Gale sinks ferry; heavy loss of life
ATHENS—(UPI)—A passenger ferry shuttling 281 persons to the Greek mainland from the fabled island of Crete sank today when smashed in a gale in the Aegean Sea.
Hours later only 15 survivors were found from among the 206 passengers and 75 crewmen aboard.
Waves were high and gale force winds swept the surface at the time. It was believed that the heavy seas had damaged the hull of the 17-year-old ship.
RESCUE PLANES and ships in the area reported that some
of the survivors were found clinging desperately to jagged rocks on the uninhabited island of Falconera nearby. Others were plucked from the pounding seas, clinging to wood and other floating debris.
Royal Greek air force planes arrived in the area within 30 minutes of the distress call. But there was no sign of the ship.
Meanwhile, the Greek government ordered an immediate investigation of the sinking. The government also proclaimed over Athens radio a period of "national mourning."
U.N. debates sanctions
UNITED NATION, N.Y.—(UPI)
Britain today expected a bitter battle with its African and Asian allies to keep oil out of the limited worldwide economic sanctions it seeks against rebel colony Rhodesia. An oil embargo could sabotage Britain's recuperating economy.
British Foreign Secretary George Brown plans to ask the Security Council about 4 p.m. to levy "effective, selective, mandatory" trade embargoes.
BRITAIN'S OPPOSITION
Staged TV fight outsmarts Smart
HOLLYWOOD—(UPI) — Shooting at Paramount Studios of the NBC-TV "Get Smart" series has been suspended for several days while star Don Adams recovers from a broken nose.
Adams, who portrays the bumbling hero, suffered the injury last night while rehearsing a fight scene.
After a doctor had stopped the bleeding, Adams was asked how he felt.
"I feel like I got hit in the nose and it hurts," he replied.
Conservative party has warned Prime Minister Harold Wilson the global sanctions plan would push the shrunken empire into "one of its greatest disasters in history."
Viet mayor whoops it up
SAIGON—(UPI) —American military police today seized, subdued and arrested the pistol-packing mayor of Saigon for firing a sub-machine gun across a river after a night-long frolic in some of the city's nightspots, a U.S. mission spokesman said.
The arrest brought an immediate strong Vietnamese protest.
THE MAYOR, high-spirited Col. Van Van Cua, is one of Premier Nguyen Cao Ky's strong supporters and confidants. When arrested, he was not only firing a Thompson sub-machine gun but also had a loaded pistol stuck in his belt.
Daily Kansan
Thursday, December 8, 1966
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rise. A soldier trying to light a gas stove touched off the explosion and fire which engulfed the barracks in seconds and spread to a nearby warehouse.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey—(UPI)—A flash fire touched off by a gas stove explosion ripped through an army barracks yesterday and collapsed the roof on panicky troops inside, military officials announced today. They said 65 soldiers were killed and more than 100 injured. Officials said the death toll was expected to
Most of the troops were asleep when the explosion rocked their bunks. The panic increased the death toll, officials said.
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