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University Daily Kansan, November 8. 1962
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Two KU alumni tell of press corps flaws
By VERONICA JONGENELEN Staff Reporter
Two University of Kansas alumni of the '48s returned to their alma mater Friday and celebrated their return in a formidable event from most of their colleagues.
While most of the '40s alumni returned to Lawrence for Homecoming day reunions, R.T. Kingman and Allan Cromley, 1947 and 1948 graduates, spoke to a group of about 60 students and professors about their experiences as members of the Washington, D.C., press corps.
Their speech, "How Well Does the Washington Press Corp Perform its Watchdog Function?" was arranged by Allen White School of Journalism.
Kingman, who is the director of the General Motors public relations staff in
Washington, led the discussion with descriptions of what he called "four flaws of the watchdog function."
The first of those flaws is irresponsible, he said, which occurs when the news media allow themselves to be manipulated by the government. The government often wants to send up trial cases and an idea will go over with the public.
"I THINK a good reporter spends a lot of time guarding against that," he said.
Even a watchdog will bark at false alarms, he said, and this excessive barking is the price to be paid to keep the press free.
The second flaw Kingman described is shallow coverage of the policy framework.
in-depth coverage of the content of an issue.
Some reporters cover politics and issues as they would sports, looking for who will do what and what will happen next, he said. What is needed is more
The third flaw deals with advocates in Washington, Kingman said. Many young reporters do not realize that they are being an advocate for one cause or another.
"YOU HAVE to know who is doing what; where the bodies are buried," he said.
advocate. Reporters should also balance each
advocate against another, he said.
reporters who become advocates themselves are the fourth flaw, Kingman said. Involvement in a story is becoming more common among reporters. This involvement also can be a dangerous thing.
But overall, he said, the watchdog press should not be tied down. This would worsen the flaws already present, he said.
'You've got to let the watchdog bite
the postman once in a while to protect this function," said Kinneman.
Cromley, who is the Washington, D.C., bureau chief for the Daily Mailman and Times and the Collected with his writing with his views on news in Washington.
CROMLEY SAID stories that passed as news analyses were often simply news stories. Sometimes reporters try to see what is happening backstage and in the press room.
This led to what he called the "trust me" syndrome, which occurs in both liberal and conservative papers.
Many reporters in Washington also are driven to ask stupid questions at daily press conferences on Capitol Hill. The Bush administration's lack of information that is released there
There are also many ways for officials to avoid answering a question at those press conferences, he said.
Film Society changes financial objective
By KIESA ASCUE Staff Reporter
The University Film Society started showing popular films in Dyche Auditorium to raise money for student-made films, but their ambitious plans have gone awry, the chairman of the series said yesterday.
"Even a small, skimpy student film is going to cost around $9,000," said Mike Borbely, the chairman. "At the rate we're making money now, it would be several years before we'd come close to that. We're not going to be able to do what we initially planned to do." The group has purchased a wide screen and has a new sound system. However, without additional funds, the
original goal of the group will never be met, Borbely said.
Instead, the profits from the films could be used to bring in speakers with an inside angle on the film industry. You would spend a week to decide how to handle the funds.
UFS SHOWS one popular film six times every weekend and one classic film every Tuesday night in Dyche Hall.
The club started with about $2,000 from the Student Senate, but the group had trouble attracting audiences to its films. Borbely said.
"The first couple of weekends, we didn't have any people there at all because we didn't have any adverbs. Jorbely said. "We lost a lot of money."
Since the slow start, business has picked up considerably, he said. Between 200 and 900 people have paid $1.5 apiece to see each of the films shown since the first three weeks, he said.
Mark Reddig, Lee's Summit, Mo,
juniar, said the film series had
made enough money to produce a five-minute
student-made film.
BORBELY ATTRIBUTED the larger audiences to the group's emphasis on good film presentation.
"We have good sound and good focus," Borbely said. "People like the atmosphere here because it's small. It seats 200, but the seats are cramped. I tall and I can't sit comfortably in them."
Borbely said he expected a big crowd next weekend for "Rocky III", perhaps as many people as attended the group's best athlete tribute type Now. "I send out every night,
The group's films provide competition for the Student Union Activities film series, but it would be impossible to say how much damage the competition did, said Michael Gebert, director of the SUA film series.
"It can help, but I don't think it's really a significant factor," Gebert said. "We're in kind of a slump, but it has more to do with HBO and Cinemas, because sometimes they show the same films that we do."
