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Show WESTERN SAVINGS GIVES YOU FREEDOM OF THE PRESS VS. SALT LAKE COUNTY DENTAL SOCIETY local citizen who our issue of March 17th we ran a news notice about a and has now opened went away to dental school and became a dentist Dr. Ralph By tendorp, by name. The an office in the Cottonwood Village local dental society called Dr. Bytendorpon the carpet for allowing us to " run this story. They interpreted it as "Advertising He alLet me state here that Dr. Bytendorpdid not dictate the article. lowed his picture to be taken because I told him that it was our policy to anPAY nounce the opening of any and all new businesses. THERE WAS NO THE PICTURE. FOR OUR SERVICES. WE DID NOT EVEN CHARGE FOR or at least parts of it. This We have been asked to retract the article we cannot do. A retraction is only run when something printed was found I to be untrue. Every word in this article was true. personally am acquainted with all the facts. between advertising Newspapers make a very strong line of demarkation and news. Advertising is paid for. It is set up in the newspapers as definite units of space and it is run as the advertiser says it is to be run (with reservations covering accuracy of statements, etc.) This space is bought and paid for by the advertiser. News, on the other hand, is "New information about anything", accordAlso "recent happenings, especially those broadcast over ing to Webster. the radio or printed in a newspaper." As far as the "Neighbor" is concerned the growth of the community is one of our most important phases of news. also The emerging of new shopping centers and shops and medical centers Doctors and Dentists who move in to serve the area, have great impact on and as such, are important news to us. These things affect the community our way of life in this community. They are definitely community news. This dental group, with an "ethics" committee chairmaned by Wallace J. Morgan of 4967 Marilyn Drive (and this mention of his name is NOT paid for by him) has taken upon itself the job of trying to hush up this news of new dentists. They have called us and told us not to print these pieces of news. We informed them that it was notin their province to tell us what is news and what is not. Even the President of the United States cannot tell Supres-sius what to print, this by virtue of the Constitution, (God Bless it) of news is a very serious offense in this country. Newspapers must prin-thnews. It is their basic and sacred obligation. They are bound by only truth. If they print false statements about people or things, one rule they are subject to libel. News is part and parcel of our American heritage of freedom. THE SALAMI GAME. The communists have a trick they play, of slicing off a slice of "salami" (a piece of land, a right of the people) which is so thin that nobody gets real mad about it. Then they slice off another, and and that isn't worth fighting another until all we have left is the string this duty of ours to this right of ours about either. This is a thin slice tell about new services in the community. But we don't plan to give it up. We assert that this supression of news effort on the part of the committee and illegal and we will fight it. is In Place Setting of Stunning new PEBBLE BEACH Pattern in Stainless Steel Tableware when you start your savings account for $50 or more! 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This is probably okay (although I can't bring myself to believe advertising is evil or wicked). But why should the committee be against a young dentist who isthe head of a family and build to a should struggling practice. Why they want to suppess a news article that he is opening his office especially (as in this case) whenTe is a local boy who went away to school, and came back home to give his services to the community. Is it possible that these older dentists are afraid the new man will get some business? Do they actually want to starve him out? Probably not because most of these older doctors have watting lists inst 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday Through Thursday Friday- - 9:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday -- 9:30 a.m. to 12 Noon (Cottonwood Office Only) WESTERN SAVINGS AND LOAN COMPANY Downtown Office 45 East First South WESTERN DAvis SAVINGS 11 Cottonwood Office 4989 Highland Drive CR 66 AT THE ORIGINAL SIGNS Sm 4 THE NEIGHBOR, 4708 Holladay Blvd., Salt Lake City 17, Utah Is this weeks and months long. then, a "dog in the manger" attitude? Is Is it fair? it sportsmanlike? Is it morally right? If the answer is no, then this interpretation is immoral and therefore out of place in any code of ethics because by its very definition, ethics are morals. If anyone can give us ONE good reason why we should not print these will we all it articles, give possible consideration. We can see absolutely NO reason why these articles are wrong, or immoral, or how they are underthe mining society. (We can see how this attempted censorship IS underthe mining society.) If y'u know of a reason, please give it to us. If any member of this committee or any other dentist wants to write a letter to the editor in defense of their position, we will print it (subject to libel laws, of course) This also we consider our sacred duty. Long live freedom of the press! |