xt7s4m91cd9h https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7s4m91cd9h/data/mets.xml Kentucky Kentucky Press Association Kentucky Press Service University of Kentucky. School of Journalism 1996 Call Number: PN4700.K37 Issues not published 1935 Aug - 1937 Oct, 1937 Jul - 1937 Aug, 1939 Oct - Dec, 1940 Jan - Mar, 1951 Aug - 1956 Sep. Includes Supplementary Material:  2005/2006, Kentucky High School Journalism Association contest 2004-2005, Advertising excellence in Kentucky newspapers 2003-2005, Excellence in Kentucky newspapers newsletters  English Lexington, KY.: School of Journalism, University of Kentucky Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Press Press -- Kentucky -- Periodicals The Kentucky Press, February 1996 Vol.67 No.2 text The Kentucky Press, February 1996 Vol.67 No.2 1996 2019 true xt7s4m91cd9h section xt7s4m91cd9h {LU {1"
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Governor makes Frlday appearance -» ,
. By LISA CARNAHAN cating our accomplishments," said i . ‘/ I
KPA News Bureau Del Santo. "For one, KPS, and its ,
Over 600 individuals registered ever-increasing advertising sales, . 3 . g5” 3,.
to attend the KPA Winter already from the first two months ... ”d 13% 12
Convention, breaking last year’s of 1996 are off to a great start. ' ‘ f ;
record by more than 100. KPS sold a total of' $1,989,000 ' i L i . 7 ' -
3 John Del Santo was inducted as worth of advertising for Kentucky , 7 '
the new president of the Kentucky newspapers in 1994 and have tar- {s3}?! ., ' 2',
Press Association. Del Santo takes geted the goal of $2 million for ' A . . . ' _'
the reigns from Dorothy 1996. ; l 4 . I ' ,
Abernathy, publisher of the Gov. Paul Patton addressed ‘I‘B‘W , ' f 5;
Oldham Era. the convention following the Friday “V 3 _ , ~ '
Del Santo, publisher of the morning business session and told '
, Ashland Daily Independent, said the crowd his first weeks in office xii: ' ' .
he was looking forward to his year had shown exactly what he had x i
as president especially for the expected. '
opportunity to work closely with "It's a hard job. Iknew that and ., '
. the board of directors. I think I was prepared for it so it's John 0" Sento, WNW d the Ashland 0"" W was inducted es the
"I . t d 'th t diff t f h t I ted .. new president of the Kentucky Preee Association. He eeeumed the post ioiiowing
- ”Annihtyofiffiagzsf21:30:93?” gm“ :3: mm w a ”he" . the 1996 winter convention, replacing Oldham Ere pubiieiier Dorothy Abemeiiiy. ,

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assignments, but I've enjoyed get- The governor noted he had sur- tell me hOW great I am, bu} Y9“ know you ll if?" me What Ineed *0 \
ting to know others in the newspa- prised many by his Republican people here will use your editorial hear even 1f ,t's not what I want to
per business and working closely Cabinet appointments and his pages *0 remind me when Im not, hear," he said.
with them." approach of "taking the General he sald- _ _ _ The keynote speaker for the

Del Santo said the year ahead Assembly into the decision making Patton Paid he “(35 enjoyinga awards banquet was National
would be challenging in terms of process." 800d relationship “(uh the media N A - t' Ch -
.. KPA's past accomplishments. Patton said the biggest mistake thus far in his administration and ewspaperh SSOCla "m airman
- "In many ways, the very fact a governor can make is losing touch attributed that in part to his frank- R’ Jack F‘s man. . .
" that we're coming off a record year with reality. “Sf-l . FIShma“ ggflflcfiiighthe be";
‘ will be ambitious in terms of dupli- "I know people around me will Ive been 099" wrth you and I See ' page ‘
" V NNA l d t Irate dec's'on
lookout iii" §a§i°fialiNf§iiapér “59°i9§i°?oi‘iiji‘éi’i§§di "It wo‘dd have been a
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proposal by the Postal Service to reduce rates for large bOdy blow to the c9mmunlty 1‘ 4%! .
i . , March 4-8 magazines and increase rates for small nfiwspapers. press of the na tlo n if the (a .