Gebert said both groups had made a good profit in the same weekends this
Documents absolve 'Nazi war criminal'
By United Press International
SACRAMENTE, Calif. —A man who died in disgrace for federal charges he was a Nazi war criminal actually assisted the Allies during World War II, documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act indicate.
Otto Albrecht Alfred von Bolschwing,
a former Nazi, was accused by the
federal government of persecuting Jews. The government, however, refused to allow von Bolschwing to answer the allegations publicly.
His sworn testimony that he cooperated with U.S. Army intelligence during the war is contained in a 17-page transcript of a 1970 interrogation obtained by the Sacramento Bee under the Freedom of Information Act.
The Bee reported yesterday that von
Bolschwig's activities on behalf of the Allies at the end of the war were documented in a separate letter dated June 7, 1945, and signed by Lt. Col. Ray F. Goggin of the 71st Infantry, U.S. Army.
VON BOLSCHWINGID in death at the age of 72 in a convalescent hospital in suburban Carmichael, CAft. to which he was accused against him. He was
stripped of his U.S. citizenship, which he had held since 1969, with the understanding he would not be deported as long as remained in poor
He was accused in May 1961 by the U.S. Department of Justice of heinous war crimes, including the "persecution and forced emigration of Jews from areas under the control of the Nazi government."
Drop in price of gas may continue
By United Press International
LOS ANGELES- The average price of gasoline nationwide fell more than one-half cent during the past two weeks to 125.8 a gallon and may continue to fall, oil industry analyst Dan Lundberg said yesterday.
The overall price, including taxes, fell 0.69 of a cent since Oct. 22.
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AS FAR AS PRICES continuing their fall, he said, "everything depends on the Dec. 9 meeting of OPEC in Nigeria. There is going to be a tremendous shift from Saudi Arabia on one hand and Nigeria, Algeria, Libya and Iran on the other."
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Lack of climate control hurts TV equipment
By JEANNE FOY Staff Reporter
The reduced heating and cooling of KU buildings has caused television production equipment in Jolliffe Hall to break down more than usual this semester, the chairwoman said. V-film department said yesterday.
The summer's high heat and humidity and a cold snap that occurred before the building's heat was turned on have aggravated existing equipment problems, said Linton, department chairman.
A control room could not be used for two days this semester because it was damaged by excessive cold, Linton said.
Because two video editing machines were damaged this summer, all editing must be done on one system, he said.
However, Janice Platt, assistant professor of radio TV-film, said the numerous equipment breakdowns had already effected her classes.
He said work had been done on Jolifie this semester so it would be cooled and heated more effectively. The day before he could break be left on during Christmas break.
TELEVISON PRODUCTION classes are hindered by any breakdown of equipment because the radio-TV-film department does not have any backup equipment, he said.
Platt, who teaches basic television production, said she had to cancel a week and a half of laboratory work at the University of October because of breakaways.
She said tape machines, monitors.
and a video swiffer, which is used to cut and dissolve film, had been damaged. Two of the television sets could make down in the same week, she said.
In order to make up the lab assignments, some class lectures have had to be canceled, she said, and two important assignments also
"It hurts the morale of the students. The students' capacity to work is hurt," she said.
Not much planning can be done when equipment breaks down frequently, she said, and students have to leave class because less equipment is available.
Platt said she was having trouble grading because finding a good television monitor to watch the students' tapes was difficult.
GEORGE RASMUSSEN, who teaches television news production, said he had not canceled any of the classes. He problems teaching this semester.
"We've been crashing along," he said.
Bryan Yount, Spring Hill, Kan, sophomore, said he could never be certain what would be done in class. An assigned television interview has been postponed three times because of equipment trouble, he said.
His grading is humpered because he cannot hold students to deadlines, he said. The more interested students continue to turn in assignments, he said, but others wait until broken equipment is repaired.
Linton said the equipment failures were a drawback, but nothing that could not be dealt with.
"We have to handle it. There's no other answer, given the economic climate of the University," he said.
He said the department could cope with the situation until the planned $3.5 million communications building be built. The building should be finished in mid-1984.
This month's Lunch Abroad program will explore the problems of Afghan refugees.
Refugees subject of Lunch Abroad talk
The lunch will be at noon today in Alcove D of the Kansas Union.
Rose Greaves, professor of history,
will comment on her visit to refugee
centres in Australia.
fall, said Ann Oetting, program adviser.
Greeves visited Afghan refugee camps last fall before going to Wolfson College, Cambridge, England, to research 19th century British policy toward Persia and Afghanistan, she said.
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