Army Of Youths Planned Island’s ‘Liberation’

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30764, 31 May 1965, Page 7

Army Of Youths Planned Island’s ‘Liberation’

(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) HOUSTON (Texas), May 28. Police in Houston have discovered a plan to free the inhabitants of a small island off the coast of Central America from United States' rule by a youth army of 600. When the plan was discovered there were about 15 youths in the army. They obtained weapons from various sources and had borrowed the insignia of the Texas National Guard to use as their identifying emblem. A 15-year-old boy and a runaway Army private de scribed thep lan to Lieutenani M. L. Singleton. “They seemed sincere ir their beliefs, but I don’t know just how much training thej

scribed the plan to Lieutenant . Singleton saidThe island which was to be , “liberated” is Swan Island, off . the Central American coast. 1 Both the youth and the Army 1 private claimed that the ' people of the island, which bei longs to the United States. were living under “a totali--5 tarian type of government,” ~ and were “underfed and diss eased.” e The organisation called iti- self the “Organisation for the r Liberation of Swan Island (0.L.5.1.).” a Police questioned the 15- >- year-old and took two other it youths into custody for questioning. They also released n to authorities a 19-year-old v youth and an Army private y absent without leave.