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Almost alone among big U.S. corporations, Montgomery Ward fought off unions with unrelenting vigor. But when Louis Wolfson launched his attempt to take over the company, James R. Hoffa, rough, tough vice president of Dave Beck's A.F.L. Teamsters' Union, saw an opportunity to tighten the screws on aging Ward President Sewell Avery, who is desperately trying to hold onto control...
...Soapy" Williams' alliance with Walter Reuther's C.I.O. In last week's primary election, Soapy himself, unopposed for renomination, threw his strength behind Philip A. Hart, his candidate for lieutenant governor. Opposing Hart was ' onetime Democratic National Committeeman George S. Fitzgerald, attorney for Jimmy Hoffa's anti-Williams A.F.L. Teamsters' Union. By a more than 2-1 margin, Soapy Williams' Candidate Hart won. Williams' men also won hotly contested city-council and probate-judgeship races in Detroit...
Garroway-at-Large (Sun. 10 p.m., NBC). Guests: Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa...
...Show (Sun. 6 p.m., NBC). Guests: Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Ed Wynn, Lauritz Melchior...
Except for Fanny Brice, as Baby Snooks, no woman comic has ever seriously challenged radio's top funnymen. Most radio comediennes (Mary Livingstone, Portland Hoffa, Jane Ace, Gracie Allen) stick to mixed-doubles family comedy...