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Show t r'TyrT' ww y y ' y1 m 'w "iicrw'T"i'li n i y wyor-yryo- , 'i w w "P",W c DESERET NEWS 800 Years Of Newspaper Tradition Died How By WARREN BERRY somewhere. The second guy I met matched the promise of this bright spring morning. the printer, wasnt worried. Herbie, First I heard of it I was sitting in my brokers office and it come over the Dow Jones," he says. So much for Herbie, Upstairs it was different. city room of what was New Yorks newest daily lodes like what it is: Playpen for the offspring of a most illicit and polygamous marriage. Musing about the papers birth 236 days ago, the whole thing looked like a mistake. In 236 days, they spent $2 million telling people how The good they were. Nobody should send out a birth announcement for an abortion. Larry Farrants colleagues winced as the dapper education writer strode in carrying two brand new badminton rackets. He wanted to talk about his other big acquisition: Yesterdays purchase of a Barracuda convertible for $2,590.70. It's funny they insisted I pay by certified check," he recalled. Thats nothing, said the editor sitting next to him. I went to my regular bank to get a thousand dollar personal loan so my kid could get a car gray-haire- As usual, in Js'ew York newspaper deaths, the word was out among the big' advertisers along Seventh Avenue's Garment Row' long before it hit the staff of C,500. The staff reasoning went: Theres always room for four papers in a city of 9 million. Just three years ago there were seven dailies. And as usual, the governor sent condolences, the mayor expressed shock, and said he was looking for some publisher to move in and take over the abandoned property (but later admitted having no luck) and the management of the World Journal Tribune blamed organized labor. The WJT, heir to all that greatness, was losing $700,000 a month, in thewealthiost city in' the most opulent age in history. Matt Meyer, president of the merged newspaper, said that in the paper's first six months, We had a total of 55 harassing disputes, of which 18 resulted in actual work stoppages. Bertram A. Powers, president of the International Typographical Union, No. 6, shot back that management just didn't know how to manage. He pointed out that as a member of the Publishers Association here it was not free to "make a lesser settlement even if both sides wanted it. As for Matt Meyer, he emphatically denied the nagging report that the whole thing is just a ruse, that the paper will shut down now but open up again soon with a new staff hand, not union picked. After reading a prepared statement he came to the heart of the matter: If I had any money to invest it wouldnt be in a New York newspaper! The enigma still is this: The World Journal Tribune had 700,000 daily readers and 900,000 on Sunday. As such, it was one of three newspapers operating in a city that just a short time ago supported seven. Even as it shut down its presses it was the third crying poverty largest evening paper in the country. ' hell be all right An announcement , . , and then the city room was a deserted sea of desks . , . d morning. I didnt want her to hear it on the radio first, he said. For these newspapermen and for the rest of the big city on this drowsy spring the news was that the World morning Journal Tribune, heir to 800 years of was combined tradition, journalistic printing its last edition. This successor to evnine great New York newspapers erything from Joseph Pulitzer's World to Horace Greeley's Tribune and James was dead. Gordon Bennetts Herald and they said Nothing doing. You'll have to let us finance it They mustve known - something. Frank Reed had troubles of his own. He and his wife were looking forward to his 50th anniversary in the news business, a week from Monday. Then she was stricken with a heart attack. I broke the news to her gently this It had been operating in its present fprm for less than a year, ever since three widely different newspapers with conflicting managements said that "economics forced them to merge their respective properties: The New York Herald Tribune (John Hay "Jock Whitney's morning bastion of the Grand Old n (the late Party), the William Randolph Hearst's flagship paper) and its afternoon competitor, the World Telgram & Sun (Scripps.Howard's Journal-America- conservative New York outlet with the big Wall Street .following and the mid-easte- twang.) This time around there was little sentiment on the part of either management or staff. A hard-eyepolice reporter, speaking witli a southern cadence, said, This thing we were putting out reminded me of the Bugtussle Bugle. A medical writer: "Ever since we started, these guys on top have been acting like they were running a wildlife d A15 Friday, May 12, 1967 preserve." North American Newspaper Alliance NEW YORK We stood there in the lobby of the World Journal Tribune Building chatting nervously. I couldnt look him in the eye, nor could he me. He owed me $20. I knew v it, he knew it. I felt like a heel for even thinking of it at a time like this. Dont worry kid, I said heartily I hoped, a talented guy like youll have no trouble hooking up - V OUR MAN JONES A Good One For The, Road By HARRY JONES It's a discouraging word. . Thrilogteifoo is getting gorillas when what they really need is a herd of buffalo roaming. So the skies wont be cloudy all day! It doesnt help driving either, all this rain. It is