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UNNERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA BULLETIN JUNE 28, 1974
Journalism Honor Awards
Seven Honor Awards for Distinguished Service in Journalism were presented at the 65th annual Journalism Week Banquet, April 5, 1974. Medalists this year were: Sam J. Ervin, Jr. , United States senator from North Carolina. Fred Freed, executive producer, NBC News. The award was made posthumously and accepted by John Chancellor, NBC Nightly News anchorman. The National Observer, with Editor Henry Gemmill accepting. Raymond B. Nixon, emeritus professor of journalism and in ternational communication, University of Minnesota. Richard L. Strout, senior Washington correspondent, the Christian Science Monitor. The Sunday Times of London, with Associate Editor Henry Brandon accepting. Robert L. Vickery, publisher, the Salem (Mo.) News. As stipulated when the awards were established by the Uni versity of Missouri School of Journalism in 1930, the medals were awarded "to newspapers, or periodicals, or editors or publishers of newspapers and periodicals, or persons engaged in the practice of journalism for distinguished service performed in such lines of journalistic endeavor as shall be selected each year for consid eration." A Journalism School committee each year considers nomina tions that have been received before November 1. Members give special attention to records of excellence over a period of time, rather than particular occasions of achievement. Nominations for the honor awards may be submitted by in terested parties. Names should be sent before November 1 to the Dean of the Faculty, School of Journalism. After consideration by the Honor Awards committee, nominees are voted on by the faculty and approved by the Chancellor, President, and Board of Curators. This year's seven medalists brought to 278 the total honored in 45 years.
1 1974 JOURNALISM MEDALISTS. Prior to the 65th Journalism Week Banquet, award re0pients gathered for their official photo. From left: Robert L. Vickery, publisher, Salem (Mo.) News; Henry Gemmill, editor, National Observer; John Chancellor, NBC News (for Fred Freed); Richard L. Strout, Washington correspondent, Christian Science Monitor; Raymond B. Nixon, emeritus professor of journalism, University of Minnesota; Henry Brandon, associate editor, Sunday Times of London; Dean Roy M. Fisher; and Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr . (D, N.C.).
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2 1972 MEDALIST. John Chancellor, NBC Nightly News anchorman , chats with University President C. Brice Ratchford. Chancellor returned this year to accept the award for Fred Freed of NBC who died a few days before Journalism Week .
EDITOR . University Chancellor Herbert W. Schooling a:mgratulates Henry Gemmill, editor of the National Obseroer, with President C. Brice Ratchford at right.
3 of the TheUNIVERSITYof Curators MISSOURI d Honor?!JIWa'YI for Distinguished ~ervice_; in ]ournalism
FRED FREED In rc'cognitiou of the attention he has focused on the m.1jor issues o f the past two dt•cades; His NBC Ne\-.:s documentaries, which hdve been fair, in-depth, wide-r.1nging and which have provokt.'Ci thought as well as emotion; and The credit he has brought to the craft of telt:'vision ne,vs documt?ntilrian, ash" has provided broadcast journalism with its highest level of accomplishment. Given at Columbia, Missouri, tht' Fiftli of April. Ninelc'e71 Hundr!'d S!'l'l?nty-Four.
Fred Freed, NBC News, who made more than 40 television documentaries, died March 31. He had been voted a medal "in recognition of . . . the credit he has brought to the craft of television news documentarian, as he has provided broadcast journalism with its highest level of accomplishment."
4 Sam Ervin, Jr., senator from North Carolina, was cited by the School of Journalism for "his devotion to freedom of ideas, to the cause of press freedom, and to the sanctity of the First Amendment . . his undeviating support for responsible press and broadcast journalism as essential factors in freedom for all Americans."
