SYND 17 5 78 DEMONSTRATION AT NARITA AIRPORT

SYND 17 5 78 DEMONSTRATION AT NARITA AIRPORT

(16 May 1978) In a new move to dislodge radical protestors trying to prevent Tokyo's new international airport opening on time, police are threatening to cement up all concrete bunker entrances. Narita airport is due to open on saturday 20 may. It was last scheduled to open last March but this had to be postponed because leftists wrecked control tower equipment. About 120 extremists arebelieved to be inside a fortress, which has been constructed by protesters, with a fifty foot high watch tower surrounded by ten foot sharpened stakes Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...