Word: eta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...receiver Bob Farnham, who last week set an Ivy record of 14 pass receptions in one game, was shut off by Bill Emper. Emper stayed stride for stride with the fleet-footed Farnham, exhibiting the speed he used to win the Pi Eta's Run for Daylight...
...prominent role in the uncertain future of the Basques in Spain. Should the post-France government liberalize its policy towards Basques, legalization of the BNP would be one way to channel political steam that might otherwise pour into the radical activities of the Nationalist Party's illegitimate offspring, ETA, "Basque Country and Freedom...
Exasperated by the BNP's pacifist methods of resistence, a younger set of Basques formed this new resistance organization. They profess to share the objectives and ultimate goals of the BNP, but differ tactically from the parent party. ETA has claimed credit for several assassinations including that of Spanish Premier Luis Carrero Blanco in Madrid in December of 1973. There are several small revolutionary groups in Spain at this time and it is difficult to tell exactly how many acts of violence ETA has been responsible for over the past five years. It is unlikely that they have perpetrated...
...month-old government of Premier Carlos Arias Navarro seems increasingly helpless in the face of Spain's mounting problems. In the country's four northern provinces, for example, Arias has been unable to check the terrorism of Basque separatists. After the small secret ETA, the most radical of the Basque groups, recently shot five policemen, the Guardia Civil retaliated by sweeping through the areas around Bilbao and San Sebastián. Madrid admits to the arrest of 200 suspects, but a group of Basque lawyers claims that the number jailed totals 2,000. In the past month...
Perhaps the most feared of all the dissenting groups is the ETA (Basque Nation and Freedom), a dedicated clan of about 600 Basque extremists. Since their military leader, Eustaqui Mendizabel, was killed in a Shootout with police last April, the Basques had been silent. Earlier this month, however, they burst into action again, invading an exclusive yacht club near Bilbao. While gunmen forced 100 diners to lie on the floor, other Basques set fire to the building, a symbol of a moneyed, privileged class favored by the Franco regime. Other more minor incidents, like the blowing up of cars, occurred...