Background
Beech, Keyes was born on August 13, 1913 in Pulaski, Tennessee, United States. Son of Walter William and Leona (Cardin) Beech.
Beech, Keyes was born on August 13, 1913 in Pulaski, Tennessee, United States. Son of Walter William and Leona (Cardin) Beech.
Student in public schools, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Copyboy, reporter, Evening Independent, St. Petersburg, 1930-1937; reporter, Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal, 1937-1943; reporter, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1945-1947; foreign correspondent, Chicago Daily News, Tokyo, Hong Kong, 1947-1977; bureau chief, Los Angeles Times, Bangkok, Thailand, 1979-1982; free-lance writer, Bethesda, Maryland., from 1982.
Served as sergeant United States Marine Corps, 1943-1945, PTO. Member of Foreign Corresponding (Tokyo and Bangkok). Cosmos (Washington).
Married Linda Mangelsdorf, June 15, 1951 (divorced February 1969). Children: William Keyes, Junior, Barnaby C., Walter. Married Yuko Horiguchi, July 11, 1973.
1 child, Hannah Keyes.