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Rivalry Keeps News Accurate
By Jacke Thayer
Competition between the world's two largest news gathering agencies is the public's best guarantee of accurate and prompt information, Earl J. Johnson, vice-president of United Press International, said today.
Johnson, the featured speaker at the 16th Annual William Allen White Day, received the William Allen White Foundation's eighth annual National Citation for journalistic merit.
He will speak before a combined banquet of members of Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi professional journalism societies at 6 p.m. today in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union.
"A COMPETITIVE REPORTER'S insatiable curiosity, and his drive to get the news first, is the public's safeguard . . . against lethargy or complacency in an area where the least letdown could be disastrous," Johnson said in a speech prepared for delivery.
Such an area, he said, is Washington, where Associated Press and United Press maintain staffs of approximately one hundred reporters.
"The temptation of office holders generally to manage news for their own advantage is resisted most successfully in the presence of competitive reporters," he said.
JOHNSON has been vice-president and editor of UPI for the past 30 years.
Since the printed and electronic news media rely so heavily upon the two primary news services, Johnson said, "The public's understanding of events in Moscow, Washington, Cape Kennedy, at the United Nations and Topeka, and the public's opinions about these events, are largely conditioned by what it reads and hears about them under the logotypes of UPI and AP."
Johnson said this conditioning is a good development because "this competition contributes to the quality of each . . . Each service spends between 40 and 45 million dollars a year covering the news. Each serves between six and seven thousand publications and broadcast stations."
DREW McLAUGHLIN SR., chairman of the board of the Miami County Publishing Co., received the 12th annual William Allen White citation to a Kansas editor. The citation is presented each year on William Allen White's birthday to a Kansas editor in recognition of service to journalism and his community.
Now 82 years old, Drew McLaughlin Sr., "ranks as the oldest and most active full-fledged editor in the state." Rolla A. Clymer, editor of the El Dorado Times, said in a prepared introduction.
McLAUGHLIN has spent most of his professional days in the weekly publishing field. First, as editor and owner of the Sabetha Herald from 1909 to 1914, and then from 1914 to 1919 as part owner, editor and manager of the Hiawatha Daily World. He has worked as a reporter for the Topeka Daily Capital and the Salina Journal. Since 1920 he has owned the Miami Republican at Paola and in 1956 that paper was consolidated with its rival, The Western Spirit, and the Miami County Publishing Co. was formed.
From 1930 until 1954, he served on the Kansas Board of Regents, having been appointed to four-year terms by six Kansas governors.
For 65 years he has been an active correspondent for the Kansas City Star, the longest record for any Kansan.
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News Service Executive Began Career in Kansas
Earl J. Johnson, vice-president and editor of United Press International (UPI), began his journalism career by writing for the Winfield High School newspaper.
He left school at the start of World War I to become a reporter for the Winfield Daily Courier. In 1917 Earl Johnson became city editor for another Winfield newspaper, the Free Press.
Speaking in a soft voice yet in a fluid manner, he explained that he wasn't actually a graduate of the University. While at KU, he was mainly enrolled in sociology and history courses.
Johnson continued his education at Southwestern College at Winfield in 1918. In 1919 he came to KU.
He pursued his journalism by reporting for the Lawrence Gazette and United Press. For a short time, Johnson reported KU sports events for two Kansas City papers, The Post and The Journal.
ALTHOUGH HE left KU in the fall of 1921, he smiled widely when he recalled experiences and "characters" he had known.
Johnson conveyed true enjoyment and total dedication when he spoke of his work with UPI which began in the fall of 1921.
In 1921 he became a reporter for the United Press bureau in Chicago.
EARL JOHNSON became vice-president and editor of UPI in 1935 and is still holding the post after 30 years. In his 43 years as a member of the UPI staff he has covered events in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Johnson spoke as if he might personally know many of the approximately 10,000 workers in 265 UPI bureaus throughout the world.
62nd Year, No. 76
Daily Hansan
Saigon Receives Worst Defeat More Americans Among Dead
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
The new deaths brought to 379 the number of Americans to die in South Viet Nam. Of these 266 have been killed in action and 133 in combat-related incidents.
The series of communist attacks north of Saigon began at 4 a.m. Monday when overwhelming communist forces picked off one government company after another with direct assaults and ambushes. Scope of the defeat was reported after 48 hours of official silence.
ONE U.S. helicopter crewman was killed yesterday and 20 Americans wounded in an action barely 30 miles east of Saigon when the Viet Cong shot down four U.S. helicopters.
The spokesman said a U.S. Army helicopter crewman was killed and another three wounded in Phuoc Long province 130 miles southwest of Saigon today when their craft was shot down over a communist-held village. Other helicopters rescued the crew.
The pilot of an observation plane died today of wounds suffered Monday when his aircraft was hit by groundfire some 190 miles northwest of Saigon.
Previously the worst government defeat reported was at Binh Gia, about 50 miles southeast of Saigon, last month. New fighting was reported there today.
Weather
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SAIGON, —(UPI)— Communist Viet Cong terrorists destroyed a U.S. Army billet Wednesday night in Qui Nhon, 275 miles northeast of Saigon. It was feared as many as 31 Americans were killed.
Seasoned American military observers commented that it probably was the most sophisticated military action ever undertaken by the communists. The spokesman said the guerrillas were "obviously prepared to slug it out in the open."
The spokesman said the original communist attacks against the two regular companies of government troops on security duty in the northernmost district of Binh Dinh province resulted in "very heavy defeats." He said the only survivors were "a few stragglers."
