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Newsman Shares View After 169 Executions Insight
About 50 reporters from the Amarillo South Plains area heard James Reid say capital punishment does not deter crime. Reid, secretary of the Texas Society for the Abolishment of Capital Punishment, urged courteous, understanding reporting and spoke on interviewing condemned prisoners and public figures. A panel with Lamb, Donnelly, Ratlif, and Riordan discussed bios in news gathering and Sigma Delta Chi plans for the state convention.
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Anhandle
South Plains
Associated
Conteae Southwestern
Texas Techcom
Reid
The
Texas Society For the Abolishment
Probios
1 Lamb
KMUL
Muleshoe
Bill Donnelly
United Press International
Lubbock
C. W. Ratlif
Kcbc Television and Radio
Joe Riordan
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kenneth May
West Texas
Sigma Delta Chi
Texas Tech Journalism Department
W. E.O Garets
National Professional Journalistic Society
State Association
Don Reid Jr
Huntsville Item
Southwestern News
Texas Tech
Panhandle Plains
Marvin Tomme
Balls Banner
Darrell Rose
KPAN
Hereford