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World Mourns De Gaulle (Continued from Page One) wife Then they waiked in the woods behind the their routine. He on. his manuscript again the afternoon. Later around .7 p.m. De GaliUc bagsn a game ol solitaire waiting for the eveninff.news rh'e Rev.

Claude Jaiigty, the village priest, related later, that Mrs: de-Gaulle' said her husband put: hnth hands heloW- his Waist and cried out: "Oh, hbw it hurts." Death was ascribed to an'-. aneurysm, a-dilated blood When "the priest arrived De Ga'iille seemed unconscious and "was suffering lenrlWy.V' Father Jaugey'' performed the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church. De Gauila'iiiail -attended Mass; as usual thei-day before; "He seemed the priest There, were no signs' ot illness, Ev eryone was surprises. The who took over 'the wrish'in-A'JEiist, saia ue uauue will be" buried- alongside bis daughter, Anne, who was 'men-rallv. retarded and died' in: 1948 at the age of 20.

Tuesday, night, with the French custom, thel body rested in the- living rboth al's- uniform, he' Jay bier rfraoed- in the tricnlnr fl.11; Ows of symbol nf the Free French he led 'during World War JI, was at. his feet and between his. hands a rosary given him -by Pope Paul VI. A small candle near the i He had died, accordins-to his soi -in law. Gen.

Alain de Bois-sieu. "as he upright, his wnrk.ih front of him." The' general himself said thht the nnlv. wav to-scorn death was by writing until the' end. He- had -contempt for old age; and- often' repeated the pnrase "Oid age Fre quentiy 'he' told associates: won't forget to die." His public legacy to -France the. request, for the simple- to nnral that contrasted so SKarpl; with his vivhm ot the nation's preatnesR, was set down in WW flee mm wis left in trust with President- Pompidou.

not wish a national funeral;" -De -Gaulle: wrote. president, no ministers, no parliamentary committees, no rep resentatives of government: or ganisms. Only the t-rencn military'-services may take part of as such; hut their parti-cination should he. of very mo dest without bands, fanfare or bugleis "Nh sneech will be pron- nnnreH either; at the. chur.ch elsewhere.

No. funeral orations in Parliament'. Noiseats will. be reserved at the ceremony, except for my- family, for my com- pamons of "the 'Order of Lihera- for the' Municipal Council of Uolombey." But the service on Titursaay in' Notre. Dame, -the church, of French' kings, will bring together one of inc.

greatest outpourings of chiefs- d( state and gov- seen-tn-recent years. The U.S, secretary of state, William P. Rogers, will accompany Nixon-to the -service. Re sides them and Kosygin. the participants will include Prime Sllnlster Edward- Heath oiyBri-1 1, President' GustSv.

'Heine-inn and Chancellor Willy andt of West Germany, 'and the kings of -Belgium and Ethiopia. Several leaders fronuAfrican- states which once were-under French -rule will be there. Prince Outvies "heir to the British will represent his mother; Queen II. iiauile1-, successor as pres ident is traveling! to pay his -respects privately It. De ronipi-fii-st- visit De Gaulie nevei uiVI'ed him- sin he hecame president in heaani sieriine memory book -at De Gaulle's old Paris omces.

some passed by hourly. Many put a ijross-ot Lorraine. next ru Moslem veteran army, Bouniediehe Mohammed his" chest. covered with deenra tions; broke into mars. Ha asked a woman to sign Mr '1 i --o i Madame, but for :r.e you know De Gaulle was father." De" Gaulle- was horn in Lille Nov.

.22. 183D; He was graduated from-the elite military, school 'of St. Cvr. fouaht In Worm war was wounded three-times, decorated for gallantry and was tUThe' outbreak of World War If round him a colonel. 'After German ibrestthrou'gh he was promoted, to.

general ot an. ar- LB. TIRE mored division. Refusing to1 accept the French Cabinet's decision to surrender, he went England and organized the; French Resistance movement, De Gaulle returned to Paris; after Its liberation and becamej premier of a provisional ment. Weary at the politicians, he resigned in Called back to nower in -lSSB because of the crisis brought on the Algerian uprising, De Gauile emerged in 1955 as presi dent with strong powers, lie put down a French officers' uprising in Algeria and eventually granted Algerian independence.

