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Windsor is a very large man who publishes a newspaper in Chapel Hill with the assistance of a dwarf, whom Windsor calls his bodyguard. The newspaper is called the Landmark, and it is published higgledy-piggledy. Sometimes it is a weekly, and sometimes it is a biweekly, and sometimes it is just, well, tardy. It is always popular, however, and whether the press run is 4,600, as it was for the first issue last June 10, or 20,000, as it was for the most recent issue, there are precious few copies, if any, left over at the office...
...then and feeling solvent. He had been rich two or three times since he took a bachelor's degree in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1954, going on to speculate prosperously in land. He speaks wistfully of a period, long ago, when he ran through his money in the sporting houses of Havana. Laying a finger alongside a nose whose veins suggest some past abuse, he allows: "One time, I drank myself broke...
...else. There are journalism professors here who say the Landmark is a personal journal more than a newspaper and should be savored as one man's meat. Brent Hackney, the Governor's press secretary, calls Windsor "Hunter Thompson in bib overalls." And the cable television channel in Chapel Hill has given Windsor a 30-minute talk show on Friday nights, such is his newfound popularity...
Short is survived by his wife, Carol (Shapiro) of St. Thomas, V.L.; a step-son, Alexander Robbins, and a step-daughter, Katherine Robbins, both of St. Thomas; his parents, Winthrop and Janet (Gerdes) Short of Cohasset; three brothers, Winthrop Jr. of Virginia Beach, Vs., Andrew of Chapel Hill, N.C., and David of Montague...
...Ostrander, 76, is using his Franklin Ace computer to record the genealogy of some 3,000 relatives and will soon have instant access to 300 years of family history. One New York City editor who is to be married in May has created a data base to map out chapel seating for 100 wedding guests, table arrangements for 220 lunch guests and tabulations on no-shows. He is also keeping a record of those who give gifts and what they send. His bride insisted that he let her at least address the invitations in her own hand. Explains...