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Show 1 up, Lted 'tcom CONSECUTIVE YEAR: nen- '" ' ' - - jonty Hons gets t iliie Ribbon An art 3opt haul D. Coffman, presi-tem presi-tem y of the National Editorial 'nidation, has announced - i results of the 1976 Na- Qal Blue Ribbon News- 'ar Evaluation program. W coffman, publisher of the ':0vlso Star-Sentinel, Mel- Park, Illinois, said only :i U. S. newspapers have I sn designated Blue Ribbon jrspapers. ! Twenty -five criteria, measuring the newspaper's service to their communities against a national standard, are employed in the evaluation. evalua-tion. This is the second year in a row that the COUNTY NEWS has been awarded this distinction. Last year there were 305 newspapers in the U.S. who received the award compared to only 255 this year. The COUNTY NEWS received re-ceived 235 of a possible 260 points in the evaluation. The contest is open to all newspapers news-papers in the U.S., including both dailies and weeklies, and all size circulation. A preliminary self -evaluation test eliminates most newspapers news-papers before final judging. fif NATIONAL )) |