Evening star., 1947-09-12
II News Executives
To Attend Seminar
OF Press Institute

Twenty-Seven newspaper eXecu-
tiveS from 10 States will be on hand
when the American Press Institute
opens its second year at Columbia
University September % with a
seminar for managing editors and
news editors.
Floyd Taylor, director, said more
had applied for entrance but that
facilities were not available for more
than the number accepted
The opening seminar will last
three weeks and will be followed
October 81 with three week
seminar for Sunday and feature
editors.
The managing and news editors
will discuss reliability, public in
terest in various types of news, new
fields of news and further develop
ment of old fields, Mr.. Taylor said.
Speakers at Session.
Speakers will include: Paul
Smith, editor of the San Francisco
Chronicle; Erwin D. Canham editor
of the Christian Science Monitor;
Vincent S. Jones, executive editor
of the Utica, IN. " Observer
Dispatch. and the Utica Daily
Press; Herbert R. Mayes, editor
of Good Housekeeping; Robert A.
Cunning, editor of Readable News
Reports; S. Burton Heath, column
ist for NEA; Ed. Laheay, labor
reporter for the Knight News
papers; w. S. Gilmore, editor of
the Detroit News; Howard Blake
slee, science editor of the Associated
Press; David Dietz, science editor
of the Scripps- Howard Newspapers.
Also M. H. Williams, executive
editor of the Worcester (Mass)
Telegram Paul Davis, general Sec
retary of Columbia University;
Norman Shaw, managing editor of
the Cleveland Press; Basil L.
Walters, executive editor of the
Qnight Newspapers; Harold L,
Cross, attorney, of Brown, Cross
and Hamilton, and Robert Grayson,
librarian of the New York Herald
Tribune
The seminar members will be
entertained at dinner at the New
York Times by Arthur Hays Sulz-
berger, publisher TO the Times. and
at the Mems Faculty Club at Column
bia by DR.. Frank D. Fackenthal,
acting president of the university.
Members of Seminar.
The members of the seminar viii
be: Arthur S. Bigelow, managing
editor, Dayton (Ohio) Journal Earl
E. Craven, assistant managing editor,
Los Angeles Times; Covan B. Creel,
news editor Cleveland Press; Ed
.mund j. Dooley, executive news
editor, Denver Post; Charles j Driver,
managing editor, Daily Paragraph,
Bloomington, ILL.,; Robert P. Early,
managing editor, Indianapolis Star;
Floyd Edwards, news editor, Louis
vile Times; David w. Eyre, assistant
news editor, Oregon Journal. Port
land, Greg; Edward L. Fay, city
editor, Waterbury Comm Amer
lean; Charles A. Fell, managing
editor, Birmingham (Ala) News.
Also Edward J. Gerrity, managing
editor, Scranton CPa) Times; Will
liam I. Gibson, editor, Afro-Ameri-
can Newspapers, Inc, Baltimore;
Max K. Gilstrap, assistant managing
editor, Christian Science Monitor,
Boston; Tom c. Harris, executive
editor, st. Petersburg F'la) Times;
John R. Herbert, managing editor,
Quincy (Mass.) Patriot Ledger;
Arthur E. Laro, managing editor,
Houston (TexD Post; Carl E. Lind
strom, managing editor, Hartford
Comm Times; George H. North
ridge, managing editor, Chester
(PaO Times; Robert F. Paine, man
aging editor, Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
Also Walter L. Pierre, news editor,
Detroit Free Press; Murray Powers,
news and Sunday editor, Akron