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The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 5

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'o" o-w frry tTft C'T i Oct. 27. 1633 EXAXR3D aid Spain, Colombia to take but 600 but 100 aren't accounted for ExSRhier news services I Y. VP SSIUVANA Havanakas accepted -i ftta Sain and Colombia to Grenada toows that Invasions art poaoibto oo the part of North American troops in Nicaragua and alio in Cuba." Gatroiald there were construction workers were at the air port Kite, at well as about 139 doctors, professors and agricultural technicians. He said there were ao eSost 40 Cuban nciayliadvjeert tad a "very awalP number of Soviet catena, v.

Ks C9 survivors in Grenada 1 Caef to Bar. President Fidel Castro had accept 'ed an offer from Spanish President FGor.artei and Colombian Prosify rE5tarwtoairKftCu- 1 xzia, a government statement fate of 100 Cubans still in remains unknown, the gov-jail asid, and Cuba assumes that fcure of 600 Cubans in 'A i rerers oniy to tnose uken 9oer. It saM Gonzalez and Betan- ntacted US. authorities for Jfc in findlns the misslns Cuharu. His government1; hae ittseal casualty figures, Casiro said.

radio reports said at least 42 Ok bans were Government reports about the fighting in Grenada were reported all day yesterday on Tele Rebctde and Cuban radio stations. They poured from windows and porches Into the drizzle that fell over Havana's boxy skyline. Through raifrsSck streets, rashes of workers and schoolchildren marched in demonstrations of "repu- dtation" with signs bearing anti-Yan kee slogans. The demonstrators, sprung from their workplaces, wound through various parts of the city. At lunchttme, they gathered In the Vedado section of Havana.

Schoolchildren in mustard-colored uniforms shouted in support of the 700 construction workers, aid personnel and military advisers sent to Grenada by Cuba. A cluster of young women clutched paper Cuban flags and wept From a podium, a worker cried: "Wherever, however and for whatever reason, commander-in-chief, give us your orders," words that leemed to Tastro has asked that wounded 1 be brought to Cuba for treat-Tirrrt. The Joint communique Said and Betancur additionally to evacuate to Cuba any needing to leave their try. 'Selatlves of Cubans Castro or not to surrender awaited word fejy on their fate, "AH we can do is witt," said Nery Sanchez, a sister of Pablo Espinosa Delgado, 97, who has been in Grenada for nine months, "like everyone else, we are waiting foCspme word." $be said her brother is an electrician in Grenada to help build an airport on the southern tip of the at Point Salinas. tttrCuban Vice President Carlos Ra-fael Rodriguez said today on Radio Havana that the move into IMtod PrH MwmOoimI Cuban President Fidel Cestro entwered Questions tbout the Grenada Invetlon et a news conference yeeterdey vous tic and alleged that it was deflective of his country's situation." Once in awhile the government-reports were interrupted by short films about the guerrillas in El become the day's slogan.

1 Later in the day, there were rallies scattered through the city. One group of young children shouted, "Out of Grenada, Yankee assassins!" Thousands of Cubans have worked' abroad in the International Brigades." They include workers, teach-era, doctors people for whom being an internackmdistM is a matter of pride. Some get advantages on their return: ability to buy things that are difficult to obtain in Cuba can, or instance. One news analyst, in a chronology of events after the invasion, pointed out that one USL official in the United Nations displayed a terrible ner I Tension builds 4 From S.F. to Tripoli, the chant is 'get i i.

3fe mm i mm up St 'Rosy Roads' By Carl Hiaasen rr- Knight News Service 7 ROOSEVELT ROADS NAVAL BASE, Puerto Rico clues of crisis are deafening, Yesterday came the sound of ambulances, not one but many, racing down to Hangar 230 and back up the hill to the modern base hospital. They got SOMETHING out 1 there," a sailor said last night Navy personnel believed that the Roosevelt Roads base, about 40 miles east of San Juan, has become a crucial staging area for forces involved in the invasion of -yf- v'; Officially, Navy spokesmen here refused to comment Oh reports that wounded Army Rangers and Marines have been airlifted to "Rosy Roads" during the last 24 hours. But as of Tuesday morning, security at the naval base has been intensified: Some cars were turned away at the gate, others were even searched. All media were barred from the base pending conclusion of an "ongoing opera-. tkm" of an unspecified nature.

