Word: editoral
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...succeed Ball, the President immediately named Washington Post Editor James Russell Wiggins, 64, thus rewarding a loyal supporter and astounding even those Lyndon watchers inured to his most bizarre moves. A widely known journalist, Wiggins has no legal or diplomatic experience. When he was tapped, he was preparing to retire from the Post (see PRESS) to his 80-acre Maine farm and a weekly newspaper. Wiggins came to Washington in 1933 as correspondent for the St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press, rose to editor before becoming assistant to the publisher of the New York Times. In 1947 he joined the Post...
...action triggered the resignation of Rita Berkson, the associate editor of the magazine, who wrote the story on Spock. She left questioning, according to the News, "who makes editorial decisions for this magazine and with what in mind...
...News reported that Brewster wrote to Tony Jones, the editor of the magazine, as soon as he heard about publication of the article on Spock. Brewster found out about the article from Howard Phalen, Yale's director of operations and head of its massive new fund drive, who had heard about the story from a Philadelphia alumnus, who in turn had heard about it from Jones in a speech given to the Philadelphia Yale Club last spring...
Both Jones and a spokesman for Brewster told the Associated Press yesterday that the article had indeed been scrapped at Brewster's request. The new associate editor of the Alumni Magazine also confirmed the story...
Quite frankly, if tradition didn't require it, the Crimson sports editor would not be making these predictions...