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Show New Opinion Feature To be Published Weekly I Starting this week, a new news opinion feature column will be published regularly and exclusively in The Times Independent. The nationally distributed column entitled "Grass Roots America," is written by Jerry Jer-ry Martin, one of America's foremost journalists and political po-litical analysts, and a former Utahn. Mr. Martin, a three-time winner of Freedoms Foundation Founda-tion awards for distinguished editorial writing, has been a newsman for almost 20 years. He has a keen insight into national political trends, gained during 3 12 years as Research Director for Governor Gov-ernor Ronald Reagan of California Cal-ifornia and as a major byline by-line writer for the Associated Press, United Press and the Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, largest lar-gest afternoon newspaper in Northern California. 7 As a member of Governor Reagan's senior staff, Mr. Martin helped develop the Governor's famous welfare reform program and has an insider's view of major is-sues is-sues ranging from mandatory school busing to campus violence. This new feature is part of the T-I's continuing effort to bring its readers the best od-inion od-inion news features. |
