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The Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Derby is Ready to Roll There are more ways than one to make Turkey Day a real Turkey Day. The best way is by enjoy ing a traditional Thanksgiving Day feast. The worst is by causing an automobile accident on your way to the feast. Who wants to be a turkey on Thanksgiving? tneqdlyr The Governor's Office of Traffic Safety THE BATTALION Page 3B WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26, 1975 Portuguese leftists hold 4 Lisbon bases Associated Press LISBON, Portugal — Leftist troops took over four air force bases around Lisbon yesterday without fir ing a shot and seized a top air force commander in what appeared to be a concerted rebellion against civil and military leaders. President Francisco da Costa Gomes, acting as chief of staff of the armed forces, proclaimed a state of alert and banned all street demonst rations, including one called for to morrow by left-wing troops and sailors of the Lisbon area. A leftist radio station said dissident paratroopers had captured Gen. Anibal Pinho Freire, a member of the Revolutionary Council and commander of the central air region around Lisbon. The rebels said in a communique broadcast by the state radio that they would hold the four bases until the air force chief of staff, Gen. Jose Morals e Silva, Pinho Freire and two other moderate members of the military’s ruling Revolutionary Council — Majors Jaime Costa Neves and Jose Canto e Castro — were ousted. The officers are supporters of the beleaguered government of Premier Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo. Portuguese military police, also a left-wing group, occupied the Lis bon offices of the official Portuguese news agency (ANOP). They did not appear to be interfering in its opera tions. Other units had earlier moved in on the national television and radio stations, apparently to keep them from being taken over by the moder ate forces. 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A communique from the general staff of the armed forces said dissi dent paratroopers first took over an air base at Tancos near their own base, 35 miles up the Tagus River from Lisbon. An air force officer said leftist troops then occupied the Monte Real air base 60 miles north of the capital, the Montijo base just across the Tagus River from Lisbon and the Monsanto base in Lisbon, which is the air force’s regional headquarters and communication center. The government radio said there had been no fighting at any of the bases. The general staff communique said the seizures of the bases were carried out by “victims of criminal manipulation. ” It said units defend ing the bases had been ordered not to fire on the attackers in order to avoid “a grave situation. ” The situation is not yet perfectly clear,” the statement added. It said the rebels had acted “under the pretext of a struggle against” the commander of the air force, Gen. Jose Morais e Silva, “who could not be manipulated politically.” The communique was sent ur gently to the state radio chain with an order that it should be broadcast immediately “to inform the Por tugese people of the situation. ” The assaults were carried out just before dawn by former members of a recently disbanded paratroop regi ment and leftist elements in the air force. The air force has often been described by communists and other left-wing groups as “reactionary.” Informed sources said the parat roopers, who have been openly de fiant of their officers, leaders of the armed forces and the government, moved into the bases in helicopters and in trucks. The seizure was in reply to another attempt by the ruling milit ary Revolutionary Council to oust leftist Gen. Otelo Saraiva de Car valho from command of the Lisbon military region. The council announced after a 10- hour meeting that it had again nomi nated Capt. Vasco Lourenco to re place Carvalho. Ihe council named Lourenco, a moderate, to last Fri day, but President Francisco da Costa Gomes withdrew the nomina tion in a few hours. Several news papers reported that commanders of 11 of the 13 military units in the region said their men refused to serve under Lourenco. Meanwhile, anti-communist far mers started removing barricades from the roads leading north and northeast from Lisbon after Costa Gomes promised to consider their demands for an end to Communist dominance of farm policy. A delegation of farmers returned home and announced that Costa Gomes had promised a point-by point reply to the demands within six days. A crowd of several hundred persons at one of a dozen barricades shouted “Victory! Victory!” The roadblocks were set up Mon day evening after a meeting of25,000 farmers at Rio Maior, 50 miles north of Lisbon. The farmers drew up a list of demands, including assurances against expropriation of their lands. The roadblocks, which were set up without warning, created traffic jams that stretched for miles. The de monstrators also claimed to have blocked the main rail line. The Communist Party appealed to its supporters to assemble at meeting places and maintain “active vigi lance. ” The statement, which was broadcast, charged that “reactionary elements” were mounting a cam paign of “the gravest subversion.” OMBUDSMAN Embrey’s Jewelry We Specialize In Aggie Rings. Diamonds Set — Sizing — Reoxidizing — All types watch/jewelry Repair Aggie Charge Accounts 9-5:30 846-5816 If you have a question or com plaint regarding news coverage please contact our Ombuds man’s office between 6 and 11 p.m., Monday through Thurs day. We established the office to help you with problems re-' quiring the attention of any top editorial personnel of The Bat-' « talion. 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