Word: franco
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since Spain's constitution pledges an eventual restoration of the monarchy, Spaniards have long scanned the official press for clues as to which of the Borbóns Generalissimo Francisco Franco, 75, might pick to fill the long-vacant throne. Monarchist activists pin their hopes on exiled Pretender Don Juan, 55, a moderate who favors evolution toward parliamentary democracy. Many Falangist regulars lean toward his son, Juan Carlos, 30, in the belief that the carefully schooled younger man would prove willing to stick with the regime's less flexible principles...
...Franco's personal sympathies have been clear for some time. Distrustful of Don Juan, he played a major role in arranging the young prince's Spanish education and made sure that it included commissions from all three military academies. Last week he tipped his hand further by creating the title of "heir to the throne," which could put Juan Carlos in No. 2 position on the protocol ladder-right behind him. Now all that remains is for Juan Carlos to be formally declared the heir...
...cameras smashed inexplicably. Director Elio Petri swore he bumped into-or through-a long-deceased ancestor of the villa's owner on the staircase one night. All those unnerving incidents soon had the stagehands muttering, and production lagged five days behind schedule until Vanessa and Co-Star Franco Nero, her constant companion since they made Camelot together, calmed the crew by holding midnight séances to keep the ha'nts at bay. "I regard the supernatural with great excitement," Vanessa said bravely...
Looking nervously over his shoulder at France, whose turmoil has been thoroughly chronicled in the Spanish press, Franco has since made his first concession to the students. To alleviate congestion in the nation's overcrowded universities, the government promised to open three new universities in Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao and add smaller polytechnical institutes in two other cities. But student militants remained unimpressed, and last week several hundred demonstrators took over the schools of philosophy and letters, science, and economics at the University Madrid, threw up barricades, and held their ground for more than two hours before vacating...
...that, beginning in 1962, thrust Spain into the 20th century world of rapidly rising industrial wages new cars and washing machines, The lull has created unemployment and put a brake on wage increases. Above , it has cost the government the confidence of many businessmen who had always staunchly supported Franco. The government gives the impression of not knowing quite what to do about either the economy or the popular unrest, and this impression is strengthened by the fact that Franco seems to spend more time fishing than tending to government. When it comes to any internal threat to his power...