The Curators of the UNIVERSINf MISSOURI d Honor?!JIWal'i for 'Distinguished jervic0 in ]oumalism SAM J. ERVIN, JR. In rr:cogniliun of his devotion to freedom of ideas, to the c"usc of press freedom, and to the sanctity of the First Amendment; His wise leadership of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights in its landmark hearings on the condition of the freedom of the press in the United States; His undeviating support for responsible press anJ broadcast journalism as essential factors in freedom for 11 11 Americans; and His own integrity a nd his rev('rence for the Constitution, which have earned him the respect of his colleagues in the Senate and the admiration of Amc>ri· cans everywhere. Given at Columbia, Missouri, llw Fift/1 vf April, Niol'tet'll Hwuirtd St'Vt'llly· Fnur.
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Henry Gemmill, editor of the National Observer, accepted the award for his national weekly newspaper. The Observer was honored for "its enterprise in discerning and extensively reporting issues ahead of their general discovery .. . and the ability of its writers and editors to maintain an identifying standard of expression on diverse topics ... with no sacrifice of accuracy.';
6 Henry Brandon, associate editor of The Sunday Times of London, accepted the honor medal for his newspaper. The Sunday Times citation recognized its " acceptance of the responsibility of a free press to probe deeply and to report fully its society's ills . .. and the vision, courage and skill of its editors and staff whose performances exemplify high standards of journalistic endeavor."
The Cura tors of the UNIVERSIT~f MISSOURI Honor7f d JIWa~ for Distinguished ~ervic0 in J-ournalism
THE SUNDAY TIMES
/11 n·cog11ifit•11 uf (•xct> plion.:ti L•ditori,; l (•nlt'rprh l' in the bt·st i ntcr~st of ib r!!,ldl• rs; l!s dC~e p t.:uKl' of the rt• s pon ~ ihi l ity of,; frt'l' JHt•-.s tn probt• d t•C'p ly ,1nd ll"l report fu ll y its socit•ty's ill s;
Its willingnt•ss to resist prt·ssu r,•:> whi ~.: h '''tluld dust• oft il dL•nwcrdlit' pt'tlplt..>'s right tu know; and The vision, courugc>, and ski ll nl its t•ditors .1nd st.lff. who!:>t' pt•rfnr m>~n Ct' S exemplify high siJndi'lrds i"~f journ.;listil.· t•ndt',l\'ur. G iven .11 Columbi 7 UNIVERSIT~f MISSOURI HonoYiward for Distinguished ~ervic0 in JOUrnalism RAYMOND B. NIXON In rt•cv,;.pnlioll ,,f his 50 )'l:'.lrs t)f st.• rvkC' as ,1 juurno:~li~m ll'ih"hl·r Jnd reseMchC'r, N>ginning preeminent schol.1rly jo urnal in its fidd, and His lifelong contributitm to internutic-.noll communi~·.ltion, including lectures in more th.ln -10 for~·ign countri('!>; l~sta bli shmt.•nt and .:-nl.ugL'nlt'llt uf jl)urnalism pmgr;1ms in L.1tin Am~.· ri c.:~n Unavt•rsities .1nd ~·ontinuing service to thL· S tat£' Department as .1 journalism spL'Cidlist. CivC' n at Columbia, Missouri, Ill~ f ,ftll ,,f Apnl, Nilll'lt'r'l! Huudr.·d Sc't'i.'ll(l(- fiJur. Raymond B. Nixon, University of Minnesota emeritus professor of journalism, was honored for "his lifelong contribution to international communication, including lectures in more than 40 foreign countries . .. and his editorship of Journalism Quarterly for 20 years, firmly establishing it as the preeminent scholarly journal in its field." 8 Richard L. Strout, senior Washington correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor and "T.R.B." columnist for the New Republic, "for his report over fifty years from Washington and other scenes where events of magnitude were played out .. . his way with the language, his care for the language-this in his capacity of stylist." The Curators of the UNIVERSIT~f MISSOURI Honor?{ d JIWa11 for Distinguished jeroice_; in ]ournalism RICHARD L. STROUT In rccoguilitm tl/ his report over fifty ye.~rs from Washington and other scenes wht>n! events of magnitud~ wen• play.... d out- this in his cupacity uf corre· S.Pond t>nl fur Tilt' Cliri:;litlll Sfit'm\' Mtlllitvr, The weekly mu si n~ these thirty-odd year:, of TRB wherein the complexities of power, of justict.• .tnd injustice, h.we been delineated with a clarity, a simplicity, .1 humanity that have drdwn prctiSt.' from critics of varying politk'al philosophies - this in his cap,ldty uf anonymous {scarcely) columnist of Tilt' Nt•w Rt'flll/!/ic; and H is way with tht> language, his c.ue fo r the language-this in his capacity of stylist. Given ,,t Columbia, Missouri. Ill!' Fi{t/1 ll/ April, Nim.•tr>~'" Huudr1•d Srt•rnty·Fcmr. 9 DNIVERSITYof MISSOURI Honor?