The World - News from July 2, 1985
An automobile loaded with tanks of propane gas exploded in a parking lot outside Athens and destroyed four cars, three of them belonging to people working at U.S. military installations. No one was reported injured in the early morning blast outside the Apollon Palace Hotel in the southern suburb of Kavouri, and no one immediately claimed responsibility. At least 10 cars belonging to U.S. military personnel have been set ablaze in the last six months. The presence of U.S. military bases has been controversial in Greece, and Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou has pledged to order their removal in 1988, when a joint defense pact expires.
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