Word: vilella
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...plans to push Puerto Rico out of its halfway house is Governor Roberto Sanchez Vilella, a long time protégé of the legendary Luis Munoz Marin, who retired as chief executive in January 1965. A quiet, pipe-smoking administrator, Sanchez last week sent to his legislature no fewer than 34 pro osals, the first part of a dynamic and demanding 85-point program designed to reorient Bootstrap to the island's new problems...
...Illustrious Conscience." Sánchez Vilella does not propose to change the island's unique and somewhat vague relationship with the U.S. as a "free associated state." Although there is still some academic discussion over the alternative of full statehood or independence, Puerto Ricans are understandably wedded to the economic benefits of their present status, most notably exemption from federal income tax. Many feel, nonetheless, that this relationship tends to perpetuate the island's role as a passive dependency...
...friend and welcoming a new one as the next Governor of Puerto Rico. Stepping down at last was Luis Muñoz Marin, 66, the island commonwealth's leader for the past 16 years. Into the Governor's La Fortaleza palace went Roberto Sánchez Vilella, 51, Muñoz' able Secretary of State (Vice Governor) and hand-picked successor who has worked faithfully for el maestro since 1948. "There is no substitute for Muñoz," says Sánchez. "I am simply going to be the next Governor, and I hope a good...
...Governor Sánchez. When last August's Popular Democratic Convention rolled around, Muñoz announced that he would not stand for re-election but would run for a senate seat from which he could "renew my contact with the people and the country." Sánchez Vilella was nominated by acclamation to fill his shoes...
...says Sánchez Vilella, "and we cannot be afraid...