easy, however, to get Into the main stream of traffic. It is flowing down Blvd. M5, 7th East and Wasatch Yesterday I saw a fellow with his car Only he was driving the boat down 7th East and pulling his car. and boat. The mail brought a soggy copy of a book just out by Travelers Insurance. It is designed to help all of us drive better in both good and bad weather. (Some parts of the U.S. enjoy good weather from time to time.) Travelers hired a to computer track of all accidents, - causes of accidents and the cost of accidents. Actually it keep Mr. Jone was enough work for two computers, but they (Travelers) found out that computers are almost human. Put two of them together and they start spreading rumors. ART BUCHWALD ECS Position Is A Real Honor For Rampton The Opposition Speaks Up For The Opposition Deseret News Education Editor Earlier this week in Denver Gov. Calvin L. Rampton was elected chairman of the Education Commission of the States. This not only is a tremendous compli- -' ment to Gov. Rampton, it is a formidable challenge. It puts WASHINGTON The latest Republican policy report on Vietnam has caused great consternation in Republican circles him in the gives him the opportunity to demonstrate effective educational statesmanship at the highest level. The ECS is an of o r g anization for Mr. Chaffin tremendous prom- ise. A brief history of its beginning will point that out. In the spring of 1964 Dr. James Bryant Conant, former president of Harvard University and this nations foremost commentator on the state of a book called education, published In it he Shaping Educational Policy. to of states the a compact suggested counter the growing federal involvement in education and to become an instru- - One Republican leader told me, As the opposition party, we think its wrong at this time to criticize the Democrats. The way our government is set up all opposition to the Democratic policies must come from the President's own party." Is The Day 'Then you think it was wrong for the Republican policy committee to release a white paper pointing out the mistakes the last two Democratic administrations in By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Deseret News Music Editor Vietnam. I certainly do. The one thing the Republicans have been noted for is their unity in backing the Democratic Party. We may not agree with everything President Johnson does, but we should keep this dissatisfaction to ourselves and show a solid front. Otherwise the opposition in President Johnsons party will take advantage of our minor disagreements. The contention of an executive of a U.S. record manufacturer is that the new policy can save an average of 10 cents a record in production costs with the elimination of two jackets and two inventories, and that the dealer, distributor, p can effect simrack jobber, and ilar economies. I said. But why Party feels this way did it release the GOP report pointing c out all the errors of the past two administrations? one-sto- Several American record companies have recommended that an committee give serious consideration to the elimination of monaural records and e stereo carthe promotion of a tridge that can convert mono to stereo. low-pric- ALSO .That makes sense, If the Republican -- -- Demo-Icrati- Very few of us knew about the re-- I port. The policy committee was acting in good faith because they thought Republicans might want to have some guidelines on which to attack their Democratic opponents In the 1968 campaign. But we had no idea the report would also attack President Johnson and the Democratic Party as well It was so serious Sen. Everett Dirksen had to come out of the I hospital to defend the President. , " I ran into a Democratic Party leader a few hours later and asked him if he I were disturbed by the GOP white I - . paper." You Not in the least, he said. j can't blame all the Republicans for what a. few - m isguided - Republicans, do... Y ou .. y have to have a strong system in this country and as long as the majority of Republican support President Johnson and many 'of the Democrats oppose President Johnson, well have the I balance that has made this countiy. so ON RECORDS Do you find -- c - TC-907- This dandy little tape machine can pick up someones speech a long way off; you can dictate a letter or have a family chat together and send the tape man of ECS (Gov. Charles Terry of Delaware was the first), he will have the major responsibility of guiding the orga- educational policy. Gov. Terry Sanford of North Carolina, now referred to as the father of ECS, took it upon himself to further Dr. Conants proposal. After much work by Gov. Sanford a group of governors, educators and legislators, including Gov. Rampton, state school superintendent Dr. T. H. Bell and other Utahns, met in Kansas City to draw up a general format for the compact which led to organization of the ECS. In March 1966 an interim committee met at Sante Fe, N. M. Again Gov. Rampton, Dr. Bell and other Utahns attended. First full meeting of the ECS was held in Chicago in June 1966 where Gov. Rampton 'demonstrated great skill in conducting a difficult business session. From the very first, Gov. Rampton has been very active in ECS development and in promoting the concept of cooperation between state executive officers, legislators, educators and lay citizens in attacking education problems. Now, as the second permanent chair nization. I have had opportunity to watch development