We open and leaf through—together—Eleftherotypia of 19 December 1987, 38 years ago, as on this very day… This is the “Back then…” segment, airing every Friday on “Time in Greece”.
We read about…
– Deadly cheeses circulating on the market and posing a threat…
– Government benefits… that go up in smoke
– The death of Marguerite Yourcenar, who left behind a major body of work
– Smog that not only threatens public health, but also sparks lawsuits
– The KKE responding forcefully to Koskotas and his scandals
– A new Marshall Plan Ronald Reagan is said to be considering, aimed at entangling Greece in the tentacles of American interests
– The sentence imposed on a police officer who killed a British national
– Aloma, the era’s famous transsexual figure, preparing to enter politics—à la Cicciolina
– The tragedy of a family trapped in a fire at a small workshop in Monastiraki