were flown by helicopters yes- terday to reinforce the beleaguered provincial capital "Simply spectacular," said John Young. of Svay Rieng, 68 miles southeast of Phnom Penh. A reg- They brought back a wealth of geologically important ional commander there said the situation was "very ser- lunar rocks and soil samples, although they did not ious." Brig. Gen. Srey Meas said that at least two new find as much of the purely volcanic crystalline mater- regiments of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong had come ial scientists had thought would be in the Descartes from northeastern Cambodia to join the battle for high- mountain area. They found more rock of composite sub- way 1. stance, perhaps partly volcanic and partly material pressed in by meteorite impact. Red Cross officialswere examining the possibili- ty Saturday of arranging a 24-hour cease-fire to care The expedition yesterday lasted 5 hours and 40 min- for the wounded in the region of An Loc, embattled utes, giving them a record 20 hours and 14 minutes in South Vietnamese provincial capital. A spokesman said total time on the moon's surface since their landing the proposal was made by the ICRC delegation in Saigon, last Thursday night. They also drove their moonbuggy mentioning that because of heavy fighting around An Loc at a speed of 11 miles per hour, beating Apollo 15's many wounded civilians were without medical help. A de- 8 mile per hour record. cision is expected today she said. The astronauts set off from the moon at 8:26 p.m. EST, to rejoin their crewmate, Thomas Mattingly, a- President Nixon's plant spend $2.5 billion hoard the command ship Casper and prepare for the long on compensatory education next year is sound although trip home. They rocket out of lunar orbit Monday night billions have been wasted in the past on similar pro- and head for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on grams, a government official said Saturday. "The evi- Thursday. dence indicating that the compensatory education has not worked is, we judge, sobering but not overwhelming, The mission was cut short by one day because of a a counsel of caution but not of despair," the depart- failure in the command ship engine which almost cancel- ment of HEW said. led the moon landing Thursday. The failure involves small fluctuations in a secondary engine control sys- of A searchis under way in the wreckage of the Alle- tem that officials said would not affect the firing gany Inn in Cumberland, Maryland for ten persons, miss- the rocket. However, on guard against the possibility ing after a pre-dawn fire yesterday that killed at that the condition could worsen, officials ordered the least three other persons. Firemen recovered three bod- astronauts home as soon as possible after the moon ex- ies earlier and the medical examiner said ten persons ploration. remain unaccounted for. In their final moments on the moon, the spacemen North Vietnamese forces cut highway 14 in leaped about in what Young said was an abbreviated "lu- the central highlands before dawn Monday and a column nar olympics." "We were gonna show what a guy could do, of enemy tanks overran a government base camp at Tan like jump flat footed straight in the air three or Canh. The outpost was considered critical to the defen- four feet," said Young. He demonstrated by leaping up- ses of Kontuw and Pleiku, the area's two largest cities. ward in the slow motion typical of movements in lunar Field reports said 20 tanks were involved in the attack gravity. on Tan Canh, forward headquarters of the South Vietnam- Duke tried it, too, but not with the same grace. He ese 22nd infantry division near the district town of leaped then fell on his back. "Charlie," said Young in Dak To. disgust, "That ain't very smart." Stateside Temperatures Guantanamo New York __ Cleveland Local Forecast Gazette Kansas City 64 San Francisco 57 cloudy becoming mostly Las Vegas 56 Partly clear after sunset. Winds N sN Toy ( . .n.N. etr. Indianapolis 56 . knots, becoming S 8-12 knots Houston 84 3-5 gusting to 20 knots returning to San Diego 67 N 3-5 knots after sunset. Today's high 85, tonight's low 71. Bay conditions 2-3 feet. High tide d.rect tin at te . sa tOa. in Nes ' Ctie n tes thft r 7:47 p.m. Low tide 1:11 p.m. oiialfas raetY. Monday, April 24, 1972 Guantanamo Gazette LOCAL NEWS--Page 3 Monday, April 24, 1972 Guantanamo Gazette LOCAL NEWS--Page 3 The Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Sea Explorers, Brownies, and Cubs will hold "Scouting Keep America Beautiful Day 1972" here at Guantanamo Saturday, April 29. The young people will hold this cleanup day to focus public attention on the country's litter problem and to stimulate all Americans into partic- Litter ipating in a nationwide clean-up campaign. Last year, stateside, the Department of Defense supported this campaign by providing military vehicles to assist with collection and disposal of litter. Locally, the Naval Station will provide vehicles, on this day in order to accomplish the same objectives as the scouts are doing in the states. 'Scouting People living in the residential areas of the base are urged to clean their yards, remove trash and other rubbish and place it in front of their houses and the Scouts will do the rest. Keep America The Scouts will pass through the housing areas starting at 9 a.m. to pick up all trash and bring it to the dump. Scout leaders remind everyone that this is a good chance to get rid of your eyesores with a minimum of effort on your part. Younger scouts of both sexes will clean the Exchange Beautiful Day' area, Cooper Field, and neighborhood playgrounds. Anyone wishing to help out with this community effort by driving a truck or assisting in general contact Otto Szanto at 97115. CPO Ball tickets are still on sale at the CPO Club office. Dress for * Fund this affair will be tropical white Requests long Due with ribbons for May the men, 1 and non-formal evening wear for the ladies. Commander Naval Base recently announced that all commands, organizations, and individuals needing money from the Community Fund should submit their requests no later than May 1. This will be for Fiscal Year 1973.