Westerners See Zhukov Downgraded In Party Move
Western observers in Moscow say Marshal George Zhukov has been downgraded as the Communist Party asserts full control over the armed forces. Some suggest he could be reassigned to a political post while Nikita Khrushchev becomes the dominant leader of Soviet policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Essoyan
Moscow
George K. Zhukov
Communist Party
Zhukov
Nikita Khrushchev
Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Communist High Command
Pravda
Russia
Nikita Khrushche
Nikolai Bulganin
Georgi Zhukov
World Scientists Track Sputnik Amid Space Race Developments
Soviet satellite Sputnik No 1 has ceased beeping after three weeks in orbit as scientists worldwide redouble tracking efforts. Kudryavka the space dog is announced for the second satellite while U S lawmakers plan hearings on missile and satellite programs and Zhukov faces removal from defense post amid Moscow censors and party unity notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Radio Moscow
Kudryavka
Sputnik No. 1
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Moscow
Sputnik
British Radio Telescope
Jodrell Bank
Arctic Circle
Moscow Radio Moscow
United States
House Appropriations Subcommittee
California
Court Rejects Bid for Freedom By Atom Spy
The Supreme Court refused to hear Morton Sobell’s bid for freedom in a case tied to atomic espionage with the Rosenbergs. Sobell, serving eight years of a 30 year sentence at Alcatraz, saw his petitions denied six times previously with the court taking no action on two other Sobell filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Morton Sobell
Ethel
Julius Rosenberg
Sobell
Alcatras Penitentiary
Rosenbergs
High Court
New York
U. S. Dist
Irving R. Kaufman
Early Snow Flurries Hit Counties Amid Frost Forecast
Snow flurries ranged from heavy to light across counties with ice in spots and slippery roads in the Clearbrook White Hall area. The AP notes snow in the southwest mountains with up to two inches in Bland and Tazewell. Pulaski reports an inch and the Salem district less than a half inch. Berryville Winchester and Gordonsville record subfreezing lows. fruit growers fear hard freezes delaying the 1957 apple harvest as a clear, cold night lowers to 29-33 degrees with a sunny, warming trend expected next days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearbrook
White Hall
Associated Press
Bland
Tazewell
State Highway Department
Pulaski
Salem
Berryville
Blackstone
Gordonsville
W. N. Rutherford
Winchester
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
D. K. Russell
Middletown
Whitacre
Menderes Wins New Term As Turkey's Prime Minister
Adnan Menderes secured a new term as Turkey's prime minister as official returns show his Democrat Party with 397 seats in the National Assembly. Ismet Inonu's Republican People party won 178 seats and Freedom and Nation parties four each, with 27 contests still undecided. The vote totals suggest just under 50 percent of about 10 million ballots. The fourth postwar Parliament will convene in November with a reduced but solid majority. The election mainly delays action on the Turkish Syrian border crisis while authorities prepare new policy options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Menderes
Democrat Party
National Assembly
The
People's Republican Party
Ismet Inonu
Freedom and Nation Parties
Democrats
Antimissile defense framed as affordable by Taylor
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor said the Nike Zeus antimissile program already has start up components and, with cost within reach, a defense is essential to preserve nuclear deterrence. He warned Russia may press diplomatic aggression after missile and satellite successes.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Assn
U. S Army
Taylor
Aussia
Russia
Middle East
Absences Fall as Schools Reopen Across City
A new day sees 470 pupils reported absent across five city schools, with fewer absences than last week though more younger children are affected. Handley 189 today, Quarles 76, Virginia Avenue 95, John Kerr 60, Douglas 50. James Wood High in Frederick County reports 187 absences.
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Loudoun
Shenandoah County
Frederick County
James Wood High School
Handley
Quarles
Virginia Avenue
John Kerr
Douglas
Cub Scout Program Set in Berryville
Berryville holds a Cub Scout registration meeting Wednesday at 8 P.M. in the Berryville Methodist Church auditorium. Parents must attend with eligible boys aged 8 to 11 to join the local Cub pack. Shenandoah Area Counselor W. C. Gleason will present a cubbing program film.
