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Dean Von Wiegand Dies Dean of Newsmen in Zurich
Karl Von Wiegand 86 longtime Hearst foreign correspondent and writer died in Zurich after weeks of illness from pneumonia. He spent 49 years gathering and analyzing global news for Hearst papers and was famed for early warnings on communism and Soviet expansion. His career began with the Turkish–Kish war and included 12 conflicts and revolutions.
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