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Wednesday, February 17, 1971
University Daily Kansan
Kansan Photo by EDDIE WONG
Passersby may have ventured many guesses as to the nature of the giant weblike structure stretched across the earth.
ternion. The beginnings of a ship's rigging, a giant butterfly net or a sturdy rope seine all seem to be equally appropriate guesses. However, the Kansas had no official explanation for the rope creation and Phillip Thomas, Lakin, senior, caught in its snare, didn't either.
Visiting Editor Stresses Papers' Continuing Role
Newspapers will always have a role in our society according to Robert P. Clark, visiting editor at Kaiser University of Kansas School of Journalism.
Clark, executive editor of the Louisville Courrier-Journal and Times said we depend on his work to provide the details of the news.
. . . editor-in-residence
and report the local news that would not be supplied by the national media."
to college campuses to talk with journalism students.
Clark became executive editor of the Louisville paper only last week. Prior to this position, he was the head of the Louisville Times. He was also science-medical editor of the companion paper, the Louisville Counter-Journal. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri.
Clark has been editor-in-
residence Tuesday and today as
part of a program sponsored by
the newspaper's organization of the newspapers
headed by Alton Street. The program
editor from various newspapers
"The number one news coverage problem in a city like Louisville, is giving adequate coverage to the blacks," said Clark.
"twenty-three per cent of "Louisville's population is black. We've had stories on race relations, housing, and human rights, but don't begin to cover what the people really need to know," he said.
On the subject of advocacy reporting, Clark had a strong opinion.
Bob Clark
"a newspaper must report both points of view. Writers have no right to voice an opinion in a news article, but they are a different matter," he said.
Clarke said that most news coverage were not labeled by the public and despite efforts to be absolutely fair in news coverage, they still retained
Banks Cut Rate— 4th Time This Year
get the best possible all-round education, Clark said.
He said that 75 per cent of newspaper readers now are high school graduates compared with 40 per cent of the audience becoming better educated, so journalists must be 'better trained' to get their journalists are getting their masters degree. But even more difficult is the study, is the need for writers to
NEW YORK (UP1)—Big business borrowers got another on interest charges Tuesday to pay off the country cut their prime-interest rates for the fourth time this year.
Boy With Note Alleging Animal Bite Is Found
LOS ANGELES (UP)—A 1-year-old boy found wandering in a park with a note warning he had been caught in a rabid animal was identified Tissue samples.
The note pinned to the boy's shirt said: "I have been deserted. Take me to an adoption agency. You will see me. I have been bitten by a rabbit."
Robert E. Kerr, 28, told police that when he left for work Monday morning his wife, Robert William, were there
Kerr filed a missing person report and police link it with the case of "Bobby" who had been shot to County-USC Medical Center.
But when he returned to the house about 6 p.m. his wife and son were gone. Police said the mother was still missing.
A hospital spokesman said the child was healthy and there were no immediate plans to give him an intraabies shots. He had two open-minded scratches on his left cheek which he attributed to a chest infection.
Bankers Trust Co. led the move by cutting its rate by a quarter point to 34 per cent. Many banks in the country quickly followed out.
It was the seventh round of cuts in the prime rate since the November elections which, among other things, registered a net increase in interest rates and tight money. The prime rate was at a record high of 84 per cent at this time last year and was 84 per cent at the start of the year. The basic rate from which other business loans are scaled upward.
The downtrend reflected reduced demand for loans from major industries, many of which are large and that result largely of the government's efforts to cool down and tight money policies.
The White House, commenting on Tuesday's interest rate cuts, said the cost of lowered fees we feel this reflects an adjustment in the economy leading to a substantial growth
The Federal Reserve Board disclosed that its Open Market Committee last December voted on some easing in credit markets.
The FBR, which discloses its monetary policy 60 days after it is put into effect, has trimmed its interest rate to 4%. It loans to member commercial banks—in five steps from a 48-year high of 4 per cent to 4% per cent.
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Date Feb. 17 & 18
Time ___ 9-3
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