Morse Telegraphy: Heart Problems

Technical Operations Dept: TORONTO - Ian Munro, whose half-century career at The Canadian Press news agency took him from Morse telegraphy to the beginnings of the computerized newsroom, has died at the age of 98, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Munro spent 50 years with the news service, starting as a copy boy and retiring as the head of its technical operations on his 65th birthday and ian Munro, shown in a 1975 file photo, whose half-century career at The Canadian Press news agency took him from Morse telegraphy to the beginnings of the computerized newsroom, has died at the age of 98. He died Saturday of heart problems in Sunnybrook Hospital. THE CANADIAN PRESS He died Saturday of heart problems in Sunnybrook Hospital. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.