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DIED. LUIS MIGUEL DOMINGUIN, 69, bullfighter whose rivalry with toreador brother-in-law Antonio Ordonez was immortalized by Ernest Hemingway; following a stroke; in Sotogrande, Spain. His affairs with screen idols Ava Gardner and Lana Turner were chronicled in loving detail by gossip columnists...
...pitcher Rene Arocha became the first Cuban national-team member to defect, and he soon established himself with the St. Louis Cardinals. There have been a few other defectors--Oakland Athletics pitcher Ariel Prieto and New York Mets shortstop Rey Ordonez--whom the Cubans tried to dismiss as second-rank malcontents. But when Fernandez got into Cubas' van last July, they could no longer make that claim. He was, after all, 22-0 in international competition, with a 1.62 era. And he was not considered a security risk...
Jose Maria Aznar, leader of Spain's conservative opposition Popular Party, was slightly injured in a car bombing in Madrid today. The Basque separatist group ETA is believed responsible for the attack. The attack comes four months after ETA killed another leading PP figure, Gregorio Ordonez. Many of the PP's members oppose greater autonomy for the Basque provinces. TIME Spain reporter Jane Walker says that because the provinces are essentially autonomous already, with their own schools and taxation systems, ETA has steadily lost support. Thus "Every now and then they have to attack someone to keep their name...
...Zedillo; after the press discovered that the Harvard University doctorate and National Autonomous University of Mexico law degree Alzati claimed to hold did not exist; in Mexico City. Although Alzati studied at both schools, he never wrote a dissertation or thesis and thus did not earn degrees. ASSASSINATED. GREGORIO ORDONEZ, 36, deputy mayor of the Basque city of San Sebastian and regional leader of Spain's opposition Popular Party; shot in the head by an unknown assailant as he was lunching. Ordonez, an outspoken critic of the Basque terrorist group eta, had repeatedly refused police protection despite death threats. DIED...
...leader Bob Dole, another of that group, said if the U.N. resolution passed, he would urge Bush to call the full Congress into special session to vote a domestic version. There is a serious question, however, about just what the U.N. resolution would say. Spanish Foreign Minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez, speaking to reporters at the CSCE, disclosed that the U.S. was seeking a two-part resolution: the first part would set a deadline for Iraq to comply with previous U.N. demands that it get out of Kuwait; the second would authorize member nations to use "any means necessary" to compel...