Word: umbria
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...most notable of the Communist gains-made largely at the expense of the Christian Democrats-in Italy's regional and municipal elections last month (TIME, June 30). Last week also, Liguria joined the three regions of Italy's longtime "Red Belt"-Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany and Umbria-when a Communist-led coalition took control of the regional council. Red-dominated coalition governments are also expected to win power in the Piedmont region, Venice and possibly Naples...
...provinces and 6,347 of its 8,065 cities and towns, the Communists made stunning inroads. They captured the Liguria region, embracing Genoa and the Italian Riviera, to go along with the three regions they already controlled in the Communist "Red Belt"-Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany and Umbria. They out polled the long-entrenched Christian Democrats in the Marches on the Adriatic as well as in the Piedmont. They won the industrial powerhouses of Milan and Turin, as well as Naples and Venice...
...Giulia, where the demand for local government has been particularly strident. In this week's elections members of similar councils are being selected in the 15 other principal regions of mainland Italy. Twelve of the 15 lean toward the Christian Democrats. In the others, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany and Umbria, which constitute the Red Belt above Rome, Communists are expected to have the strongest voices in the new councils...