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Berryville
Berryville Methodist Church
W. C. Gleason
Shenandoah Area
Soviet proposes UN abolish present disarmament setup
The Soviet Union urged the United Nations to replace the 1 nation Disarmament Commission and five nation subcommittees with a 62 nation, permanently in session body open to the public. The plan would end secret talks and create a general assembly like body to study all disarmament proposals and prepare recommendations for the General Assembly, while Western powers favored resuming talks in the existing subcommittee with continued secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N. Y
Soviet Union
U.N
U. N
General Assembly
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Jules Moch
United Nations
Coast Guard Rescues Disc Jockey Melvin West at Sea
Coast Guard cutter Rockaway picked up 28 year old disc jockey Melvin West after an 11 day voyage from Morehead City North Carolina in the 15 foot craft The Impossible. West had run out of fuel and was adrift 165 miles northwest of Bermuda before rescue.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Coast Guard
Rockaway
Melvin West
Atlantic
West
North Carolina
Sam
Flu Expected To Hit 650 000 Virginians
Virginia health officials predict more than 650000 residents will contract Asian flu as the epidemic peaks within 30 days. Chief of communicable diseases Dr Mason Romaine warns escape chances at about four to one and cites possible 20 percent statewide infection with higher rates in close contact settings like college dormitories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Health Department
Virginia
Misspelling Hits Attorney General Candidate Dillon Ballots
Norfolk election officials say J Livingstone Dillon, Republican attorney general candidate, is misspelled on ballots due to the missing E in Livingstone in the certification from the State Board of Elections per H Singleton Garrett secretary of the Norfolk Electoral Board.
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Norfolk
J. Livingstone Dillon
Livingstone
State Board of Elections
H. Singleton Garrett
Norfolk Electoral Board
Getty Named Nations Richest Man in Fortune Survey
The Fortune magazine list ranks Getty, a Minnesota-born oilman living in Paris and Saudi Arabia, as the wealthiest American with fortunes estimated from 75 million to a billion dollars. He runs Tidwater Oil Co. and owns the Hotel Pierre, with homes in Santa Monica and Los Angeles. The piece traces other top earners including the Mellon family, Rockefellers, and numerous oilmen, bankers, and industrialists across New York, Texas, and beyond.
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New York
Jean Paul Getty
Getty
Fortune Magazine
Oxford
Paris
Saudi Arabia
Tidwater Oil Co
Pierre
New York City
London
Santa Monica
Calif
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
California
Mellon
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Mellon Bruce
Arthur Vining Davis
The
Aluminum Co. of America
H. L. Hunt
Texas Oilman
Paul Mellon
Andrew Mellon
Richard King Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon National Bank
Alan M. Scaife
Pittsburgh
Fortune
Texas
Sid Richardson
Fort Worth
Tex
Mellons
du Ponts
Rockefellers
Fords
Richardson
Irenee du Pont
Wilmington
Del
Cuba
William du Pont Jr
Frederick Guest
Palm Beach
U. S
England
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
Eral Motors
Daniel K. Ludwig
Dallas
R. E. Smith
Houston
Vincent Astor
Doris Duke
John Hay Whitney
Britain
Amory Houghton
France
Stephen Bechtel
San Francisco
William Blakley
Alfred I. du Pont
Jacksonville
Arthur Hunt
William L. McKnight
St. Paul
Fredericksburg
Averell] Harriman
Godfrey L. Cabot
Boston
Key Man in Sears Anti-Union Drive Faces Senate Quiz
James T. Guffey, a Sears labor relations consultant linked to the Retail Clerks Union fight in Boston, is summoned by the Senate special committee. W. W. Tudor testified about lapses blamed on Guffey's firms and others, while allegations include union busting and discounted purchases for union leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears
Senate
James T. Guffey
Nathan W. Shefferman
Boston
Shefferman
Chicago
Robert F. Kennedy
W. W. Tudor
Vic
Bostion
Tudor
Guffey
Retail Clerks Union
National Labor Relations Board
Sheffman
Kennedy
Nautilus travels 1000 miles under Arctic ice pack
Secretary Gates says the atomic power submarine Nautilus completed a 1000 mile under ice voyage in five and a half days. He spoke in San Jose and Oakland about ongoing tests and data collection aboard the vessel and noted Sea Wolf as an operational sister ship. President Eisenhower had recently used Sea Wolf on a brief cruise.
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San
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Atom Spy
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Stotler
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Duff
VF W. Post
Oray
John Chadwick
Sears, Roeebuck & Co
Old Stone Shop
Strasburg
Winchester Seed CO
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