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Both Ashmore and Gazette Publisher John N. ("Ned") Heiskell made it clear that the departure was no retreat. "I'm a vindicated prophet without the grace to die," said Ashmore, taking note of this fall's token integration in Little Rock high schools. Said Heiskell: "His decision to accept the position actually was delayed on his own motion for more than a year because of the school situation here." Long associated with Fund for Republic programs, Ashmore in his new job will join a group of scholars and experts, e.g., former Assistant Secretary of State A. A. Berle...
...Street & Smith's owners on some 10% of Conde Nast's stock, Sam Newhouse assumed proprietorship of one of the oldest periodical publishers in the U.S. Established in 1855, Street & Smith prospered with an array of derring-do pulps from such prolific potboilers as Horatio Alger Jr., Ned Buntline, Josh Billings and Bill Nye, bought the early works of Booth Tarkington, Rupert Hughes, Fannie Hurst and many others. Street & Smith writers added many a resonant name to the ranks of folk heroes: Frank Merriwell, Nick Carter, Buffalo Bill. But with time, the derring-do pulps gave...
...Europe so as not to lose it. It applauded Mussolini's rape of Ethiopia, turned its back on Hitler's invasion of Austria to editorialize on mothers-in-law. But the paper always had a smattering of good newsmen, e.g., Elliot Paul, Eric Sevareid, CBS Newscaster Ned Calmer, all of whom apprenticed there. And when a veteran staffer, Eric Hawkins, was appointed managing editor in 1925, the Paris 'Trib began to take new direction...
...Captain Ned Weld, playing at number one, scored outstanding victories over M.I.T.'s Raul Karman and Dartmouth's Dick Hoehn. Weld turned in an amazing job for someone who never played higher than number three on his freshman team...
...first time, Vinton and Wood, the fourth and sixth men on this year's Crimson varsity, reeled off an amazing series of victories over highly regarded teams, including the Amherst and M.I.T. first pairs and the Yale second pair. The Crimson's first team, Bowditch and Captain Ned Weld, reached the semi-finals, where they were beaten by Dell and Freiberg in a tough three-set match...