Word: newsman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Often the greatest curiosity developed over Kennedy's likely choice as Secretary of State. Indians were excited by the talk that he might pick Chester Bowles, who as Ambassador to India was an ardent Nehru fan. For the same reason, many Pakistanis leaned toward Nixon. Said one Karachi newsman: "I get cold shivers every time I think of the specter of Chester Bowles peering over Kennedy's shoulder...
...captain's cabin of the U.S.S. Observation Island off Cape Canaveral one afternoon, when an exultant Rear Admiral William Raborn Jr. congratulated his skippers on the first successful firing of a Polaris missile from a submerged submarine, only one newsman was present. He was Miami Bureau Chief William Shelton, one of only two reporters who have covered every major missile shot in the Cape's history...
...morning of Dec. 7, 1941, a Sunday, the only working newsman at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin was Editor Riley H. Allen. Allen was at his desk at 6, as usual, following a habit of years. Just one hour and 55 minutes later, as the first wave of Japanese bombers swept over Pearl Harbor, Allen had the biggest exclusive of his life. Over at the rival Advertiser, then the only Sunday paper in town, the presses were out of action with a mechanical breakdown. Star-Bulletin Editor Allen, routing an emergency staff from bed, weaving stories from wire dispatches and eyewitness...
...trustee of the Farrington estate, the court stipulated that Allen would have to give up all participation in the newspaper's editorial affairs. He chose to be a trustee and turned the paper over to his able second-in-command: Managing Editor William Ewing, 56, a mainland-trained newsman who has worked with Riley Allen for 24 years...
...fought through the landings on Guadalcanal, Guam and Bougainville. As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's tough, tireless crime reporter for 20 years, Ted Link has coolly padded through the back alleys of the underworld, has probably written more about crime than any other U.S. newsman. Last week, as usual, violence was Reporter Ted Link's companion. This time, it was his own doing...