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Actor's Studio (Sun. 8:30 p.m., ABC Television). Manuel Komroff's The Thousand-Dollar Bill...
Under the President's orders, government troops in Lima occupied APRA headquarters, seized the plant of its newspaper, La Tribuna, arrested several prominent Apristas (including the party's second in command, Senator Manuel Seoane). Burly Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, APRA's leader, had disappeared, perhaps into the political underground where he had already spent 16 years of his life. One did not need to be as politically shrewd as Haya to know that if Bustamante had been looking for a chance to outlaw APRA, this week's revolt presented a tailor-made opportunity...
Should any of these deals come off, Independent Plaza's presidential chances will improve. In last week's count he led Conservative Manuel Elicio Flor 115,846 to 111,970, and when the last few returns were examined this week the Electoral Court would probably proclaim his election. But Congress can still annul Plaza's majority. With a few achievements in the U.S., go-getting Galo Plaza could convince the last diehards that they had better string along with...
...announced that he meant to steer Peru on a straight-down-the-middle course. In the quick showdown forced by Llosa, the army stood behind the President. Within a few hours of the first call to revolt, all garrison commanders pledged loyalty to Bustamante. Early rumors that General Manuel Odria and other former cabinet members might join the uprising were discredited. Another favorable sign: before the Andean rebels were squelched, APRA's paper La Tribune, announced that APRA too was "wholly on the side of the government...
...major objective of Central American exiles, who helped Rebel Leader José Figueres to victory in Costa Rica, was to: 1. Induce Manuel Mora to return...