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...came in, Socialist cities fell like dominoes-first the Brittany port of Brest, then the champagne capital of Reims, then the major industrial center of Nantes. The most sobering and startling of all losses was in the southeastern university town of Grenoble. There Conservative Alain Carignon trounced Socialist Hubert Dubedout, who has managed a model city for 18 years; the margin was a jolting 54% to 43%. The Communists, who have four ministers in Mitterrand's government, fared no better, losing eight cities that they had previously governed, including perfume capital Grasse and auto-manufacturing center Poissy, while retaining...
...kind of "people mover" -an aerial tramway akin to a ski lift that may be extended from the city center to the suburbs. The city is also giving downtown shoppers a break; cars have been banned on three streets which have become pedestrian malls. By 1980, Mayor Hubert Dubedout predicts, downtown will be served exclusively by public transport-a pedestrian's paradise, with no automobiles to be seen...
Conceived by French Doctor Robert Hugonot and Philosopher Michel Philibert, a Grenoble Office of Aged Persons was established by Socialist Mayor Hubert Dubedout when he took office in 1965. It has since attracted worldwide attention from behavioral scientists and others interested in the emotional as well as the physical well-being of the aged. The program is a particularly useful model for U.S. study. The reason: France has long had a low birth rate and now has a higher percentage of people over 65 than the U.S. (14% compared to 10%). With the recent drop in the U.S. birth rate...
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