50 Years Ago Today
TSOUDEROS RESIGNS: Deputy Prime Minister Emmanouil Tsouderos yesterday resubmitted his resignation after failing to be elected to Parliament in Piraeus, where he was a candidate. (…) In the first days after the election, Tsouderos and the other caretaker ministers in the government as well as Liberal party members who had failed to be elected, such as Messrs. Zervas, Vassiliadis, Politis and Tsatsos, had submitted formal resignations to Prime Minister Sophocles Venizelos, who asked them to remain in their posts until all the election results were in, when the entire government would resign. The ministers agreed and continued to carry out their duties. Therefore, Mr. Tsouderos’s decision to abandon his post has naturally surprised political circles. EPEK, LIBERALS: Negotiations are continuing between EPEK and the Liberals over the formation of a coalition government. RADIO THESSALONIKI: Tomorrow (Sunday) at 11.30 p.m. Radio Thessaloniki is to broadcast The Libation Bearers, the second part of Aeschylus’ trilogy Oresteia, from the city’s Royal Theater, performed by Marika Kotopouli and her ensemble. University students will also be performing in the chorus. MELINA: According to a telegram from Paris, the actress Melina Mercouri has begun rehearsals there for a play scheduled to open on November 15, in which she is to make a guest appearance. The urban network serves the intentions of the terrorists. One single strike produces the maximum effect. Half of the world’s population live in megacities whose size is rapidly growing, especially in the Third World…
