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Ethridge _ ? From i three years. "I THEN decided that I'd 1 get on someone else's payroll said, "I had had a standing from Jack Knight (owner c Knight n?*wsnn nor oholnl several years. He said if I was < looking for a job to let him kn did and I spent 16 years Knight." He started with K newspapers as an editorial v for the Detroit Free Press moved to associate editor, tli editorial director. In 1967 became editor of the Free I With Ethridge at the helir year, the Free Press was aw; a Pulitzer for its coverage < Detroit race riots. "The Pulitzer went to the st the Free Press for its i package of coverage of the riots," he said. "I was the; editor of the newspaper durir breaking news story. I scheduled to go to Vietnam did go during much of the f< up. The staff did most of the f< up. Of course, I did editorials. A lot of the time was just the supervising and s I Gamms Beta Phi The Gamma Bets Pli organization for student) United States. Membership Eligibility Membership is open the qualities of worthy ?u:? i 1 !, auucvciiiciu, ctiiu uuiui completed at least one scholastic ranking of a If you meet our meml in becoming a member < South Carolina Directo Chapter Organization 1 Thun ( Daily 1 Fast T ( n non ~7 Pin ? I *k I ?age 3 that the coverage was good and the commentary intelligent. tetter I," he "THERE WERE only five days offer of rioting, but there was a lot of >f the piecing together afterward going for into the background of the riots, i ever including a major piece on how did IAUI f aaaU ^ 1 Ji 2 ? VTT. m caul VI UIC 11 Willi U1CU in with the riots actually die. Eventually, at least three * policemen were night charged with murder although vriter they were later acquitted/' . He While working for the Detroit ten to paper, Ethridge spent a lot of time \ he in Vietnam, commenting on what 'ress. he called the nation-building i that process, that is, whether or not the arded Vietnamese could successfully )f the take over the war after the United States withdrew its troops. aff of Perhaps his most interesting whole endeavor while at the Free Press i 1967 was the reporting of the Pentagon re as Papers. tg the Several of the nation's leading was newspapers, including the New . and York Times and tho WnshinoMn Jllow- Post, had been enjoined by court jllow- order after having published only some one or two installments of the there classified papers. Daniel Elisberg, eeing the person who had originally w li Society is an honor and service s in College and Universities in the to undergraduate students who display r character, good mentality, creditable mendable attitude. Students must have k /vf ttlAMl* ..#V : OCtllCOlU VI WUG^C WUXIV dllU I1UVC it t least a 3.3 average. 1 oership requirements and are interested of our organization - come meet with the r of Gamma Beta Phi. Meeting (Dr. Somers Miller, presiding) Room 306 RI1 sday, February 2,1978 7:00p.m. VillAGE ?"1- ? m original Chinese cuisine Cantonese style/' f iin^K 48? 1 i\ utajuvu liuiti ifl.viU 11:30-3:00 Dke-Out Service ys Sun. 12 noon?. 10 p.m. III TQ 1 1 '30 n rn 1 n r> inn f. , w . w . . . .VW Vl.lll. IV p.m. 1 1:30 a.m. ? 1 1 p.m. 1 2 noon ? 1 1 p.m. 724 Harden St. (in Five Points) 799-8401 leaked the contents of the papers to the press, then called Knight newspapers to offer the papers to them. Knight accepted and sent Ethridge and four other reporters to Washington. THE MISTAKE made by the other newspapers was to try and publish the documents as a long tr ?a i running series, rvnigni, nowever, reported on the contents of the entire 700-page report in one issue. Therefore, the government could not halt publication unless they knew about it in advance. Ethridge and his associates worked on the papers around the clock for two days and nights. The following morning, without a trace ui government intervention, tne Pentagon Papers appeared in Knight newspapers around the country. Ethridge left the Free Press in 1973 to become editor and vice | PROBLEM 1 PREGNANCY NEED HELP? Columbia 254-7817 Charleston 722-8318 IWE CAN HELP1 m ?oS <JOQ -v i i.ny . t*vi'm! li lor .1 >.n.? s*rf2a?%&M Tm"i Itj rnccrmtswt I Please present I t\ Buy any sancton order of trench ft per customer. V< r| This ol It ;r expire: 1 Good only al i B 1211 Co1 president of the Akron Beacon- ma Journal, the "flagship paper of the off* Knight fleet." Durinc his stav in Ko ' Akron, Ethridge set the unofficial chj record for getting a gag order "O overturned. The order was issues a j at 4 p.m. on a Monday and was cor ' rescinded at noon on the following not Wednesday. pai Ethridge, who teaches copy t0 | editing, media law and newspaper 1 5 Off Brand Rive rat I-JO 0 FORTHE YOUNG ? fKUftiSSlUINAL, I" WHO ENJOYS THE ? ACTIVE LIFE FC ALL NEW ALL ADULT ALL AMENITIES P ' - One A LmC9U> ******** fmmtFm* SL_g;g a itxisitxj v*sa/T?o se< little, ? jamri >FK"ii rf S ? IKXIHir ??F? HAMftllHGFR Ai1oul*;l?o<p?nyo?}<*.y 100"': hcot Jus! tof rmlclte m/<x1 Ixjrnor lovers MB MB Ml BM BM MB ? BM MB BB MB th any sandwich purcfase. his coupon before ordering. fSBBm -() on om menu and got a regular fi/o ffLTt: i.h iii( unt' coupon UU >id where prohibited by law. flJFi 5 March 3 ^lf|| lege St. Columbia, S.C. 9 i ft ) \ , nagement, had some advice to }; er to those students who h*?e to newspaper reporters, many <' iracteristics are necessary, ; ne of them is energy. Another is ; >assion for accuracy. 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