. . "It would have been a body blow to t e community - - #-
i V Newspapers 111 Education Week press of the nation if the Commission had allowed the Commisswn had allowed the M“
' eMal-ch7 Postal Service proposal to go through," NNA Postal Service proposal to go tnrough.
., West Virginia judges KPA Chairman R. Jack Fishman, president of Lakeway _ NNA Chaiman Jack Fishman
' ' Advertising Com,“ Publishers, Momstown, Tenn., said. __ .. _ ,_ _ .
"The proposal would have cut rates for large publi- opposed it.
' ‘ 0 March 20-22 cations, such as Time magazine, by 14 percent while The case before the Commission would have creat-
‘ ‘_ NNA Government Affairs raising rates for small newspapers by 17 percent. ed a special "Publications Service," available only to
. I Conference "We are obviously quite Pleased that the large publications with high-density readership.
‘ ‘, Hyatt 8‘39“” Capitol HilLWash. Commission recognized the V31“? Of a Postal Serv1ce Publications that were not eligible for the new service
‘ . ,. ' me that serves all of It: customs“ fall-1g. It $003 “kl: to. a would have received rate increases. Community news-
" ‘ ma'or campai n ie 0s a ervrce o egin .
' _ ‘ KP SB °llrafrch28 M _ retiJ‘enchment 0% a 2yOO-year-old tradition," Fishman papers and small newsletters and magazmes opposed
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" its prices for efliment mail, but this proposal was pn- _ . .
. . - - - - Commisswn that the proposal would have increased
SeeAHEAD ”.7 manly desxgned to reward mailers for bringing in See RATE a e 7
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' ously the owner of Liberation Morgans in Shelby County and prior to that
HurSt named reglOnal manager for APC was a consultant with ABC TV, Inc., in New York.
J .T. Hurst, publisher of The Daily News, Middlesboro, has been named . . . . :5"
by American Publishing Company as the new regional manager in charge of NCWS-GI‘flpth beglns sunday publlcatlon
10 newspapers in the Southeast: _ ‘ The Georgetown News-Graphic published its first Sunday edition Jan. if
HIS_ Kentucky properties include The Daily News, the Harlan Daily 14. The Sunday edition replaces the Saturday edition and enables the paper .
Enterprise, the Cumberland fiadlhg Post, The RIChmOhd Register, and the to better cover Saturday sporting events and major festivals, according to 4'
Times-Tribune, COTbm~ Publisher Mike Scogin. Scogin also announced the present Wednesday and
' ' Sunday publication schedule would change effective March 1 when the ,7
Bernard leaves Couner—Joumal for major Newsfimphic adds a Friday We, .
advertisin a enc Holman takes over osrtion . . .
g g . y ’. . . p . Drury to mine as Courier-Joumal head :.
Steve Bernard, wce-presrdent of advertismg for The Courier Journal . .
since 1991, resigned in January to become president of retail marketing for Of Operatlons, Przybylek named replacement
the largest advertising agency in Louisville, Creative Alliance. ‘ Ralph Drury will resign as The CourierJoumal's vice-president of oper- '
A native of Louisville, Bernard joined the Courierdournal in 1978 as a ations in May am,- 28 years of service to the newspaper. -
senior account executive. . . . Michael Przybylek, director of production operations for Gannett Cofs
Denise Holman, wce-presrdent 0f advertrsmg sales. for the Gannett Co., newspaper division, was named Drury's replacement. He joined the news- f
newspaper division replaced Bernard. She was prevrously named one of paper's Staff in early January. .
Gannett's top 10 advertising executives. . . . .
D' k . k d f P . t .11 H 1d t . b Stone chosen managing editor of Sentmel—Echo ;
1C SOD pIC C or aln SVI C era Op JO Leigh Stone, former managing editor and on-site manager of The
The Paintsville Herald named a new publisher in January. Kate B. Carlisle Mercury, was named managing editor of' the Sentinel Echo, ,
Dickson was publisher of The Bowling Green Times for two years before LODdOD- In addition 10 her stint at the Carlisle newspaper, her experience
joining the Paintsville newspaper. includes reporting for The Portsmouth Daily Times.
