Word: bobs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cowles of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune. Whitney was politely turned down by several nominees, e.g., Executive Editor Lee Hills of John S. Knight's Detroit Free Press, and turned down several himself after close examination. A newcomer to newspapering, Whitney had never heard of Mexico's Bob White, but, as one Whitney aide explains, "nearly everyone we spoke to mentioned his name; so we got in touch with him." Asked for an opinion. Chicago's Marshall Field Jr.-for whose Sun-Times White had served as a part-time consultant (1956-58)-offered a blue-chip...
Jaguars & Joining. Known among Missouri newsmen as "a nice guy with a tremendous capacity for work," crewcut, wiry (6 ft. 1 in., 168 Ibs.) Bob White was born in Mexico, Mo., went to the local Missouri Military Academy, then on to Virginia's Washington and Lee University, where he played halfback on the football team. A sometime freelance writer and U.P. correspondent in Kansas City, he served on the wartime staffs of Generals MacArthur and Eichelberger, got a Bronze Star, wound up as a major stationed in the White House on War Department public relations duty...
Returning to Mexico, young Bob White took up work on the family paper and two hobbies: sports cars (he owns a Jag) and joining. His penchant for joining organizations got him widely known in the newspaper world, helps explain how the editor of the Mexico Ledger moved in one giant stride to become president and editor of the New York Herald Tribune. Board chairman and past president of the Inland Daily Press Association. Bob White is also a director of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, chairman of the Associated Press nominating committee, a member of the National Conference of Editorial...
Hang or Dance. White's Mexico Ledger has a first-class reputation in Missouri, a motto ("Covering the news like dew covers Little Dixie'') and a strong Democratic policy. At the Herald Tribune, Bob White will be taking over one of the nation's oldest, staunchest Republican newspapers. When White first talked to Whitney, he pointed out that he was a Democrat, was keenly interested in whether Republican Whitney wanted to turn the Herald Tribune into a better newspaper or merely into a G.O.P. mouthpiece. Whitney's answer was firm: he wanted a good newspaper...
...president, White was handed both hats. Moreover, he will name a managing editor and business manager of his own choosing. Says he: "My neck is out. I'm either going to hang or dance." If he dances, it could be a mighty merry jig, both for Bob White and the New York Herald Tribune...