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...July of that year the junta then in power in Athens conspired with extremist Greek Cypriots to topple Archbishop Makarios, President of Cyprus. Their goal was to unite the island republic with Greece. Makarios barely escaped with his life and fled into exile. His place was usurped by Nikos Sampson, notorious for having committed acts of terrorism against the Turkish minority on Cyprus. After a week of protests and warnings, Ankara moved unilaterally to avert Greek annexation of the island; Turkish paratroops and landing craft invaded. Sampson fell. So, within days, did his mentors in Athens. Makarios returned to Cyprus...
Chilean Generalissimo Augusto Pinochet reports that his junta has received an overwhelming vote of confidence. Says the Generalissimo. "Once we discounted invalid ballots cast by communists, anarchists, rebels, homosexuals, and the criminally insane, the vote of confidence was unanimous." Two million Chileans cannot be reached for comment...
After the collapse of the military junta and his dramatic return from exile in Paris, Caramanlis won the 1974 Greek elections by a landslide. On the night of that victory, the streets of Athens spilled over with crowds of worshipful supporters cheering and waving flags. Three thousand diehard followers shouted "Caramanlis! Caramanlis!" outside his house until dawn; twice during the night the Greek Premier stepped out on the balcony to wave at them from the heights in shared triumph...
...news about notable new Deputies who had won election: Actress Melina Mercouri (Never on Sunday), comfortably elected-to a seat representing the port of Piraeus-after an unsuccessful try in 1974; and Lady Amalia Fleming, widow of penicillin's discoverer, a bacteriologist and a political prisoner under the junta...
Caramanlis felt that he had been "sabotaged" by the ultrarightist National Rally, which exploited monarchist sentiment and pockets of junta nostalgia and siphoned off votes from New Democracy's conservative wing. Under the peculiarities of the system, the National Rally's five seats would have translated into 30 additional seats for Caramanlis. But friend and foe alike agreed that another important factor was the contrasting campaign styles-and personalities-of Caramanlis and Papandreou...