of the ECS rather closely. At Chicago a year ago I was not certain whether the organization 9eemed destined to play a major role in formulating educational policy. This weeks meetings in Denver, however, presented a much more optimistic picture. In more than 15 years of education reporting, I have attended a good number of education conventions. I have never attended one at which the delegates worked harder or more intensely than they did at Denver. The two days were exhausting. We heard from scores of top leaders and educational experts including a dozen governors and former governors and Harold Howe n, U.S. Commissioner of Education who made a very impressive appearance. education meetings are Ordinarily meetings of educators with educators. Too often you see the familiar pattern of educators speaking to educators. I dont Brahms Stnng Quartet No. minor, Opus 51. as your letter; you can record Juniors performance and play it back to him so that hell have some idea what he really sounds like. c This department has given the all kinds of real tests, and it has performed wonderfully well. It runs on four flashlight batteries or it can run off the household power line. It has two speeds so that you can get more than an hours playing on one side of the tape. And best of all, its fidelity is remarkably satisfactory. Or course it wont knock the $400 Uher portable tape recorder off the top of the heap, but it will do an amazing job (far better than I had anticipated) for a recorder of such a low price. Sony-Mati- 1)Zb casting Co. CAHPI PATES vX A(2oJMP'WiTM F(?E5iPEMTlAL hvo-part- F Eefc- Star yntfteata. few. - . SHoULP OF PUNNING MAN THINKS Y?UM6 . - The PhiladelAPPOGGIATURAS and Orchestra Ormandy are Eugene phia now- - playing in the Osaka Festival and other Japanese cities. They will begin their eighth transcontinental tour June 4 in Los Angeles, and appear in the Salt Lake Tabernacle June 10. And on August 27 and 28 they will be joined by the Tabernacle Choir and Richard Condie at the Saratoga Festival, New York, for "Requiem performances 'or Brahms and Handel's "The Messiah . . . Commemorating the centennial of Canadas confederation, a collection of 17 records devoted to the music of that country has been released by RCA Victor of Canada in connection with the Canadian Broad- music-lovin- No frg C Simister. If you cant decide SEE! HEAR! g on a Mother's Day gift for your mother, then here is the answer: chamber Take her to the exchange music recital in Music Hall at 3 p.m. and because it wont co6t you a cent, you can give her the cash. The exchange is that the Music Department of Brigham Young University is bringing its Chamber Music Recital to he University of Utah, in exchange for the concert that the U. of U. recently presented on the BYU Provo campus. The program will Include: Bachs "Sonata in B minor for Flute and Piano, Ewalds Quintet for Piston's Brass Instruments No. 5, and Quintet for Wind Instruments, OF in WHEE! THE MUSICIANS Mary Lindbloom, a former cellist in the Utah Symphony, was heard this week with the Hartt College Opera Orchestra at its presentation of Richard Strauss opera, "Ariadne of Naxos, in Hartford, Conn. . . Joanne Bair is the new dean of the Utah Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO). She succeeds Erroll Miller. Other new officers include Shirley Jensen, Lavina Short, Leda Burt, Maurine Poll, and Lucille Starr. . . And the Salt Lake Chapter of the Utah Music Teachers Association has a new president, Mrs. Phoebe Starr, who succeeds Caine Alder. Other officers are Mrs. Gertrude Keeler, Barbara Davis, and Mrs. Dora bv Brickman TBZe' A LOT 1 peeSIPENT HE'S SIXTY. gV'TUATTlME HE'D EFt3i?E OLP ENOUGH To KNoW gETT E- - to valuable. this approach Its very As Dr. Roald F. Campbell, former now at the University of Chicago, pointed out in one of the major addresses at the Denver meet, all of us find ourselves in a new world of education where our social and economic objectives are thought to be increasingly tied to our educational efforts. In short, education has become so important that educator-educato- r dialogue no longer is sufficient if it ever was. Utahn With education now the most impor- tant activity of government, the dialogue must involve all elements of government and even of society. At the moment, in my opinion and Im sure in the opinion of many observers of top consequence, the Education Commission of foe States provides the most promising mechanism for the collation and interchange of ideas from which the necessary educational statesmanship may emerge. With great confidence in his ability, genuine pride in his selection and increased optimism in ECS potential, I wish Gov. Rampton a very successful term of office. SKYWATCHIR Of The Mono Soon Past? the small society I Feat" - it difficult to remember exactly what the speaker said? Do you hate to write letters? Would you like to have Junior hear exactly how he sounds? The answer and solution to these common problems is yours for $49.50. And it is a small and completely portable tape machine, the Sony-Mati- national d y , ment for shaping OUR MUSICAL WHIRL The RECORD album production move to "stereo-onlin Great Britain received its biggest boost with the recent announcement by EMI that, with its July classical releases, it is dropping mono classical production. All future classical releases will be issued in stereo. ON But if you dont criticize President Johnsons policies how can