Word: spain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...strikes in Spain were still spreading. They followed a curious random pattern, made all the more confusing by Dictator Francisco Franco's tight internal censorship, which permitted virtually no mention in the press of the little upheavals, except for optimistic predictions that they would soon end. Minor walkouts were now occurring even in the Madrid area; a brief uprising among inmates of El Puerto prison on the south coast was quelled peacefully. There was lingering talk of a back-to-work movement among the Asturias miners, but the government's increase in coal prices to provide more cash...
...grounds of age alone. Dictator Franco. 69, could hardly delay his deci sion much longer; moreover, with workers restive enough to defy his sternest no-strike decrees, it was time that Spain's 30 million people were given some inkling of what lies ahead when the Franco era ends. The monarchy seemed certain to return - at least for a while - but would Franco bring back from exile the Pretend er Don Juan, 48, or would he give the nod to Don Juan's son, Juan Carlos? Don Juan has rarely been in Franco's good graces since...
...significance in Franco's gift to Juan Carlos and his bride of the glittering little palace of Zarzuela, near Franco's own Pardo palace, for their Madrid residence. But even if Juan Carlos actually chooses to live there, he will not necessarily have a role in Spain's affairs. His studies are finished ; he could not very well hobnob with Franco's family, say the Monarchists, nor with dignity occupy his time by attending the capital's glittering socialite parties...
Meanwhile, to future kings and present commoners alike, Spain's troublesome strikes were a clear sign of change. By last week the disorders in the Asturias coal fields had pretty well run themselves out, but not before the regime was forced to offer 50% wage increases that were welcome to the miners, although less than they had asked. Elsewhere, the strike was still spreading. It was clear that the fer ment had made a deep impression on Franco and his top aides; when even Spain's leading Roman Catholic magazine came out in favor of the strikers...
...Fourth of July has been celebrated as Independence Day in the Philippines since the U.S. in 1946 chose that date to give the islands their freedom. But last week the Philippines changed its independence day to June 12 (the day the islands declared their independence from Spain in 1898). The change came at a time when the Philippines were so piqued by the U.S. that Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal canceled his scheduled June good-will visit...