The Philippines: Family Feud

The Montagues and Capulets

There were no new ransom notes last week in the mysterious disappearance and presumed kidnaping on Dec. 29 of Tomas ("Tommy") Manotoc, 32, the divorced golf champion who had secretly wed the daughter of President Ferdinand Marcos. But accusations, recriminations and rumors in the strange affair continued to damage the Marcos family.

Against the wishes of the President and his wife Imelda, Manotoc had married Maria Imelda ("Imee") Marcos, 26, a law student at the University of the Philippines, on Dec. 4 in Arlington, Va. Although a ransom note had offered to release Manotoc for $2.5 million and...

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