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...former Premier and head of the newly formed Assembly for the Republic. At a preelection rally in Paris' cavernous Palais des Sports, 5,000 Chirac supporters cheered wildly as the Gaullist mayoralty candidate reiterated his two campaign pledges: "Only we can govern Paris! Only we can build a dike to contain the Socialist-Communist tide!" In the first of two rounds of nationwide municipal elections last week, Chirac won enough support virtually to assure his election as mayor. But outside the capital, he barely managed to keep his finger in the dike. Socialists and Communists, running on a combined...
Adding to Arizonans' ire is the fact that CAP is 30% funded and 25% completed. More than 44 miles of canals, river crossings and tunnels have been built; a $900,000 intake dike and a thermal-fired generating plant have also been erected. If work is stopped, 650 engineers and construction workers will be laid off. "That's a damn poor way to create jobs," complained Democratic Congressman Morris Udall, who was on somewhat shaky ground in making the statement; he had not had CAP in mind when he signed a letter with more than 70 other Congressmen...
...Score in The Final Half-Minute: A fitting way to end a flawless game. It took a super pass from transplanted soccer star Lyman Bullard (via Gene Purdy) and a seeing-eye snapshot from George Hughes to find the hole in Skidmore's dike. Hughes typified the emotion of the contest as the usually calm scoring machine went tapioca after firing in the winner...
City officials, who keep a close watch on the Souris, have followed a carefully rehearsed plan in preparing for the floods. A well-staffed flood control center, resembling a military command post, was set up to begin coordinating an evacuation system and dike patrol. National Guardsmen and personnel from the local Air Force base were pressed into service to help. A Shrine Circus, scheduled to play the municipal auditorium last week, was canceled and the hall used for storage...
...been able to do is sneak observers forward near the rocket belt; when they hear the whoosh of a missile leaving its tube, the observers push a button that triggers warning sirens at Pochentong Airport and in the capital. Insurgents also broke through a small section of the North Dike Road, the last line of defense before Phnom-Penh's northwestern suburbs and the airport...