Gaullists Hold France as Leftist Alliance Loses Ground
In Paris the Gaullist coalition won a five year mandate in the National Assembly runoff, reducing the leftist Communist Socialist alliance to 181 seats while securing 271 with allies. The party pledged social welfare reform amid a tacit reformist opposition alliance.
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UPI
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Raymond Marcellin
Georges Pompidou
Pierre Messmer
Tower House
Popular Front Leftwing Alliance
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Pompidou
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Union For the Defense of the Republic
Independent Republicans and Progress
Modern Democracy Group
Tripartite
Jean Lecannet
Jean Jacques Servan-Schreiber
Gaullists
Alles
Union of the Left
Students end dog food diet with steak celebration
Two Oklahoma State University seniors in Stillwater ate only dog food for a week to protest food costs. They spent 3 on meals, plan to celebrate with steak, and received hundreds of letters and calls from as far as New York and London. They vow to continue occasional dog food meals.
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Stillwater
Okla
UPI
Terry Arnall
Oklahoma State University
Jerry Dizmang
Arnall
New York
Canada
London
Los Angeles
Michigan
Alps
Amian
Jerry
Dizmang
Hawaii
Kidnaped Girl Found Unhurt in Dallas Area
Leslie Janice Ward a 14 year old girl abducted while walking to school was found unharmed in an apartment on Dallas south side. FBI agents arrested suspect Raymond Clarence Beckley 45 a seaman tied to the kidnapping and potential murder charges. The kidnapper had demanded one million dollars in ransom while the girl remained exhausted from a four day ordeal.
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TPT
Leslie Janice Ward
FBI
Miss Ward
J. Gordon Shanklin
FBT
South Side
Shanklin
Raymond Clarence Beckley
S.S. Rambam
da Nang
South Vietnam
Highland Park
Dallas County
Clance Jones
English Engineers Back On Job Amid Britain Transport Strikes
Striking railway engineers returned to work after a three week series of walkouts though traffic remains snarled nationwide. Ports and hospitals faced disruptions as customs officials and civil servants joined the protests over pay and prices, with talk of a nationwide general strike by the TUC.
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London
UPI
Prim
Edward Heath
National Trades Union Congress
TUC
Britain
Gas Corp
John Edmonds
Heathrow
Artist Crafts Giant Spirit of 76 Mosaic in Baltimore
Santo Navarria, a 40 year old master tile craftsman, spent five years creating an 11 by 8 foot mosaic of the Spirit of 76 with seven figures. Weighing 1500 pounds and costing about 1100 dollars in materials, the piece features raised details for a three dimensional effect. Navarria seeks a permanent home for the work with no luck so far and plans to unveil it July 4 at Ft. McHenry during the Our Country celebration.
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Baltimore
UPI
America
Santo J. Navarria
Navarria
Mosiacs
United States
Ft. McHenry
Downey Reports Two U.S. Prisoners Near Release in China
CIA agent John T. Downey told Red Cross officials at Clark Air Base that Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert J. Flynn and Air Force Maj. Philip Smith are nearing release from Chinese custody. Downey described them as in excellent spirits and healthy, with plans for Thursday freedom, while detailing his own release after more than 30 years of imprisonment.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Upi
Red Crows
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
John T. Downey
Chines
China
Downey
Red Crown
Navy
Robert J. Flynn
Howson, Minn
U.S. Air Force
Philip Smith
Bloodhouse
Hig Peking
British Troops Guard Whitehouse as Belfast Tensions Rise
In Belfast Whitehouse a Protestant attack triggered a heavy military response after Catholic residents asked for arms to defend against vigilante groups. Troops with machineguns and armored cars blocked the area while police arrested 11 of 99 in a second Protestant convoy. A separate Belfast shooting left one dead and five wounded amid ongoing sectarian violence that has claimed 745 lives in 30 years.
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Belfast
UPI
Whitehouse
Ulster Defense Association
Whitenouse
Ther
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Man Inches Short of Detroit Police Height Goal
Sanshiro Miyamoto, 30, a tool and gauze company partner, failed to gain the required height for Detroit police by half an inch after extreme efforts including traction and a TV appearance. With LEAA funds tied to abolishing height rules, he now stays focused on his business and says he would still like to be a policeman if timing allowed.
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Detroit
UPI
Sanshiro Miyamoto
Detroit Police Department
Miyamoto
Police Academy
Stoat
Blue
Johnny Carson
Richard G. Kleindienst
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
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