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University Daily Kansan Thursday. February 12, 1953
Fog Aids Communists In Korean War Action
Seoul, Korea — (U.P.)—Heavy fog cut Korean war ground action to scatter patrols and air activity practically to zero today, giving Communists a chance to repair supply routes and bring up more war material to the front.
It was not until afternoon that UN warplanes were able to take to the air, and then the action was limited to two attacks by the fighter-bombers. F-86 Sabre jets reported tangling with Communist MIG-15 jet fighters but made no claims.
Earlier a 5th Air Force spokesman said, "There is no air action to report. This is the kind of weather the Communists like.
Faculty Classes Begin Today
Jewelry and silversmithing classes for University faculty and their families begin tonight from 7 to 10 p.m. at the west end of the third floor of Strong hall.
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Newspapers Challenged, Hoyt Says
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"McCarthyism," a synonym for irresponsible charges, challenges American newspapers to a greater responsibility than ever before, Palmer Hoyt, editor and publisher of the Denver Post, said yesterday in the 4th William Allen White Memorial lecture.
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Mr. Hoyt also spoke to about 60 persons at a dinner given by Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity, last night in the Union building.
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"McCarthyism," he said, has put "the judgment and conscience of editors under the severest test in the history of American journalism. 'McCarthyism' has become synonyms' with a new era in which reckless charges have shocked the public."
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But, the publisher said, the "leading proponent" of this irresponsibility, Sen. Joseph E. McCarthy (R-Wis.) has yet to prove a single charge.
"Today," he said, "men with a grievance against fellow men are ignoring the courts of law to spread their charges with displeable recklessness under the protective cloak of congressional immunity."
Mr. Hoyt said that newspapers hold the greatest daily impact in the United States. "This same impact," he said, "connotes tremendous responsibility, particularly in this era when new dimensions are entering the news picture."
He urged that newspapers emphasize the dimension of completeness, saying that this was "more necessary than ever because of the partial and suggestive treatment given news by radio and television.
"There is no basic law which will insure newspapers against the evils of 'McCarthyism,'" he said. The Denver Post, he added, was taking steps to combat it, by evaluating the source of such charges, weighing charges and questioning the hand-
Canuteson to Attend Meeting
Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, health service director at Watkins Memorial hospital, left today for New York City to attend a board of directors meeting of the National Tuberculosis association. He will return Saturday.
Hing if the source weren't covered by congressional immunity, postponing publication (if possible) until proof or an answer to the charges could be procured, and assuring that headlines were not written for shock effect, but rather as a summary of facts.
Hoyt said, 'The dragging of the intimate life of the American colleges across the screen of public scrutiny is fraught with grave dangers to our whole pattern and practice of freedom.'
Of Sen. McCarthy's plan to investigate communism in colleges, Mr.
At the Sigma Delta Chi dinner, the publisher urged that journalists strive to write more simply and completely.
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HERE'S WHY —
- HAD A TROJANIZE LUBRICATION.
- PUT IN FRESH KOOLMOTOR OIL.
- FILLED UP WITH PREMIUM GAS.
- GOT MY WINDSHIELD CLEANED AT.
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