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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Dec. 4, 1969—1-C
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Prime Time
BY LENNART PEARSON
Head Librarian
Presbyterian College
Prime Time: The Life of Edward R. Murrow.
By Alexander Kendrick. 548 pages. Little,
Brown. 1969.
In the recent fuss over Vice President Ag-
new’s speech calling for “more responsible” re
porting of the news, it needs to be noted that the
issues are something of a hardy perennial. If you
doubt it, read this excellent best-selling biography
of the late Edward R. Murrow.
Item. In 1943, CBS reporter Cecil Brown
opined that American enthusiasm for the war was
evaporating, whereupon Paul White, director of
CBS News “sharply rebuked Brown for expressing
‘under the guise of news analysis’ views which
could not be justified as ‘factual reporting’ and in
addition were ‘dangerous to public morale’. White
charged the commentator with ‘defeatist talk that
would be of immense pleasure to Dr. Goebbels and
his boys’ and reminded him of the long-standing
CBS policy of ‘no editorializing.’
Item. During the 1960 campaign, the CBS
News election unit had made a survey based on
Kennedy’s Catholicism. First, Robert, then JFK
himself, telephoned CBS President Frank Stanton
to complain bitterly. “When Stanton pointed out
that CBS had done nothing more than many news
papers, Kennedy replied, not very cryptically, ‘Yes,
but they’re not licensed by the Federal govern
ment’.”
Item. In 1964, “after (President Johnson’s)
fifteen minute television appearance . . . sounding
the Tonkin Gulf alarm, the CBS network allowed
its White House correspondent to sum up for two
minutes, and then gave the air back to its panting
affiliates, so they could show their antiquated but
lucrative movies. NBC allotted as much time as
the President had used for comment and analysis
of an obviously significant occasion. As soon as
the CBS program ended, an indignant Murrow was
on the telephone to (Fred W.) Friendly. ‘What do
you mean by going off the air?’ he demanded.
‘Even NBC did better.’ He berated the CBS News
president for failing to live up to his responsibili
ties by not presenting a full and critical report.”
Alexander Kendrick, himslef a well-known re
porter and once a part of Murrow’s organization,
writes of Murrow with obvious admiration. Mur
row’s professional life falls into four more or less
distinct parts: (1) his superb war reporting from
London during World War II; (2) his post-war ra
dio newscasting (“This ... is the news.”) ; (3) his
career in television, the undoubted apex of which
was his exposure of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s
antics which did much to discredit the senator in
the mind of the public; and (4) his brief director
ate of the U. S. Information Agency, where he had
to struggle with the same problems of propagan
da, objectivity, news management, arfB-ttre pub
lic’s “right to know” which he had previously
grappled with at CBS, only now from the govern
ment’s point of view. His untimely death in 1967
of lung cancer deprived his profession of one of its
most articulate voices.
It appears, then, that the struggle between
educational, commercial, and government interests
for the soul of this medium is still going on. The
recent exchange between Mr. Agnew and the net
works is probably a healthy sign. Silence would be
ominous.
BY NANCY PHILLIPS
Week of Dec. 1, 1949
Santa Claus will pay his first
official visit for 1949 to Clinton
this afternoon when he arrives at
4:30 to become the main figure
in the City’s annual Christmas
parade.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Edwins
announce the birth of a son,
Richard Elliott, on Nov. 28. Mrs.
Edwin was Miss Annie Lou Mc-
Elhannon prior to her marriage.
Historic Lickville Presby
terian Church near Green
ville was the scene of a lovely
wedding Saturday, Nov. 26 when
Miss Mary Jean Knight became
the bride of Eugene Murphey
Timmerman.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Reeves
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. D.
B. Smith on Thanksgiving Day.
Christmas Mail Schedule Is Given
IN ENGLAND—Furman University pants
students visit one of England’s many term
provinces. The students are partici- gram.