He gave French colonies the option of independence or cont.in- associaaon with ranee. Most chose independence. In these tense years he was: several times the target-of. as- sassmation-attempts. As president, Ue uauue oneo drove ins allies to despair, dering French military forces witheraw from the North Atlan tic Tieat.y OijjaiiUKr.on NATO headquarters to move trance, ne aisu Bntiih entry into the European Common' Market.

De Gaulle' survived a. riotous ndeni-wriT-ker strike in me sorlne of- 1968, but quit the pros mency me next year. Pledged Ho retire it voter; jerw-rt a referendum govrn-ment and they did. De Gaulle is su ed by his wife Yvunne, 70; whmr. he mar ried 5, 1R21 i son, Navy Capt.

Philippe de' Gaulle; and a daughter, Ehsabem, wite Gen. Alain Boissieu Dean. Lui8he. Annihe.r dauohter Anne, was mentally retarded, died 1S4S. The De Gaulles set up', a Foundation in her name to -aid other retarded children.

There are five grandchildren sons ot- fnilppe ana tns-abcth's daughter Anne. No Fiscal Decisions Made By Diocesan School Board he Jitr.ee. rati Beard of Education -made a', complete -review of Hie-generalsfihancial situation of the parochial schools in Sight of a financial shortage last night during tlicir monthly meeting in the Diocesean scliool headquarters, 4069 Park avenue. At last month's meeting in tCotbe nigh' School it was'revealed that', the Diocese school system may have to cut its budget by because a number of students had withdrawn just prior to the start of the school year. No decision was made last night! of just where1 or- if therU should be cms ia the- buHeet, at- corair.g to tile- itev.

martin a Hitchcock, Diocesean superin schools. Father Hitchcock, said the bud- "ct is under coiitiuued review hy the hoard members and Diocesc-an stair mcmbets. The btiard also new regulations on the hiring of lay teachers for the entire, system. Trie next meeting the Diocesean Board of. Education will he Dec; at the Park avenue headquarters.

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L. Dennis of the'Brbllv rhood of Railway" Clerks said the board's recommendation wage hikes 6f 36 per cent over Ihrc-'e years lei ujii.fiil'.! worVers now averaging S3. 66! per hour. Dennis's strike date- day after delaying provisions HulCvuv Ac! expire He said once on strike, rail prohably would defy federal courts and Congress necessary and remain off the job untii they won their inlands for some 15 per cent wage hikes plus other benefits. We have complied with all' existing, and if we go out on Dec.

11, we stay out. It's as simple as that, he hews conference. Railroad industry officials de clined. immediate coinme There have been unly brief nationwide rail wait the past half century Congress or the -White House frequently intervened to end or block such strikes on grounds they hurt the national interest. such arguments, hat if they strike his union members would -offer deirh; shipments, electric power and all passenger trains.

lie icdt: -try re jected Mich union offers of par tial operation in- the past on! ground.it would ho impractical. AFL-CIO' Presides li- uer Meany, voicing' support Hit. Ihe wage -demanas think there wiiulU be pretty good grounds" if rail workers decid ed to strike in defiance of any government intervention once the procedures of tnc Labor Act run their course. "Management in that'industry has been hiding behind the! skirts, of. government.

and -added he- would advocate nationaliiatinn of -the 'railroads if. workers are forbidden- strike. The clerks' union is the largest of four AFL-CfO unions- in tho wage dispute representing! have wage Increases like those won by workers in other transportation industries, such as the throe-year 1 1 hike for some 42.5,000 Teamsters truck "Railroad workers -have had it. We have- been stalled and -stalled," he said of the Railway Labor Act provisions that- have. dragged the wage dispute out lor nearly a "w'e nnw intend, to.

get justicfl we arc to get it at all costs, if I must lead -iriy people out.on should be clearly that they.will not go- back td. work until they have, received a wage increase which will brings Ihem up to comp'arabilitj' with--' the poftatidn industry," Dennis said. He said the recommendations Meanv 'tol'd 'h? presidential Duaro, appui.iveiu imut'i iuc way' Later Art "by President to' head, off an earlier strike threat, -cc be the basis for toward a settlement berore Dec. li. "But if-there, is no.

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