DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Young Man Goes West

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Young Man Goes West

"Pretty high-class people," said the manager of Kansas City's Ambassador Hotel. "They had satin sheets on the beds." The "people" were Lieut. General Rafael ("Ramfis") Trujillo Jr., who checked out of a full-floor Ambassador suite last week after failing to get a diploma from the Army Command and General Staff College at nearby Fort Leavenworth, Kans. With two aides, a collie and 35 pieces of luggage, he boarded a private railroad car bound for the West Coast and the only person who seemed to care: Actress Zsa Zsa...

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