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Howard enjoyed himself most when scoring exclusive interviews with captains and kings (e.g., Stalin, Hirohito). Editorially farsighted, he fought for realistic internationalism, opposed Communist imperialism when few others could even find it, fought corruption. Few men seemed to stay as vigorous with advancing years. But last week. 30 years after...
¶ Charles Edward Scripps, 32, second of the late Bob Scripps's four sons and the only one so far to take an interest in the papers, will become chairman of E. W. Scripps Co. (75% of which is owned by his family's trust set up by...
¶ Jack Rohe Howard, 42, Roy's only son, will succeed his father as president. A graduate of Yale ('32), Jack Howard worked on Scripps's Indianapolis Times and Washington News, ran the chain's radio stations and finally became his father's chief troubleshooter...
¶ Walker Stone, 48, who has run Scripps-Howard's Washington bureau since 1936, will take on the long-vacant title of editor-in-chief. His main job: laying down policies for the chain's national editorials.
* Who married Robert Scripps's widow in 1943, five years after her husband's death.