Prior to becoming publisher in Bowling Green, Dickson was editor of - - - -
The Stanly News and Press in Albemarle, NC. for five years. MCCOWEln JOHlS Staff at ShelbyV 1116 sentlnCl-NCWS
- - - ' Ursula McCowan joined the staff of the Sentinel News, Shelbyville, in
cassady JOlnS BOWlmg Green Dally News Staff November. A Pikeville native, McCowan will work as an advertising repre-
Kentucky native Pam Cassady has joined the staff of the Daily News, sentative/assistant.
Bowling Green, as a copy editor. Cassady, 24, is a Louisville native and - - - -
comes to the Daily News from the Gadsden County Times in Quincy, Fla., RUSSCHVIHC paper SWItChCS pUbllcaUOH dates
where she was a reporter and copy editor. The News-Democrat & Leader, Russellville, changed its publication dates 1
. . from Monday and Thursday to Tuesday and Friday in January. General :
Owensboro Messenger-Inqurrer sale final rzed; Manager Randy Fuqua said the change would allow the newspaper in better serve l
~ - - the ublic and the advertisers.
Mong takes pubhshrng relgns from Hager " ed' C d' R d :
The sale of the Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, to the AH. Belo Corp., Stevens named “or at a ll CCOT
was finalized Jan. 5. The sale ended 86 years of ownership of the newspa- Robin Steven, an employee of the Cadiz Record since 1992 was recently
per by the family of recently retired publisher John Hager. named editor. A native of Trigg County, she replaces Matt Sanders who left
Robert W. Mong Jr., was named as Hager's replacement. Mong had the newspaper just before Christmas.
served as managing editor of The Dallas Morning News since 1990. . .
R d L CNI . 1 l . Bond joms Herald-News staff
088 name reglOna 83 CS representative Hank Bond was named general manager of' the Breckinridge County ‘
Kelli G. Ross has been named regional sales representative for Herald-News Jan. 2. Bond is aformer publisher of the Georgetown News and [
Landmark Community Newspapers, Inc., effective Jan. 24. Ross is previ- Times and also formerly Operated the Carlisle Mercury. .5 .
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Postmaster. Send change of address to The Teresa Revlett, McLean County News Journalism Education
Kentucky Press, 101 Consumer Lane, District 15—A Dr. Ron Wolfe, Eastern Kentucky University
Frankfort, KY. 4%01, (502) 223-8821. District 4 Tom Caudill, Lexington Herald-Leader
Charlie Portmann, Franklin Favorite General Counsels
Officers and Directors District 15-8 Jon Fleischakcr and Kim Greene, Wyatt,
Kentucky Press Association District 5 Guy Hatfield, Citizen Voice and Times Tarrant and Combs
David Greer, Elizabethtown News Enterprise
President State at Large Kentucky Press Association
John Del Santo, Ashland Daily Independent District 6 Russ Powell, Ashland Daily Independent Kentucky Press Service Staff
Dave Eldridge, Henry County Local
President Elect Ed Riney, Owensboro Messenger Inquirer David T. Thompson, Executive Director
Gene Clabes, Recorder Newspapers District 7 Bonnie Howard, Business Manager 1
Kelley Wamick, Gallatin County News Chip Hutcheson, Princeton Times Leader Gloria Davis, Advertising Director
Past President Lisa Camahan, News Bureau Director
Dorothy Abernathy, Oldham Era District 8-9 Merv Aubespin, Louisville Courier Journal Reba Lewis, Research/Marketing
Ken Metz, Bath County News Outlook Coordinator
Vice President Associates Division Sue Cammack, Secretary
Guy Hatfield, Citizen Voice and Times District 10-11 Barbara McDaniel, Toyota Motor Buffy Johnson, Bookkeeping Assistant
Marty Backus, Appalachian News Express Manufacturing Sherry Harper, Advertising Assistant _
Treasurer Rachel McCarty, Clipping Director
Marty Backus, Appalachian News Express District 12 Advertising Division Nancy Peyton, Mail/ News Release Service
Louise Hatmakcr, Jackson Titties/Beattyvillc Tcmsa Rovlott, McLean County News Linda Slemp, Clipping Assistant
District 1 Enterprise Carol Payton, Clipping Assistant
Willhm Mitchell, Fulton Leader Holly Stigcrs, Clipping Assistant

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State newspapers weather ‘Bli ard of ’96’
By Lisa Carnahan Publishers and editors of papers The snow didn’t stop falling in Daley said the newspaper was
‘._ KPA News Bureau in the eastern section of the com- Harlan County until early Monday after hardest hit in the display advertising '
Snow blanketed Kentucky in monwealth cited delivery in rural 15 to 18 inches ofthe white suiffcovered area as some ads were canceled due to
early January during a weekend areas as the greatest obstacle while the mountains. the weather.
