Word: successors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that remained of Lai Bahadur Shastri was a small pile of ashes on the bank of New Delhi's Jumna River. Even as the nation mourned the death of its gentle leader, the search began for a successor. At week's end, as India's leading politicians huddled in one meeting after another, it seemed likely that the choice would fall on a candidate with a magical legacy in Indian politics: Indira Gandhi, 48, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru...
Since Spain is officially a "kingdom without a king," Franco's successor will presumably be a king-who, according to the fundamental laws, must be an "acceptable" Catholic Spanish male who is of royal blood, is at least 30 years old and swears "loyalty to the principles" of the Franco regime. But how much power the king would have and what kind of government he would preside over are open questions. And if the Cabinet, together with the 13-man Council of the Realm, so decides, it can declare all the royal can didates unacceptable and name a regent...
...Spanish monarchists, Franco's only legitimate successor would be Don Juan de Borbón y Battenberg, the strapping 52-year-old son of the late King Alfonso XIII. Don Juan's official title is Count of Barcelona, but monarchists already call him King Juan III,* and in his sprawling white villa at the Portuguese resort town of Estoril...
...sound organization is only half the story. Equally vital is the quality of California's high court, which currently includes such able men as Justices Mathew O. Tobririer, Paul Peek and Raymond E. Peters. Most important of all is the brilliant legal mind of Gibson's successor, Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor, 65. Traynor, says Illinois' own distinguished Justice Walter V. Schaefer, is "the nation's No. 1 state judge...
Tonight the Crimson meets defending champion Princeton, and tomorrow the quintet faces their likely successor, Pennsylvania...