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...Sulzberger, the son of a wealthy textile manufacturer who had mar ried Ochs' only child, Iphigene. Under Sulzberger, changes in the Times were subtle. He put more pictures on Page One, hired the paper's first female foreign correspondent (Anne McCormick) and quietly expanded the cultural departments. But A. Aitchess, as Sulzberger whimsically signed the light verse he sometimes wrote, kept the Times essentially Ochsian. In 1954 he sacked as picture
...style, expanded its coverage with greater emphasis on personality studies and news analysis. He allowed his editors wide latitude in day-to-day operations, engaged in debate rather than ex-cathedra dicta to implement his ideas, delighted in writing long letters to the editor under the pen name A. Aitchess. By 1961, the Times's daily circulation had risen 48%, to 680,265, and its Sunday circulation had nearly doubled, to 1,306,418. Sulzberger was nearing 70, and he felt that it was time to step down. "The Times must never grow old," he said. "Youth is best...
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