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Show McLean Heads ' Press Service New York Bobert McLean, long a director of the Associated Press, as was his father before him, became be-came its president Tuesday. : He was chosen by the board of jUrectoT;; to succeed the veteran ank B. Noyes, president of the Washington Star, who retired nday after 38 years as the As-;iated As-;iated Press' head. - V. H. Cowles of the Spokane v bkanesman-Review was elected y-st vice president and Paul Pat-yrson Pat-yrson of the Baltimore Sun, se-- se-- ifind. vice president. The other officers, including the executive board, were reelected. McLean, tall, spare and 46, had served as first vice president during dur-ing the last year. Asked for comment on his eleva-on, eleva-on, he replied in one sentence: 1 "I'm not going to start out by breaking any precedents: There-fore, There-fore, I would follow the policy long standing of making no statements." |