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...addition, the authorities arrested Chile's most distinguished opposition figure, Christian Democratic Party President Gabriel Valdés. He and two other party officials were held for five days of questioning after they had appeared in court to testify on behalf of youths caught with 700,000 leaflets endorsing the protests. The arrest may have been a mistake. A crowd of 500 jammed Santiago's Supreme Court building to hear a lawyer read a statement signed by 1,000 prominent Chileans calling for Valdés' release. Said a Socialist politician: "The dictatorship has unwillingly made...
...candidate of Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (P.R.I..) and the choice of retiring President José López Portillo, De la Madrid had been certain to win. Reaction to the vote ranged from skepticism to cautious optimism. Said former President Miguel Alemán Valdés: "The country is at peace. There are problems naturally, but we have the confidence that they will be resolved by the next administration...
World Cup competition, ski racing's big league, is a 22-event road show that stretches from Stratton, Vt., to Vald'Isère, France; a traveling extravaganza complete with glamour and groupies, danger and drama. The life-style is a world away from what goes on back in Phil Mahre's home town of White Pass, nestled in the Cascade Mountains. Its total population is 27, and nine belong to the Mahre household, including Steve, Phil's twin, who is himself a promising member of the U.S. ski team...
...precise protocol of steps and bows. In addition to his love of pomp, Franco was a man of rigid decorum, methodical habit and deep Christian piety; his orderly days included regular attendance at Mass and midnight recitation of the rosary with his wife, the former Carmen Polo y Martinez Valdés. His few moments of relaxation were spent with his six grandchildren by his only child Carmencita, or in painting. Seascapes were his favorite subject...
...canceled. Again, like Caldera, President Eduardo Frei Montalva, a friend of the U.S., was influenced by threats of unrest in response to the Rockefeller visit. In any case, some Chileans felt that a visit from President Nixon's envoy would be superfluous: this week, Foreign Minister Gabriel Valdés, acting on behalf of all Latin American countries, will present the President with a common-stand position paper that proposes new foundations-particularly in the economic field-for U.S.-Latin American relations...