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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1961)
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, SUNDAY. OCTOBER 23, ll wspaper lEekbmftes Cl6kiiBl Me Week . til iwl M- fr ' S SiwiiMiniiiiiiitiriiiiniiniiiwiiiwHMMWiiiiwaiwiiiiiiiiiinwr.rniifl i ,,tin 1fr ,r muft , mwuamtwmmmmM NEWS STAFF The long, arduous task of compiling ths news of the area is handled by this crew, shown at work during a planning session on the day's news. Left to right, Guy Farmer, courthouse reporter; Andy Mer-. shon, general assignment reporter; Mrs. Helen Bechen, society editor; Mrs. Helen Mershon, correspondent ed itor and church editor; Wes Guderian, news editor, and Floyd Wynne, managing editor. Not shown is Ruth King, food editor and general 'assignment, and Wayne Scott, sports editor. mmmm;z. i i iiiiaiiwuaMisitn,!! mm! , Ml far OFF THE PRESS As the day's paper rolls off the big ' 32-page Hoe pross, it , is carefully checked and rechecked at intervals. The press has a capacity up to 36,000 papers per hour, and can print three colors and black. Here, at left, Press Foreman E. S. (Buster) Bram- llSIf rJ EDITOR AND PUBLISHER- Overall head of the oper ation of the Herald and News rests on the shoulders of Bill Sweetland, shown here at his desk. A long-time member of the newspaper fraternity, Sweetland came to Klamath Falls in I960 from Kalispell, Mont., where he was editor and publisher of the Daily Inter Lake. In addition to his duties es publisher, he is editor of the editorial page which includes his three-times weekly folumn, "Nothing Special." lett checks a paper while assistant foreman Larry Glawe reaches for another from the end of the press run. The papers are sent up the rollers and off to the delivery room. v-x AF v T.? fill ' 1.(11 II &k:r: --r ADVERTISING Displaying form it iq the commodities ot the community in appealing the task of the advertising department. Here, some of the crew are shown working on ad layouts. Lett to right are James Allen, J. A. McDonald, advertising manager, and Jack Judd. Others of the department not shown are Jack Pearson, Arnold Migliac eio, Beulah Cottar, Jeanette Hayden and Advertising Director "Deb" Addison. r;i,' poplll (' -iff? -I "" rJ jy, ;m-!1 I mm: HBHiMaal,iiMl CLASSIFIED ADS Want ads are quickly written In this department. Lost and found, for sale, for rent, for hire, all these items and more find their way into the classified ad section where they are carefully phrased by this competent crew. Left to right, Anna Marie Eck, Mrs. Edna Killmeyer, Classified Ad Manager Hubert Tot ton, and Mrs. Nona Cleok. . ENGRAVING The delicate task of converting pictures Into metal for printing in the day's newspaper is one that is handled expertly by these two men. At left, is Ernie Hedlund, chief engraver, end et right, his assistant, Doug Napier. A member of the H-N sta$ for many years, Hedlund is one of the most qualified engravers In the newspaper world today. Here, they compare the negative end the original photos. Herald end News Photos by Kettler ' '" 'J " ' ' " ' ' ' wr It has been said that a news paper is the "conscience of a community." This is a description which any deserving newspaper is willing to accept. It is a challenge that must call forth the most vigilant and mili tant effort that the people who combine talents to create your daily newspaper can muster. For six days out of each week, more than 100 persons work to gether here at the Herald and News in a smooth team collect ing the information on what is happening around the world and transforming it into the printed newspaper that is dropped on the doorstep or picked from the news rack by you, the public. Each day the editorial depart ment, which is the news nerve center of the newspaper, takes I he pulse of the community. Staff members find out who was born in the hospitals, who became ill. who died, who became involved in accidents or other legal diffi culties, who held social functions, who was getting married, what clubs were meeting, what the school boards or the city councils or the county courts did, and a hundred other activities that hap pen every day in our community. While the staff explores the community of Klamath Falls for news, correspondents in other cit ies in Klamath and Lake counties of Oregon, and Siskiyou and Mo doc counties of California are do- ing likewise in their communities. Rapidly the events of the most recent hours are pulled together, written in cogent form and then start the long process toward be coming a part of the printed word in the day's edition of the newspaper. While the news staff Is gather ing the stories, the advertising department works to keep the pub lic abreast of the latest products available, the latest developments in the commercial world. They loo, lake the commercial pulse ot the community and in turn and it is placed in the paper where the news editor has indi cated. When a full page is completely