BELLOWS REPLACES NOYES AS EDITOR OF STAR-NEWS

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• Publication Date: December 18, 1974
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18 DEC 19711.
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James G.:3 llows, associ-
ate editor of the Los An-
geles Tithes, will become
editor of the W i'ashington
Star-News Jan. 13.
Newbold Noyes, who has
edited the newspaper since
1963, announced his resig-
nation at a meeting, of the
board of directors of the
newspaper this morning
Star-News publisher oe
L. Allbritton said the S2-
year-old Californian will
be.in charge of news oper-
ations and editorial policy.
Allbritton expressed confi-
dence that Bellows -will
bring to the Star-News the
editorial leadership, crea-
tivity and imagination re-
a quired to make it an out-
,standing evening news
paper.
"Newby Noyes has-been
extremely helpful to me and
I am appreciative of his
cooperation," Allbritton
said. "He has served this
newspaper well for many
JAMES G. BELtOWS' NEWB(3LD NOIES?
_ magazines From 1961 to 11 director of the -American)
1465, he was executive edi- 1 1 Society of Newspaper Edi-!
years rbut id it is a demanding tor and later editor of the tors.
change. and 1a wanted a . New York Herald Tribune. Noyes' family has been
He has been invited The Sunday edition of that associated with the Star
to remain as a consultant to newspaper, which Bellows News (formerly Evening
the aper. in i Star) since the founding of
native of Detroit, Bel- 1963, wasdcoand nsidered d by -the newspaper in 1852.He
lows has been with the Los many journalists to be one joined the Star staff in 1r941,,
Angeles :the " since 1966 of the brightest newspapers 11 following his graduation
a editing le `soft news ever produced in this coun- from Yale Uni
areas ersity. Dur-
ares of the daily and Sun- ing World War 11, he was a
li cly iJa: ~.:;1 .3.1141 11.1 uu,.uuJ
Bellows began his news-
paper career on the Colum-
bus (Ga.) Ledger, after
majoring in economics and
philosophy at Kenyon Col-
lege, of which he now is a
trustee. Subsequently, he
had various editorial as-
signments on the Atlanta
Journal and Constitution,
the Detroit Free Press and
the Miami News, where ha
was managing editor from
1959 to 1961.
Bellows' college educa-
tion was interrupted by
World War II, when he
served as a pilot in the
1,41 Vy's air aria. He is
rnarried to the farther
i.cven Ryan and. hr is five
children rangier; in a~;u
volunteer ambulance driver
and later a war correspond-
ent for the newspaper. He
covered a wide range of
local, national and interna-
tional assignments before
serving successively as
Sunday editor, national edi-?
for and executive editor,
ultimately succeeding
Benjamin M. McKelway in
the top editorial spot.
Noyes is a director of the
Associated Press and a
member and former presi-
dent of the American Soci-
ety of Newspaper Editors.
He serves on the P!ditzcr
Prize Advisory Committee
a,id on the boards of the
Atneric l: Press Institute
and the J e.lln^lon
,toornalisin Center. Ile S a
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