Berkshire Eagle
Ted Giddings, 97, started his newspaper career in 1928. He officially retired from the Berkshire Eagle in 1971, but continued to write a weekly outdoors column. “Giddings, to his credit, chose not to abuse the privilege of a weekly column by perpetrating his own thoughts and ideas in a reckless manner,” writes Brian Sullivan.
> Giddings: “Will someone kindly tell me how to say goodbye?” (BE)
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Berkshire Eagle newsman decides to quit after 75 years
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