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INTIMATES of Spain's new Vice Premier often call him Facha -a Castilian expression implying "What a sight!" Though he is a dandy in his uniform, Agustin Munoz Grandes has never liked the pomp of his office as chief of Spain's General Staff, and has remained a relatively modest man. He regularly attends soccer games in Madrid dressed in sports clothes more suitable to a workman; he and his wife live in a small, unpretentious apartment, and he rolls his own small black cigarettes. Unlike other Cabinet ministers who tool around Madrid in chauffeur-driven Cadillacs...
Still full and unreserved are Dictator Francisco Franco's prestige and power with the group that counts most in today's Spain, the army. Perhaps the Caudillo's closest friend and ally is the Chief of the General Staff, Captain General Agustin Munoz Grandes, who commanded Franco's Blue Division when it fought beside the Nazis on the Russian front in 1941, and who has an iron grip on the military units...
...dedicated battler for democracy in Latin America all his life. Puerto Rico's Governor Luis Munoz Marin traveled from San Juan to Chicago last week to call attention to a shortcoming of the Alliance for Progress at an A.F.L.-C.I.O. national conference. "What deeply troubles me," said Munoz. "is the seeming lack of emotional commitment in Latin America toward this great and historical venture. The economic body is being gradually nourished, but the heart...
...Krokodiloes, a 13-man singing group affiliated with the Hasty Pudding Club, returned last week from a whirlwind tour of Puerto Rico, which intoned a special performance for Munoz Marin, governor of the Island...
...spent an hour talking to Kennedy about the Dominican Republic's continuing unrest, was ordered back to Santo Domingo on the double at the briefing's end. The Kennedys slept the night in the La Fortaleza palace, and next morning the President rose early for breakfast with Munoz Marin. He got a realistic political briefing from an experienced Caribbean statesman about leftist, anti-U.S. activity in Latin America-particularly including Venezuela...