{ d JIWa11 for Distinguished jervice__, in ]ournalism ROBERT L. VICKERY In rc!"J)_Iilllft<~H tlf his 50 yt'MS in the profe~s inn of nevvsp.lpt.'r jt)urnalism; H is le His reputation JS u gt·ntleman ..111d his dt•di..:atiun to the hi~lw~t tdt•als of jourthl lism and community sc:rvicc. Civcm a t Ct,Jumbia, Missouri, t/1<· Ftftlt of Apnl. Nint'ft't' 11 Humfmf Se/>c'/1/y·F('II' Robert L. Vickery, publisher of the Salem (Mo.) News, was selected in recognition of "his leadership in the community newspaper field as demonstrated by the consistent high quality of his newspapers . .. and his service to the newspaper profession of his state as President of the Missouri Press Association and his support of the School of Journalism and the University of Missouri." 10 The Rights and Responsibilities of the Press and Broadcast Media By Sen. SAM J. ERVIN, JR. (D, N.C.) Although he did not wait for an answer, Pontius Pilate put to Jesus the crucia.J question: What is truth? This is made manifest by this assurance which Jesus had previously given his followers: "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. " The Founding Fathers rightly believed that truth alone makes men free. They desired most of all that the people for whom they were creating a government should be politically, intellectually, and spiritually free. In the nature of things, they could not guarantee that Ameri cans would actually know the truth. But they could guarantee that Americans would have the right to know the truth, and make that right effective by conferring upon the people and denying to the government 'the power to determine what truth is. And that is precisely what they did by the First Amendment. This Amendment proclaims that "The Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition government for a redress of grievances." As appears by its phraseology, the First Amendment applied originally to the federal government only. Afterwards, however, its provisions were extended to the states by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Consequently, it forbids ahy governmental abridgment of its freedoms, which are aptly de signed to make effective the right of the people to know the truth, and to govern themselves accordingly. 11 In its final analysis, the First Amendment compels government First to grant to every person within the borders of our land these political, intellectual, and religious freedoms: Amendment 1. Freedom to think whatever he pleases. Freedoms 2. Freedom to convey to others with impunity by speech, writing, print, picture, signal, or any other medium of communi cation whatever information or ideas he wishes as long as what he says or publishes does not slander or libel others, invade the privacy of others, constitute obscenity or legal fraud, incite crime or violence, obstruct courts in the administration of justice, amount to sedition, or imperil the national security. 3. Freedom to associate with others to accomplish any lawful objective. 4. Freedom to meet peaceably with others for consultation and protest and to petition those invested with powers of govern ment for redress of grievances, either real or imagined. 5. Freedom to entertain such religious beliefs as appeal to his own conscience, to practice such religious beliefs in any form not injurious to himself or others, to endeavor by peaceful per suasion to convert others to his religious beliefs, and to be exempt from taxation for the support of any institution which teaches religion. The First Amendment is impartial and inclusive. It bestows its freedoms on all persons within our land, regardless of whether they are wise or foolish, learned or ignorant, profound or shallow, brave or timid, or devout or ungodly, and regardless of whether they love or hate our country and its institutions. For this reason, First Amendment freedoms are often grossly abused; and in consequence society is sorely tempted at times to demand or countenance their curtailment by government to prevent their abuse. Our country must steadfastly spurn this temptation if it is to remain the land of the free. This is so because the only way to prevent the abuse of freedom is to abolish freedom. The quest for the truth that makes men free is not easy. As John Charles McNeill, a North Carolina poet, said, "teasing truth a thousand faces claims as in a broken mirror." The Founding Fathers believed-and I think rightly-that the best test of truth is its ability to get itself accepted when conflicting ideas compete for the minds of men. And, so, the Founding Fathers staked the existence of America as a free society upon their faith that it has nothing to fear from the exercise of the First Amendment freedoms, no matter how much they may be abused, as long as it leaves truth free to combat error. For ease of expression, I have stated First Amendment free doms in terms of the individual. These freedoms belong, however, not only to individuals, but also to the organizations in which individuals pool their efforts. 