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Soldierly, dutiful President Pedro Aramburu. the general who took over after Dictator Juan Peron's ouster by a military revolution and promised Argentines a free election, last week made good on his promise. Though the winner was not his choice. General Aramburu announced that he looked forward to "the honor of turning over power to honest and capable...
...continent where general-presidents have all too often tried to perpetuate themselves in office. Aramburu's conduct had an exemplary effect well beyond the borders of Argentina. Items: ¶Colombia's five-man military junta, which will hold an election March 16. says: "We shall turn over our powers to a civilian President at 3 p.m.. Aug. 7. 1958." ¶Venezuela's provisional President. Rear Admiral Wolfgang Larrazabal. promises elections for a constituent assembly before the year...
...nation has not looked bad; Aramburu admired the U.S. Army's "democratic spirit." and the Venezuelan revolt was touched off by U.S.-trained Air Force officers who learned to like U.S. political institutions. But a wry comment is heard around Latin America of late: "Why can't the State Department be as democratic as the Vatican...
...Aramburu clapped on his bubble helmet and oxygen mask, and the plane climbed quickly to 26,000 feet. Somewhere around 700 m.p.h. the jet banged through the sound barrier, soon hit 800 m.p.h. Twenty-five minutes after takeoff, the President was back on the ground. How did he like it? "Fantastic," said Aramburu. "There's something about it you cannot explain." According to Air Force officials, Aramburu was the first chief of state ever to break the sound barrier...
...Remember always," President Pedro Aramburu told his military colleagues last week, "that political decisions are not to be taken in barracks, bases or ships." Still firmly on timetable for returning Argentina to democratic ways, Aramburu issued a decree formally setting Feb. 23 as the date when the country will elect a President, 187 Deputies, provincial governors, legislators and municipal officials. "We ask the candidates to be cautious in their pledges," said the President. "Whoever promises a paradise for indolents will be lying, and if he should win, the country will be in danger. Let citizens beware of miracles and medicine...