The Press: The Colonel's Will

The late Chicago Tribune Publisher Robert R. McCormick, unpredictable in many ways, last week left a will with few surprises in it. As expected (TIME, April 11), the Colonel turned over the management of the Trib to his top three executives: Chesser Campbell, 57, who was vice president and now takes the Colonel's title as president; Don Maxwell, 54, managing editor; J. Howard Wood, 54, business manager. They will also be trustees of the McCormick-Patterson Trust, which holds most of the Trib stock, along with Arthur A. Schmon, president of the Trib's Canadian paper companies, and the Colonel's niece,...

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