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The Kremlin Said No. This raised the question of his successor as secretary general of the 700,000-member party. The rat-race for power began as soon as the underlings realized the extent of the chief's illness. The faction urging a tough Communist line pushed their senior...
Under Presidents Arthur A. Hamer-schlag (1903-22) and Thomas S. Baker (1922-35) Carnegie Tech developed one of the best departments of metallurgy in the U.S., gathered one of the top coal-research staffs in the world. It had a big-time football team, a women's college...
It was all the doing of Lifar's friends, charged outraged Company Manager Thomas Fisher, husband of Ruth Page. They had bought up a block of balcony seats, he said, and caused the disorder. One member of the Page-Stone troupe swore a Lifar protege had told him: "We...
Hot & Clear. He wiggled up so close to Harry Truman that opponents could not hit him without splashing the President. This was the situation when the Florida primary (equivalent to election) rolled around this spring. Harry Truman had no love for Pepper, but he certainly did not want to see...
Last week the changes came. American's directors filled the board chairmanship which had been unoccupied for 20 years, by moving 72-year-old President Vincent Riggio into it. Into his place they boosted Vice President Paul M. Hahn, 55, a protege of American's late, fabled George...