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...Republicans and only eleven by Democrats. Four of these Republican incumbents are retiring, while all of the Democrats plan to run for reelection. Five of these are from the South and the other six--Kennedy, Symington, Mansfield, Chavez, Pastore, and Jackson--seem reasonably sure of reelection. Democrats will probably unseat a few Republican incumbents;--in Arizona, for instance, Governor Ernest MacFarland will likely rid the senate of Barry Gold-water...
First is the strong conviction among many Syrians that Khaled Bakdash is prepared to invoke his Moscow training and try to unseat Old Friend Hourani when the time is ripe; if this fails, then Bakdash will dash back to Moscow. Second, and still more important, is the fact that...
...took young Democrat Richard C. Lee three tries (missing on the second by two votes) to unseat plodding Republican Undertaker William Celentano as mayor of heavily Italian, heavily industrial New Haven, Conn. (pop. 167,700). It has taken aggressive ex-Reporter Lee, 41, only 3½ years to give his cramped old birthplace (founded 1638) new pride in something more than its elm trees, Yankee traditions and Yale University. Firmly scuttling nostalgia ("Our greatness lies in the future"), Lee has put New Haven foremost among New England cities in striking at the illnesses that plague all U.S. municipalities: the exodus...
Both Syria and Jordan were teetering between East and West. In Syria conservative elements around President Shukri el Kuwatly had not managed to unseat Strongman Colonel Abdel Hamid Serraj, partisan of Soviet cooperation, from his job as army security chief, but they did manage to transfer some of his followers out of key posts last week, and felt a little safer...
...Western teams, Michigan and Colorado, Colorado is definitely the stronger sextet. It finished far ahead of the Huskies in the Western Hockey League and is heavily favored to unseat Michigan, the defending champion...