The first communist attacks in the Binh Dinh area were launched simultaneously against two companies of government soldiers which were quickly overrun. A third company of government troops rushing to their assistance was badly battered but saved by fighter aircraft from being overrun.
SAIGON —(UPI) A series of well-executed communist attacks inflicted a major disaster on government troops 300 miles north of Salgon, it was disclosed today. In other actions the communists killed two U.S. airmen.
Before the fighting ended the communists had smashed the equivalent of two government battalions
The government defeat, described as the worst in the war, came in Binh Dinh province barely 100 miles south of the Da Nang airbase. A U.S. military spokesman said the government lost more than 300 troops killed, wounded or missing.
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1965
The weather bureau predicts mostly cloudy skies tomorrow with no precipitation in sight. Temperatures will range generally in the 30's with the high about 40 degrees. The low temperature will be about in the low 20's.
The communists were believed to have pitted at least a battalion (usually three companies) against
YET ANOTHER armored battalion was caught in a three-sided ambush which left "very few survivors," the spokesman said.
each of the companies of about 150 men which they overran after brief engagements.
THE THIRD government company to clash with the communists was moving in a convoy between its post three miles east of Phu My district capital towards one of the companies under attack when it was hit by an even larger communist force.
At least 20 soldiers in the ambushed company were killed outright and an unknown number wounded and captured before fighter-bombers using rockets and cannon drove off the Viet Cong.
This was followed a few hours later by another ambush 10 miles to the south. The Viet Cong hit a composite battalion that included armored personnel carriers. There were "very few survivors."
In this attack at least two communist battalions attacked the flanks as the convoy moved along national highway 1 between a range of foothills. The spokesman said he was forced to admit the red attack was well executed.
The stepped up military operations followed U.S. retaliatory air
Throckmorton's helicopter burst into flames when it crashed and was destroyed but three American crewmen aboard it escaped with only minor wounds.
raids against communist North Viet Nam and a bold threat by the Viet Cong to "strike against the enemy on all battlefields."
IN THE FIGHTING 30 miles east of Saigon the 20 American casualties were suffered when guerrilla forces shot down four U.S. helicopters flying Vietnamese paratroopers into battle.
The death of a crewman was reported yesterday. Today it was disclosed the wounded included Capt. Thomas E. Throckmorton of Springfield, Va. His father is Lt. Gen. John Throckmorton, the second highest ranking U.S. Army officer in this country.
KU Viet Nam Student Opposes U.S. Bombings
Capt. Throckmorton was shot in the abdomen. He was reported in serious condition at the U.S. Navy hospital here.
Retaliatory raids by the United States and the South Vietnamese forces Monday were not beneficial to finding a solution to the war in Viet Nam, according to Miss Thi Van Anh Doan, special graduate student from Viet Nam.
"It is no good as a solution," she said, "and it is no way to win the war."
"It isn't any good to keep on fighting," she continued. "I don't believe we can win now by fighting."
A spokesman said communist known dead in the fighting were 82 and the government suffered 20 dead and 75 wounded.
Her family lives in Nha Trang on the eastern coast of South Viet Nam. Miss Doan has two brothers and three sisters. Her father is a retired French teacher.
"FOR THE PEACE of the whole world, we must have negotiations with the Communists," she said. "By this, I don't mean the North Vietnamese, but Russia and China."
"However, we must find a solution whether we fight or negotiate."
When asked her feelings about Gen. Khanh, acting Vietnamese
SHE SAID there are two opinions in Viet Nam about the Buddhists. One opinion is that they are ambious for power and participation in politics. However, Miss Doan disagrees with this opinion. The second opinion is that the Buddists want equal rights with all other religions.
premier, Miss Doan said she did not understand his policy but thought he is a good man and wants to do something for the country.
"There is a lot of fear and anxiety among the people of my country," she said. "When I was in Saigon, I could hear the rattle of gun fire down the street." "We just want the war to be over."
THOMAS R. SMITH, chairman for East Asian Studies, also felt that negotiation would be the best policy for the U.S. to follow in Viet Nam.
"It had better be a negotiated peace," said Smith. "Victory depends on greater popular support in the country and a better understanding of the people."
LBJ Asks Congress To Curb Gold Drain
WASHINGTON —(UPI)— Presi—eigners can be cashed in for U.S. lent Johnson today urged American gold at the rate of $25 an ounce.
WASHINGTON —(UPI)— President Johnson today urged American tourists, bankers and businessmen to join the government in a 10-point program to stem the flow of U.S. dollars overseas and curb the balance of payments deficit.
In a special message to Congress, Johnson recommended that the present duty-free allowance of $100 for Americans travelling abroad be cut to $50. He also advocated a tax on long-term bank loans to foreigners and a campaign to get businessmen to limit their investments overseas.
The President said these and other steps were to reduce the deficit that the United States has been running in its international payments.
This country was $3 billion in the red in the international balance of payment accounts last year, Johnson reported.
The administration feels that reducing the outflow of dollars is essential because dollars held by for-
The U.S. gold stock has now dwindled to $15 billion and continued losses might shake foreign confidence in the dollar.
Johnson stressed that the dollar is and will remain sound.
"Clearly those who fear for the dollar are needlessly afraid," he declared. "Those who hope for its weakness, hope in vain.
"The dollar, is and will remain, as good as gold, freely convertible at $35 an ounce."
The President also made these two main points in his message:
"The state of the dollar in the world today is strong—far stronger than three or four years ago.
"To assure its continued and growing strength, however, we need to take new steps to speed our progress toward balance in our external payments."