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Many an American thinks of British newspapers as a logical extension of traditional striped-pants British reserve, formality and respectability. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. Except for the three "quality" dailies-the Times of London, Manchester Guardian, and London's Daily Telegraph (combined circ. 1.4 million)-Britain's six other national papers (combined circ. 14.8 million) extend by degrees to the wildest and most sensational in the world-and the least informative. On the 100th anniversary this year of the birth of British press freedom, the Times took one horrified look at the giant journalistic...
LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH...
...strange physician hovering over him "I know you're a bum doctor, but you look like Tony Hart," the dying man muttered and closed his eyes in trusting contentment. Ned Harrigan's fans were no less staunch. A copy editor for the New York Telegraph added this personal postscript to a news column on Harrigan: "I'd rather hear Ned Harrigan sing one verse of the Mulligan Guards than Caruso warble his entire repertoire." Harrigan and Hart the merry partners, were the ruling entertainment team of the New York stage from 1871 through 1885. Declared...
...Vittorio De Sica. Across the street, the Strega's tables swarm with so many starlets and bit players that harried directors have been known to hustle over and do some fast casting on the spot. Most international is the Caffè; Doney, where newsboys hawk the London Daily Telegraph, France-Soir and Variety, and waiters accept orders for milkshakes or ham-and-eggs without batting an eye. Patrons include Egypt's ex-King Farouk, Hollywood's ex-Star Bruce Cabot (now a fixture of Rome's colony of movie expatriates), visiting U.S. executives, Turkish businessmen, passing...
...into another new field. For $18 million, Textron will take over Western Union's international cable system to Cuba, England, the Azores, Spain and Italy. The sale solves a big problem for Western Union, which was ordered to give up its international operations when it bought out Postal Telegraph twelve years ago, has been looking for a buyer ever since...