And although the Pentagon said evacuations of Americans from Grenada began yesterday, at least one sailor here said he spotted a large group of tired-looking civilians at Hangar 200 on Tuesday night. He believed they were medical students rescued from Grenada. He said the hangar had been sealed off from most Navy personnel and the students had been kept away from base headquarters. On one airstrip, the F-15 crews lounged on folding chairs under two tents. They, too, were on standby.

The air was filled with the sound of C-131 transports and Navy helicopters, all arriving from the south. Fourteen camouflaged Hercules planes were parked on the apron and guarded by sentries with M16s. At the end of one runway stood a DC-10 bearing the insignia of the Military Air Command: A soldier who appeared to be in the Army's Special Forces stood nearby. Four AW ACS reconnaissance planes waited near the control tower. But it was Hangar 200 where most of the attention was centered yesterday.

Early in the afternoon, C-131s arrived and taxied to the large blue hangar. There the planes were met by ambulance crews and "irtij'fy police. Each ambulance took one patient and sped tSQe base hospital before returning for another. It wasn't ckjr Whether the injured were soldiers or civilians nor could it be determined how many arrived. Iplliliiiilip ID Examiner new services From San Francisco to Tripoli, people marched in protest against the US.4ed invasion of Grenada.

Some 300 people, chanting "No more Viet nam Ronald Reagan it a sham," marched in front of the White House yesterday to express outrage at the invasion. About 6,000 protesters linked arms and chanted "USA, CIA, Out of Grenada Now," as they marched from the United Nations to Times Square in New York City. Dozens of police officers surrounded the demonstrators as they marched ltabreast from the United Nations Plaza to a Times Square armed forces recruiting station. There were no arrests. Twenty-two people were arrested after 40 members of an ad-hoc coalition against the invasion refused to leave House Speaker Thomas P.

O'Neill's Boston office. The demonstrators were removed from the building by federal police and those arrested were scheduled to be arraigned today. About 70 demonstrators occupied the Portland, OreM office of Sen. Bob Packwood until the senator discussed his support for the action. In San Francisco, protests against the invasion continued with demonstrations at the University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco State.

Speakers at a rally last night at the Federal Building in San Francisco, which drew about 400 protesters, featured speakers from the labor movement All demanded that the United States immediately withdraw from Grenada and Lebanon. David Aroner, executive director of the Soda! Services Union Local 535, charged that the Grenada invasion was staged "because the Marines need some real training now and then," and suggested the invasion was "a warm-up for Nicaragua," which he said was In the grand old tradition of sending Marines around to support the United Fruit Company." Iowa students burned draft registration cards, called for the impeachment of President Reagan and sang anti-military songs. At Iowa State University in Ames, veterinary medicine professor Lores Will and history professor Wayne Osborn were applauded when they called for Reagan's impeachment "America should hang its head," Will told more than 150 students. "Ronald Reagan should resign. He is paranoid.

He perceives miniscule Grenada as a Goliath and the United Stales as a David." During the Iowa City rally, several dozen counter-demonstrators ignited a 20-minute shouting match when they appeared with pro-Reagan signs. They voiced support for the president, chanting, "USA, USA." Ebwehere there was also support of the president's decision. "If there are 1,000 Americans down there who may be shot, under those circumstances I definitely support the president," said building maintenance worker Frank Whelan, 29, of Brooklyn, N.Y. John Lee, 28, of Milton, who is a former student at the St George's University Medical School in Grenada, said, They (Grenadans) have been wanting it for a long time." Outside the country, most of the reaction to the Grenadan invasion was anti-Reagan. In Mexico City, 4,000 angry demonstrators waved banners and shouted "Yankees go home" in a march on the VS.

Embassy, cheering as others set an effigy of Uncle Sam ablaze. "We think the unjustified VS. attack on Grenada is a provocation against Latin America and the world," said Mexican Socialist leader Pablo Gomez. i Thousands of demonstrators marched in Tripoli and other Libyan cities to protest what the country's government news agency called the "terrorist act launched by America against a small nation." -W AT THE THE CROWD CRIED, 'USA, OA, OUT Of GRENADA NOW That) 6,000 demonstatore marched Into Now York's Times Square Berkeley mayor War at home Congress confronts the president over War Powers Act Grenada was doing nicely By Carta Marlnucd aff writ 09 an a a 'it WASHINGTON (UPD-The house Foreign Affairs Committee today approved a Joint resolution invoking the War Powers Act that would require President Reagan to withdraw US. troops from Grenada within 60 days or seek congressional authority to stay longer.

