In 1861, when Abraham Lincoln had spoken the last words of his first inaugural address, he leaned over and handed his copy down to a young newsman named Crosby Noyes, told him to get it set in type. Washingtonians have been depending on the Noyes-edited Washington Evening Star ever since. Rich, reserved and respectable, the newspaper has become as solid a Washington institution as the
Smithsonian, and every bit as cluttered.
Last week, for the third time in fourscore years, the Star got a new editor. For the first time, he was not a Noyes—but...
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