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Show i ' !gg77g World . ' J,; uantanamo Water Cut-Off COMPILED FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS fTm Communist Cuba Thursday shut off the water " :!h'r, S' Naval Base at Guantanamo, and strict water ration-;: ration-;: AN, uas P0sed by the Navy. He aw !Pokesman saW the water was turned' off at. 1:58 p.m. EST. . ';j effect 13 P'm' water rationing "Condition .A" was ordered i! a divTiCtl0n exPected to cut water consumption to 500,000 i! P.-ople at h 'S abUt one-fourth normal. ' Uuteh T S' base may 8 dirty but they w0"'1 be thirsty. , f "fce veT WaS removed from the mothball fleet at Norfolk, Va., ' i:swh a rrSfag0 and Rationed in Guantanamo Bay in the event of P J"ni. gency' The ship's condensers evaporate sea water i" the tak the Cuban government $14,000 a month for water. M "-'f water the base has storage facilities for 10 million gal- ' i;udThurhriSn' New York for a series of sPeeches- Save ' t0 the U c to Cuba's announcement it was cutting off fresh 1 reaction ' BaS6 at Guantanamo. There' was no immediate ssels hv thoviets warned Thursday that the seizure of Cuban ' CchariJH 6 United States could have "disastrous conse-' conse-' with Cuba "W'ld men" the United states are attempting I I |
