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Whv Haven’t Naval Gunsden'NortryibasiHit Reds More Often?thirVielto I'engthe)froiSouth Vietnam. But the only announced encounters in North Vietnam have involved 5-inchgun destroyers, most recently the USS Hamner and USS Craig.More About2 Slayings1/10Vlr$flt;e;StcnTEUitPgnEnation.Eight-inch naval rifles fire a 260-pound shell about 13 miles, 6-inch guns can deliver a 130-pound shell some lOte miles and the 5-inch guns on destroyers have a range of 7Ms miles.Almost all of America’s 8-inch heavy cruisers are in mothball. Only two, the St. Paul and the Canberra, are attached to the 7th Fleet in the Western Pacific.Most of the light cruisers, caral ___l __»_t_ ______Furthermore, these sources say, such targets as the “ChokelSgt. Charles Sharp of the Casa Point” areas around Dong Hoi, Grande office responded and Vinh and Thanh Hoa in the was joined by investigators southern panhandle could be ef- Truman Loveless and Jim Alli-fectively interdicted by naval son.gunfire at no cost in pilot’s lives. Acting coroner Frank Lom-“It is perfectly feasible to use bard of Maricopa also was naval gunfire,” says one knowl- summoned.edgeable officer. ‘‘It would crow meanwhile had been seem to be a political decision taken to Hoemako Hospital innot to do it.” Casa Grande for emergencyLast week Adm. David Me- treatment. He later was trans-Donald, the chief of naval oper- ferred to the Pinal bounty Gen-ations, said he requested that eral Hospital at Florence, whereanother 8-inch gun heavy cruiser there is a security ward. Crowbe added to the 7th Fleet. was placed in the sherrif’sHIS REQUEST, he said in custody after the shooting.Washington, was under consider- BODIES OF Parks and hisBy WILLIAM TUOHY The Los Angeles Times ServiceSAIGON—The U. S. Navy’s announcement yesterday of an- !IU! other gunfire exchange between American warships and North: an Vietnamese shore batteries has raised an interesting question in ' military circles here: |Why hasn’t more use been made of Naval gunfire in attacking those targets in coastal Northson were inside the Crow ranch home, according to an ambulance driver. The shooting apparently occurred there. *Dr. Alford Musgrave of Globe said he performed an autopsy. However, he declined to r*ive details of the gunshot wounds.The eider Parks was the son of Mr. apd Mrs. Nate Parks, who came here from Indiana in the earlv 1920s. The P*rk«?ranch is just west of Casa Grande.Vietnam that are heavily defended by antiaircraft positions and which have taken a high toll in American pilots and planes?INCREASINGLY Naval sources here suggest that U. S. cruisers and destroyers could well be employed in firing at the many targets in North Vietnam that cannot be attacked by air during the current monsoon season.(Continued from Page 1)
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Phoenix Arizona Republic
Phoenix, Arizona, US
Mon, Nov 21, 1966
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