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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1952
Page
2
Miss X tries a home permanent from a drugstore and ends with a fuzzy Ubangi head. Friends mock her while she contemplates facing classmates after an awkward transformation. By morning the look eases but she vows not to repeat the procedure.
The editorial confirms the first extra edition released yesterday and defends its accuracy. It credits three Stater staffers for making the burst of spot news possible and frames timely reporting as a duty and privilege.
Our First Extra staff members who made it possible are George Way, Jim Butler, and Ed Cliney. George reorganized the search for facts and drew the stencil by hand as director of reporting. Jim, feature editor, organized layout and did most of the writing, assisted by Ed, picture editor, who shot the photographs.
The article describes KSU's duplicating department led by W. W. Harsch with operators Mrs. M. F. Hynton and Miss M. G. Garro. It covers mimeograph and multigraph work for administration and registration, plus the rare graphotype and addressagraph systems for nameplates and envelopes.
The piece surveys the 1952 presidential race with Taft dominant in the Midwest while Eisenhower and Stassen split potential votes. It weighs Taft's Ohio prospects and the danger if industrial regions swing to Stassen, risking a convention catastrophe.
Faye Corridor starts its own private fraternity named The Dragon Clan with Larry Grist elected Grand Dragon and a Detroit disc jockey named an honorary charter member. They invite others to join via member contact, listing name, address and checkbook.
The Kent Stater lists editorial and business staff including Fred Blankenship as Editor-in-Chief and Flo Lou Lawrence as Sports Editor along with reporters Arnie Miller Alan Smith and others. The paper is a weekly issue published Tuesday through Friday during the school year and Thursdays in summer, suspended during vacations.
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