Word: gonz
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President Gabriel González Videla's return from his U.S. good-will tour, two different groups of Chileans planned welcomes. Santiago officials ordered an arch of triumph, flowers, banners, and a day off for everybody. Communists, proclaiming that "González is handing over Chile to the Yankees," plotted strikes and street demonstrations...
Neither show came off. Before boarding his U.S. Army Air Force plane at New Orleans, González canceled the civic welcome because he thought it an extravagance. When the time came, the Communists did little more than scatter a few leaflets in the streets. Otherwise, they were lost in the crowds whose spontaneous applause and cheers were the best indication that González' popularity is still high...
Taking no chances, the police had cordoned off the crowds at such a distance from the presidential palace, La Moneda, that the President could hardly see them when he stepped out on a balcony. "Who ordered this?" shouted González. "Put down the ropes-take them away." Then, as 20,000 Chileans surged toward his balcony, he launched into a speech that lasted for two hours...
...Street. In New York, Chile's González rode behind a screaming motorcycle escort to his hotel, quickly changed clothes, then headed down Fifth Avenue for a sightseer's Saturday-night saunter. "Marvelous, marvelous," he cried, when he made his way through the after-theater crowd in Times Square...
This week, after a ticker-tape welcome on lower Broadway and an honorary degree from Columbia University, the debonair salesman of South American democracy embarked on a rugged program of visits. After New York, González planned to see Philadelphia, the TVA, Texas' oilfields and New Orleans...