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RHODE ISLAND. The candidate who accomplished the most with the least amount of help undoubtedly was an ingenuous and indefatigable maverick named Edward P. Beard, 34, who upset Democratic Congressman Robert Tiernan. The party's man and a nine-year congressional veteran, Tiernan was so confident that he did not even bother to campaign until the last two weeks...
...hold down inflation." The tightening should also be applied to the board's own operation. After labor members freely discussed the aerospace vote with newsmen waiting in the lobby last week, P.R. Man Herbert Wurth was nonetheless forbidden by the board's new executive director, Robert Tiernan, to write a press release about it until the rejection had been framed in legalese. Furious at such mindless rules, Wurth quit...
...period, as Harvard sloppily blew some chances and ended up on the short end of the scoring for the period. Brown, a much faster team than lasts year's 13-8 squad, outplayed the Crimson at times, picking up the only goal on a nice play. The Bruins' Ray Tiernan gave the Brown band a little hope at 4:51, ruining Harvard goalie Joe Bertagna's shut-out with a seven-foot flip shot...
Humphrey carried the state and helped return incumbent Democrats Congressman Ferdinand St. Germaine and Robert O. Tiernan to office without difficulty. Tiernan had expected a strong challenge from Howard E. Russell, but the Democratic tide swamped the Republican...
...turned out, had little effect on the outcome. In the end, it was the well-oiled Democratic machine in Providence that saved Tiernan by delivering him a 6,700-vote plurality in the city wards within the district. Even so, in Democratic Rhode Island, it was clear that the nationwide Republican resurgence of last November was as potent as ever...