REBELS’ GAINS
COSTA RICAN STRIFE CAPITAL ALMOST CUT OFF INDUSTRY AT STANDSTILL (10.15 a.m. SAN JOSE (Costa Rica), March 15. Revolutionary forces have practically isolated San Jose. Industry is virtually at a standstill as 75 per cent of Its electricity has been cut off by the destruction of power plants. The revolution began on March 1 when Congress annulled the election of Otilio Ulate Blanco, Opposition candidate for President.
Ulate and 40 followers are reported to have reached Guatemala. Jose Figueres. leader of the revolutionary forces, broadcasting over the underground radio, today claimed that his men had killed 20 troops of a unit which the Government had sent by water from I'unta Arenas to flank his mountain headquarters from the Pacific side.
Figueres said his forces had gained control of San Isidro airport, 75 miles south of San Jose, and had three captured DC3 airliners under their control. The Costa Rican Government has placed a Chicago Tribune correspondent under “protective” house arrest for attempting to send a message to his paper on military aspects of the revolution.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22587, 16 March 1948, Page 5
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