12 Let us consider applications of the First Amendment to the Rights press and the broadcast media. The First Amendment freedoms embodied in the phrase" free of the dom of speech or of the press" secure to publishers of news Press papers, magazines, books, pamphlets, and the like the con stitutional right to communicate information or ideas to the people irrespective of whether their action in so doing is pleasing to government or any segment of society. Publishers may exercise this constitutional right without the consent of government and even against its will. When they drafted and ratified the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers decreed that the freedoms it secures should extend into the future and apply to all activities falling within their scope , even though such activities were never envisaged by them. As a consequence, the First Amendment freedoms embodied Rights in the phrase "freedom of speech or of the press" confer upon those who broadcast information or ideas by radio or television of the the constitutional right to do so, subject, however, to certain Broadcast limitations, which are not applicable to the press. Those who wish to operate as radio or television broadcasters Media are required to apply for licenses to broadcast to a governmental agency, the Federal Communications Commission, which al locates available broadcast frequencies among the limited number of applicants it licenses and compels each broadcaster to broad cast on the frequency allotted to it. These requirements are adjudged valid under the First Amend ment simply because in the present state of the science scarcity of broadcast frequencies and unrestricted broadcasting would prevent intelligible communication of information or ideas on the airways. Radio and television broadcasters are subjected by law to the fairness doctrine as authorized by Congress and expounded by the Supreme Court in Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. The Federal Communications Commission, 395 U.S. 367, and other decisions. The avowed purpose of the fairness doctrine is to further the people's right to know the truth by requiring that discussion of public issues be presented on broadcast stations and that all sides of the issues be given fair coverage. To this end, the fairness doctrine obligates a radio or television station to give reply time to answer personal attacks and political editorials broadcast by it and to extend time to a political candidate if it grants time to 13 his opponent. The station must permit the use of its facilities for these purposes without compensation. It may be noted that the fairness doctrine may be unwisely applied in a way which counteracts its purpose. If it is invoked too often in doubtful cases, broadcast stations will forego the ini tiation of discussions of controversial public issues to avoid the economic loss which the granting of substantial free time entails. Governmental regulation of radio and television broadcasters must be narrowly restricted. Otherwise, it will violate the First Amendment, which undoubtedly forbids government to deny to a broadcaster freedom to broadcast the news or programs it chooses or the views it entertains. I submit, moreover, that the FCC flouts the First Amendment if it revokes or refuses to renew a license to broadcast merely because it dislikes the political views the broadcaster expresses, or applies the fairness doctrine in a way which proclaims, in essence, that the government has determined the truth in respect to any controversial subject. A case can be made for the proposition that the fairness doctrine merely imposes upon the broadcast media obligations similar to those which the responsible press voluntarily assumes, and that responsible broadcasters would discharge these obliga tions voluntarily if the law establishing the fairness doctrine were repealed. While any society which operates under the free enterprise Truth system must extend to the press and the broadcast media an ex pectation of reasonable recompense for Frees their services in communi Men cating information or ideas to the people, the First Amendment From does not guarantee freedom of speech or freedom of the press for their pecuniary benefit. Tyranny The Founding Fathers embodied these guaranties in the Amendment for two reasons, one philosophical and the other pragmatic. As philosophers, the Founding