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Kekkonen elected Pres by minimum 151 out of 300 electoral votes; Pres incumbent Paasikivi dropped from race on 2d ballot; speculation on results as they affect Govt policies; Communist electors played key role in splitting votes between Kekkonen and Speaker Fagerholm
A E Stevenson lauds Dems development of cheap power, s, Kennewick, Wash
Vol spurts after favorable rept on Pres Eisenhower health; hits 3 million shares, high since Oct 11; mkt broadest of mo; crowded floor, NYSE, illus
NYC Educ Bd pres Silver suggests using $50 million which might be voted as cut in income taxes for Heald Comm plan; Supt Jansen calls rept compromise, not solution to schools problems
Gerosa estimates fiscal '57 sales tax receipts at $240 million; notes tax is major item in gen fund revenue
1956Vincent Ward, New Zealand director and screenwriter[†]
Vincent Ward is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and artist.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]