Fifty years ago this week, Ray Menaker launched this newspaper with the idea that it would seriously cover issues of interest.
In his first editorial on Jan. 3, 1966, Menaker wrote, “We intend to keep this a news paper with a few ads to make ends meet, not an advertising flyer with a little bit of news now and then.”
Menaker’s employees and their successors held true to his vision, perhaps too successfully. For the…
