Many of you have written me to ask how TIME happened to find and report some of the stories which never made the headlines. Recently I put the question to a few of TIME'S U.S. correspondents. Said Ed Woods, in St. Louis:
"Stories for the most part are like mules. Sometimes you can tell them a long way off, by their ears. Sometimes they back up and kick you. In either case, recognition is immediate."
Al Wright, in San Francisco, suggested a further breakdown: 1) the big, obvious news story, 2) the comprehensive situation story, with preparations made long in advance, 3) the...
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