Newspapers: Glad to Be Back

OH. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING. CEroled the Herald Tribune. "New York's ALIVE again," said the Mirror. In a paean to the sweet scent of printer's ink. Hearst Columnist Bob Considine cooed:

"The Mirror smelled absolutely delicious. If possible, the Journal-American smells deliciouser."

However they smelled. Manhattan's papers returned last week after their 114-day blackout with a solid, 6,500,000-copy thwack!—720,000 above their prestrike circulation. And they went fast, although newsdealers later bundled up and returned thousands on thousands of copies. Exulted Mirror Managing Editor Selig Adler: "We sold more papers than when...

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