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...Bravo to the Supreme Court for its recent ruling on pornography [July 2]. It's about time we got tough with those greedy smut pushers and cleaned up America...
...Bravo for the National Council of Churches, which asked the Catholic hierarchy: "If Roman Catholics are not exerting themselves any more sacrificially than $30 or $40 per year per capita to keep their schools going, why should the rest of society make up the difference...
Gone was outward-looking Foreign Minister Gregorio López Bravo, replaced by politically conservative, economically adventurous Laureano López Rodó, formerly Minister of Planning and Development. Out was Interior Minister Tomás Garicano Goñi; replacing him was Madrid Mayor Carlos Arias Navarro, a tough, no-nonsense administrator who was formerly director of security of the National Movement (Spain's sole legal political party...
...represent a sharp turn away from the Europe-oriented Cabinet of technocrats installed by Franco 3½ years ago. Behind the changes, aside from Franco's wish to drop some of the day-to-day routine, was pressure from the right, which was unhappy with López Bravo's foreign policy...
Among those most likely to go: pro-American Foreign Minister Gregorio López Bravo, who was responsible for Spain's diplomatic recognition of East Germany and China, and Justice Minister Tomas Garicano Gofti, who evidently fell from favor when he ordered police not to use firearms during this year's May Day demonstrations. One policeman died in ambush, triggering a later protest by Spanish police...