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...initially brushed off as an "operetta" involving "a handful" of men, including two retired admirals. But shortly afterward, 32 senior naval officers were arrested and presumably will be tried on charges of treason. Then 31 other navymen, led by the commander of the destroyer Velos, mutinied and were granted asylum at the port of Fiumicino in Italy. Then the government admitted that the "operetta" had been a serious attempt at revolution...
...rounds of high-explosive ammunition back to Crete or some other Greek island and demanded the release of those officers under threat of blowing the place up. But rather than risk starting a civil war. I chose to bring my ship into Italy and ask for asylum here to tell the world the truth of what is happening in Greece...
...Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. What break from a weekend in Cambridge could be more complete than a night in an asylum? 7:30 at the Charles St. Playhouse...
...Hard Feelings. Except on the part of the audience. With Eddie Albert and Nanette Fabray, at the Colonial Theater. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Fun and games in a lunatic asylum. From Ken Kesey's novel, and reportedly very good. At the Charles Playhouse, 76 Warrenton St., Boston...
LATELY WE HAVE spent a lot of time discussing amnesty. President Nixon, with his usual comprehensive knowledge and compassion, tells us that the word means forgiveness. Everyone makes mistakes, he concedes--he has made mistakes himself--but mistakes must be paid for. With unwonted generosity, Nixon even acknowledges the asylum most governments have offered American refugees. Like the good Christian in Pride and Prejudice, the President is willing to forgive those he considers trangressors as long as they are never again admitted to his sight and never again mentioned in his hearing...