Article: William Attwood Dies; Was Chairman of Newsday

William Attwood, 69, a retired board chairman of Newsday and former senior editor of Look magazine who in the 1960s had served as ambassador to Guinea and then Kenya, died April 14 at his home in New Caanan, Conn., after a heart attack.

He joined Look in 1951. Over the next decade, he was European editor, national editor and foreign editor. He took a leave of absence from Look to work as a speechwriter in the 1960 presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy. After the election, he was named ambassador to Guinea, a post he held until 1963. He was ambassador to Kenya from 1964 to 1966. He also had been a special adviser on African affairs to the U.S. mission at the United Nations.

In 1966, Mr. ...

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