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...Franco is dying. Two weeks ago his condition had become serious enough to force him to formally transfer power to his designated successor, the nondescript Prince Juan Carlos de Borbon. As Franco's death seemed imminent, Spain was alive with rumors of the political and social transformations that would usher in the post-Franco era. Within a week, displaying the remarkable fortitude that has marked his entire career, Franco, according to government reports, had totally recovered, and had temporarily retired to his summer estate to rest. But authority remains with the prince, and it is clear that Franco's days...
...from his stars. The audience that packed the Metropolitan Opera House at up to $100 a ticket in tribute to the 85-year-old Russian immigrant was stellar too. In the crowd: Vanderbilts, Astors, Roosevelts, Whitneys, Cristina Ford, Jackie and Aristotle Onassis, and the Prince and Princess Alfonso de Borbon of Spain. A visitor to Hurok's office before the gala remarked that it was too bad that all the profits were going to the arts research library in Lincoln Center instead of to Sol himself. "But you can't take it with you," the caller observed...
Aside from its 11,649,000 native citizens, the state of Texas claims a number of honorary citizens, including Am Parseghian and Eva Gabor. The latest notable so honored is Spain's Prince Juan Carlos de Borbon, who received a visit from W.H. ("Dub") Jackson Jr., head of a delegation of 80 Baptists arriving for a tour of Baptist communities. "It is heartening in this day of skepticism," said Jackson, "to have [the Spanish] invite our folks to come." As a final gesture, Jackson presented His Royal Highness with a ten-gallon hat and cowboy boots...
Will the Prince of Spain ever become King? Madrid last week was alive with speculation that Prince luan Carlos de Borbon y Borbon, 33, will be crowned in October. The move, which might be announced within the next couple of weeks, will be the most significant political development in Spain since the end of the Civil...
...Prince feared that after Franco's death antimonarchists in the government would block any such move. Since he knew that his father would never make a deal with Franco, who is in only moderately good health, Juan Carlos decided to go ahead and secure the throne for a Borbon before it was too late. When he is formally crowned, perhaps by Franco, Juan Carlos will take the title that his father intended to use: King Juan III of Spain...