Since 1921, when Louisiana-born John Lee Denson broke into journalism at 16 on the Washington Herald, he has shown an itch to stay on the move. Along the years, Denson has drifted through assorted editorial posts on five magazines, a press wire service, a radio network and five newspapers in Chicago, Washington and New York.
In January 1953, he went to work as special writer for Newsweek, within ten months was managing editor. He rose to editor in 1956, seemed to have settled down for the first time in his career. But last week lean and peripatetic Denson, 55, moved once more....
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