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...more baffling than the personage of Prince Juan Carlos Alphonso Victór Maria de Borbón y Borbón, grandson of King Alphonso XIII of Spain and great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria of England. He was chosen by Franco in 1969 to ascend the throne after his death, in the hope that the royal scion would assure an orderly succession and maintain the stern, one-party system that the dictator had created. Whether the enigmatic Prince, 36, can meet these hopes is as problematical as the currents of suppressed rage and rebellion that course through Spain...
Born amid the bloody chaos of the Spanish Civil War, he was shuttled with his family from one place of exile to another. At the age of ten the Prince was sent to Spain for the first time, alone, to be groomed for the throne by Franco...
...person already suspected of trying to become the power behind the throne is Minister of Social Welfare José López Rega, 54, who was Perón's private secretary and astrologer in exile. López Rega stood prominently behind Isabelita each time she addressed the nation on television last week, and except for her, he was the only Cabinet member to make a TV speech after Perón's death. Radical leftist Peronists despise the ultra-conservative López Rega and have threatened to assassinate him. Last week, in a warning aimed at him, the leader of the radical leftist...
...unscheduled stopover made the President 15 minutes late for his first substantive meeting with Brezhnev in the Kremlin's St. Catherine Hall, which once served as the Empress's throne room. But Brezhnev, who had been chatting with reporters, appeared as good-natured as he had the day before. After two hours, the two delegations broke for lunch, then moved to St. Vladimir Hall, an ornate room of pink, white and gold, where they signed agreements to share research into energy, housing and heart disease...
Died. Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, 74, Duke of Gloucester, third son of King George V of England; after a long illness; in Northamptonshire, England. Educated at Sandhurst, the Duke interrupted his military career to assume princely duties after his eldest brother Edward, Duke of Windsor, gave up his throne in 1936 to marry American Divorcee Wallis Simpson. For his brother King George VI, Gloucester undertook a spate of ceremonial chores and overseas good-will missions; he also indulged his passion for riding, fox hunting and polo. After serving as a high-ranking liaison officer in World...