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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1952
Page
11
Washington reports that 5331 electors convene to cast votes for the next president. Polls show Eisenhower likely to win over Stevenson, though electors may vote freely. The process culminates January 6 when Congress records the tally.
Jubilant New York Republicans gather in the state Senate to watch 45 electors cast votes for Eisenhower and Nixon, the largest bloc in the nation. The ceremony includes engraved ballots, officer elections, a luncheon, and TV photography for the first time. Only woman elector is Mrs. Lilian Phipps of Roslyn.
The article recalls the $8,000 state appropriation for the electoral ceremony in which Eisenhower won the Empire State plurality by 48,214 votes over Stevenson. It notes the final totals: 3,952,815 for Eisenhower and 3,104,601 for Stevenson, plus a reception at the executive mansion as the electors meet. It also covers NATO discussions and remarks by De Gasperi and Schuman at Park.
In a single ceremony at St Timothy's Catholic Church, 215 couples renewed their wedding vows. Rev. William E. O'Shea led the rites as many spouses celebrated long marriages, with some couples noting 40 and 51 years of fidelity. Children watched from the pews.
Prime Minister Churchill announced Australia and New Zealand fully back his push for Britain to take part in the Pacific defense pact with the United States. A brief communique from Churchill’s office states the three leaders, meeting during the Commonwealth Economic Conference, reached complete understanding on the Southeast Asia problems and related defense issues.
An August 18 confrontation in Korea erupts in bloodshed with Reds killing 81 plus one U S soldier. Riots trigger a UN crackdown led by Gen. Mark Clark. Hostage seizures, reprisals, and mutinies follow as prisoners vie for control and repatriation moves hinge on remaining Communist leadership.
Lord Bertrand Russell, 80, married Edith Finch, 30, a Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania teacher and author, at the Chelsea Registry Office. The ceremony took place in the old Chelsea Town Halls with photographers present as Russell arrived first by taxi.
The season's first real snow swept London this morning with an observed depth of one to three inches. The Women's Service League of All Saints' Episcopal Church will meet Wednesday at 8 PM in the rectory and all parish women are urged to attend.
Fresno police said detector tests failed to link Wendell Hall and his son Travis to the $7,128 bludgeon killings of Gard Young, two children, and a neighbor boy near Chester on Oct. 10. The two men, jailed on a technical holding charge, deny any connection and could be released if further evidence emerges.
Forty five? No fifty five gold miners were trapped after a 400 foot tunnel caved in at United Paracale mine in Caramines Norte Province authorities report that rescuers will take days to reach the men amid the mishap in the Philippines News Service account.
Albany AP The New York State Thruway Authority will accept bids on an alternate cantilever truss design for the Hudson River bridge between Varrytown and Nyack costing 35 764 000 after no bids were received for the original 1 112 foot tiled arch main span. Foundation work totaling about 19 000 000 proceeds under three contracts. new bidding will be set soon.
In New York the Bronx magistrates court heard a case where Patrolman James J. Hogan and two defendants were covered with green paint after a back room fight at Ryan's bar and grill. McGrath and Reynolds, both 19, were charged with felonious assault.
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