French left stalled in first round as Giscard coalition leads
Official returns from 343 of 491 districts show Giscard d Estaing's centrist Gaullist coalition with 46 percent of the vote while the Socialists and Communists trail at 45.6 percent. Only 61 deputies elected. runoff battles loom. Mitterrand and Marchais schedule strategy talks as Barre and Chirac win seats.
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Paris
National Assembly
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Francois Mitterrand
Georges Marchais
Mitterrand
Marchais
Obituary: Benjamin Moomaw Jr. Dies at 88 in Virginia
Benjamin C. Moomaw Jr. known as the father of the Gathright Dam, dies at 88 in Covington Virginia. He spent over 37 years as executive secretary of the Covington Alleghany County Chamber of Commerce and led a program to upgrade the Alleghany Highlands.
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Covington (Ap
Virginia
Gathright Dam
Benjamin C. Moomaw Jr
Moomaw
Covington-Alleghany County Chamber of Commerce
Alleghany Highlands
Falling Spring Valley
Norfolk
el Paso Sontrach
Chesapeake Bay
Cove Point
Cape Henry
Coast Guard
John Cook
Algeria
Consolidated Natural Gas Co
Columbia Gas System
Virginia Lawmakers Split Over Pari mutuel and Abortion Funding
Virginia legislators debated pari mutuel gambling and state funded abortions in the 1978 session. Several lawmakers called the gambling measure major but controversial while abortion funding drew strong partisan divisions and a pair of changing votes in the Senate, ending 20 to 18 against funding both times.
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Del
Bonnie L. Paul
Harrisonburg
Erwin S
Shad) Solomon
Hot Springs
Virginia
Frank W. Nolen
Grottoes
William A. Truban
Woodstock
Guest
Truban
Supreme Court
Nolen
Senate
Winchester to Fill Vacant City Council Seat Tuesday
The Winchester City Council will fill the vacant seat Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Rouss City Hall Council Chambers. The seat opened after Joseph Haines resigned last month and will run until July 1980. The Democratic party backs Ron Gore while past practice favored next-highest vote recipient Mike Castleman. The Williamsburg Heights plat two is up for final approval and the city must appear in Circuit Court March 21 to show cause for possible contempt over last month’s action.
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Winchester City
Rouss City Hall
Joseph Haines
L.M
Mike) Castleman
Democratic Party
Winchester
Ace
Robert F. Woodward
State Compensation Board
Culpeper
Woodstock Lane
Orchard Hill
York
Williamsburg Heights
Reading Alley
Sacanadoeal Handley Avenue
Department of Highways and Transportation
Staunton
Division of Aeronautics
SCC
Richards Bus Lines
Richmond
Parks & Recreation
Board of Social Services
N. Kent Street
Frederick County
Sogeintanens
Board of Zoning Appeals
Board of Architectural Review
Planning Commission
Handley Library Board
Kurtz
Driver Loses Control Hits Barricade in Warren Hospital Pit
A Warren County man, 67, Harry Kidwell, drove through a barricade into a hospital annex excavation pit last night but escaped injury. Police estimated $1,000 damage to the car. Another crash on Fifth Street sent one person to Warren Memorial Hospital as investigations continue. A separate Jackson Street collision caused over $2,000 damage to two vehicles. Edna Lemon filed damage claims against David Carrier, 20, of Harrisonburg, and Carrier’s car was estimated at $2,000 with Lemon’s at $150.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Grant
Front Royal
Warren County
Warren Memorial Hospital
Jeff Brown
Harry Barney Kidwell
Brown
Kidwell
Fifth St
Jackson St
Luray Ave
R. L. Santmyers
David Wayne Carrier
Harrisonburg
Jackson
Edna Guinevere Lemon
Santmyers
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France
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Jacques Chirac
Rt. 7
William and Janet Fowler
Berryville
Clarke County
Claire Magaha
Rawson W.va
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Istan
Iso
National News
Davis
Calif
Dennis Banks
California
South Dakota
American Indian Movement
Custer County
S.C
Custer Chamber of Commerce
Banks
Omps Funeral“Home
Columbus S. Beverley
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
Russell M. McAboy
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Mr. Harlen J. Hanson
Hillsboro Cemetery
Rosa E. Messick
First Assembly of God
Salem Church
Mr. William Brill
Roanoke
Larry Wallace
South Cameron Street
Richard Gilly
Anna E. Arent
Mr. Thomas D. Beaver
Jones Funeral Home
Jesse C. Hensley
General Assembly
del. A. R
Pete) Giesen Jr
House
Bernard F. Groves
S. Braddock St
Inssaenans
Ron Gore
Seat
Walter M. Duncan
Duncan
National Zoological Park
E. W. Bowen
Forsyth Hard
Thomas W. Grove
A.S. Knowles
Hill St
Industrial Authority and Airport Commission
North Kent Street
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