Franklin D Roosevelt (CVA 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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JUST IN TIME-Main chute begins to open and seconds later pilot landed in water. He suf- fered only minor injuries in one of the tensest mo- ments of the year. 27

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Coup by Trujillo Family Feared Ruskuqlndicates Readiness to Bar Power Seizure by Dictatorship The United States yesterday expressed deep Curl' cern over political developments in the Dominican Re- public and implied force would be useduif necessary to keep a new dictatorship from being set up following the resignation of Gen. Rafael Trujillo Jr. as leader of the Latin nationts armed forces. An extraordinary statement by Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned that members of the Trujillo family may be plotting to seize power. Washington officials said that the range of possible U.S. action is broad and would not necessarily be confined to moves within the Organization of American States. The possibility that Marines might be sent into the Dominican Republic was not ruled out. At the Mayport Naval Station, the giant carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt received hurry-up orders to ui to sea. Navy sources were tight lipped about her es- tination. A high Navy source in Washington said the ship was sailing on direct orders of the Joint Chiefs ot Staff. ' Alert Ordered Carrier Alerted Roosevelt crewmen had not been granted liberty when the Here Navy alert was ordered about 1:30 p.m. By PETE OSBORNE Time:-Union sim vmm The aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt. based at Mayport Naval Station. was alerted yes- terday a few hours after the giant vessel returned to port from operations 'at sea. The slup was alerted on orders from the Joint Chiefs of Staff. At midnight the carrier was re- ported ready to sail at a moments notice. There was speculation here and in Washington, D.C., that the Roosevelt's alert might be con- nected with developments in the Dominican Republic. On June 2. the Snangri-La. an- other carrier based at Mayport, was alerted and ordered to sea within hours after the assassina- tion of Gen. Rafael Trujillo, Do- minican Republic leader. Personnel Recalled Ycsterday afternoon personnel from Carrier Air Group 1. which includes five squadrons based at Cecil Field and Jacksonville Naval Air stations. were sum- moned back to the Roosevelt. Many CAG l officers and men had left the carrier only a. few hours earlier, after she moored at 7:45 a.m. following routine operations at sea. A numhcr of chartered buses were utilized to carry personnel back to Mayport. Aircraft were loaded aboard the Roosevelt early last night. CAG 1 includes Fighter Squad- rons ll and l-1, Attack Squadrons IZ and 172, all assigned to Cecil Field, and Attack Squadron l5 from Jacksonville NAS. The squadrons' planes had flown to their bases from the carrier Fri- day. throuzh the commander in chief of the Atlantic Fleet from head- quarters in Norfolk, Va. High ton last cial ment said the training ever, the by the United thority. Navy Jac' about the seph M Fleet Air Air Bases reported to could not Previous Navy here veit would followml until Noi The rier readying ranean Nov, 28. At least based at at their night, anv ship e e h veit was Navy ere said routine npei ations this type. it is possible Marines from a North Carolina base mai he deployed on the carrier and frequently a treaty attack bomhoi squadron from Sanford Naval Air Station supplements th rier au' zrnuv Navy air squadrons from hases in the Southeast also tinirs lake part in thc the source said The Dominican Republic Campaign. H H ...and bring my tie clasp H X . ,f f 29