Fathers believed that free and full flow of information and ideas teaches men the truth which frees them from the worst sort of tyranny, i.e., tyranny over the mind; and as pragmatists, they believed that free and full flow of information and ideas is vital to the civil and political institu tions they established. The Founding Fathers were right on both counts. Freedom of speech and of the press are the things which distinguish our country most sharply from totalitarian regimes. They enable our country to enjoy a diversity of ideas and 14 programs, and to escape the standardization of ideas and programs totalitarian tyranny requires. The Gospel According to Luke states this principle: "Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more" (cf. Luke 12:48) . Freedom of speech and of the press expressly confer upon the press and the broadcast media great rights. In so doing, they im pliedly impose upon the press and the broadcast media great re sponsibilities. These responsibilities obligate the press and the broadcast media to do these things: (1) to convey to the people in formation and ideas which will teach them the truth that makes them free; and (2) to communicate to public officials as well as to the people information and ideas which will assist them in making our governmental institutions provide good government for our land. To discharge these responsibilities aright, the press and the broadcast media must uncover and bring to light information which is accurate; present that information objectively, and inter pret it as fairly as the humanity of editors and commentators permits; seek to engender in the public mind confidence that they are fair as well as free by affording reasonable opportunities for reply to those who disagree with their editorializing and those whom they chastise; and keep themselves intellectually free by denying to government and advertisers alike control of the in formation they present and the views they express. Let me elaborate further special aspects of the responsibilities of the press and the broadcast media. Inasmuch as the chief objective of freedom of speech and of Free the press is to secure political freedom for our people and sound government for our land, the press and the broadcast media Interchange stand as interpreters between the government and the people, of Ideas and have the responsibility of presenting information and debating ideas necessary to inform the people in respect to public issues. The importance of this responsibility cannot be overmagnified. A free and full interchange of information and ideas concerning the problems of government and society makes us aware of con ditions and policies which need correction, and induces us to make in apt time and in a peaceful way the reforms that changing times demand. As a consequence of this function of the press and the broadcast media and the First Amendment right of the people to petition government for a redress of grievances, violent revolution has no rational or rightful place in our system. 15 This responsibility puts a special obligation on the press and the broadcast media to ferret out corruption and inefficiency in government and to expose the offending public officials. The First Amendment encourages the fearless discharge of this special obligation by decreeing that a public official cannot hold the press or the broadcast media legally liable for a false statement re lating to his official conduct unless the false statement is made with actual malice. My observation of the press and the broadcast media leaves me with the abiding impression that on the whole they exercise their rights and discharge their responsibilities in highly com mendable fashion. Candor compels me to confess, however, that my impression is not shared by a constituent who recently wrote me that "No man in his right mind favors suppressing the press, but some thing ought to be done about all its lies and distortions." I notice, however, that no one complains of the press and the broadcast media when the things they say are pleasing to him. After all, the ultimate test of one's devotion to freedom of speech and of the press is his willingness to tolerate the expression of ideas he hates. Before passing from this phase of my remarks, I make an observation concerning those members of the news media who take umbrage at public officials who are so foolish as to find fault with them. The right of a public official to criticize the press and the broadcast media is coequal with their right to criticize him. Be sides, a criticism of the press or the broadcast media by a public official