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...last 96 years, the Washington Star has had but three editors-two by the name of Noyes, who happened to own a piece of the paper, and Benjamin McKelway, who sneaked in from the outside as a Noyes protégé. Last week the Star got a new editor, and his name was no surprise: Newbold Noyes...
...Washington bureau chief and assistant general manager, he left to join Gannett Co. Inc., rose steadily to become president of a company that operates 17 newspapers and five broadcasting stations in four states. As the A.P.'s new president, Miller succeeds Washington Star Editor Benjamin M. McKelway, 67, who is retiring because...
Starzel's retirement came as no surprise to A.P. President Benjamin M. McKelway, who was notified of his intent three years ago. As Starzel's successor, the board of directors quickly-and predictably-chose his own second-in-command: Wes Gallagher, 51, a tall, spare and unflamboyant A.P. veteran of 25 years' experience. who has been assistant general manager since...
...Twist' in a Fort Lauderdale nightclub." Within hours, livid Presidential Press Secretary Pierre Salinger set the wires burning again with the charge that the story "was a cheap effort by a nightclub owner to use the First Family for publicity purposes," and A. P. President Benjamin McKelway was servicing a wordy personal apology to Jackie. Cause of all the hubbub: a zingy Jackie-lookalike, Stephanie Laye Javits, socialite wife of the nephew of New York's Republican Senator Jacob Javits, had been undulating at the Golden Falcon, near Pompano Beach. Shrugged Steffi: "I don't know what...
...going to do the authorizing-who this source will be. We have had no great confidence in the voices of authority so far, except for the President himself." Did the press really need any further instruction on its responsibility to the national interest? Said Benjamin M. McKelway, Associated Press president and editor of the Washington Star: "I know of no responsible newspaper which would print material damaging to the interests of the country. I think that the job of protecting security is one that lies with the Government by policing its own sources of information...