otherwise—as absolutely doomed to fail at the computer keyboard. Just
look at old Jack LaVriha, himself a Lorain native and strong family
man. Jack took well to computerization and would give the editors
cards with numbers on them, saying, for instance, “Call up story
number so-and-so if you want to know about a hot veterans parade
coming up.” Before computerization he’d lobbied for his stories by
shoving them in front of the editors’ faces or leaving notes; the
cards were his new way. Why did Jack succeed where Jim didn’t? Hey, he
thought of computerization, if that’s what it is, I’m going to accept
it. I do whatever stories they give me, so why not this? His being a
reporter, not a desk-bound editor with a strict routine, may have
helped.