Greek King Flees to Rome; Fails to Overcome Junta

ROME, Dec. 13--King Constantine of Greece flew to Rome with the royal family early today while the Athens military regime claimed that the young monarch's attempt to overthrow it was smashed. The 27-year-old King declined to say anything upon his arrival in Rome.

On Wednesday he had set up a rival government and claimed control of most of the Greek armed forces. A broadcast had said that his troops were advancing on Athens in an attempt to oust the 8-month-old colonels' regime.

In response, the colonels had deprived Constantine of his constitutional powers and named a regent--or viceroy--to replace him as reigning chief of state, according to Athens radio.

Earlier reports indicated attempts were being made to avert civil war. Behind the scene of troop movements and formal government changes, according to Washington reports, representatives of the King and leaders of the junta were conducting negotiations.

But lines were also obviously drawn for civil war--the first in Greece since the bitter fighting of the late 1940's when the nation almost fell under Communist control.

Constantine's counter-coup was not totally unexpected. For the last few weeks Athens had buzzed with rumors that certain army officers, dissatisfied by the regime handling of Cyprus and the royal family, were plotting revolt.

Western sources in Nicosia, Cyprus said that the recent Greek-Turkish agreement for withdrawal of Greek forces from the eastern Mediterranean island may hang in the balance.

Fulbright Blasts Colleges

WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 14--American universities have lost their integrity, said Sen. William Fulbright (D-Ark.), speaking in the Senate today.

Fulbright, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee sharply criticized the universities for their collusion with the military-industrial complex that he asserts dominates this society.

Fulbright charged that while the universities could "have formed an effective counterweight" to the defense establishment, they have not. Instead the leading ones "have instead joined the monolith, adding greatly to its power and influence."

The moral abasement of the universities, said Fulbright, is the source of current student revolt: "they (the students) now see their universities--the last citadels of moral an dintellectual integrity--lending themselves to ulterior and expedient ends and betraying their own fundamental purpose..."