Never completely happy bedfellows are William Randolph Hearst, Roy Wilson Howard and the Associated Press. In the old days they were always at one another's throats. Roy Howard, as president of that lusty upstart, the United Press, battled the powerful old AP at every turn. Publisher Hearst, with a news service of his own (International), was long viewed with grave distrust by his brother members of AP.
The Hearst hatchet was buried nine years ago at an AP annual meeting in Manhattan's old Waldorf-Astoria, and Hearst-papers now hold 15 memberships. Last year...
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