More Heroes

After the Army purged its most menacing saber-rattlers (TIME, June 24), Paraguayans enjoyed some democratic luxuries. Newspapers spoke out; party politicking was resumed; political exiles returned. But last week word filtered out of Paraguay that the good life did not come easy.

The return of one exile, ex-President Jose P. Guggiari, had been too much for volatile university students. They cherished an ancient grudge against him: his police had shot down students who demonstrated against concessions to Bolivia in the Chaco. That was on Oct. 23, 1931. Last month Guggiari got a rousing homecoming reception from members of his Liberal Party. As he spoke to them, an airplane emblazoned with the students' motto, "October 23-- Rest in Peace," swept low. As the ex-President rode down Calle Palma, "assassin" and other insults glared from the walls. At the Panteon Nacional, shrine of Paraguay's heroes, students and Liberals met head on. The police charged in. Soon, more heroes decorated the shrine; two lay dead, 39 were injured.

President Higinio Morinigo suspended for a month all public activities of the Liberal Party.

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