Word: conniff
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...right to privacy?" Jacqueline Kennedy's understandable complaint appeared in a rather unprivate place-an article about her, her children and her life since the assassination in the New York World Journal Tribune. The basis of the story was a lengthy interview she gave to W.J.T. Editor Frank Conniff and Columnist Bob Considine. Stretching the interview over three successive days, the paper made the most of what it described as its "dialogue" with the "beauty known as Jacqueline, the sprite called Jackie, widow of a slain President, loving mother of his daughter...
Before Lindsay left and some dues-paying pressman pushed the button, an hour of printing time was lost. But at last the WJT appeared. Stabbing the air with one of the first copies, Editor Frank Conniff exclaimed with proud surprise: "This paper actually came...
...write-up of city firemen's beefs found room in the women's pages; on the first page of the second section, four humorous columns surrounded a somber piece about women convicts. Such gaffes only reflected a first-week confusion. "Those stories were in type," explained Conniff. "We simply had to put them somewhere...
Aware that strikes drain away readers who never return, Conniff doubts that the circulation of his paper will get close to the combined total of the three merged dailies. He projects a 650,000 circulation for the daily paper, 750,000 for the Sunday. And he hopes that the figures will rise as the World Journal...
Tribune, which intends to focus almost exclusively on New York, learns how to please New Yorkers. "This is a lively city," says Conniff. "I hope that some of the beat and rhythmic style of the city gets into our paper...