Word: junta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other army commanders and Cardinal Luque's personal representative, he yielded. Rojas asked only that his War Minister and old friend, Major General Gabriel Paris, be made President. As a face-saving gesture to the ousted President, the commanders agreed to name Paris head of the five-man junta set up to replace Rojas...
Back to Normal. Later the same morning Rojas went to the microphones to announce his resignation. "It would be impossible," he said, "that I, who gave the country peace, should cause the country useless bloodshed." Then he announced the members of the junta: Paris, Navas Pardo, National Police Director Major General Deogracias Fonseca, Secret Police Chief Brigadier General Luis E. Ordóñez and former Public Works Minister (and Rear Admiral) Ruben Pie-drahita. General Paris, as president of the junta, promised on his honor as an officer that popular elections will be held next year. And Cardinal Luque...
This morning, the varsity, represented by Junta, Sears, Gottlieb, and Mills will defend its New England Intercollegiate Championships at Trinity College. Last year, Junta won the individual crown, and Harvard took the team title...
...Junta will be seeded first in the singles today, and he and Sears will have the top doubles seed
Perhaps the outstanding performance of the day was turned in by Dale Junta in the top singles position. He defeated Yale's highly touted sophomore Tom Frieberg, 6-3, 6-2 and then combined with Larry Sears to capture the first doubles by an identical score...