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John L. Lewis, president, United Mine Workers of America
...event, Rathmann earned $44,000 (plus an estimated $15,000 in endorsements and personal appearances) and the right to paint "No. 1" on the side of his car until the next 500. Said the ex-Bridesmaid of the Brickyard: "Ward's car seemed to have more steam than mine, but I just kept pushing him close. I don't believe in hard braking when you're trying to catch someone. I ran flat...
Died. Frank Hefferly, 82, oldtime Socialist picked in 1935 by John L. Lewis to be president of the Colorado and New Mexico district of the United Mine Work ers of America, which has not had a district-wide election since 1922, and has seen its membership drop from a high of 40,000 to a current estimated 2,000 even while continuing to pay annual salaries of $25,000 to Hefferly and of $18,000 to his son. District Secretary-Treasurer Fred Hefferly; in Denver...
...Camp David because the atmosphere was "so convivial, with President Eisenhower telling me to call him 'my friend' in English and using the same words with regard to myself in Russian. But then I became apprehensive, and I thought there was something fishy about this friend of mine, and I didn't broach the subject. It turned out that I was right because when we caught them redhanded they say they are not thieves, it's just their thieflike policy, that...
...Zhukov. The army recognized Zhukov as the best soldier Soviet Russia had produced, and as a champion at court who had no patience for the party's effort to establish control over the officer corps. Zhukov once reportedly told his pudgy boss: "We each have our specialities. Mine is the army. Yours is corn...