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Founding Fatherri. -xiV. 'IJoe Divico helped plant the seed for ACIT actionSports MagazineVo. 82Vol. 5440 CENTSPartly sunny and mild Monday, highs in mid to upper 50s, Fair Monday night, lows in upper 30s and lower 40s. Partly cloudy and warmer Tuesday, highs in lower to mid 60s.VVfeATHER - 12AAmerica and her battle group, currently in the Red Sea, and an amphibious force of five vessels on patrol in the gulf.The U.S. warships, supported by France and other members of the coalition that waged the Gulf War, still monitor the blockade of Iraq. They are concentrated on the Red Sea near the Jordanian port of Aqaba because goods can be shipped by land from Jordan to Iraq.Taylor said a multinational force in the gulf also checks about 300 vessels a month.The admiral said the navy is conducting joint exercises with each gulf country to make them more “self-sufficient” and resistant to neighbors’ threats.“Exercise Eager Mace,” the navy’s fourth joint naval and amphibious exercise with Kuwaiti forces since the end of the war, was to begin Sunday.An amphibious force of at least 1,500 was going ashore in Kuwait for the 11-day exercises.The joint exercises are the only times sailors and Marines go ashore in Kuwait because of the number of leftover mines in Kuwait’s waters, Taylor said.IN SUMMARYYoung readersArea students find that reading books really is fun. - 6APageant slatedEleven young women will compete this coming weekend in the Miss Allegany County Scholarship Pageant. — 5AConfidence growsThe first signs are emerging that the nation’s manufacturers are becoming more confident of the future and areAP Photoof the 25-ship U.S. Navy fleet stationed in the Persian Gulf said his forces are ready for neworders if military action is taken to enforceU.N. orders that Iraq destroy its weapons.A U.S. Navy hovercraft approaches the shore in Shuwaikh Port near Kuwait City, Sunday,carrying armored vehicles for use in joint maneuvers with U.S. troops. The commanderDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The commander of the 25-ship U.S. Navy fleet stationed in the Persian Gulf said his forces are ready for new orders if military action is taken to enforce U.N. demands that Iraq destroy its weapons.“We’re not bluffing — we’re flying planes up and down the gulf every day to maintain our readiness,” Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, said in an interview Saturday with The Associated Press.Taylor, whose command vessel, the USS LaSalle, was on port call in Dubai, the southern gulf, said the fleet has no orders against Iraq at the moment, but “we could get (them) ... at any time.”The admiral would not make predictions of allied military action against Iraq in the face of Baghdad’s refusal to destroy missile-production facilities. The U.N. Security Council has told Iraq it faces “serious consequences” by refusing to comply.The U.S. naval presence includes the aircraft carrier USS€umlHkrlaiilt;l. Maryland. Monday. March 2. I!I!I2
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Cumberland Times News
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Mon, Mar 02, 1992
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