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Bathroom Murder. The ruling Liberal Party, headed by incumbent President Diosdado Macapagal, is running scared. The Nacionalistas are crowing that public-opinion polls show their candidate, Senate President Ferdinand Marcos, neck and neck with Macapagal. Both candidates have published glowing biographies. The President's, entitled Macapagal-The Incorruptible, runs over 200 pages. His rival's, called For Every Tear a Victory, is not only fatter and more fulsome, but has been made into a film that runs for three weepy hours. A Manila critic described it as a trilogy: "The first part is about Marcos, the second part...
President Diosdado Macapagal, 54, has not turned out to be the dynamic leader some hoped he would be when he was elected three years ago amid fiery promises of cleaning up corruption. Faced with a tough election in November, he has carefully skirted the Laurel-Langley issue thus far, fearing that any stand would give ammunition to his opponent, Nationalist Party Leader Ferdinand Marcos, 47. To date, at least, each candidate has been jockeying to appear more pro-American than the other, but in the wake of last week's demo, both agreed that there could be further trouble...
...poet-President of the Philippine Republic was due to arrive in Washington this week, bringing assurances of enduring love for the U.S. and a humble request for more American aid. And even though few Filipinos still consider the U.S. "a princess pure," neither do they expect Diosdado Macapagal's desires to be laughed at. Nor would they be - for in all of seething Southeast Asia, the Philippine Republic is the only politically stable democracy unthreatened by Communism or coup...
...reforms have been denied the appropriations necessary to make them work. More erosive to his chances for re-election is Macapagal's own personality-or lack of it. Volatile Filipinos want a volatile leader, like peppery Ramon Magsaysay, who was killed in a plane crash seven years ago. Diosdado (Spanish for "God-given") Macapagal, at 54, is well-meaning but dour, a self-proclaimed "poor boy" from the distant provinces who prefers conservative business suits to the cool, frilly barong tagalog sport shirt favored by Manila sports and Magsaysay...
...invective with the Nacionalistas, although election day is not due until November 1965, and the opposition has yet to select a candidate. Two of the chief contenders for the nomination are former Liberal Party members-Vice President Emmanuel Pelaez and Senate President Ferdinand Marcos-both of whom broke from Diosdado Macapagal after his triumphant election. They are well aware that, until now, not one Philippine President has managed to serve two full terms...