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Brown-eyed Dimitri Kutseos, 16-year-old rebel guerrilla, was one of 40 captured in the battle at Konitsa. Dressed in a grey-green Rumanian military tunic, as were many of his comrades, he looked a sad little figure. Colonel Valadas, commanding the Loyalists in Konitsa, remarked: "When you catch them they say they were forcibly recruited; but when they fight, they fight like hell...
...Dimitri came from Domokos near Lamia. He was drafted by the guerrillas last summer. He sometimes grumbled at walking-for it's a long way from Lamia to Albania and back...
...captain," said Dimitri, "decided to make an example of me before the others. He had me hung by the legs, head downwards, over a brazier of coals...
...York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani Overture, Samuel Barber's Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Guest: Cellist Raya Garbousova. Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos...
...York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Prelude and Allegro by Couperin-Milhaud; Krenek's Symphony No. 4; Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor. Clifford Curzon at the piano, Dimitri Mitropoulos on the podium...