European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Spain voter turnout heavy Madrid a bombs marred Spain s elections wednesday but spaniards turned out in record numbers to vote in the first free elections in 41 years. Election Headquarters in Madrid reported a heavy nationwide turnout in the voting for a new parliament expected to move the country nearer to democracy after years of dictatorship. Police reported bomb blasts before the polls opened in Seville Madrid Cordoba and the Basque cities of san Sebastian and Pamplona and said two police were injured by a Molotov cocktail in Barcelona. Most spaniards went to the polls How Ever without knowing about the violence and the voting itself generally was peace Ful and orderly. In Southern Seville a stronghold of socialist Leader Felipe gun Zalez police said two police were among five injured when a bomb went off in the Justice ministry building there 75 minutes before the polls opened. The voting turnout was heavy in the restive Northern Basque Region after two bombs wrecked commuter rail lines in Pamplona four bombs including on that destroyed a policeman s car. Exploded but injured no one a bomb damaged a fee Der Road into Madrid and two bombs one at the Justice ministry building also exploded in  Adolfo Suarez. Favored to Lead a Center coalition in enough Voles to stayin Power voted in the Spanish capital. The 44-year-old reformist Premier told reporters i am Calm and  the head of the newly legalized Spanish communist party Santiago Castlo was fourth in line at his polling place. Miller re elected by mine workers in bitter contest thin margin could Hurt in wage talks vol. 36, no. 60 thursday Jurve 16, 1977 " 1""""r if 21855 a by Sara frit Dpi labor reporter United mine workers president Arnold Miller narrowly won re election wednes Day in a bitter three Way race that deep ened the labor strife threatening America s Coal  1/ec Ivy Patterson and Harry Patrick conceded defeat after de i iving the incumbent of nearly 60 per cent of the votes cast in tuesday s election. Pat Nek pleaded for Unity through Miller s new five year  the outcome meant Miller 54, a disabled former West Virginia Coal Miner will not have the majority support of his membership when he opens contract negotiations later this year with the bituminous Coal Industry. With 70 per cent of 868 locals reporting an unofficial Dpi tally showed Miller Lead ing with 47,431 Voles compared to 37.780 for Patterson and 27,954 for Patrick. The official count will begin july 1. Strikes threaten Coal policy Miller whose Reform movement ousted w a Tony Boyle from the Union presi Dency in 1972. His turn helpless to control a rash of Wildcat strikes impeding Coal production the Prospect of More illusion and a Long Natu Muic strike beginning next  has adm Viust ration off urls worried that labor problems Ull mutely will obstruct president Carter s Coal policy Patterson 42. A former strip Miner from Madisonville. By. Who inherited Boyle s old sup inters was obviously reluctant to admit defeat. It appears from like figures i have very Little  he announced. I promised to disclose later whether he would Challenge the outcome on grounds the ballot Structure worked against him. That is a possibility but we will make that decision after discussing it with my running  he said Patrick 47. A former Miller ally also deprived Patterson of Runy votes some in siders said Patterson would have won if Patrick had stayed out of the race. Apparently ready to return to work in the deep mines of a vast Virginia when his current term As secret Ary treasurer Najj. Patrick mid i tid a  if challenging. I asked  to redirect their  ii to at Coa Wim we fought the of a film d although the vote us not yet official it appears we have just he said. Arnold Miller will be president of the United mine workers fur the next of tvs  creation gunmen charged three croatian gunmen who forced their Way into Yugoslavia s Mission tothe . And shot a guard were arraigned in Manhattan on wednesday. They were identified by police As from left Jozo Brekalo 30, St. Louis Marl Jan by Conille 28, new Windsor n.y., and Vladimir a Lobar 23, Chicago. The policeman in the dark suit was not identified. The terrorists barricaded them selves in the Mission but later gave themselves up. A photo Alexander wants to discuss speech Gen. Starry ordered to Pentagon Washington