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Show EDITORIAL No substitute for newspapers Rumors persist of financial difficulties facing many publications. When such respected institutions as the late Saturday Evening Post find it impossible to make both ends meet, people cannot be blamed for wondering if the written word is to become a thing of the past. One authority gives an encouraging answer to the contrary con-trary so far as newspapers arc concerned. The dean of the school of journalism of a large university observed that, "Only the newspaper, of all the news media today, can fully live up to the challenge of providing the people with the news they are searching for . . . Nobody can fight City Hall if City Hall has to be fought like a crusading city editor. Nobody knows where the body is buried like a good reporter. Nobody can interpret the news in meaningful fashion like a good editorial writer. Nobody can be closer to understanding the impact of the news on the people of the community than a working publisher who is part of the life of that community."' The archives of the local newspaper constitute the only printed record of community life. Learning to read is a useful achievement and will remain so. |