Longtime Newspaper Editor Tom Gregory Dies at 86

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Tom Gregory, a newspaperman for four decades, was a gruff editor who bestrode the newsroom like an emperor, wielding his pica pole – the ruler used to measure stories – like a scepter.

He bellowed at reporters who weren’t writing fast enough on deadline, and he was persnickety about getting just the right headline to fit a tight space. 

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