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WEATHER WATER WARM CHARLIE U. S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA Phone 9-5247 FRIDAY Date APRIL 21, 1967 Radio (1340) TV (Ch. 8) Oil Senators Fight Greek Government Import Administration WASHINGTON (AP) CONGRESSMEN Dumped By Army FROM OIL producing states-de- nounced yesterdaythe proposals LONDON (AP) THE ARMY HAS taken over control of Greece, an of six oil and chemical firms Army radio station claimed early today. to establish new refining The broadcast,monitored in London, said the Army seized con- operations in Puerto Rico and trol of the nation at midnight. the Virgin Islands. The Army Chief of Staff would soon broadcastan announcement, More than250 representatives it added. of the domestic oil industry Monitors said the broadcast cheered when Representative was made by Athens Army Radio. Omar Burleson, Democraf from Notic e There was no immediate word on Texas told Oil Import Adminis- what had happened to the coun- trator Elmer L. Hoehn: "While. Any person that has a claim tryas political leaders. we have a vital interest in or feels they have a claim Telephone service into Greece the development of the islands, against the Governments of was not obtainable. oil import legislation does Cuba, Yugoslavia or Red China, Early yesterday Greek tele- not permit use of the import in reference to the Interna- communications personnel went program for such purposes. tonal Claims Settlement Act on a 24-hour strike to press Spokesmen for the govern- *of 1949, amended, should call demands for higher pay. ments of Puerto Rico and the the Base Legal Office for an Greece was in a stormy pol- Virgin Islands endorsed the appointment. itical period as the reports companies' requests. The 1949 act involves any of an Army coup filtered out. In his attack,Burleson said: losses arising since January National elections are just "The proposals would not only 1 1959, and is further qx- over a month off. jeopardize the entire (import orplaimed festhey in this havepast Mondayls1967.i Former Premier George Papan- control) program and do great Gitmo Gazette on he front dreou, leader of the powerful harm to independent oil pro- page. Center Union Party and anti- ducers, but would give undue You can get an appointment royalistin sentiment, had been advantage to a few plants over by calling 85432 during work-: scheduled to kick off his mainland refineries and petro- ing hours. election campaign in 'Salonika chemical industries." The deadline for filing is on Sunday. Representative Graham Pur- May 1, 1967 on Cuban claims. Many ofthe top Army officers cell, Democrat Texas, said he The time for filing Yugoslav are known to favor young King was (Contd onpe2r) claimAdeeply s July Constantine and his Danish-born Queen anne-Marie over the na- tion's feuding politicians. Papandreou's favorite slogan Surveyor3aannsmits Photos is "the King reigns but the people rule." PASADENA (AP)(By Ralph.Dighton) SURVEYOR 3 TOOK two feather- The 80-year-old Papandreou, light slow motion bounces--oneto a height of 35 feet--in with his son -landing Andreas in the on the-moon Wednesday night. And its final resting role of Party Manager,has long place was on a slope inside a 20-foot deep crater. accused the King of Meddling But despite the hop-skip-jump st lye touchdown the spacecraft in politics. It was over this has sent back 390 photos of terrain where astronauts may land, and it may test its tiny soil-sampling -shovel earl-y -today. or tomorrow. Many of the pictures were indistinct due to sun glare. PAGE 2 FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1957 GITMO GAZETTE LONDON (Cont'd from page 1) observers said. WASHINGTON (Cont'd from page 1) concerned Only a few days ago party sources in Athens about the conclusions to which I have regret- were saying the King probably would not give fully been led by repeated actions" of the In- Papandreou a mandate to Form a government even terior Department. if the Center Union wins the May 28 elections. He said he was "sorely disappointed" that The current Premier is Panayiotis Canello- instead of a "firm policy on petroleum imports poulos,leader of the rightist National Radical which would encourage domestic exploration and Union (ERE). The King named him Prime Minister production" there has been "continuous chipping April 3 in a move that infuriated other par- away through the various loopholes and sub- ties. turfuges" resulting in "continuing efforts to Canellopoulos, unable to secure a confidence increase oil imports. vote from the nation's legislators, instead "Although those charged with administering dissolved parliament last Friday and called the oil imports program in the Federal govern- elections. ment seem to have lost sight of