Southwest Arkansas Teletypesetter Circuit Recalls New Era
Washington dispatch details the first Teletypesetter Circuit rights in America set up by Southwest Arkansas papers from Hot Springs to Magnolia Hope and Camden. It explains the editing workflow using tape and time copy to align galley production with wire reports, highlighting efficiency gains and wartime manpower relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Arkansas
Hope
Magnolia
Carmeen
el Dorado
Linotype
New York
Ahuda
Camden
London
Canada
Blackburn
London Free Pregg
Western
Ontario
Nike
Cauda
W. W. Blackburn
London Free Press
Pennsylvania
Paber
Public Invited to Inspect Home Town Paper Plant
The Southwest Arkansas Teletype circuit earned national notice with a full page illustrated feature in Editor & Publisher. National Newspaper Week invites the public to tour the Magnolia Banner News plant from 8 am to 4 pm, excluding Saturday afternoon, to view the paper’s production process and mechanical workings. Ray Kimball, publisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Arkansas
America
Editor & Publisher
New York
Trade Journal of
United States
Teletypesetter History Links Tape to Modern Printing
The piece traces perforated tape use in telegraphy dating back over 20 years, noting early pilots in New York and the Ark-Boston trunk line. It highlights the 1995 adaptation to automatic linotype operation, the Teletypesetter Corp. and its world adoption, and credits the Southwest Arkansas Teletypesetter Circuit as the first complete U.S. newspaper circuit in Hot Springs to four other cities, active since June 19, 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Arkansas
Hot Springs Sentinel Record
New Era
C. E. Palmer
Hope and
Magnolia
Paul E. Marland
Teletypesetter Corporation
Chicago
New York
Heleniken
A. D. Christopher
Hope Star
Kimballis
Alex TI. Washburn
Hone Star
Newark-Boston
Associated Press
Charme Bers Alreet
New
Linotype
Waller “Morenei
Murey
Chr. Cayo
Teletypesetler Corporation
London
Prid
England
Scotland
United States
Time Magazine
Philadelphia
New York State
Illinois
Hot Springs
Hope
Camden
el Dorado
America
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Famerica
C. E.almer
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Ray Kimibisher
Magnolia News
Arkansas Press Cration
Alex
H. Wash- Palmer
Kings Morning Sentinel-Reed
D. Teletypesetter Equipment
Imer
Eye
Camden “News
Eldo
Ers
Camden News
Hope Magnolia Banner-News
Ado Evening Times
Exie Dorada
Paul BE
Iron Station
Ray Kimball
Olia
Eprom Hut Springs
Reids
Telegraph
France
C.ve Palmer
Jo Hot Springs
Armed Services
The
Magnolia Banner News
Texas
Magholia
Lowista
Dorado
Aroun
Ajax
H. Washburn
the Star
George W. Hosmér
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