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Show i Editor's Note: Public Notice odvertising plays o unique role both in American history and in the process by which this country's democracy is preserved. Its one premise is that people must be informed if they ore to govern themselves them-selves competently. Public Notice advertising ad-vertising first came into being with the Congress of 1792. That body, recognizing recogniz-ing its responsibility to the people, required re-quired the Postmaster General to advertise ad-vertise for bids for the construction of new post offices. From that inauspicious beginning to the complex publication requirements in federal, state and loca lows today, government officials have come more and more to understand theii obligations to inform the public through Public Notice odvertising. Newspaper over the years have been the vehicle by which these obligations hove been ful-tilled. ful-tilled. They will continue to be as long as the public demands that it be informed in-formed frequently and by the best means possible. I |