Sears official questioned in Senate probe over union drive
Senate investigators quiz James T. Guffey tied to Sears resistance to the Retail Clerks Union in Boston area stores. The testimony named Nathan W. Shefferman and his firm as pivotal in handling labor relations and alleged tactics described as glaring exceptions to Sears' normal practices.
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Washington
Sears, Roebuck & Co
James T. Guffey
Nathan W. Shefferman
Sears
Boston
Shefferman
Chicago
Tudor
Guffey
Retail Clerks Union
National Labor Relations Board
Snowy Weekend in Western Carolinas Blankets Peaks
Snow covered the Great Smoky Mountains with up to 3 inches on ridges near the NC Tennessee line. Mt Mitchell dropped to 13 degrees as frost and scattered snow persisted in Blue Ridge areas from Virginia to northwest South Carolina.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Great Smoky Mountains
North Carolina - Tennessee
Mt Mitchell
Black Mountain Range
Asheville
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
South Carolina
Grandfather Mountain
President Ito Discusses Zhukov's Removal With Dulles
President Eisenhower met with Secretary of State Dulles to discuss the significance of Marshal Georgi Zhukov's removal as Soviet defense minister. White House spokesman Hagerty said the Zhukov matter would likely be reviewed along with State Department business.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Georgi Zhukov
James C. Hagerty
Zhukov
State Department
Coast Guard Rescues Disc Jockey West Near Bermuda
Coast Guard cutter retrieves 28 year old disc jockey Melvin West from the Atlantic after his 15 foot craft The Impossible runs out of fuel 200 miles from Bermuda. West, traveling from Morehead City North Carolina on a 550 mile crossing, is reported tired but in good condition.
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Coast Guard
Melvin West
Atlantic
West
North Carolina
Uncle Sam
Morehead City
N.C
Bermuda
West's son Melvin West reaches Bermuda coast guard safe
Barry West expressed relief as his son Melvin West, a 28 year old disc jockey, rode out 11 days at sea in a 15 foot outboard from Morehead City. The Coast Guard Rockaway picked him up at 11:43 p.m. and he was aboard by 1:05 a.m. He was bound for Bermuda and expected to arrive at 12:30 p.m. local time. West noted he was tired but in good condition and thanked rescuers.
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Dorothy Wilczek
Jamestown
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Wilczek
Brown
Bannock County
Pocatello
Montana
Deer Lodge
Laura Shafford
Gordon Hunter
Fred Helsel
Moosejaw, Sask
Idaho
Closiag Geene
J. R. Sennen
Bountiful
Utah
Lava Hot Springs
Barry West
Melvin West
Coast Guard
Bermuda
Rockaway
West
Morehead City
Ocean Oves
Syria Signs Pact With Russians
Damascus and the Soviet Union signed an economic agreement for development projects with Russian machinery and 100 million dollars in materials and support for dams highways railroads and irrigation. Syria will repay the loan over 12 years at 2 percent interest amid regional tensions with Turkish forces and a closed border.
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Syria
Soviet Union
Sieesead
Gartek
Jordan
Ajloun
Taylor Says Countermissile In Research Stage
General Taylor announced the Nike Zeus antimissile project has begun in research form. He argued the United States can field an affordable defense to preserve nuclear deterrence and warned that Soviet missile and satellite advances may prompt a stronger U S push in antimissile development.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Assn
S. Army
Russia
Middle East
Burial set today for mobster Anastasia in Brooklyn
Albert Anastasia, a leading Murder Inc. figure, will be buried today at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Police seek two gunmen. chauffeur Anthony Coppola, 49, held on a $50,000 vagrancy charge, described as uncooperative. Officers hint at progress but offer no motive.
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New York
Albert Anastasia
Murder, Inc
Brooklyn
Greenwood Cemetery
Anastasia
Anthony Coppola
Coppola
Fairview
N. J
Thomas A. Nielson
Menderes Wins Vote in Turkey as Democrats Near Half
In postwar Turkish elections Adnan Menderes led with 178 seats while the small Freedom and Nation parties won four each. About 10 million voted with Democrats near 50 percent. 27 contests undecided. Border crisis thoughts paused as Turkey focuses on economic growth and civil liberty limits.
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Inonu
Freedom and Nation Parties
Democrats
Parsia
Interver
Turkey
Oe Neten
NATO
Force E Camp
Menderes
Soviet Move Downgrades Zhukov and Shifts Power
Western observers report that Marshal Zhukov is being downgraded to reduce his control of the armed forces as Nikita Khrushchev tightens party leadership. Speculation centers on a possible appointment as first deputy premier, a position currently vacant after last year’s purge. Pravda notes the changes and ongoing reshuffles within the party apparatus.
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Ben
Zhukov
Sumons
Pravda
Communist Party
Gift Car From King Saud Sparks Protocol Debate
Washington report says King Saud of Saudi Arabia gave his 1957 Oldsmobile to Purse, accepted to avoid appearing unfriendly. Deputy chief of protocol Purse said the gift, authorized by the State Department, was registered in Mrs Purse's name after Saud presented it during the President Eisenhower visit. Saud later took the car back to Saudi Arabia for weeks.
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Washington
Victor State Protocol
Saud
Sonny Ape
Feu
Saudi Arabia
Purse
State Department
Middle East
Eisenhower
Soviet propose 82 nation permanent disarmament body
The Soviet Union proposed that the U N replace its present disarmament commission with an 82 nation body in permanent session. It would abolish the 12 nation Disarmament Commission and the five nation subcommittee. The proposal would open the disarmament debate to the public except where private talks were agreed upon.
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United Nations
N. Y
Soviet Union
U. N
Satellite Silence Deepens Cold War Space Race
Russia reports Pioneer Earth satellite dead in space after battery failure as scientists urge international tracking efforts. Kudryavka the dog reportedly trains for spaceflight with a British telescope and Kremlin officials blame interservice rivalry for US delays in space programs.
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Washington
Russia
Radio Moscow
Sputnik No. 1
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Moscow
Jodrell Bank
Kudryavka
Alexei Pokrovsky
Mahon
D-Tex
Dew Springs
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