The committee approved the resolution by a vote of 82-2. The opponents were Reps. George Crockett, D-Mich, and Ted Weiss, both of whom had tried unsuccessfully to toughen 0 resolution. Chairman Clement Zablockt, D-WIl, said the reaoiution he authored "is not. nor is It intended to be.

critical of President Reagan for the farvasion of Grenada." Zabtocti said the resolution was necessary because he did not believe Reagent report to House Speaker Thomas ONeul complied with the war powers act Yesterday Democrats in both the House and Senate moved to force Rescin to wfchdraw the troops within C9 days or seek congressional authors tatdar the War Powers Act for thetrocptosay. The cam ulnrl a renewal of the legislative and executive branches of government over war powers. Less than a month ago. after extensive negotiations, Congress passed a compromise resolution allowing Reagan to keep VS. troops in Lebanon for 18 months.

Since last weekend, there has been an atmosphere of stunned surprise and Incredulity on Capitol Hill over events in the Middle East and the Caribbean. "Where is the next warT was a common wisecrack beard in the bans of the House and Senate. This is Wednesday and we must be in Grenada, or Nicaragua or Lebanon or God knows where tomorrow," said Rep. Barbara Boxer, DGreen-brae. If we follow the reasoning of some of my colleagues, we may wen be cheering on American forces in dozens of countries all over the world." "It's surrealistic" said Sen.

Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. of the three days that aaw the death of more than 200 Marines in Lebanon and a US. Invasion of Grenada. an unusual alignment, OTicO, a Kberal Democrat from Massachusetts, agreed with conservative Sen. Gor ty in I960, shortly after Bishop took power.

It hoped to "pull together and help (Bishop) develop the island," Newport said. But the Grenada picture painted by Newport, who has taken an outspoken stand against the US. invasion of the tiny island, contrasts sharply with some press reports that Bishop's government denied human rights and crushed opposition. Newport said Bishop, whom he met shortly after the leader took power, was "extremely astute, intense and sensitive." Even though there were no democratic elections under Bahop, New-port said, Tin not so sure that democracy is the 'correct form of government for an We cant be the ones to mike that determination." In Grenada, Bishop took power and "immediately moved" toward policies that reduced the Island's un-; employment rate from 87 percent to 13 percent in four years, according to Newport "He immediately elevated women to equal status in the government," giving them equal pay, and began an intense literacy campaign, Newport don Humphrey, that the Marine command failed to adequately prepare for possible terrorist attacks against the military headquarters in Beirut "It was a military blunder of a tragic nature," said O'Neill "What we need are physical barriers to vehicles so this kind of attack wont be repeated," said Humphrey, almost in echo. Senate Democrats introduced a resolution yesterday declaring the war powers act had been triggered by the Invasion of Grenada and that Reagan's letter "does not fulfill the requirements" of that act ZablocU, DWit, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Commtttee, introduced legislation to force the withdrawal of US.

troops from Grenada by Christmas. Zabtocki's bill would trigger the War Powers Resolution, which would require Reagan to order the troops home from the Caribbean nation by Dec. 24 60 days after Tuesday's invasion. That deadline could be extended another 30 days if the president determined more time was needed to ensure the troops' safety. StiSRKELEY Mayor Gus New-pdrt, chairman of the area -Grenada Friendship Committee, says the fctand had been making great strides under Maurice Bishop, the of state, whom Newport "called "as fair as any leader I've ever met." Newport, who has worked with the US.

Department of Labor in the Caribbean, said yesterday he has kept in close touch with developments on the Wand since he began his commit-. tee work in 1830. Just 10 days ago, he said, Grenada residents told him by telephone that all was quiet and calm. The mayor has participated in a variety of controversial international peace missions Including a trip to Havana and had been invited to Grenada next March for a celebration of the fifth anniversary of Bishop's revolution. That's been called off, but "1 still hope to go when it is once again run by the people." said Newport The USGrenada Friendship Committee, now headed locally by Newport, was formed at Howard Universi Ifesia UMrafta conintttf said, addfef that Ethop frequently worked 20 hours a day in the post Newport Hid EJbop tried count-less times to develop diplomatic reb ttas with the United States but was continually rebuffed by the Ketsan Tf the US.

rejects those countries, they have to turn to someooe," Newport said. Newport strongly tnsMalns that news reports depicting Ehop as a "criminal element" who was of, murder or used torture arent accurate. "No, no, I Just dont beSeve he said. the.

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