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...Spain ("Willie," she said, "you hit the twin double for four big ones and you expect me to go to the Catskills again?"), but already he has seen three bullfights. The first time Willie went because Myra was out shopping, and it was the only wheel in Madrid. When he got back to the hotel, he was still laughing so hard he had to lie down for ten minutes before he could even tell Myra about it. "Myra," he said, tears running down his cheeks, "I haven't seen anything so funny since the night Gypsy Jack Ramos forgot...
Finally Willie was ready to make his big estocada (killing). Converting his traveler's checks, he headed for Madrid's annual "Benefit Bullfight," where El Cordobés was scheduled to face two bulls. Betting on first-round knockdowns, Willie collected a bundle. The first bull was so weak that his knees buckled as soon as he spotted the champ's cape. The second was obviously in the tank; he stuck his head in the sand and calmly awaited the knockout. While the oldtime aficionados in the stands whistled El Cordobés out of the ring...
...prudently check to be sure that their brake-fluid lines have not been cut or their tires slashed. On May Day, the Workers' Commissions turned out such a huge crowd of marchers that the government nervously called full "red alert" and positioned police and riot squads all over Madrid...
Factory Priests. The movement has acted as a catalyst for other segments of Spanish society. In support of it and of their own complaints against the regime, Spanish students rioted at the University of Madrid earlier this spring and forced it to close for more than a month. Three weeks ago, trouble erupted there again when hundreds of students chanting "We want liberty of expression" battled the police with stones, set furniture ablaze and smashed windows...
Looking nervously over his shoulder at France, whose turmoil has been thoroughly chronicled in the Spanish press, Franco has since made his first concession to the students. To alleviate congestion in the nation's overcrowded universities, the government promised to open three new universities in Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao and add smaller polytechnical institutes in two other cities. But student militants remained unimpressed, and last week several hundred demonstrators took over the schools of philosophy and letters, science, and economics at the University Madrid, threw up barricades, and held their ground for more than two hours before vacating...