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More of Editor's Attention Required on Privacy lights, Attorney Teils Newspapers Hollywood Hi" More and nore of the editor's attention is eing demanded by a "lusty le tal infant" which is called in vasion of privacy, Tom Acker nan, attorney for the San Di go Union and Evening Tribune aid Saturday. Ackerman spoke at the first f three workshop panels held Saturday in connection with the Ufth annual meeting of South ern California United Press ed itors at the Hollywood Knick- srbocker hotel. The attorney warned that iruth is no defense against in vasion of privacy suits and that retraction statutes do not apply. There is very little likelihood of encountering actionable law suits in any story that is strictly news, he said. Warns On Ads However, he warned the as sembled editors to be especially careful of advertisements and feature articles which might shock the normal sensibilities of the public. "The general trend across the nation is toward a broadening of the rights of privacy," Ack erman said, although he added that California seems to have the least strict laws. "Good taste and reasonable caution will prevent litigation which costs a publication mon ey whether the plaintiff wins or not," he said. James Anderson, United Press bureau manager in Sacramento, told the editors in a second pan el discussion that the United Press plans to concentrate heav ily on the coming California elec tions. California is a political focal point in the nation and the elec tions here will have a far-reaching consequence, he said. To Increase Staff Anderson added that the UP was planning to increase its po litical staff to give each candi date equal attention during the campaign. Jack McHenry, managing ed itor of the Ventura Star-Free Press, said his organization would like to see the use of more texts of speeches or at least ab stracts of texts so readers can make up their own minds about what a candidate meant to say. Fellow panel member Ed Thomas, City Editor of the San Diego Union, said his newspaper wants straight, factual coverage of campaigns for secondary as well as the primary state offices. Thomas called for more direct quotes from candidates and less paraphrasing. The final panel was devoted to a discussion of how United Press can improve its service. University (President designs Cinder IFire Reno, Nev. Wi Dr. Minard W. Stout, president of the Uni versity of Nevada, Saturday sub mitted a "forced" resignation to the Board of Regents, effective July 1, 1958. Stout's action ended a stormy five-year era at the school which included a public dismissal hear ing of a faculty member, an in vestigation by the American As sociation of University profes sors and a full-scale survey of the school ordered by the state legislature. It also brought an end to a regime described by his sup porters as more progressive than those "of all the former presi dents." Seven of the nine regents re- Is That So? Although the rodent suggests to most people rats and mice, it is an anmial that gnaws and just as accurately describes le gions of other creatures squir rels, beavers, woodchucks, prai rie dogs, chipmunks, gophers, muskrats, hamsters, lemmings, porcupines. In feet, there are more kinds of rodents some 6,400 in all than there are members of any other order of mammals: and in actual numbers exceed the com bined total of all other mam mals alive on the face of the earth today. Their combined efforts play a most important role in making and keeping the earth livable for humans. How? They clear out excess forest growth and replant de nuded areas. They contribute to the creation of vast forest areas and aid greatly in natural con servation of our water supply. They transform barren wastes 'into fertile soil. At the same time, they have been responsible for taking the lives of more people than all the wars this world has ever known. Many rodents carry lice and fleas and these in turn have spread such plagues as typhus, trichina, infectious jaun dice, and numerous ether kill ing diseases. Members of this rodent family are found almost everywhere where there is habitable land, from the border of the Arctic ice fields to the Antarctic. Some how they even bridged the im passable gulf between Australia and the mainland of Asia a feat that all other placental land mammals failed to accomplish with the exception of the bat. By EUGENE BURNS . Ranger-Naturalist Build Finest Nests Among them are gliders, fast runners, hoppers, highjumpers, and swimmers. Some spend most of their life in water; others in treetops, still others burrowed underground. Of mammals, they build the finest nests, breed fastest, and quite likely live the shortest lives. Mostly, vegetable matter is their food but not all vege tarians, some supplementing their diet with insects and oth er forms of animal life. For that matter, one little mouse Is cred ited with devoting much of its efforts to hunting scorpions. In size they vary from the tiny one-third ounce pocket mouse of the northwest to the 220 - pound capybara (extreme weight, of course) of the South American jungle. In North Amer American jungle. In North Amer ica, the beaver is the largest rodent. It is unusual in that it never stops growing. Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, jny panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume of this world-famous reference in a handsome Searcraft bind ing. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. ' Please address your letter to Is That So! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Sunday, October 6, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE fused to comment whether the resignation had been forced. But statements issued by the other two showed clearly that Stout, 49, had been told he had the support of only three board members. ' Gives Reasons Grant Sawyer of Elko said it has become apparent to me that the president does not have the confidence and support of the regents, the faculty, the stu dents, the legislature or the al umni." The 1957 legislature, fearing recommendatitons to give the faculty a broader say in the school's administration would not be carried out, increased board membership from five to nine. At that time, Stout had the support of three of the five re gents. Stout himself refused to com ment on his one-sentence letter of resignation which said simply "I wish to request that I be re lieved of the duties of the presi dent of the University of Nevada as of July 1, 1958." Stout first came under fire in 1953 when Dr. Frank Richard son, head of the Biology depart ment, was fired by regents fol lowing a three-day public dismis sal hearing. Claim Freedom Threatened Richardson and the AAUP said academic freedom at Nev ada was being threatened. In 1953 the legislature appro priated $25,000 for a top-to-bottom study of the university. Dr. Dean McHenry of the pol itical science department "of UCLA was named to head a team of 13 educators who con ducted the investigation and subsequently filed a lengthy re port in which Stout's admini stration was labeled "quasi-military." The report praised Stout for obtaining sharply increased funds from the legislature to boost f actulty salaries and speed the campus building program. But it was critical of Stout's program for a sharp increase in the number of schools and indicated Nevada was moving too fast and spreading itself too thin. The report said his."auth- itoritarian" methods of admin istration had no place in a com munity of scholars. Say Lady Want a New Kitchen? Whether remodeling or build ing ... Smith-Dynge has a PLAN for you! Free Planning by our Kitchen Specialists. Beautiful Cabinets to suit any decor. 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