European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday november 18, 1973 the stars and stripes Page 3 Young demonstrators March in downtown Athens shouting and carrying banners demanding Freedom and the downfall of the military government of Greece. Students defy Athens police greek president George Papadopoulos ordered tanks and troops into Athens saturday and decreed martial Law for the entire nation to crush a student re Bellion which turned the capital into a Battleground. Papadopoulos spoke on television while the rattle of gunfire sounded in the streets. He blamed the bloody night and Day of fighting on nihilist elements exploiting naive the outbreak which left a toll of death and damage was the most serious out burst since Papadopoulou and a group of fellow army officers seized Power in april 1967. All airline flights to and from Athens have been cancelled. A photos smashed and burned out cars litter the grounds of the Athens polytechnic Institute after students battled police. An army tank awaits order to move in on student seized polytechnic Institute. Young rebels help an injured youth into a car after a clash with officers