made up, that page is then sent to the stereotyper where a com position mat of special material is used. The mat is placed atop the type face, and then, under tremendous pressure, the type is impressed on the mat. From there, it is re-enforced, baked, and then molten metal is used to convert the matted impression back into a semi-circle cylinder which, in turn, fits on the press at the proper space for that day's paper. ' That simplifies the procedure. but each' story must have the same treatment as it rolls from reporter to you in the form of your daily newspaper. At each stage of its develop ment, that news story is subject to checks and more checks; spell ing, punctuation, details, all are subject to examination and reexamination. In an average 12-page newspa- , per. there are more than 60,ouo words that must go into news stories alone, in addition to ad vertising and pictures. At every phase of the day s de-' velopment of the newspaper, the clock Is an important observer. The average day's paper is de veloped between S a.m. and noon. Seven hours, packed with care fully documented action, and equally careful handling. An exacting business, the press is also a demanding business. The search for truth and accuracy is unending. 1 While not always the most pop ular stand, it Is the duty and ob ligation of a newspaper to point out abuses of public authority or situations needing correction in the community, and to militanuy campaign on behalf of the best interests of that community. This is where the phrase, "con science of a community" comes in. But, in addition, the newspaper transmit Iheir findings to the pub- ls the "biography of a corn- lie with the day's advertising. Smoothly, the flow of news and advertising rolls Into the mechan ical department of the newspaper. Let s follow the flow of a news story on its way to the press, and to your home, First, after details of the story are gathered by the reporter, they woven together into story form to give you all the pertinent facts. After it is typed, It goes to the news editor who adds an appropriate headline to that story and then selects the page and the position that story is to fill in the day's edition. Then, it goes to the proofroom where It is punched out on the tclelypesetter machine which punches tape much like the per forated rolls that used to be used on player pianos. This tape is then run off on a linotype machine which converts the impulses into metal, line by line. While some machines arc used for telctypesettcr tape, other linotypes are operated by hand. After the story is in metal, It is then proofed. In this process, the type is inked, and a copy taken on paper. This copy, in turn, returns to the proofroom where it is read for errors and corrections marked. It then re turns to the "bank" where cor rections are laler made. It is then matched up with the appropriate headline for that copy, DEAN OF STAFF Ruth King is one of the longest-term members of the editorial staff. Currently she handle the food paqes, women features, obituaries end other as signments. Newsoaoerina has been her life'Owork. She went to work for the Herald and NSWs in 12 shortly after eominq to Klamath County, Prior to this she wes irQ the newspaperinq field in Idaho. She has handled every phase of newspaper work from that of e beet assign ment reporter on up through society. munlty." Those who have lived in the area of that newspaper can find their lives traced out in its columns. Their birth noted in the vital statistics column; their. school activities and graduations noted in the news and society col umns; their civic activities or po- litical and social life also delin eated in its pages. Their marriage, other achievements, their honors. yes, and their obituaries, all will be carried in its pages. As the pulse of the community beats each day, its actions are transformed Into the words that combine to spell out the day's news in their newspaper. And even as the local and re gional news Is gathered, news papermen and women the world over are busy compiling the news of every corner of this globe and transmitting it in turn to the two chief news-gathering sources, the Associated Press, and the United Press International. Here it, in turn, comes to the Herald and News by teletype and competes with local news for proper space In the day s edition. A complicated process today. the newspaper world has evolved from a one-man shop with, a tray full of type to a complex or-. ganlzation of more than 100 peo ple locally and hundreds of thous-' ands the world over joining forces ' (Continued on Page f) i G DAY'S NEWS Each morning, Frank Jenkins, consult. ing editor ot the herald ana news, Digests Tne event of the day end converts it into simplified lenguege that it easily understood. Hit column has been carried en the front page of the Herald and Newt ever since shortly after he purchased the newspeper In 1931-32. Here, he works on hit daily column, "In The Day's Newt." ,
