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Paul Lauren Montgomery (May 25, 1936 – October 16, 2008) was a longtime reporter for ''The New York Times'' who wrote about local and international affairs for the newspaper. ==Biography== Montgomery was an only child, born on May 25, 1936, in Brooklyn and raised in Spring Valley, New York. He attended Columbia University, graduating from the school in 1958.〔Hevesi, Dennis. ("Paul Montgomery, Former New York Times Reporter, Is Dead at 72" ), ''The New York Times'', October 17, 2008. Accessed October 19, 2008.〕 He spent two years as a textbook editor before being hired by ''The New York Times'' in 1959. His first position with the newspaper was as a copy boy. In the early 1960s, Montgomery covered the rioting in Harlem and the civil rights movement in the Southern United States, including the Selma to Montgomery marches.〔 He was the ''Times'' A series of article he wrote in March 1970 resulted in the release of four visitors from Cuenca, Ecuador who had been charged with setting off a simultaneous detonation of incendiary devices in the Alexander's and Bloomingdale's department stores in New York City. The dismissal of charges against the group came after the New York City Police Department was able to corroborate elements of the group's story that had first been published in an article in the ''Times'' by Montgomery.〔〔Montgomery, Paul L. ("Shopping Trip Becomes a Nightmare; Shopping Excursion Becomes a Nightmare for 4 Ecuadorian Visitors to City" ), ''The New York Times'', March 23, 1970. Accessed October 19, 2008.〕〔Montgomery, Paul L. ("Ecuadorians Out of Jail In Bombing" ), ''The New York Times'', March 24, 1970. Accessed October 19, 2008.〕〔Montgomery, Paul L. ("3 of 4 Ecuadorians Are Cleared in Fire-Bombing Case" ), ''The New York Times'', March 25, 1970. Accessed October 19, 2008.〕 He left the ''Times'' in 1982, and wrote from Europe for ''The Wall Street Journal''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul L. Montgomery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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