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...Spain's Pedro Cardinal Segura y Sáenz, in Don Juan's famous line, hell is a city much like Seville. In his terrible-tempered way, Segura has borne down on the gay, fun-loving people of his Seville diocese, suppressed their dances, banned movies, shuttered nightclubs and anathemized what he regarded as "licentious customs." In pastoral letters, Segura, 73, has longed for the days of the "meritorious Inquisition" and has denounced even Spain's limited religious toleration as falsely assuming that "all religions are equally acceptable in the presence...
...this stand, Segura has become almost as unpopular with many of his fellow Roman Catholics as with Protestants (a British Protestant weekly last month headlined an article on Protestants in Spain: "Pray for Your Brethren Behind the Incense Curtain."). Last week the news from Spain was that the Vatican has curbed crusty old Segura's powers. Rome evidently acted in full understanding with Spain's Dictator, Francisco Franco, whom Segura has often snubbed and attacked for 1) not supporting a Spanish monarchy and 2) allowing the Falange party to be too "anticlerical." The Holy See early this month...
...free Puerto Rice, free Guatemala" arose from the melee, prompted by those in league with segura, and undoubtedly by some free thinkers...
...cast of characters, "the four best tennis players in the world-five, if I play," says Kramer. The new cast included some old faces: Don Budge, now 38 and sadly slowed, but still master of the most devastating backhand in the game; Sedgman, an old pro of 26; Pancho Segura, 32, the most dogged retriever tennis has seen; and Richard ("Pancho") Gonzales, making a sensational comeback to the pro tour at the advanced...
Generous Gesture. In last week's first match, a steady Segura beat a rusty Budge. Then it was up to Gonzales to launch his comeback against the world's second-best player (after Kramer), Frank Sedgman. Pancho dropped the first set, 3-6. Then he began to find the range with his booming serve, the fastest (112.88 m.p.h.) ever recorded electronically. He finally broke through in the twentieth game of the second set on his third set-point, to win it 11-9. Playing with a concentration he had seldom shown either as an amateur...