| Show UTAH SIX SURVIVING DAILIES Ernest Rasmuson brother to Gunnar had quit teaching and gone to work at The Herald in 1928 because newspaper work was more relaxing than teaching in spite of deadlines He became editor in February 1932 serving 22 years in that position After retirement he continued to work as editorial director and wire editor until 1967 servingtotal of 39 years at the paper It was under his editorship that in 1939 the papername was changed from The Evening Herald to The Daily Herald Probably the person most responsible for tailoring The Herald news pages to the character of the Central Utah THREE OUTSTANDING MEMBERS of the Provo Daily Heraldeditorial staff circa 1955 are in this photo At left is LaVerl Christensen city editor at desk Ernest Rasmuson editor and standing at right Theron Luke assistant city editor 145 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
