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...MERRIMAN SMITH UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON...
...copy in Honolulu and telephoned the message to its San Francisco office." Says I.N.S.'s Nixon: "A.P. and I.N.S. had men in Honolulu, and could have behaved as the U.P. did -except for the ethics of it." Says Carleton Kent, president of the White House Correspondents' Association: "Merriman Smith's . . . filing the communique twice, thus holding up the stories of the special correspondents' pool . . . was a dirty little trick...
United Press's Merriman ("Thank you Mr. President") Smith, on his way back from lunch when the shooting began, was also beaten-by U.P. Police Reporter Bryce Burke, who picked up the news at police headquarters. U.P.'s bulletin went out at 2:26. Associated Press's Sterling Green got to the scene with I.N.S.'s Nixon, but waited a few minutes to get a few more details before he called in from a drugstore. A.P.'s bulletin time: 2:32. Its text: "Three men-possibly four-were shot today in a gun battle...
...senior wire-service correspondent at the White House, United Pressman Merriman Smith, 37, has enjoyed the affection of President Truman, the esteem of his colleagues and a time-honored privilege: he closes the presidential press conferences with his "Thank you, Mr. President." But at last week's conference (which Smith skipped), the President had no thanks for Mr. Smith. Harry Truman, notably in a touchy mood (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), tartly remarked that one news service at least had been something less than objective in its coverage of the Truman-MacArthur meeting on Wake Island. What galled the President...
This summer, because the air-cooled White House was too chilly for his health, Flash has been living at the home of White House Correspondent Merriman (Thank You, Mr. President) Smith. There, last week, at the untimely age of 18 months, Flash died. The rumor that death was caused by an extra large slug of bourbon was disproved by the Department of Agriculture, which performed an autopsy. The verdict: pneumonia...