THE Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXIV. No. 41-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, July 16, 1974 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Guard ousts Makarios in Cypriot coup NICOSIA, Cyrpus (A} - The Cy- priot National Guard, seeking un- ion with Greece, forced President Makarios from power yesterday and plunged the Mediterranean is- land republic in civil strife. The rebels claimed Makarios had been killed in the coup, but a Unit- ed Nations spokesman in New York said late yesterday that the British district commander in the town of Paphos had seen Makarios alive. Makarios asked to arrange a meeting with higher U. N. officials, a British official at U. N. headquarters said. Britain is one of eight countries par- ticipating in the multinational U. N. peacekeeping force on Cyprus. Pooled news dispatches said earlier that the 61-year-old archbishop broadcast an appeal to the Cypriot people "to re- sist and fight." FIGHTING WAS reported in Nicosia, Limassol and other cities between Ma- karios' national police forces and the National Guard. The reports said the military coup had been preceded by a m a s s i ve police crackdown on members of the EOKA-B, 'Don't let the glasses fool ya ... . . . It really is David Bromberg behind the specs. Bromberg and his band are in town to play four shows at the Ark, two last night and two tonight. The Ark is one of Bromberg's frequent stops on his tours across the country. Record number of strikes hits employers nationwide the clandestine Greek Cypriot organiza- tion sworn to "enosis"-unity of Cyprus with Greece. More than 200 suspects were reported- ly detained before the National Guard, led by officers of the Greek army, rolled tanks into the streets. THE NATIONAL Guard announced the coup in an early morning broadcast and said Makarios had been replaced by Nikos Sampson, a 39-year-old former pro- Greek resistance leader. Sampson promised elections within a year, declaring: "Unity and tranquility will now be restored among the Greek- Cypriot people in the army." Fighting subsided last night and citi- zens were warned to stay in their homes. Ambulance and military vehicles raced through empty streets during the night. IN NEW YORK, the Cyprus ambassa- dor to the United Nations said he had received a message through U.N. chan- nels purporting to be a request from Makarios for an urgent session of the Security Council. At the Western White House, a spokes- person said President Nixon was-inform- ed of the Cyprus developments by Sec- rct-'ry of State Henry Kissinger, who telephoned from Washington. Kissinger met with the Cypriot ambassador yes- terday morning. Press Secretary Ronald Zieger said the State Department repotred the situa- tion in Cyprus was unclear and there were no specific details to provide. THE SOVIET Union, through its offi- cial news agency Tass, expressed sup- port for Markarios. Tass said the Soviet government saw the coup as "acts open- ly violating the U.N. charter," and ob- servers said this could be preparation for a council summons. One U.N. source explained the appa- rent lack of movement by the U.N. peacekeeping force on Cyprus, saying the crisis appeared so far to be an in- ternal clash between Greek Cypriots. The 2,400-man U.N. force is responsible for keeping peace between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Pooled news dispatches reported that three hours after the tanks rumbled into the streets, key government buildings were under army control and the presi- dential palace was burning. The controlling army declared yester- day, "The Cyprus National Guard is in full control of the situation. Makarios is already dead. Whoever offers any re- sistance will be shot on the spot." The communique, broadcast over Radio Cyprus, said that political pris- oners opposed to Makarios had been re- leased from jail and "are in good health." It said the National Guard- actually a 6,000-man Cypriot army led by 650 Greek army officers-had formed a "government of national salvation." The broadcast claimed the army acted because of "the tragic situation created on the island . . . and the chaos within the ranks of the church." It accused Makarios of "usurping authority" and attempting to "establish personal re- gime." By The Associated Press Public employes in Ohio vowed yes- terday to extend their strikes against prisons and mental health facilities, and a walkout by some 1,600 mechanics forced cancellation of all National Air- lines flights. A wide variety of strikes across the nation cut public services and interfered with private industry during the day as a quarter-million workers were reported off the job in 603 separate strikes. The Federal Mediation Service in Washington said there were 593 strikes involving 255,000 workers nationally last week, the largest number of strikes in the post-World War II era. But a spokesperson said the number of workers was not a record because many of the strikes were small. PROGRESS IN some labor disputes was reported yesterday: -About 3,000 garbagemen and other city workers in Baltimore agreed to end a two-week walkout, and a tentative agreement was announced last night in a separate four-day strike by about 600 police officers. Striking police were not expected back .on their beats until after a ratification vote today union officials said; -Kennecott Copper Co., one of four copper producers struck early yesterday by a 26-union coalition, reached a tenta- tive .settlement with its employes yester- day afternoon. Union officials said the agreement could pave the way for settle- ment with the other three firms; -A tentative agreement was reached in the 121-day-old strike at Dow Chemical Co.'s facilities in Midland, Mich. The strike by 5,310 United Steelworkers has been marked by violence and numerous ' arrests of pickets. Details of the agree- ment were not released; and -In Ebensburg, Pa., about 700 striking coal miners returned to work yesterday after settlement of a dispute that began Thursday over the location of showers for three women miners at Bethlehem Mine Co.'s No. 3 mine. HOWEVER, several major strikes con- tinued: -National Airlines said all 155 of its flights to 45 American cities and London had been canceled until 6 a.m. this morning because of a strike by the International Association of Machinists. A company spokesperson said the strike could cost the airline $1 million a day in operating revenues; and -Ohio's state government was threat- ened with a massive shutdown by some of its blue-collar workers today after a 7,000-member union voted to strike at midnight. Several thousand prison guards and blue-collar workers have been out since July 6 in a wage dispute. IN THE copper strike, a spokesperson for the 26 unions involved said the pre- liminary accord with the nation's No. 1 copper producer was subject to ratifica- tion by a steering committee. He said picket lines will stand until midnight Sunday-the date the tentative agree- ment calls for the strike to end, "Kennecott is the industry bellweather and we hope the others come forth with suitable offers as a result," said spokes- man Cass Alvin. "I think there's reason to hope this may turn out to be the shortest copper industry strike in history" A strike in 1971 shut down copper operations for seven weeks and workers were off their jobs for eight months dur- ing a strike in 1968. Some 32,004 union employes, about one-third of whom are Kennecott work- ers, began an industry-wide strike at midnight Sunday. Only Anaconda, which settled two weeks ago, escaped the walkout. The average industry wage is $4.5 an hour, and Alvin had said the goal was to put it on a par with the steel and alumi- num industry settlements; amounting to about $1 more an hour. No agreement has been reached with Phelps. Dodge, Ameri"oan Smelting & Refining Co., Magma Copper Co. and two independents, Inspiration Copper Co. and Cities Service Co., the latter two based in Miami.