Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-19

March. 1853. to May. 1854.
when II was switched to New
York. She also wrote the
script for Mr.. Severeid's first
network TV show and did
free-lance writing for vari-
Gus stations including WLW.
! Cincinnati.
In early 1854 she started
the "Dateline Washington"
program, which the station
liked so much It named her
full-time correspondent a
year later. In this latter
capacity she does spot-news
breakfasts by deeper" tlong
distance telephone to q tape
recorder at WDSu) for use
on news programs. She also
has done the commentary on
occasional live" coverage Of
hearings by the stations.
1t should be noted that
live coverage OF q WASH
ington hearing by one far
of station. and maintenance
OF a Washington corre-
spopdent by one local station
both are quite unusual in the
radio-TV industry. The fact
that the representative Is q
woman is even more unusual.
She Keeps Busy
Her busy. time-consuming
job-which lately has in
cluded some free-lance work
for some Westinghouse sta
tons in addition to her
WDSU job--does not leave
Miss Corrick much time for q
private life.
Although Miss corrick does
all the planning and inviting,
1t goes without saying that
the fact two prominent
House members are con-
nected with the program
facilitates the problem Of
lining up guests. Congress
sional colleagues are inclined
to oblige q fellow legislator.
And q Government ofiicial
about to testify on the Hill
might think twice before
turning down q bid to the
program.
Ann Corrick got into the
Washington news field after
growing up In Crosse Point.
Mich. and spending four
years at the University OF
Texas. (She went to visit
Texas briefly with her
brother. q mining engineer,
md ended up staying four
years." she saysJ
She started out majoring
in architecture and taking
singing lessons on the side.
but began working on the
college daily and quickly
switched all her energies to
Journalism.
Miss Corrick was one OF o
group Of bright young Uni
versity Of Texas journalism
graduates who descended on
Washington during the war.
With so many newsmen OF 20
war. all Of the girls got pretty
good Though low-payipg)
news jobs.
Ann Corrick went 10 work
for the now-defunct Trans
radio Press Service. where
she quickly found herself
covering Congress. the White
House. the Supreme Court
and other interesting spots
in wartime Washington. She
also has covered every ma
tional political convention
since 1914, for Transradio
and in subsequent jobs.
She and four other Texas
girls shared an apartment in
Southeast Washington. which
they dubbed Bedside Man
or"
Bedside Manor" has long
since been replaced by q
smartly-furnished typically
bachelor girl" apartment in
an ultramodern building on
Sixteenth street. Here she
keeps her small collection Of
Steuben glass and q great
pile Of newspapers, books
and magazines.
Like many in the news
business. Miss Corrick is In q
never-ending struggle to keep
up with what goes on by
pouring through newspapers
and news magazines. (She
tries to read two Washington
and one New York paper
every day and all the news
and opinion magazines).
A knee injury which laid
her UP for a few months late
last year was q welcome re-
lief in one way. she says.
because II got caught up on
all ms reading-even several
books / had been saving"
For pure relaxation she
likes TO play. golf but seldom
has the time, she says. She
dates several different men.
including various young
members Of Congress. But
there is no special one" she
says firmly. She also likes
concerts and plays when
there is time" But she usually
feels lucky II she can eat din
ner by 8 or Q. and her eve
nings Of relaxation usually
consist of a late dinner and