does not necessarily constitute an attack on freedom of speech and of the press. It may merely indicate the official's dis pleasure with the way in which these freedoms are exercised on a particular occasion. Like all freedom, freedom of speech and of the press are Freedom always in peril; and the price of their keeping is eternal vigilance, and an unceasing readiness to guard and defend them. in Jeopardy Strange as it may seem, freedom has many foes, even among those who profess to love it. Some men are annoyed by the abuse of freedom by others and advocate its abridgment to prevent its further abuse. Other men fear the exercise of freedom by others and demand its curtailment to quiet their fears. And government itself tends to dislike freedom in general because it obstructs the exercise of arbitrary power and freedom 16 of speech and of the press in particular because they are the instruments which expose official mismanagement and mis conduct. Woodrow Wilson, who was our most knowledgeable Presi- dent in respect to government, so attested by this declaration: "Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it." It was because of these things that the Founding Fathers embodied in the First Amendment the guaranties of freedom of speech and of the press to give our people security against laws and all other governmental actions which are designed to suppress the communication of information or to stifle the expression of ideas. Let me enumerate these current or recent governmental acts Recent or threats which manifest official lack of respect and support for freedom of speech and of the press: Affronts I. The use of the army to spy on civilians who dissented from to Freedom governmental policies in respect to Southeast Asia and other matters and petitioned for relief from them. 2. The attempt of the government to obtain judicial decrees enjoining the New York Times and the Washington Post from publishing the Pentagon Papers. 3. The executive order expanding the powers of the Sub versive Activities Control Board to brand various groups as in tellectually or politically dangerous to the established order. 4. The attempt of a Committee of the House of Representa tives to require the Columbia Broadcasting System to submit to it unpublished data which the System accumulated in preparing the documentary entitled "The Selling of the Pentagon." 5. The widespread use of false press credentials by govern ment investigators. 6. The threat to the independence of the broadcast media arising out of the ever present danger that the Federal Communi cations Commission may use its licensing power and the fairness doctrine to suppress dissent and further government policies having little, if any, relationship to communications. 7. The threat posed by increased postal charges to the economic survival of newspapers and magazines. And last, but not least, the subpoenaing of reporters to appear before grand juries and other investigating bodies and testify concerning their sources of information in respect to matters of public interest. 17 With respect to this matter, I must express my disappointment over the Supreme Court's recent decision in Branzburg v. Hayes. In this consolidated decision, the Court rejected an earlier holding by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Earl Caldwell to the effect that the First Amendment demands pro tection of newsmen' s confidential sources of information in certain circumstances. The Supreme Court's five-justice majority seemed to overlook the reasons underlying the First Amendment's guarantee of a free press. It ignored the truism that freedom to publish is meaningless without the widest possible range of news gathering by reporters and authors. I agree with Justice Potter Stewart, writing in dissent, that "The Court's crabbed view of the First Amendment reflects a disturbing insensitivity to the critical role of an independent press in our society." The foes of freedom never tire. Consequently, freedom is Saving always in jeopardy. The price of its keeping is eternal vigilance, and an unceasing readiness to guard and defend it. Freedom When he made his eloquent address on "The Spirit of Liberty" , Judge Learned Hand, one of the wisest of all men, warned us against the smug assumption that freedom is secure in our land because the Founding Fathers enshrined it in the Bill of Rights. I quote his words: " I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws, and upon courts. These are false hopes; believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no Jaw, no court can even do much to help it. While it lies there