European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse The Andis Ripesi Naa Saft vol. 32, no. 214i authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces sunday november 18, 1973 d is and sunday if 21855 a Greece orders martial Law Athens a the greek govern ment imposed martial Law across the nation and a. Curfew in Athens saturday after a night of student police clashes that killed five persons and injured More than 300. President George Papadopulos Strong Man of the regime in Power since a coup in 1967, said the bloody fighting had created a dangerously explosive situation he told the nation in a Brief radio address that demonstrations had proved there was a conspiracy against democracy and fac tors supporting martial Law and the curfew came after army troops and police smashed their Way into Athens polytechnic Institute to quell student demonstrators demanding the overthrow of the government. Photos p.3. Antigovernment demonstrations reached their Peak Friday after a four Day sit in at the Institute. Student demonstrations on and off the Campus had drawn crowds of More than 10,000 each night bringing Athens to a Vir Tual standstill. Late Friday night the students switched their demands from academic liberties calling for the overthrow of the regime. They chanted anti american slogans. After a six hour riot commandos backed by tanks and armoured personnel carriers put an end to the occupation of the school. Three of those killed were students who attacked government buildings police said the death toll Rose to five when an unidentified 17-year-old girl was pledge fulfilled despite a Day of anguish and worry sen. Edward m. Kennedy arrives at holy Trinity Church in Washington to take part in the wedding of Kathleen a daughter of his assassinated brother Robert f. Kennedy to David Townshend. He fulfilled a Promise made to the Bride some time ago. After the ceremony sat urday he returned to Georgetown University Hospital right where his son Edward jr., 12, had just had his leg amputated above the knee. The senator and his wife Joan had been at the Hospital during the 1-hour operation which was performed in an attempt to arrest the spread of Bone cancer. His wife remained at the Hospital while he left to attend the wedding. Hospital spokesmen said Young Kennedy s condition is sat a photos killed by a stray Bullet. Details of the incident were not immediately known. The government then slapped the curfew on Athens for the weekend starting at 4 . And ending at Sunrise. However it was expected to be lifted monday. A . Navy spokesman in Athens said . Servicemen and their dependents in Greece Are observing the curfew. He said permission can be obtained from greek authorities for exception to the curfew for those servicemen who must travel to and from work during curfew hours so . Military operations will not be hampered. He said that the situation has necessarily curtailed Navy Liberty but that therein no indication that ship movements would be affected. A Safe spokesman at Ramstein a Germany said late saturday that courier flights to Athens Are still expected to de part on schedule sunday. Air traffic at Athens Airport ground to a halt when the curfew went into effect. The Airport was not officially ordered closed but takeoffs and landings became impossible when ground personnel returned to their Homes in compliance with the 4 . Curfew. Transit to and from the Airport also became impossible. Airlines in Paris and London cancelled flights to travel desk for Lufthansa airlines at Frankfurt International Airport also re ported that Lufthansa flights to Athens Are flying As scheduled. The Only other Frank Furt originating Carrier to Athens is the Greel National airline olympic. Davison has Praise for his troops Frankfurt Agen. Michael s. Davison commander in chief of the . Army in Europe and commander of the seventh army praised the Quality of his Europe stationed troops saturday and called them a Strong psychological Factor. In an interview with the Frankfurter All Gemeiner Zeitung the general endorsed the moral value of stationing american forces in Europe giving Moscow the Mes Sage yes we will and intend to defend Davison added in the front Page inter View that it is against every logic to one continued on Page 28, col. 1 skylab 3 Crew enters station Houston up the skylab 3 Astro nauts entered their orbiting lab saturday and started setting up House for the longest space flight planned this decade 12 William r. Pogue Mission com Mander Gerald p. Carr and science Pilot Edward g. Gibson crawled into the space station after eating breakfast in their Apollo ferry ship. We re All feeling pretty Good Carr told Mission control before entering sky lab. Pogue was nauseated aboard the Apollo Friday evening but reports Satur Day indicated he was Over the motion sickness. Fuel hungry Europe notches ifs Belt tighter by Jeff Bradley associated press writer europeans Are bracing themselves and tightening their belts for a Long cold win Ter in the face of Arab Oil cutbacks. So far this has meant relatively minor inconveniences a ban on sunday motor ing Here a blackout of advertising signs there and colder Homes and offices else where. Governments have been reluctant to impose rationing or sweeping restrictions of the use of Oil but europeans know that before Long the Arab embargo May Start to bite. Hardest hit from the Start was. The Netherlands facing a total embargo. The port of Rotterdam employing More than 400, 000 workers is the nerve Center of North Ern Europe s Oil Supply pumping Between one fifth and and one Quarter of the 13 Mil lion barrels of Oil Europe needs every Day. The industries of the Netherlands Bel Gium and West Germany will be the first to contrast France and Spain nominated As privileged countries by the arabs because of their attitudes in the Middle East War have few immediate worries except for rising Oil prices. First signs that the squeeze was begin Ning to be Felt in Britain came Friday when the american owned Esso co. Announced that it was rationing supplies to its 50,000 customers including 7,500 a continued on Page 28, col. I