snowstorm dubbed the “Blizzard of some said power outages were the John Henson, managing editor of Newspapers in far western
‘3 ’96.” main handicap. Eastern and south— the Harlan Daily Enterprise, was Kentucky were more fortunate with
. _ Snotyv began fallingl F‘ritgg, Jag. 5 eastern Kentucky felt the brunt of forced to deal with an additional just about six inches ofsnow reported
d' m mos sec ions 0 e 5 w‘ a —————-—————-—-——-—-—-—-——-——-—— Nevertheless, Gina Hancock, editor of '
, few areas in eastern Kentucky con- “We had four-wheel drive vehicles available to transport our the Murray ledger & Times, said staff '
: Emilgteto see snow 910““ three employees who had to be here. It was hectic, but we pulled members produced their paper early
i ySoifiindinewspapers across the through.” for crlahrriers on Mgiday and “may
sddddwdeddddddddddddddddyed .«— Dagmar“
’, schedules while others saw delays in Band Harrison
delive None re orted a failure to ' ' - on Monday due to a press break
on schedule by midweek. Nearly all the hardestgotfrgucei, Eccording to
. newspapers said they worked with the storm system, the strongest since weather-related disaster Sunday maréatgigge l t: aw laugh
_ skeleton crews as several staffers January 1994 when record levels of night, the loss of the AP wire. He h a mem erslwofr e to'get
- were stranded at or away from home. snow fell across the state. and sports editor Jeff Drummond, t e plaper out ear y or “We“
In central Kentucky, employees The Appalachian News—Express the only employee able to make it in trave ing secondary roads 1” the
ofthe Richmond Register were treat- in Pikeville, located in one of the to the office, typed the local copy in county. According to Bauer, seven
' ed to donuts and pizza for braving hardest hit areas, has a snow plan addition to faxed AP stories in order to 12 inches fell m Warren
the winteiy conditions. under which operators of four-wheel to get out a Monday edition. 00‘1“ ty.
' “We had about half our staff put drive trucks are hired to transport The staff produced Tuesday’s edi- We try to go to press early for
. out the newspaper and about 90 per- their carriers. tion early in an effort to help carriers. our carriers t’? W and give
cent of our carriers showed up to Newspaper officials there said Ron Daley, publisher of the them a headstart, said Kentucky
deliver it,” said publisher David only about 25 percent of the Sunday Troublesome Creek Times in New Era editor Ml'ké Herndon.
Harrison. “We had four-wheel drive papers were delivered to the homes, Hindman where 20 to 22 inches of Weather OffIClals "1 the
vehicles available to transport our but noted all businesses received the snow fell, said he was lucky the snow Hopkinsville-Christian County
employees who had to be here. It edition. Over two feet of snow fell in storm hit on the weekend instead of area reported approximately nine
was hectic, but we pulled through.” the Pikeville area. midweek. See BLIZZARD, page 8
Specnal awards, elections part COHVCHUOH Prlze Wlnners
.. ‘ . .4 ‘ . y . Continued from page 1 . A drawing was held on
Of 1996 Wlnter COHVCHUOH i quet the US. Postal Rate thday 9f théfionverfition] for .
