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...Tribune fell into decline. It was-and still is-a good newspaper, but it is caught between the towering Times (circ. 614,169) and the popular Daily News (circ. 2,026,850). In the inexperienced hands of Reid's inheritors it steadily lost position, revenue and prestige. When "Jock" Whitney's millions acquired this ailing property, the staff hopefully looked in George Cornish's direction for leadership: he was the one man who had patiently weathered all the storms between stability and decline...
What happened to the kids? "It seems," says a Chicago jock, "like they just got tired...
...Peter Gunn (NBC, 9-9:30 p.m.). Rerun of The Jockey, the adventures of a jock from the right side of the track trying to discover whether some guys from the wrong side...
...circulation of about 351,000, has returned little profit to its new owner, John Hay Whitney, U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. This week, in the hope that what has been good for the thriving Mexico Ledger might also be good for the ailing Trib, "Jock" Whitney announced the surprise choice of Robert Mitchell White II, 44. as president and editor of the Herald Tribune...
...Majesty's government, diplomatically resigned to the high cost of quenching Washingtonian thirst, hoisted the 1960 entertainment allowance of Ambassador to the U.S. Sir Harold Caccia by $9,548 to a liquid $94,864. Allowance of Millionaire John Hay ("Jock") Whitney, U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's: a mere...