it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it." I close with this prayer: May love of liberty abide in the hearts of the men and women of America as long as time shall last. 18 Medalists 1930-1973 A Noite, '44 Brown, james W., Jr. , '73 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) (Harrisonville Cass County Democrat-Missourian Argeu Guimaraes* and Lee's Summit journal) Advertising Age, '72 Bullen, Percy S., '30 S. R. Bernstein• (London Daily Telegraph) American Newspaper Publishers Research Burnett, Leo, '63 In stitute, '73 (Leo Burnett Co., Chicago) M. W. Armistead III* Arkansas Gazette, '62 ). N. Heiskell* Carroll, Boyd, '56 Atlanta Journal, '48 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Wright Bryan• Carter, john Mack, '70 Atlantic Monthly, '44 (Ladies' Ho me Journal) Edward Weeks• Casey, Ralph D., '61 (University of Minnesota) Babb, Joseph G lenn, '39 Casey, Robert )., '45 (The Associate d Press) (Chicago Daily News) Baillie, Hugh, '53 Catledge, Turner, '54 (United Press Associations) (The New York Times) Baltimore Sun, '31 Chancellor, John, '72 William E. Moore* NBC Batten, H. A., '46 Chandler, Otis, '69 (N. W. Ayer & Son, Inc.) (Los Angeles Times) Berlingske Tidende, '61 Chicago Daily News, '41 (Copenhagen, Denmark) Carroll Binder• Dr. Vincent Naeser• Childers, Henry F., '31 Blair, Cowgill, '60 (Troy, Mo., Free Press) Ooplin, Mo., Globe) Childs, Marquis, '51 Blakeslee, Alton L., '66 (United Feature Syndicate columnist) (The Associated Press) Christian Century, '58 Blanton, Charles L., Jr. , '66 Harold E. Fey• (Sikeston, Mo., Standard) Christian Science Monitor, '43 Blanton, H . J., '39 Erwin ). Canham• (Monroe Co. Appeal, Paris, Mo.) Churchill, Sir Winston, '60 Block, Herbert, '61 Churchman, of New York City, ' 34 (Washington Post) Guy E. Shipler• Borton, Elan, '57 Clayton, Charles C., '52 (Advertising Federation of America) (St. Louis Globe-Democrat) Boston Globe, '72 Cleveland Plain Dealer, '42 Davis Taylor• Paul Bellamy" Botthof, Walter E., '65 Cleveland Press, '54 (Standard Rate & Data Service) Louis B. Seltzer• Bowman, Louis N., ' 56 Colt, John W., '59 (Tri-County News, King City, Mo.) (Kansas City Star) Boyle, Hal, '47 Cone, Fairfax M., '52 (The Associated Press) (Foote, Cone & Belding) Brandt, Raymond P., '39 Cope, Millard L., '59 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) (Marshall, Tex., News-Messenger) Broeg, Robert W., '71 Copley, James S., '60 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) (The Copley Press) Briggs, Frank P., '58 Corbin, Carl, '61 (Macon, Mo., Chronicle-Herald) (The New Orlean s States-Item) Brinkley, David, '60 Costa, Joseph, '54 (NBC News, Washington, D.C.) (King Features) Brown, James Wright, '35 Cousins, Nonnan, '72 (Editor & Publisher, New York) (World Review) 19 Cronkite, Walter, '64 Gallup, George Horace, ' 51 (CBS, New York) (International In stitutes of Public Opinion) Crossley, Wallace, '39 Goteborg Handels-och Sjoforts-Tidnings, '46 (Warrensburg, Mo., Star-journal) (Goteborg, Sweden) jane Lundblad• Dailey, Don C., '70 Goudy, Frederic William, '44 (KGB X, Springfield , Mo.) (Type designer) Dale, E. L. , '53 G rant, Harry)., '33 (Carthage, Mo., Evening Press) (Mil waukee journal) Da ll as News, '35 G uy, Harry D. , '54 Dr. )ames Q. Dealey• (The Da ll as News) Davis, Elme r, '49 (ABC) Hailey, Foster B. , '45 Denman, Cli nt H., '57 (New York Times) (Sikeston, Mo., He rald) Hanniba l (Mo.) Courier-Post, '62 Des Moines Register and Tribune, '34 E. L. Sparks* W.W. Waymack• Harper's Magazin e, '45 Detroit Free Press, '69 Frederi ck L. A ll en• Lee Hills• Harte, Houston, '31 Detroit News, '64 (San Angelo Standard-Times) Martin S. H ay den• Hartford (Conn.) Courant, '65 H erbert Brucker• Die Presse, 73 Hen sley, Stewart, '65 Dr. Thomas Chorherr• (UP!) Die Welt , '67 Hewitt, W. C., '54 (Hamburg, Essen and Berlin) (Th e Shelby County Herald, She lbyville, Mo.) Axel Springer• Hills, Lee, '51 Digges, Sam Cook, '73 (The Mia mi Hera ld ) (CBS Radio) H obby, Oveta Culp, '50 (Houston Post) El Mercurio, '69 Hon olulu Star-Bulletin, '57 (Santiago, Chile) Riley H . Allen• Agustin E. Edwards* Howard, Roy Wilson, '62 El Universa l, of Mexico City, '43 (Scripps- Howard Newspapers) Luis F. Ma cGregor• Huntley, Chet, '60 Eli ot, George Field ing, '62 (NBC News, N ew York) (General Features Syndicate) H u ss, Pierre )., '42 En cyclopaedia Britannica, '68 (International News Service) Sir William Haley• English, Earl F., '70 Indianapolis Star, '58 (University of Missouri) Eu gene C. Pulliam• Eugene (Ore.) Register-Guard, '66 Israel, Larry H., '72 Alton F. 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