Fulmer Says English
'Just Good People'
in Furman’s first annual fall
in England travel-study pro-
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Scogin
and Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Owens
spent Sunday in Morganton, N. C.
with J. E. Brittain and children.
Miss Myra Adair, student at
Winthrop College, Rock Hill,
spent the holidays with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Adair.
Her friends will be interested to
know whe will be in Charlotte
until Christmas where she is
working in connection with her
studies.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. O’Shields
and Peggy Ballard were visitors
in Greenville Saturday.
Honoring Dr. and Mrs. Morgan
Milford, Mr. and Mrs.W. G. King
Jr., entertained Tuesday evening
with a drop-in at their home on
Pine Street.
The people of England are “ba
sically like the people at home,"
John H. Fulmer, Jr., of Clinton,
has discovered during his parti
cipation in Furman University’s
Fall Term in England.
Fulmer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Henry Fulmer, is one of
28 Furman students spending the
fall session in London and Strat-
ford-on-Avon, studying English
history and Shakespeare “on lo
cation."
The only thing that makes the
English different, explains Ful
mer, is their different culture.
“Because they have been brought
up in England, they have a dif
ferent point of view.. .personally,
they are just good people.”
Fulmer has gained new per
spectives while in England. “The
biggest advantage of travel-study
programs is the opportunity to
see one’s country objectively.
It’s quite shocking to be walk
ing through an English cathedral
and see the tomb of a Revolu
tionary War Tory who is called
patriotic. However, after the ini
tial shock, it makes one think
not only of that person but of the
entire American War for inde
pendence--in the way that Eng
lishmen think of it, and it makes
one think of American actions
today from a different point of
view.*
Fulmer and his fellow students
will return to the United States
December 10.
Jaskin Attends
Naval School
Airman Roman P. Jaskin, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Jas
kin of 520 Pickens St., is attend
ing the Aviation Electricians
Mate School at the Naval Air
Technical TrainingCenter, Jack
sonville, Fla.
He is studying the fundamen
tals of electricity, electronics,
aircraft electrical and instru
ment systems, troubleshooting,
and repair of aircraft electrical
parts.
He is also receiving refresh
er courses in mathematics
and physics.
“Needle’s Eyes”
In oriental cities, the small
gates called “needle’s eyes”
are used by travelers who
wish to enter the city after
the main gates have closed.
“Don’t take a chance on dis
appointing someone you love,
send you gift parcels and cards
early enough to insure their de
livery before Christmas, not af
ter," Postmaster W. D. Adair
advised today.
Such disappointments can be
avoided ifChristmas mailers will
observe the following mailing
schedule:
Gift parcels going to distant
states should be mailed the first
week of December.Parcels going
to nearby areas should be mailed
not later than Dec. 13.
The name and address of both
the sender and addressee should
be inclosed in each gift parcel to
permit identity in case of damage
or loss of the outside address
label. The outside label should
be placed on only one side of
each parcel.
Greeting cards going to distant
states should be mailed not la
ter than Dec. 10. Cards going to
local and nearby areas should be
in the mail by Dec. 15.
Postmaster Adair alsoempha-
sized the importance ofusingZIP
Codes and adding a return ad
dress to all Christmas mail.
ZIP Codes enable postal em
ployees to sort and handle the
mail faster. A return address
insures that mall that can’t be
delivered because of an illegible
or incomplete mailing address
will be returned to the sender.
Planting Time!
We Have The Following In Stock:
• Rye Grass and Fescue
• Pennington Green • Clover
• Full Line of Fertilizer
Johnson Enterprises
Hampton Avenue
Dial 833-2540
Bond Sales
Combines sales of Series E
and H Savings Bonds and Sav
ings Notes for October in Lau
rens County totaled $34,700 re
ports D. F. Patterson County
Savings Bonds Chairman.
In the state, total sales of E
and H Bonds and Savings Notes
for October amounted to $3,035,-
887 bringing the total sales for
the January-October period to
$26,573,054, reports Robert G.
Clawson, State Chairman of the
U. S. Savings Bonds Committee.
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