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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1956)
Radio Spreads False Report Of H-Fallout Statesman, Salem, Ore., Wed., May 2356 Sea 1)4 OPEN MONDAY AND FRIDAY 9:30 A.M. TO 9 P.M. OTHER DAYS 9:30 TO 5:30 Ml (Picture Hlrrpholo Pafe) PALO ALTO, Calif. un-A lake broadcast over Standford Univer sity's student radio station that fallout from the H-bomb blast was burning "hundreds of people in San Krancisco" left an experiment minded newscaster with a lot of explaining to do Tuesday. Lloyd Downton, 25. said his false rumors kept the station te'ephonc rinsini! f(ir three and a half hours after he inserted the following into, an otherwise factual news broad cast: "Hundreds of people in San Fran cisco are swarming to hospitals because of dark, smog-like clouds that are burning thm and caus ing dark brown and black stains on their skin'.' Downton, a graduate student in Journalism who edits the weekly Belmont Courier - Bulletin, ex plained that he is taking a course in social psychology. Prepared Report One of his assignments, he said, was to study the ways rumors spread and how they are altered in the process Knowing the H bomb blast was coming Sunday, he prepared the fake news report well in advance. Originally, the fictitious victim City was to be Mexico City, he said, hut at the last moment he decided to localize it by naming San Francisco. Piped Into Dorms Although the station. KXSIT. is "carrier frequency" station that cannot normally be heard off the campus, its newscasts are piped into Stanford dormitories. Down ton got quick results. To some callers he told the truth. Others had tn find out for themselves His estimate of the effect of the hoax was somewhat different from that of the stalion's student man ager. Downton gave the impres sion he spent the three and a half hours alter the newscast answering telephone queries. Manager Terry Bateman. however, reported that the program brought only 15 calls. Bateman hurried to the station when he heard of Downton's stunt at 8:53 p.m. (PDTi Sunday, and broadcast a retraction an hour later. Bateman said he wasn't fir ing his newscaster, though, be cause "I think I've got him straightened around now." I'niversity officials have declined to talk about the incident. liberty street - court treet WEDNESDAY IS THE DAY! 10 FREE frX GREEN STAMPS GIVEN FOR EACH BOOK (LIMIT S) YOU BRING TO OUR GREEN STAMP DEPARTMENT, THIRD FLOOR. EACH BOOK MUST CONTAIN AT LEAST TWO PACES AND NOT MORE HAN 39 PAGE'S OF STAMPS. SORRY ... NO MAIL, PHONE OR C.O.D.'i. ft nm ah re& asm m & Actors Veto Dick Haymes' Role in Play NEW YORK Wi Dick Haymes it still having his troubles. This time, he is unable to get permission from Actors Equity to appear In I Miami Beach, Fla , I production of "The Tender Trap" scheduled to open June 2 Alfred Harding, spokesman for the union of performing artists, said Haymes and his Florida pro ducer applied before Equity's gov erning council two weeks ago both to play in the show and to rejoin the union. Haymes lost Equity membership In 1953 for having falsely listed Santa Barbara, Calif , as his birth place. He was born in Argentina. Although Equity sometimes per mits aliens to appear in produc tions in this country, particularly if they created a starring role in a show, Harding said the council "did not fcyl Haymes made a suf ficient case to justify an excep tion " Haymes has not previously j performed in the comedy Haymes' request for membership was iurned down IVcausp only citi lens may belong to Equity. He may be able to rejoin. 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