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1964, Feb. 26
Chancellor Gorbach resigned , and on April 2 Josef Klaus succeeded him at the head of a People's PartySocialist Party coalition government. 1
1965, Feb. 28
Death of President Adolf Schaerf . 2
MarchDec
Intermittent negotiations with the Common Market , with a view to Austria's admittance, were systematically opposed by the Soviet Union and made no progress because of uncertainty on the side of the EC. 3
May
Franz Jonas , former mayor of Vienna, was elected president . 4
Oct. 23
The government resigned as a result of recurring party wrangles. 5
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