Gaullists Win But Margin Drops
Gaullist coalition wins 274 of 486 seats in runoff, reducing majority to under 60 seats. Communist-Socialist alliance at 181, Reform Movement 28, extreme left splinters rest. Premier Messmer and Giscard d Estaing win in runoff. Georges Marchais, Francois Mitterrand and others secure seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Gaullists
National Assembly
Gaullist Coalition
Communist-Socialist Alliance
Reform Movement
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Himselt
Pierre Messmer
Union For the Defense of the Republic
Gaullist Party
Valery Giscard d
Democratic Center Party
Maurice Schumann
Armentieres
Rene Pleven
Bordeaux
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Messmer
Giscard d’Estaing
Communist Party
Georges Marchais
Francois Mitterrand
Jean Lecannet
Jean- Jacques Servan-Schreiber
Meramec Area Using Boats Not Roads
The Coast Guard sent two boats to the flooded Meramec River area near St Louis where at least 11 people were stranded by high water. A spring thaw and heavy rain pushed rivers over banks. the Mississippi at St Louis reached 31 feet, a record for the date, closing floating riverfront restaurants. Residents along the Meramec used boats for transport. many homes sit on stilts. No injuries reported. Nearby St Charles saw sandbags as the Missouri river was forecast to crest at 33.5 feet.
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ST. Louis
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Red Cross
St. Charles
Missouri River
GAO To Probe Spy Payment
Washington AP reports the General Accounting Office will investigate payments to Theodore Brill a George Washington University student who says he was hired as a spy for the Nixon reelection committee. Philip S Hughes GAO official will lead the inquiry and Maurice Stans former Commerce secretary will be questioned. Brill disclosed earning 150 dollars weekly for five weeks spying on radical groups.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Washington Post
Philip S. Hughes
GAO
Federal Elections Office
Theodore F. Brill
George Washington University
Nixon Committee
Post
Maurice H. Stans
Stans
Nixon
Brill
Young Republican Organization
Free Bellone hearing aid offer for Chicago readers
A Beltone Electronics Corp advertisement promises a free non operating model of the Bellone aid to anyone responding. The device weighs under one ounce, sits at ear level with no body wires, and is offered with no cost or obligation. Write to Dep. 9773, Beltone Electronics Corp., Paul W. Victoria, Chicago, IL 60646.
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Chicago
Bellone
Beltone Electronics Corp
Paul W. Victoria
Perry Ironside Plans Life In Fiji
Suva, Fiji AP actor Raymond Burr, famed for Perry Mason, says he will make Fiji his permanent residence in 1975. He has lived part time since 1966 and owns Naitauba Island about 150 miles northeast. Burr will return to the United States briefly to prepare for a TV series slated to film here next year.
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Suva
Fiji
Raymond Burr
Naitauba Island
Here
Burr
United States
Drug Killed Hannibal Man Inquest Finds
Hannibal jury rules death from illegal morphine injection in the case of Martin A Hayden 1906 Spruce St. Autopsy showed high morphine level with no alcohol. Witnesses described self-administered shots at a Broadway apartment. one witness faces narcotics charges.
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Hannibal
Martin A. Hayden
Spruce St
Marion County
Hayden
Levering Hospital
Stanley Hall
Hall
Friends
Broadway
Robert Constable
Richard Ferzley
Dana Riney
Ron McKenzie
James Bockes
Bockes
Terry Stolte
Carlota Daniels
Somebody Else on Golda's Line
Premier Golda Meir spoke by telephone from Jerusalem to her Washington ambassador about a U S paper article. Rabin asked which newspaper and a third voice said Washington Post. Israel fired two Tel Aviv operators for eavesdropping confirmed by the Ministry of Communications.
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Tel Aviv
Golda Meir
Jerusalem
Washington
Yitzhak Rabin
Mrs. Meir
The
Washington Post
Ministry of Communications
Census Bureau Ready To Do Five-Year Population Survey
Census officials plan a mid-decade sample survey in 1975 surveying about one million households or 1.5 percent of the population to update social and economic statistics since 1970. The plan requires congressional funding, with an estimated total cost of 45 million dollars. The effort would not be mandatory and would involve about 15,000 representatives collecting in depth data from each family.