: Several awards were pre- Hager and his Commission's deCiSion regarding a t ree prilzes. lar esM-l toln /
sented as part of the 1996 family owned the $ proposedchange in their rate struc- fiicpgeeiwlth‘glii'tnonnin’gnlaizgsr ’
Kentucky Press Association Owensboro news- i v ture Whlqh WW“ have meant a , N’ R k 11 int _
Winter Convention paper for 86 1', substantial increase for small Ch 01:11:13 00 W9 PT
The Barry Bingham Freedom years before sell- “7* new;?:}$::h(st:fistigyep:§:vié the ar e 0 .
of Information Award was pre- ing recently to ‘ decision which was 'ust released . Radisson, one night stay _ \.
sented to former attorney gener- the A.H. Belo 1: th td ’ t mJ d . to James Mulcahy
al Chris Gorman for his efforts Corp. LOWERY f a ay,mwasta re en ous we r3
. to keep the public informed dur- The award is or'dcivaAuglt 3; ngvlvspapers fin . S k 'ft ‘f
ing his administration. presented annually to an indi. if“ th d a 3 a'rlTad“ 13’; tate par 8 g1 certi icate *
. Gorman called the award the vidual who has performed the egd't f eserve afglrlea] bba‘ 0 Dav1d Greer _ _ /
"highlight of his administra— most outstanding service to the crei or success] 11 y o ying Metro Creative Graphics was ;
; tion." Kentucky Press against the WOW?“ . chosen as the best exhibitor of
"I may not always believe in Association/Kentucky Press She conventigrijeatureéi thf‘; the 1996 Trade Show.
‘ what you have to say but I'll Service. at er/sofn iiiulil'iiV eter “1“ Je which focused on ‘ob-huntin and
defend your right to say it," said Steve Lowery, publisher of agner 0 t e . est owa 9‘”er th f t" J g
Gorman. the Kentucky Standard, a weekly publication rated Iowa 5 eSUtUT:é>_;€WSfi?pSTt;§TeerS-
Merv Aubespin, associate Bardstown, was presented the best newspaper nine 0f the past 14 . 0'99 1.51m ‘28 '5 opportu-
, . . . . . years. nity to iiitemew the students for cur-
: editor for development for the preSident s clock in recognition Th W t d . rento enin at their news a rs .
I Louisville Courier—Journal, of his year as KPA past presi- e i‘gners presen e a vari- p gs p pe '
received the Edwards M. dent. W tof‘seminars b0”? as a team and i .
Templin Memorial Award from Barbara McDaniel, Toyota igdiVidua‘lly that intclud'etd ;vork- -47 "/
Tim Kelly, editor of the Motor Manufacturing, was :1 opsTon rea ' y wré.lngt {inflpro- . '
Lexington Herald-Leader, for elected chairman of the KPA “€135 agewipafielzr hizecf 31 1 m. 1% ¥ ‘
his outstanding community ser- Associates Division. Dave ventirdfitwfirs algerilegs OfOCirCIflact?:rl [1g 9
vice. Eldridge of the Henry County {,K
Aubespin was honored for his Local was elected to his first gorksiiogs conducftefil By Xinaultant f“ "
dedication and service to the term as District 6 board repre- 03A n E350". oP'tt f. ane¥son
I community and his commitment sentative. Ed Riney, Owensboro an A ssocuites int Iths or.’ tel ' An innovative XTension
to youngjournalists. Messenger-Enquirer, was t' new, “”5 0 . e “g" rncon- designed to save time
"After 40 years, nothing named as a state at large repre- ven '0? was a seminiakr) 0121:: egg and increase productivity
means more to me than to be sentative. NIH—3.8 istsdslponrlsorec yd'll an when creating ads in
recognized by the people of the During the KPA business coor mate 3i 01nd,?" 1 ,fastsgs- OuarkXPress‘!
state I love," said Aubespin. session Friday morning, mem- if")? manggirig Le A“ %M e
L°“g“"‘e pub‘iSh‘” 3"“ be” ad°pted the 1996 “PA/K133 Aexbngto‘n era -'e?eercii'ntor it: can 1-800-223-1600
owner of the Owensboro budgets. A vote was also held to d“ elspin, assfomiih E I . '11 for info and FREE demo desk
Messenger-Enquirer John Hager amend the bylaws concerning Ceve. omeent lor e OUISVI e ,.
was presented with the Most the dues structure for associate ouger- Sigma. t‘ . l' t W“; *s’ ..
