Word: franco
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Died. Angel Cardinal Herrera y Oria, 81, one of Spain's foremost champions of social reform; in Madrid. A former Madrid newspaperman who did not become a priest until he was 53, Herrera was among the few Spanish churchmen to speak out publicly against corruption and injustice under Franco, steadfastly campaigned for greater freedom and better living conditions for his countrymen. Within his own bishopric of Málaga, he fought illiteracy with the construction of some 250 new elementary schools in the last 20 years...
Throughout Francisco Franco's long dictatorial rule, Spain's press has usually been kept as docile as his political opposition. Then, two years ago, the Generalissimo signaled a change. By abolishing some forms of censorship and adopting a more relaxed press code, his government seemed to be saying that it would tolerate freedom of information-up to a point. That point has now apparently been passed...
...most European countries, even some of the Communist bloc, the alleged offenses would be classified as trivia. The Madrid daily El Alcazar, for example, was fined $375 for erroneously reporting that a Falangist leader had paid a call on Franco. A Barcelona editor was given an eight-month prison term for publishing a letter that denounced Catalan nationalism-a letter that echoed the government's own views. Why, then, was he punished? In a nation where veiled irony and subtle ridicule have been wielded so often in place of open criticism, nervous officials may detect calculated mischief-making even...
...Serer. Wrongly anticipating the defeat of De Gaulle, he had written: "What remains clear is the incompatibility of a personal and authoritarian government within the structures of the industrial society and with the democratic mentality of our epoch." Even though Serer had referred to another man in another country, Franco's censors felt that the cap might fit all too well, and suspended Madrid for two months...
...Before Franco made his move, Juan Carlos made a key decision of his own. Until recently, the prince (and husband of Greece's Princess Sophie, stormy Frederika's daughter) often vowed that he would "never, never" accept the throne as long as his father remained alive. This year, at last convinced that Don Juan could never become King, Juan Carlos began staking out his own claim. The prince still has no assurance, of course, that he will ever assume the throne and, even if the monarchy is restored, Franco has not specified what power it would have after...