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1 1 press Association strict ethical standards in its advertising column. It opposes the publtca- 1 it the l
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11 1 1 - Vim" R‘ Portmann’ Editor'Puthher newspaper to frank, honest and fearless editorial expressions. It respects Judv A.
11 1 1 Printed On The Kernel Press Lexington equality of opinion and the right of every individual to participation in . 1111111
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"11 1 Kentucky Press Association Officers pl‘O-OHCl‘Cd. It helps immensely [or your cen- watched. \Nhere advertising space is r editoria
1 1 ' Tyler Munford, President tral office to say “This rate is effective for to local users, the newspaper should rest were di
’ 11 . ' umon Cfnmty' Advocfte’ Morganﬁeld the entire calendar year”. ' the right of full control as to rate paid.P§ and in
1 1 Fred B.Wachs,F1rst V106 President . lish in vour newspaper [or your readE I R'ldlt
. 1 1 Herald-Leader, Lexington . ' 1‘ ‘ .f .7 .
i 1 James M. Willis, Second Vice President m ()“n‘”_101l' It may have you, fmd 11h arrange
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11 ‘ University of Kentucky, Lexington In The RU r0! Press ——-‘—0— 1 licntucl
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11 ' D’smc’ Executwe Committeemen A news story in Sunday papers carried the Couner—J‘oumoI-Times 1 the you]
11 1 Chairman' Joe La Gore’ Sim-Democrat, Padu' announcement of the reorO'animtion of the ' i .. 1
11 1 cah, (First); Second, John B. Gaines, Park 1 ‘ 1 ~ _' D ‘ 1 . Receives TWO AWOrdS E state ”61
. 1 '1 City News, Bowling Green; Third, J. M. Wynn, State I‘lel‘ Boaid which should end political Congratulations to the Louisville CONE? Sun-Del
1 1 ’ Courier-Journal, LOUiSVille; Fourth, Albert 5- administration and eliminate the handicaps Iourn'il and Times [01 Ll e e 't 1 f! editor 1
- 1 ’ Wathen Sr., Kentucky Standard, Bardstown; -. . - . . 1 - . ‘ ‘ 5 ‘ l m N“ 8111116 ’ ,
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1 1 . County Times, Prestonsburg; Eighth, J. .W. N 'e ”I that 'ould nake it .1 “state fair” Lion in (ihicago on April I. The avigf f
1 Heddon, AdVocate’ Mt- Sterling; Ninth, H- R- 1) “ H1615 ‘ ( If ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ speciﬁed special service for the best (0:1 10 _the
E1 ‘1 Chandler, Mountain Advocate, Barbourville; in reality: That every ellort should be made miinitv-service work and material (lesioii editor 0
1 1 Stéte'at'lia’ge’ Seymour B‘ G,°°dman’ Enter' to interest citizens in every section of the 1 1 ’ q 1 1 1 ‘ . "1 and 1m
1 prise, Elizabethtown; Immediate Past pres- _ 1 F _~ l _ 1 'h'b. _ 1. '- io sell local advertising to a special ch. 1 .
1 ident, Harold A. Browning, Whitley Republican, state m the an ““1 county 6“ 1 .It?’ 1m 1‘ 1- ﬁcatiou account. Seven national awards “Cf Of the
1 1 Williamsburg. dual entries in agricultural exhibits, and, lll'l(lC 'lll(l it is siO'iiiﬁc'int th u om l’eiitilti Terrv
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1 ,_._._4___—.—. through these. statewide attendence: that newspapers 1‘Ccci3cd two 01. the seven 1 noted s}
1 these interests be stimulated through our The liditor and Publisher annual '1“; at the I:
11 ' NATIONAL EDITORIAL— efficient countrv press; and that a much . . 1; and cm
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11 ‘ $33,? A SSOCIATION larger proportion of the advertising budget t \l “,1 . . 1 1 sprinklc
1 1- m1“ ﬁngm _ ._ . 1 . . ._ _ _ o 1]. i . ynn. promotion manager. 3- _.
it ~ hiker l / / be used to adveitise the [an in our ruial . . . . . . 1 of his t:
11 1 . . , Decidingr [actors with the ]l1(lg‘€S in amt _
11 press instead of too-large appropriations for . ‘ . _ L. ‘ .1 ;- actively
1 1 1 1 ‘ _ mg the community-service Oscar wast; .
z 1‘ ’ 1 ———-——————— placards, so-called art-work. etc.. that in the 1 1. 1 . .7 ~ . 1 . ~ . ;; internai
1 ~ . , _ seiies ol laim-incentive progiams spout“; 4
. 1. The attention of every istate editor and past was many times in excess of the puny by the newspapers These include the Hi and prc
publisher is called to the article in another amount spend in the rural press to attract and Farm Improvement Campaign Soil their ov
'11 column of the proposed anthology of small- rural visitors and partiCipants. servation Essay Contest 2111(141-H2Club C11 He iirgi
1 1 , - v ‘ ' v '. “’e also sucr est that the incomin Fair . . I. ' ’ . stand a:
11 ' newspapei vsritmg. “76110139 that every e'dl . ”g . 1 1 _ g , pionships. Two other programs are bemgt _, ‘
11 tor Wlll make his selection and contribution Board appomt 3‘ \‘lSltlng committee to m’ 'iugur'ited in 1047 .1 9.1% the Soil C6111 ”(Ml 1‘
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11 1 for posmble incluswn m this interesting vestigate the methods—and far reaching and a contest encompassind the work Oil; l‘lmng I
11 1 volume. There is a wide range of material to results—of the advertismg procedures of the Future Farmers 01. Americ: 1 r\tten
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11 1‘ be lnC1HdEd humor, description, '\61'S€, The second ‘Oscar was awarded to :19; Turner
11 1 K human interest, satire. tall tales ’ editorial, ~———————.—————_—— campaign for the Kentworth Corporal; Western‘
11 3 news stones—whatever the writer believes is worked out and presented by Arthurlé 1.. 1.
11 ‘ “his best”. Take a little time to go over Another Racketeer - .- “ﬁlters,
11 1 retail advertising manager of the newspa . the WI"
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11 1 your ﬁles and send your selections in at once Advertismg Approach . 1
11 to Cchicago. “7111 Kentucky be represented —’—_‘— —"'_‘—’_ (at .
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1‘ m the anthology? The Michigan Bulletin states. A weekly A home town almanac that appear. f hll(l~Sl
1 . newspaper was approached recently by an week 011 the front page Of a WECle 1511;» land F1‘
1 . out-of—town promoter who purchased a full- 0f.that paper's most popular featureslJ '
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1 ‘ KPA members occaSionally ask about mid- page at regular advertismg rates. Posmg as ed exactly like an almanac it glves 5“ 1 Wrap
1 1 ' Year rate raises. It’s the greatest single bane a Red Cross worker, he then contracted a and sunset for the week, a calendar 011‘» 6‘15)’ ‘Wil
1 y of agencies and advertisers who would use score of industrial firms in the town, selling town events, a rcmember-when paragfﬂllh' exchang
1 the power of the rural press as found in the them thru cooperative space which in total two, a reminder, and a bit of adVlCC- 5' things,
1 , unstable rate structure—the abused habit .of was six times the regular page revenue. This ﬁgurettes from mat services could be , ”Here-“t6
1 ‘ kicking up rates every time a new order is racket, is not new, but it still must be to enliven the space. 1 j 6’0 WC
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