Valuable Member Award. member newspapers. V" “05"“ we 30mm. ‘5 5
attended the day-long sessmns . _ ., _. , .\

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Gov. Patton spoke with KET Community Relations lgfiffinggind'shg the fonventlon '"C'Ufied- leftto ”9”» LCNl, '“C- exeCutlve editor 3"“ KPA Past presi- - 44 ' .» . .
Ed Mastrean as he he" the convention center. Cit Time 23 .Hneifiv y-elected KPA Vice-President and publisher of the citizen Voice &Times and Clay LIZ Petros and Tom Caudill of the Lexington Herald-Leader talked with UK student Lance Williams
(Photo courtesy of Grace Moow‘. Nears Edits IulyDat I;eld and John Nelson, publisher of the Pulaski Week and chairman of the KPA Williams. editor Of the Kentucky Kernel. attended the seminars tor college journalism students that were
; . or a msron. . held in conjunction with the convention.
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the defense . Federal JUdgC declares K61 ltUCky
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no .0 i retractlon statute un con stltution a1 »
works for the 1996 Kentucky
General Assembly, the KGPtUCkY i By KIM GREENE of Charlotte White vs. Manchester Florida in January.
Press ASSOle’itlon IS anaf'lly tak- i KPA General Counsel Enterprise, Inc. The Enterprise In this instance there was a very
ing a defenswe stance on issues 0f Wyatt, Tarrant and Combs published an article and an editori— good possibility that had the
open meetmgsi open TeCOFdS, adver- In a surprise development, al concerning White and her Manchester event gone on, some
tismg and campaign finance reform. William O. Bertelsman, Chief employer, Native America, Inc. (maybe us taxpayers) would have
' During the fiTSt few weeks 0f the Judge of the United States District In her job, White organized and been 18ft holding a pretty hefty bag
96 595510“ numerous bills had Court for the Eastern District of romoted Native American w-
b f'ldh’ldd "t' D W -~
1een i e t at me u e .eXlSI mgi Kentucky, has declared KRS wows across the country. Her first Everyone of course, is innocent
anguageog OpégAmeetlyhgsheh 411.051, commonly known to news- pow-wow was in Hialeah, Florida, until proven guilty. But there is
0:9” if?!” 5‘ k ‘5 watc‘ {hg papers as the retraction statute, and her second was in Manchester, enough evidence available to be
la 9;: 1 St :05 flame 15”"? eXisting unconstitutional. Kentucky. pretty well convinced that this event
‘n ageszyi eaw. H d th‘. 1' ' d ' i'll tha , d' 'td.
The issue ofthe retraction notice whicfi Egan; :t finiglg;:dantfir er Prior to the Manchester pow- m. 40 mien *anAlfl - 089 veg);
. , y , ere— wow, The Enterprise published an few if any, ative mericans “’1
(see K‘m Greene 5 column else- fore will not be effective or bind ' ‘ - 'h
. v. . , _ ‘ . . ' article stating that White had left 5 ow up. ‘
where on this page) Will probably be m t 1 th f 1 d t f- ,. . ,, Wh t d Th E f
, ') - - g, Uh ‘ e ina 159051 10“ 0 a trail of bad checks and was re sue _ e nterpnse or
the only piece of legislation KPA th ,. . . . . d f t d ‘ f '
has introduced. The legislation will e case. . . briefly filled on charges 0f fraud' e ama ion an invaSion o privacy
address the constitutionality Ques- . Nevertheless, the deCiSion has in connection With the Hialeah and asked the court for punitive .
tion on the retraction statute to raised the eyebrows and the con- pow-wow. The article also stated damages as well 35 compensatory .
inciudé. m i. 2; es nd ri di ] cerns ofKentucky newspapers, who that "White is in hiding because of damages and costs. Because she
*aédnapeocas d bttfft th hadnt bmttdt Th '
alonrwith news a ers. The resent won er a on 1 S e ec on . .9” money she owes to Native ( ~0 Hsu 1. e 0 e l
g, p p p operations should the deCISlon - ~ Enter rise a suffment demand for
law has been on the books since ‘ d American entertainers who came to lg. ., th ) r A d .
