Tiede started as a sports reporter in 1959, and spent 27 years as a war correspondent. After retiring he ran a bookstore called the Book Cellar. His article on Kerry's Congressional campaign said it was written from Lowell, MA. I haven't been able to determine which paper he was originally covering it for before it got picked up nationally.
I found him being a writer for the “National Enterprise Assn” from 1971-1973, with an office in NY.