"Stop the presses!"

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Wed Sep 28 16:00:08 UTC 2005


"Stop the presses!" is a newspaper cliche possibly from New York.  William
Safire mentioned it a while ago. I don't recall if we've pinned a date  on it.
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(NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
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     _The Frederick Post_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=NUCC4daB2aKKID/6NLMW2qc0WMuqCaP23irS8WBJkTYRXo9KEVIjaw==)  _Wednesday, June 06,
1962_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=)  _Frederick,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="stop+the+presses"+AND+cityid:1
0490+AND+stateid:49+AND+range:1753-1967)   _Maryland_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="stop+the+presses"+AND+stateid:49+AND+range:1753-1
967)   ...News- paper  folk laugh at those "STOP THE PRESSES" and "tear up
THE front.....THE "front seat shift" every rime you  STOP for gasoline. Move
THE front  seat..
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     _Ironwood Daily Globe_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=e0sfgs8TnFyKID/6NLMW2lSdnxsbgVRx3TbFf53/RMm2i2h1cHH99EIF+CsZYmrz)  _Thursday,
May 27, 1937_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=)
_Ironwood,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="stop+the+presses"+AND+cityid:13922+AND+stateid:52+AND+range:1753-1950)   _Michigan_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="stop+the+presses"+AND+stateid:52+AND+range
:1753-1950)   ...over  THE telephone to his editor. "STOP THE  PRESSES! I've
got a Hall is..
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     _Nevada State Journal_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=thiGuD36VKiKID/6NLMW2nW4M4HFneD8HyEQr9b7EjBFcCBwkYzmtg==)  _Saturday, January
17, 1931_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=)  _Reno,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="stop+the+presses"+AND+cityid:24
394+AND+stateid:63+AND+range:1753-1937)   _Nevada_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="stop+the+presses"+AND+stateid:63+AND+range:1753-1937
)
...us what nobody wants to know. EXTRA! STOP THE  PRESSES! (News Hem) two
'years..
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     _The Chronicle Telegram_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=n9tPhCVbEnaKID/6NLMW2v8ovN5OPc+o1guD5yT2Yt0nyVnYmGViGw==)  _Thursday, June
14, 1928_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=)   _Elyria,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="stop+the+presses"+AND+cityid:
8941+AND+stateid:73+AND+range:1753-1937)   _Ohio_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="stop+the+presses"+AND+stateid:73+AND+range:1753-1937)

...by that Jazz- land crowd. We had to STOP THE  PRESSES and get THE story
in..
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     _New Oxford Item_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=olJOpJH/3rKKID/6NLMW2ntHtu/mpGMW8UOFrphla7QnyVnYmGViGw==)  _Friday, October 17,
1902_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=)  _New  Oxford,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="stop+the+presses"+AND+cityid:2
0209+AND+stateid:77+AND+range:1753-1937)  _Pennsylvania_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="stop+the+presses"+AND+stateid:77+AND+range:175
3-1937)   ...recording a temperature of his voice:  "STOP THE PRESSES! Kill j
of  eighty..
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     _The Massillon Independent_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=ssVO2f5ZuruKID/6NLMW2oCRSESw8Vp3CbAiLXcM2pPakwBQWoZ8Rg==)  _Thursday,
March 29,  1900_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=)
_Massillon,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="stop+the+presses"+AND+cityid:17826+AND+stateid:73+AND+range:1753-1937)   _Ohio_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="stop+the+presses"+AND+stateid:73+AND+range:17
53-1937)   ...to THE printer and tell him to STOP  THE PRESSES until his
matter  should..



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