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...government that included two right-wing civilians for political window dressing was sworn in. Ominously, the new leaders took an oath of allegiance not to Chile's constitution but to the junta. General Pinochet headed the Cabinet as President of the junta. Its other members: Admiral Merino; General Gustavo Leigh Guzman, air force commander in chief; and General Cesar Mendoza Duran, director general of the carabineros. The most important portfolio in the new Cabinet−Interior−went to Army General Oscar Bonilla...
...expected, the well-trained Russians dominated cross-country skiing and Italy's flashy Gustavo Thoeni captured the men's giant slalom. But totally unexpected was the performance of Wojciech Fortuna, a 19-year-old Pole who leaped out of nowhere to win the 90-meter ski jump. The young U.S. hockey team, sparked by the acrobatic saves of Goalie Mike Curran. upset the strong Czech team 5-1 and then moved into contention for a medal. In women's figure skating, buxom Beatrix Schuba of Austria built up such a commanding lead in the school figures...
Maria Eugenia is the daughter of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 71, the controversial dictator who took office in 1953. He is credited with helping to end the fighting between Liberal and Conservative factions that had claimed 200,000 lives in the bloody violencia, and curbing the power of the elite. His regime, however, is also remembered for unbridled corruption and outrageous strong-arm tactics. Finally, the military sent him scampering into Spanish exile in 1957. Maria Eugenia went into self-exile in the U.S. and gave birth to two sons while living in Miami with her husband, Senator Samuel Moreno Diaz...
...paltry $1,200 and shipped him off to Caracas, where he was sold to Millionaire Horseman Pedro Baptista for $6,000. Nursed through his early infirmities, Cañonero grew into a strapping three-year-old with an exceptionally long (30 ft.) stride. When Venezuela's top rider, Gustavo Avila, was put in the saddle last March, Cañonero reeled off three straight wins. Convinced that he had a winning combination, Baptista packed his horse off to the Kentucky Derby. Cañonero, warned one Caracas newspaper, would be "hopelessly outclassed...
...Fleet, set the early pace. Jim French, moving out from the middle of the pack, was bumped so hard, Jockey Angel Cordero Jr. said later, "that I nearly fell off." Far behind him, Canonero II moved from 18th position and streaked for the outside. At the final turn, Jockey Gustavo Avila cut around the fading front runners and booted Canonero II down the stretch to win going away by 3¾ lengths. Jim French finished second, two lengths ahead of Bold Reason. The Kentucky-bred colt, who was bought for a paltry $1,200 at the 1969 Keeneland yearling sales...