Turnout sets record as De Gaulle faces runoff
Paris voters turnout hits 84.9 percent in the first round of the presidential election. Charles de Gaulle earns 43.96 percent, forcing a Dec. 19 runoff with Francois Mitterrand amid strong turnout and televised campaign. Jean Lecannet and others split the rest as debates over unity, NATO and Europe shape the race.
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Richard K. O'Malley
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Francois Mitterrand
France
Jean Lecannet
Jean-Louis Tixier-Viganancour
Pierre Marcilhacy
Marcel Barbu
Mitterrand
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
McGovern Says U N FAO Can Win Hunger War
Senator George McGovern urged the U N FAO in Rome that man can defeat hunger if efforts use a fraction of military zeal and resources. He cited the world food program’s expansion and noted the moral imperative to apply modern knowledge to poverty and overpopulation.
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Vatican approves final schema on world problems at council
Pope Paul VI accepts the final schema amid strong opposition to its nuclear war condemnation. The vote tally showed 2,111 for the document with 483 against on war and peace. a separate section on birth control studies and contraception bans passed 2,047 to 155. The decision closes three years of work at St. Peter's Basilica with a jubilee announced for Catholics worldwide January to Pentecost Sunday.
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Fort Dodge Region School Setup Urged
The State Advisory Committee on Community and Junior Colleges recommends creating two multicounty districts. One covers Fort Dodge area including Calhoun Greene Hamilton Pocahontas Sac Webster Wright (except Belmond). The Creston area would include Adair Adams Clarke Decatur Ringgold Taylor Union Lucas Wayne. Policy now moves to the State Board for approval.
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Border tensions rise as Chile and Argentina plan talks
Five Chilean troop transports head toward a disputed border zone while defense ministers Carmona and Suarez plan talks in Balmaceda to ease tensions. The move follows widespread border claims and weather-delayed deployments.
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Pope orders broad revision of Vatican Holy Office
Pope Paul VI orders a major reorganization of the Holy Office, renaming it The Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and standardizing due process. Defendants will be given a hearing and bishops may offer opinions, marking the first comprehensive overhaul since 1542.
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90th Victim of Ship Disaster
Ann Martin Jackson 21 of Vero Beach Florida is named the 90th victim of the Yarmouth Castle disaster. She died Sunday after treatment in the Jackson Memorial Hospital intensive burn center following rescue from Nassau when the vessel burned and sank about 120 miles off Florida coast on November 13.
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Marty) Jackson
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Delegates Gather in Denver for Power and Resource Conference
In Denver over 500 delegates attend a three day Mid West Electric Consumers Association meeting representing 1.5 million members from 250 consumer owned systems across Nebraska Montana Kansas Wyoming Colorado the Dakotas Minnesota and Iowa. Keynotes include Rep. Wright Patman and Rep. Stanley Greig alongside U A W secretary Pat Greathouse and others. The forum weighs a Rural Electric Cooperative financing plan proposing 2 percent loans from REA and potential higher rates if Congress adopts it. The sessions cover financing and development of rural electric cooperatives.
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House Banking and Currency Committee
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Pat Greathouse
United Auto Workers
Kenneth Holum
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Sy Baron
U.S
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National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Rural Electrification Administration
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Communists Open Fire With 50 Caliber Guns In Viet Nam Clash
50 caliber machine guns raked an American battalion 40 miles northwest of Saigon in heavy fighting that left many American casualties and many Viet Cong dead. U.S. jets fought the assault, and officers noted intense close combat as troops moved to recover wounded teammates amid chaotic battle conditions.
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Vote on Conscience Is Senators Credo
Des Moines U S Senator Jack Miller told a Youth Government banquet that a legislator should vote his conscience rather than blindly follow constituents will. If you can't live with your conscience, you've got to get out.
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