you maintain that youre the opposition party? Everyone knows were the opposition party because were not in power. But just because were the opposition party doesn't mean we have to oppose the party in office. If the role of the opposition party is not to oppose the party in power, what exactly should your role be?" To support the President against his own opposition in the Democratic Party. We don't want to do anything to encourage the Democratic Party leaders who are against President Johnson. foreedu- front cational leaders. It of U.S. in Washi n g t o n. The report, which was quite critical of the Democrats handling of the Vietnam war, was responsible more anger among Republican politicians than it was among the Democrats. The reason for this is that the Republicans so far have been supporting President Johnsons policies with far more vigor than the Democrats. have made wish to disparage improving education. THEY'RE YOUR SCHOOLS By LAVOR CHAFFIN How The Stars But the one computer came up with startling stats. For instance, it Isnt the Sunday driver who causes accidents so knock off the jokes. It is the Saturday driver. There are more fatal accidents on ' Saturday (21.6 per cent) than any other' , day. That is the day the little woman-,--gets into the family car and goes shopping? (I didn't say that, the computer did). It claims that the drivers look at store ' : n ) windows wheel. ' window shop from behind the s are distracting to male drivers under 102 and above 14. Alcohol has been a big factor in fatal accidents. studies of persons killed In accidents show that 50 per cent had been drinking. And this doesn't ,f Mini-skirt- Post-morte- count the people killed by someone else , drinking! The Travelers computer suggests you stay home on weekends. In those two days of the seven, 40 per cent of the fatal accidents occurred. Vietnam is bad, but traffic is the big killer. Would you believe 52,500 last million year? This plus another 4 injured with an economic loss of $9.8 ,n ' o n. I havent made up my mind what ' ' we 'l should do in Vietnam, but I think we should pull out of the traffic war if we could ! It doesnt do any good to sell the car and walk. There were 286,800 pedestrians who didnt make it across the street last : year. Some lived to cross another day but more carefully. Are Classified By The Hansen Planetarium Staff One of the first things an observer notices about the night sky is the variation in the brightnesses oi the great multitude of stars displayed there. In order to instill a degree of orderliness, the ancients set up a classification scheme to describe the differences in brightness. It was realized, a little more than two thousand years ago, that certain conveniences would exist if the stars were sorted out according to how bright they appeared to be. The brightest ones were thus called the "first magnitude stars. These might be said to total about 20, including many of the best known stars. However, only 16 of them can now be seen from Utah. The faintest stars were designated as being sixth magnitude. They are the faintest ones seen in an exceptionally dark sky under the best observing conditions. These stars are not often seen fronj the Salt Lake Valley floor with the dye alone. ' Between the brightest and the faintest sets are obviously four other In termed!- ate classes, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th magnitudes. The total number of stars visible at any one moment to the naked eye under the best conditions is about 4,500. Of course, there Is not really a definite division between the magnitudes; the faintest of the first magnitude strs is not noticeably brighter than the brightest of the second magnitude stars. However, the qverage" first magnitude star is 2j4 times --as, bright as an average second magnitude' star which, in turn, is 2!4 times as bright as an "average" third magnitude star, etc. An average first magnitude star is actually 100 times brighter than an average sixth magnitude star. Much fainter stars than these can be viewed with a telescope. In fact, the faintest stars than can be recorded photogra-- . phically with .the largest, telescopes-are.nearly 24th magnitude, which makes them about 2 billionths as bright as a The computer is fast in no time at all, it figured out that speed is a killer. Excessive speed was the cause of 41 per cent of the highway deaths, the computer reports. It says that most motorists think a traffic accident happens very suddenly. despite what the driver or the victim think, the more accidents are studied, the more proof there is that they occurred from a sequence of events ' beginning long before the accident when you didn't get the brakes fixed, or check the tires before leaving stuff like that. When you took one for the road at the last place you stopped. The book is filled with a lot of good suggestions and free for the asking. It might be your life saver! ' . iiiiniiiiiiiniimmimtiitmimmmttmmmtiinimtiiitiimiiiniiinnt BIG TALK , typical fitst magnitude star. If you hav a Question pertamino to astronomy, sand It to Tho Skywatchcr, care of the Deseret Hews, P.O. Box 1257, Salt Lake City, Utah 64110. ' If your Question it used In this column, you will receive two free tickets to the Star Chamber program at the Hansen planetarium "Dot says calories are here to stay mostly around the waistlinel" Cram plwtM Qourot Ntwj mu Ay popular uml Polly V. BoOy McMooly tot tho. BlrtMoy Joohjro. f' |