Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-21

. exactly how many Russian,
, soldiers would be removed by
! mid-March, mentioning only
!, Several thousand" s-
~ 1t was not clear whether the
. Soviet withdrawal promise COW
cred the four organized combat
groups, although Indications
liwere that American officials.
'aseurned they would be among
1.-THE first removed.
Called Shocking s.
4 At the Capitol. Senator
! Dodd, Democrat Of iConnecti-
cut, called the sfirink on the
shrimp boat "a q shocking
thing" bat said he supposed
\ It Is 'fwhat you've got TO
lexpect" as long { as Russian
fighter planes are based only
80 miles off the United States
coast. ~
1T is the result OF their !
presence there" he said. The
only way to stop It Is to get
them out Of there"
Senator Thurmond, Demo-
ycrht of south Carolina, said mi
q statement that the incident
"explodes the myth about
whether Soviet Weapons, in
Cuba are offensive Tor defenI
sive. It proves cunclnsively
that whether b weapon Is Of
fensive or defensive depends
on how " is used"
Campaign Of Hafassment" :
Senator, Aiken, Republican |
Of Vermont said he thought
4 United States fighters seeing
an attack on Americans in in
ternational waters should shoot
down the attackers.
why do we have armed
forces there, II not to defrnd
our citiSens?" Senator Aiken
asked. ,
! He said he believes The
Cuban government Is UNDER
taking a campaign Of harass-
ment," and the shrimp boat
incident was q deliberate part
Of it.
There was general expecta-
ton that the. matter would
come up at President Ken.
fnedy's scheduled news confer
ence later today.
The Pentagon said United
States Jet interceptor planes
took off from Florida when
unidentified targets appeared
on the Key West radag screen.
Saw Firing
A Pentagon spokesman said
the United States planes saw
the rocket firings as they were
screaming out across the straits
to check on the unidentified
targets. which turned out to be
MICS.
1.-THE MIG fighters left the
area Of the shrimp boat when
contacted by United States air
craft dispatched by the Air De-
tense Command In Southern
Florida" the Pentagon state
Tnent said.
"There was no engagement |
between the MICS and the |
United States interceptors who
witnessed some of the firings."
A spokesman said the term
lcontacted meant usually con-
ftacted rather than any radio
conversations or physical con-
tact, the Associated Press re-
ported.
He said four MICS were in
the area but that apparently
only two were involved in the
rocket passes. /
The United States intercept
tors were Marine-piloted FAB
Phantoms. The Fab Is one Of
1.-The fastest fighter planes in the
world. ~ 80. .'~tt
Based at Fort Myers
The shrimp boat, the Ala,
was out Of Fort Myers, Fla,
and owned by the Port Myers
Seafood Packers. Inc. Its crew.
men were identified as Paris
Jackson and Benjamin WASH
ington, the Associated Press
said.
In Fort Myers, Carl Abbott,
operator Of the seafood firm,
said Mr.. Jackson was the 81
foot shrimp boats captain and
Mr.. Washington q crewman.
Mr.. Abbott said, they're
both mighty fine seAmen.
They've worked for me for
many years" He said both
men were from Darien, Ca.
The Ala carried a radio re-
ceiyer and sender, Mr.. Abbott
said. He said he could not ex-
plain the lack of word from the
two men. Mr.. Abbott said his
firm operates four shrimp boats
but that the Ala had gone on
the latest shrimping trip with
vessels from other fleets.
When rescued by a destroy
Ter escort. Jackson and WASH
ington reported they had been
drifting about three days be-
cause of engine failure" the
Pentagon said.
The destroyer escort which
rescued Mr.. jackson and Mr..
washington was identified as
the Kretchmer.
The Kretchmer Is based at
Key West, It's home port is