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Founded when the Union Jack fluttered from Surrey to Singapore, the Illustrated London News has survived and prospered as the embers of empire flickered. Main credit for its adjustment to the changing times rests with Editor Ingram. On any Monday morning, Ingram can be found on hands and knees in his office in Ingram House drawing up I.L.N.'s layouts. Picture news ranges from comprehensive coverage of major events to one-shot side-lights that add up to a sophisticated sampling of the week's events. Backstopping the pictures is a concise commentary that follows Ingram...
I.L.N.'s features reflect the far-ranging enthusiasms of its editor. Convinced that "monarchy is the backbone of our nation," Ingram faithfully records the movements of the royal family, extends this interest to crowned heads from Tokyo (characteristic caption: "Another charming picture of the Japanese royal family") to Teheran (recent example: a shot displaying new Queen Farah's shapely legs to full advantage). World War I Captain Ingram is also partial to new weapons, runs meticulously detailed, cutaway drawings that have delighted readers from the time of the Dreadnought to the present-day Nautilus. Ingram has never...
...into a handsome new building on John Adam Street. Last week, as carpenters were putting the finishing touches on his office, Sir Bruce was without a desk for the first time in 60 years. "Not that it makes any difference," shrugged a staffer. "He never was the kind of editor who could sit at a desk...
Died. Clarence George ("Pete") Wellington, 69, longtime (since 1916) staffer of the Kansas City Star who rose to managing editor (1947-54) and executive editor (since 1954), received a rare accolade from onetime Star Cub Reporter Ernest Hemingway: "He taught me how to write"; of a heart attack, while on a Caribbean cruise...
...introduction, Edward S. Mason, George F. Baker Professor of Economics and editor of the book, speaks of his fear that "this powerful corporate machine, which so successfully grinds out the goods we want, seems to be running without any discernible controls...