Salt Lake Tribune copy editor and headline writer Robert Ellefson died Tuesday of pneumonia. From the sound of it, he started out at City News Bureau, since his bio includes a stint at the Chicago Sun-Times. City News was owned by the Sun-Times’ arch-rival the Chicago Tribune, but nearly every young reporter spent some time “checking it out” at the News. He sounds like a rare character for Utah, and I wish I’d known him. -30-

Chicago Tribune | Ethnic groups rally for immigrant rights and against HR4337, which places much stricter guidelines for immigration. It is opposed by a broad spectrum of church, labor, and minority-rights groups. It is supported by… “people” like the Minutemen and a group called the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which sounds much more tasteful and level-headed than the “Keep the dam’ furrin wetbacks out” Club. Immigrants: 100,000. Minutemen: Oh, about t’ree or four. The large turnout was partly in response to urgings from the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese, evangelical and socially-progressive churches, and a Hispanic radio announcer called “El Pistolero,”…