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...captured 62% of the vote in the Bavarian state elections, giving it the largest majority enjoyed by any party in any German state assembly. Since then, to demonstrate that he can draw crowds outside his rural, conservative and Roman Catholic bailiwick in Bavaria, he has barnstormed into Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and even the working-class, traditionally left-leaning Ruhr. This week Strauss flies off to Peking-at the invitation of the Chinese-to re-establish his credentials in foreign affairs...
Although revered by many Greeks as a living symbol of national unity, Constantine has no blood relations in the country. The royal family is descended from a Danish prince of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonder-burg-Glücksburg, who was installed by Russia, France and Britain on the throne in 1863, as King George I. Since Constantine's exile, there has been occasional speculation that he might eventually give up his Roman villa and join his wife's family in Denmark. But, says a friend, "if he moved into a palace in Copenhagen, it would look...
...Democrats, whose election successes in the late 1960s triggered fears of a Nazi revival, in recent months have adopted a new salute. It is an upraised hand with two fingers and thumb spread to form a W, standing for Widerstand (resistance). As last week's state elections in Schleswig-Holstein indicated, what the National Democrats are trying to resist is total obliteration. Though they polled 5.8% of the vote in the north German state in the 1967 elections, their latest effort attracted only an insignificant 1.3%. That is well below the 5% required for representation in the state parliament...
...months for the party whose symbols and sympathies are disturbingly reminiscent of the Nazis. A few years ago, the National Democrats were polling as much as 9.8% of the vote in state elections and seemed headed toward becoming West Germany's third largest party. In addition to the Schleswig-Holstein defeat, the National Democrats have lost their seats in Bavaria, Hesse and Lower Saxony. They retain only 19 delegates in two state parliaments (Baden-Württemberg and Bremen), and they have, of course, no representation in the national Bundestag. "Four years ago, success followed success," said Party Leader...
Meanwhile the Free Democrats, whose 27 Bundestag delegates give Brandt a narrow six-seat majority, are also losing voters. In Schleswig-Holstein, the Free Democrats polled only 3.8% of the vote, and lost their four seats in the state legislature. The Free Democrats also lost their representation in Lower Saxony and the Saar. If the present trend continues, only the two big parties are likely to emerge intact from the 1973 national elections...