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...monarchy; later he decreed that within eight days of his death his power would devolve upon Prince Juan Carlos de Borbón y Borbón, 37 (see box page 26), who as King of Spain will ascend the throne vacated 44 years ago by his grandfather, Alfonso XIII. Yet few observers expect the inexperienced, untested Prince to be able to control the political forces that will certainly be unleashed by Franco's departure...
...took the bluest of Europe's royal blood to produce Prince Juan Carlos Victor Maria de Borbón y Borbón. Tall (6 ft. 2 in.), curly-haired and athletically handsome, Juan Carlos is the grandson of Spain's last ruling King, Alfonso XIII, as well as a great-great-grandson of Britain's Queen Victoria and a direct descendant of France's Bourbon monarchs. Despite his lineage, however, the Prince is less the product of royalty than the creation of a commoner. Under the close surveillance and tutelage of Franco since...
Died. Don Jaime Borbón y Battenberg, 66, pretender to the Spanish throne; following a stroke; in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Son of Spain's last monarch, the syphilitic Alfonso XIII, Don Jaime was born a deaf-mute. He eventually learned to speak four languages, led a sybaritic life, mostly in Italy, after his father was forced to abdicate in 1931. Don Jamie renounced his claim to the Spanish throne in 1934, but began having second thoughts in the '50s as aging Caudillo Francisco Franco vacillated between Borbón claimants who he hoped would restore the monarchy...
...Miami Criminal Court, a 20-year-old white Floridian had been found guilty of taking potshots at the home of an interracial couple, and faced 20 years behind bars for shooting into an occupied dwelling and carrying a concealed weapon. But Judge Alfonso Sepe had other ideas. No one had been hurt in the shooting, and the youth had no criminal record. So, after consulting the victims, Sepe decided on probation rather than prison-provided that the young man would attend Saturday morning breakfasts in a predominantly black church and also do volunteer work for a black charity...
...created. Whether the enigmatic Prince, 36, can meet these hopes is as problematical as the currents of suppressed rage and rebellion that course through Spain. Some hard-line conservatives perceive the Prince as a weakling incapable of wielding power. Their choice may be Juan Carlos' cousin, Don Alfonso de Borbón y Dampierre, 38, husband of Franco's granddaughter...