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By l'Alz2 Patten
The most important thing newspapers, television and
radio can do to better serve the public is to unsheath their
imaginations, according to a retired executive editor of
The New York Tmes.
Turner Catledge, on campu3 Monday through Wednes-.
day to cpeak to UNL journalism classes, said newspapers
must continue to char.gs with the times and provide what '
the public wants.
However, he said, a newspaper cannot just give the
public so-called good news.
"You have got to be honest with them (the public),"
he said, "or you lose your credibility. The news is abnor
mal. If good things are news, we are in a hell of a fix.
"We are not in this business for ourselves," he said.
"Our only franchise is the reader."
Fie said newspapers can do a lot of things better than
radio or TV, but that radio and TV also dq many things
better than newspapers.
'Newspapers have the power to interpret and explain,"
he said. "You can also pick up a paper now and read it
an hour later at the train station. With the news on
TV you have to be there then to get it all."
He said an example of newspapers covering news
better than radio or TV is the current energy situation.
He said TV might give it 30 seconds of coverage while
newspapers can cover it in-depth. -.
"I do not consider myself in competition with TV,"
he added.
Catledge said he . is "utterly opposed" to censorship
of any kind.
"The First Amendment does not grant a right," he
said. "It protects a right that already exists."
The First Amendment says Congress shall make no law
abridging the freedom of the press.
Catledge said people are concerned tht in some cases
a free press enn make it impossible for a defendant to get
a fair trial, but he said he does not think this is true.
"If you cannot give him (a defendant) a fair trial, turn
him loose. I know a lot of judges who believe this way
too
He said the First Amendment should cover broadcast-
ers too out in reamy uues mn. uc guYtnu.icwi wm tun
trol the airwaves used by radio and TV a' hus control
what is said by them, Catledge said.
Civic Center bond to get student help
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A UNL version of the Lincoln Citizens for the Civic
Cgnter is being formed to get student support for the
center bond issue, said David Eberhart, committee
chairman:
If the proposed bond issue on the May 3rd city
election ballot passes, Lincoln will have a new Civic
Center by 1979, said Eberhart.
"Students should get out and vote for it because the
university would probably get more out of it than any
other group in Lincoln," he said.
The proposed center would be built between the Old
City Hall and the Old Federal Building, in the block
bounded by 9th, 10th, O.and P Streets.
Eberhart said this site would save the city about
S2.5 million since the land would be donated to the city
by the Civic Center Corporation if the bond issue is
passed. .
He added that passing of the bond issue would pre
serve the architectural style and historical value of the
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estimated a der $7 million.
The Ce, 2,500 seat theatre would host operas,
plays, rock wicerts and other performances not suited;
in size to any of Lincoln's existing theatres or auditor-'
iums, he said.
Eberhart said he wants his committee to consist of
students from all factions of the student population. He
said he has asked the presidents of ASUNj the Inter
fraternity Council, Panhellenic Association and Residence
Hall Association to encourage members to get involved
in die project. A
The committee's campaign will consist mainly of
brochures from the Citizens for the Civic Center distribut
ed in the Nebraska Unidn, Eberhart said. Committee
members may also go door to door to solicit support,
he said.
The brochure lists advantages of a vote for the bond
issue, such as enhancement of the downtown real estate,
and more office space for the city.
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