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Census Bureau
Washington
Congress
Robert Hagan
Bureau
Double Murder Charge Filed On Teacher
A sixth grade teacher, Bobby Ray Speedy of St. Ann, was charged with two counts of first degree murder for a shotgun slaying at James Gordon Meeks’s apartment near Creve Coeur. Meeks and Clark Brown, both Metal Goods Division executives of Alcan Aluminum, were killed at a dinner party. Speedy, in custody after a police lineup, faced bond set at 75000.
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Creve Coeur
St. Louis County
Bobby Ray Speedy
St. Ann
James Gordon Meeks
Clark Milo Brown
Meeks
St. Louis
Alcan Aluminum Corp
Richard T. Enright
Speedy
Larimore
Hazelwood
Brown
Judy Ann Speedy
Barbara
Miss Brown
Bull Connor Dies At 75 City records leader of Birmingham police dies
Former Birmingham Police Commissioner Eugene Bull Connor, long linked to violent civil rights crackdown, died at 75 after a stroke. He led the city from 1937 to 1962 and oversaw fire hoses and police dogs against demonstrators, including events tied to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His ouster followed a Supreme Court ruling ending the city commission government. Burial set for Tuesday in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor
Connor
City Commission
Alabama Supreme Court
Martin Luther King Jr
Widow Sues for 2.1 Million in Long Estate
Mrs. Florence Long seeks 2.1 million from the estate of former senator Edward V. Long and from two aides. She alleges signature forgery and conspiracy to deprive her of lawful surviving-spouse rights. Damages: 1.5 million actual plus 200 thousand punitive from each defendant and the estate, plus removal of the executrix.
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Bowling Green, Mo
U.S
Edward V. Long
Missouri
Pike County
Long
Florence Long
Helen Dunlop
Delores Tinsley
Miss Dunlop
Miss Tinsley
Wellsville Personal News Highlights and Anniversary Observe
Wellsville residents share family visits birthday noting George Staten of Overland and son’s family’s visit. Kenneth Martin of Winona visits his mother Elizabeth. Studere Club receives a fly trap shipment and plans improvements in Reed park. Frank McMurtry and wife honored at 30th anniversary dinner hosted by children. about 65 guests attended.
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George Staten
Overland
George
Butch) Staten
Ricky
Tina
Kenneth Martin
Winona, Mo
Elizabeth Martin
Studere Club
MFWC
Lester Blackshaw
Bob Smith
William Burkhalter
Studere
City
Reed) Park
FFA
Carroll Clithero
L’etude Club
Frank McMurtry
Knights of Columbus
Martinsburg
William Fennewald
Dave Benskin
Catherine McMurtry
McMurtry
Ruby Ray
Christian Church
Wellsville
S. Morris Eames
Wedding Party Names From Regional Notice
From Mr and Mrs Max Brown Sikeston Mr and Mrs Bar nam Smith Wichita Kan Dr and Mrs Harry Hudson Grand Rapids Mich constitute the listed attendees in a social notices column reflecting marriage celebrations and affiliations with multiple households across states.
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Max Brown
Sikeston
Barnam Smith
Wichita, Kan
Harry Hudson
Grand Rapids, Mich
Personal News of Paris Officers to Be Elected
Personal News from Paris notes two groups meeting with 12 present at each. DeVault and Mrs. Callison shared travel talks on Spain Majorca and Riviera Monaco while in France. March 19 election of officers planned. Alpha Chi and Epsilon Psi chapters report programs on architecture and Europe trips with hostesses named for upcoming meetings.
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Rob Ragsdale
Frances Rouse
Paris
Alpha Chi
Keith Deaver
Nancy van Praag
Europe
Nancy Yager
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Perry Ironside
Golda
Narragansett Mfg. Corp
Are
Narragansett Gymnasium
Carpenter St
Moberly
Bull Connor
Russell Niedergerke
Metropolitan Life
New York, N.Y
Coop
Audrain Cooperative Association
4-H Center
State Road D
Assn
Board of
Audrain Co-Operative Assn
S. Missouri
Jefferson City
Missouri Bankers Association
Agri-Business
Tan- Tar-A Resort
Frank Hunn
Middletown
W. H. McClain
William Bradley
Centralia
Girls Town
John Nation Jr
Don Burwell
Jerry Chen
Caesar
Illard’s Derby
Ray Hinten
Pollard
Derby
West
Mexico
Emexico
Pix
Polyglas
Fed
BankAmericard
Goodyear
Auxvasse, Mo
Jase
Bob
Liberty Mexico
Goodman's
Texaco
Hwy
Fulton Mo
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