1964, Stalin} t , t' t 'd Florida in January after being :firrtechion, lde ntcvxspapcr argyle
On the campaign finance reform . rte re {ac ion 5 atute prov1 es, guaranteed up to $75,000 in fees" 3 s e cou no recover puni ive
front. KPA .-;ipp0rted House Bill m p9 inen par ' and she left Native American, See STATUTE’ pages
207, sponsored by Rep. Ray h Inb‘Fy ecmnff‘: damages for Jimmy Boy Dial, with $10,000 in .
Mullinix. R—Burkesville. As origi- t e pu icationdoqt e ehamatory unpaid hotel expenses. .
nally written, HB 207 would State”? :1“ f? 5“ y ”boil f; TWIS- An accompanying editorial in SOUTHERN NEWSPAPERS,
require purchasers of advertising paper, t e 8 en ants a .e lab e The Enterprise stated in part: INC. '
and ad services in gubernatorial for actual damages sustained by Re orts have surfaced that the - - - t
- - the plaintiff. .13 ‘ Thinking about selling your 3
races to m? the palm”. "39°?“ dur Th d f d t 1 d th organizer of the Mammy" event news a er? Contact Dick Smith 3
to the Registry of Election Finance. . e. e e" a” may 9 ea . .9 allegedly defrauded both Native p .p ‘ ’ f
Presently, newspapers, radio and publication of a correction in miti- Americans that wer rt' . t‘ PreSident, 108 Jane Cove, ‘ ‘
TV stations and others who offer gation damages. and numerous hotelsedfiigafiaéfi ‘ Clardeale' MS 38614
advertismg services to campaigns, Punltlv? damages may be recov- Wow she organized in Ifialeah (601) 627-7906 ‘
must file the reports throughout ered only ‘f the player 5h?“ allege ’ x _
any gubernatorial election. and. prove publication‘With legal
The bill was discussed before the malice a__dn fthlatdthe daily or other
House Elections and Constitutional newspaper 3‘ e to ma e COUSDiCU- Vd kSh h I
Amendments Committee on ous and timely publication ofa cor- l e0 wor op can e p
Wednesday. February 7. The rection after receiving a sufficient etter d
Registry objected to the proposed demand for correction. your Sta create s a 5
change since the reports filed by “8411.051
advertsing outlets also showed Under this statute, the 0'11)’ way I. m
funds spent by private individualsto for a private figure plaintiff to fit-“i ' L . ‘
support (2 gubernatorial candidate. receive an award of punitive dam— i
The committee asked Rep. ages in his or her successful libel / . . rue-mm'igmm' g ‘
MulllnlY. KPA and the Registry to suit against a newspaper is to show “(I « yak. 9 \\ "
work on amended language that two things: 1) that the newspaper \& , “w ‘-,-‘ }
would rr-riuiri- only one repOrt for published the defamatory state- i “' W i .. h
the en? if" election process. KPA ment about him or her with knowl- ‘ i .
will asii he Sf'f‘klng to repeal any edge that the statement was false ..
penaltx on the advertising service or with reckless disregard for the i . » .
DFOVldi'TF- truth; and 2) that the plaintiff " ' ‘ " ‘ ' " ' ' ' ‘
The concealed deadly weapons made a sufficient demand for cor-
bill passed the House February 6, rection (that term is defined in tlast...a program that is tailor-madefor newspapers! '
and is now headed for the Senate another section of the retraction ABasicso/Layoutand Copyisgettingrave reviews from
where its future remains uncertain. statute) and the HBWSpaper failed publishers and ad managers coast-tocoast. ‘
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