DALLAS (AP)– Melvin Calhoun Ware, a teletype operator who worked for The Associated Press for 48 years, died Monday. He was 88. He began working at the AP in 1929 in Baltimore, where he was a copy boy and later became a teletype operator. He transferred to Dallas in 1944 and retired in 1977. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law and two granddaughters. His wife, Birdie Louise, preceded him in death.

Source:  Associated Press Archive – Wednesday, March 27, 2002