Word: franco
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...ceremony was brief but emotional; the traditional crown and scepter were present on a table in Madrid's packed Cortes, but Juan Carlos was not formally crowned. Dressed in the uniform of a captain-general of the Spanish army−a title held only by Franco and six other men in the country's history−Juan Carlos placed his hand on a Bible and promised "to comply with the laws of the realm and remain faithful to the principles that guide the National Movement" (the country's sole legal political party). There was speculation that...
...public state funeral, which was attended by Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, Chilean President Augusto Pinochet, Jordan's King Hussein, and Monaco's Prince Rainier. Like the rest of the week's solemn pageantry, the details had been planned well in advance−many of them by Franco himself. After the funeral Mass in Madrid's packed Plaza de Oriente, his coffin was escorted from the palace by the red-bereted Guardia del Generalisimo, marching on each side of the casket, to the Arch of Victory a mile away. There the body was transferred from a horse...
Even as he lay dying, Franco made one final effort to maintain a hold on Spain's future. After announcing the dictator's demise, Arias fished a large white envelope from his jacket pocket and read what he called "Franco's last thoughts on his final day of work." The message had been written on Oct. 20 and typed up that night by his daughter Carmencita. In it, the Caudillo declared that the hour had come for him to appear before God's "unquestioned judgment." He forgave his foes, adding haughtily, "I do not want...
...enemies of Spain" Franco had meant the Communists and other political parties, they were strangely quiet last week. Some were fearful of a police roundup of known dissidents or impromptu raids by right-wing hoodlums (including, possibly, off-duty cops). Others, though, were clearly waiting to see which way the King would move...
Died. Generalissimo Francisco Franco y Bahamonde, 82, dictator of Spain since 1939, who once declared himself "responsible only to God and history"; in Madrid (see THE WORLD...