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Rejected Advice. Strongly anti-Communist and pro-NATO, Karamanlis welded his right-wing National Radical Union into a powerful party, gave Greece the longest stretch of political stability in modern times. But there were protests, when Karamanlis was re-elected for a fourth term in 1961, that police in the back country had intimidated voters. Though many election brawls were deliberately provoked by leftists, they convinced left-wing British Laborites and other allies abroad that Greece lived under a tyranny. Last June, after King Paul and Queen Frederika rejected Karamanlis' advice to call off a state visit to Britain...
Else where in the NHL, Chicago has gotten off to its best start ever and leads the league by five points. Stan Mikita's league-leading nine goals and Bobby Hull's seven were crucial in the Black Hawks' undefeated streak of 11 games, longest in the team's history. Goalie Glenn Hall has allowed only 29 goals in 14 games...
Dave Poe starting his first varsity game, repayed coach John Yovicsin's confidence with strong runs, the longest going for 15 yards late in the half. A fearsome block by tackle Jeff Pochop set up this romp, which took the Crimson to midfield...
...Penn squad and a high wind. Harvard moved into scoring position late in the first quarter, however, after moving the ball from its own 30 to its own 48. Halfback Tony Kilkuskie then took a pass from quarterback John McCloskey to Penn's 2 yard line, the day's longest play...
Succeeding there, he moved into crude-oil production, then marketing. In 1958 Mosher took his longest chance: faced with an industry-wide oil glut that was driving out other independents, he bought up three smaller companies, forged an integrated oil company. It now includes petrochemical plants, refineries, tankers, 1,800 service stations and producing wells in the Middle East and Latin America...