Fred Archibald   Veteran

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Fred I. Archibald, former publisher of The Baltimore News American, died Tuesday at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 83 years old and was a resident of Baltimore.

Mr. Archibald, who spent 48 years in the newspaper business, started his career as an advertising salesman in 1913 in Lincoln, Neb.

He joined the Hearst organization in 1934 as advertising director and assistant publisher of The New York. American after being advertising manager of The Lincoln Star, advertising director of The Omaha World Herald and general manager of the Omaha Bee‐News.

In 1938 he was put in charge of the Albany (N.Y.) Times‐Union and remained with that paper for 15 years. He went to Baltimore as publisher and editorial supervisor in 1953.

He had the reputation of keeping the Hearst newspapers under his direction “in the black” for 25 years.

At Baltimore he became active in civic affairs and served as vice chairman of the Civic Center Commission.

Throughout his years with the Hearst organization he undertook numerous special assignments from William Randolph Hearst in reorganization and management. He was a member of the finance committees of the publishing companies.

He retired as publisher of The Baltimore News‐Post and American at the end of 1963.

While in Albany he was president of the New York State Publishers Association and years later he headed the Chesapeake Association of Associated Press. He served both in World War I and World War II and was a reserve colonel in the New York National Guard. In World War II he was a major in the Army's Military Government Division.

He leaves his wife, Edna, and a son, Fred. J.

Fred Archibald died in Baltimore MD. in January 1977 at the age of 83.  He was the publisher of the Baltimore News American for 11 years.