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...merger between the Hearst and Scripps-Howard afternoon papers, may be scheduled for demolition. If that happens, the Examiner will probably switch to afternoon publication. Hearst executives deny the rumors, but since William Randolph Hearst's death in 1951, they have never hesitated to lop off deadwood, so far have killed seven of the chain's 19 newspapers.* In the meantime, the Examiner faces the prospect of chasing the fast-stepping Chronicle. "We shouldn't be fighting against the Chronicle," says Columnist Hall. "Sensationalism is not the answer. We don't have a boob audience...
...former B-24 pilot who joined the News in 1946. and worked up from reporter to political columnist. Baggs came on strong. He cleared the staff of deadwood, from managing editor on down, ultimately firing 15% of his staff. Of Cox, he demanded and got complete editorial command. He changed the paper's masthead slogan from "Today's News Today"* to "Best Newspaper Under the Sun." To staffers he said: "We're going to try to smuggle a little scholarly journalism into the paper too." Unequipped to compete with the Herald's news-gathering army...
Each year U.S. universities invoke the iron rule of retirement to uproot deadwood professors. In this proper process, some rare and ageless men are always lost - activists who spurned ivory towers, scholars who truly enlarged human under standing, professors who really professed...
...hear this unorthodox theology, ministers from university campuses across the nation come to study at Austin's community in the heartland of religious orthodoxy. They hear God discussed as the "void," and the traditional dogmas of the Virgin Birth, Resurrection and Holy Trinity dismissed as so much deadwood in the lumberyard of faith. Fundamentalists, in turn, dismiss the community as heretical, but the leaders of the group consider themselves to be "in the middle of the Christian tradition." How to Be a Layman. Now ten years old, Austin's community is a radical Protestant version of the Catholic...
...expand its market share this year (currently: 1.95%). The company has considerable cash reserves (total: $81 million). New Chairman George Love, 61, and President Lynn Townsend; 42, are investing heavily in developing more salable cars and stronger dealerships. They have also slashed away so much of the overhead, deadwood and inefficiency of previous management that Chrysler racked up an $11 million profit in 1961 despite sharply reduced sales...