Inauguration Set Rhode Island Fights Over Vote
Providence RI reports a Rhode Island governor race contest as Del Sesto, a former Democrat, overpowered incumbent Dennis J. Roberts by 472 votes after absentee ballots. The state Supreme Court decision before inauguration could avert continued holdover governance.
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Lille Rhode Iland
Dennis J. Roberts
Christopher Dor Sesta
State Supreme Court
Apalion
del Seste
Roberts
Gtaunds
Legis Moves
Aite
Edmund WW. Flran
Gov. Roberts
Thomas H. Robert
Senate
Rhode Island
Theodore Green
Mixon
del Sesto
Oklahoma City Pair Jailed in Texas Woman Beating Case
Clyde Bezler and Maccia Gilson, both Oklahoma City residents with police records, are jailed on assault with intent to kill charges in the chain beating of Virginia Heath of Grand Prairie Texas. Heath, 42, was found with skull fractures after being tied to a bed and beaten with a chain and pipe, and $700 stolen from her bra.
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Oklahoma City
Texas
Clyde Bezler
Maccia Gilson
Virginia Heath
Otis James
Heath
Grand Prairie
Tex
Beeler
Fort Worth
Mercy Hospital
Miss Gilson
Dallas
Engineers Back GRDA Agreement
The Grand River Dam Authority has tacitly approved a power exchange pact with Public Service Co, backed by R W Beck and Associates who found the plan feasible for the Authority and customers. They did not determine equity, noting the need for the contract before Markham Ferry Dam bonds can be issued.
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Oklahoma City
Grand River Dam
Raymond Gary
Rural Electrification Administration
Army Orders and Civil Defense Plan For Sweden
Army orders list personnel assigned to duty and locations, detailing relocations and postings across several states and cities. The piece also notes a new civil defense program in Sweden prioritizing evacuation of children to designated areas, with rock shelters under construction in Stockholm and other cities for those who stay behind.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Egypt restive over Israel pullback delays in Sinai Gaza
Cairo reports growing Egyptian anger at what it calls an unjustifiably slow Israeli withdrawal from Sinai and Gaza. U N officials may be urged to refer the issue to the General Assembly as talks with Israel, Egypt, and UN forces continue. The canal clearance proceeds with mine sweeping by Egyptian launches as Port Said reports the body of Lt Anthony Moorhouse found after a kidnapping.
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Egypt
United Nations
U.N
New York
Israel
Sinai Desert
Gaza
U. N. General Assembly
Suez Canal
Sinai
U. N
Palestine
Tey
Dag Hammarskjold
General Assembly
E L. M. Burns
Moshe Dayan
Ferdan Hridge
Port
Moorhouse
Said
Northwest Kiwanis Club Sets Organization
Members of the Northwest Kiwanis Club will meet at 12 noon Wednesday to organize for 1957. Bill Sieg, new president, will preside and outline the year’s work. After a brief session, members divide into committees to discuss proposed activities. Luncheon at Lawson Heights Methodist Church at 16th and Andrews.
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Northwest Kiwanis Club
Bill Sieg
Sieg
Lawson Heights Methodist Church
16Th and
Andrews
Four States Hunt Failed Robbers
Pauls Valley police report four states are hunting two armed men who tried to rob the First National Bank yesterday before business hours. The robbers fled in a late model car with a stolen Oklahoma City minister plate. A. M. Foss, bank vice president, aided by six clerks, escaped unharmed as the pair left behind tools and two caps. FBI agents were alerted.
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Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Pope Pius XII Greets 1957 in Private New Year Prayer
Pope Pius XII, aged 80, opened 1957 by kneeling at a bare altar in the Apostolic Palace chapel. He prayed for world peace and for Catholics enduring persecution in Communist nations as the new year began.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Papal Apartment
Apostolic Palace
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Brigeg
Leber
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