history," said But the ERE, while doing better than some Purcell, "the history of the oil imports pro- expected, still had seemed unlikely to gain gram has been as far as Congress and the enough support to win national power. This may action ofthe President are concerned,tied only have prompted an Army seizure of power. t6 National security considerations." Canellopoulos' appointment hadalready sparked off riots in Athens and Salonika that left DALLAS (AP) FRANK HAYES JR., 9, the subject scores of demonstrators hurt. Rightists and of a dramatic leukemia-breakthrough announce- leftist clashed after Papandreou charged that ment, was back under treatment yesterday af- the elections were being rigged in favor of ter doctors said they found some leukemiacells ERE. in his blood. He made that same charge after ERE won the The boy had been treated since last Septem- 1961 elections. ber with a drug called L-Asparanginase, which The King ousted Papandreou because the Pre- was said to fight leukemia (cancer of the mier tried to take over the Defense Ministry blood) by starving the malignant cells. in an attempt to block an investigation into Doctors at Wadley Research Institute said an organization of leftist Army officers known they found the leukemia cells Wednesday during as Aspida (Smield). It was accused of plotting Frankie's weekly check-up. to overthrow the Monarchy, remove Greece from His mother said he was just "feeling fine," the North Atlantic Alliance, and make it a however, and would continue to go to school. neutral Socialist state,and'Andreas Papandreou Wadley scientist said Frankie had only a few was accused of being a leader of ti-e plot. weeks to live when treatments oegan last fall. Papandreou's ouster plunged Greece into its J.K. Wadley, Texarkana philanthropist, said worst political crisis since the postwar Civil the boy "was found to have developed a return War, with almost nightly Communist-fostered of leukemia cells in his blood and it is now street riots and a rapid sucession of pol- felt by Wadley scientist that this.may-well be iticians who tried and failed to form a gov- due to not having a large enough dosage of L- ernment that could command a majority in par- Asparaginase. 1lament. Mrs. Hayes said conventional, maintenance The crisis was not ended'until Sept.17, therapy will be used to treat the boy in the 1965, when parts of Papandreou's party broke next few weeks. away and joined a coalition which installed "We're all very disappointed," she said. Stephanos Stephanopoulos as Premier. The drug L-Asaparanginase is in extremely short Although he had only a tiny majority in par- supply, doctor Wadley said. liament, Stephanopoulos lasted in office for 17 months, until last December, when Greece's JAKARTA (UPI) INDONESIA'S SHAKY RELATIONS leading Conservative Party headed by Panayiotis with Communist China worsened Thursday. Cannelopoulos, suddenly withdrew its support It was disclosed that the Foreign-Office from him and the Premier was forced to resign. sent a protest note to the Red-Chinese Embassy He was followed by John Paraskevopoulos, a to Wednesday blaming Peking authorities for in- banker and economist whom the King named spiring an anti-Indonesia demonstration in the head a caretaker government to prepare for Communist Chinpse canital last week- elections in May. Pages Missing or Unavailable GITMO GAZETTE FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1967 PAGE 7 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL (By Sig Couch) Steve Hargan pitched the Cleveland Indians into a tie for first place with the New York Yankees by shutting out the Kansas City A's 2-0. * SPORTS In Washington the Chicago White Sox faced five Senator pitchers in their 8-4 win rover the Nat's. The losing pitcher was Pete Richert who was chased from the mound in the third when the Sox pushed six runs across the plate. Richert's record is now 0-2. John Buzhardt THE BRIEF BUT heavy shower rained out last was credited with the win to even his record night's game between NAS and FTG but it will at 1-1. be rescheduled for a later date. Detroit remained in a tie for second place Going into this weekend, the Gitmo Baseball with the White Sox as they picked up their League looks like this, fifth win of the season by downing the Calif- Team Won Lost Pct. Behind ornia Angels 4-3, when Jerry Lumpe's line Indians 10 0 1.000 drive to centerfield was dropped by Jay John- Hilltoppers 7 2 .818 1 stone and allowed the winning run to score. Al Devildogs 6 3 .700 3 Kaline picked up his fourth homer of the sea- Comets 6 4 .600 4 son and Bill Freehan pieked up number 2. Medics 5 4 .555 4 The only other game scheduled inthp American Leathernecks 6 5 .545 4 League was Baltimore at Minnesota, postponed Flyers 4 6 .400 6 because of rain.