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Don Bolles named for 1976 Zenger Award Donald F. Bolles has been named for the 1976 John Peter Zenger Award for "distinguished service in behalf of freedom of the press and the people's right to know."

Bolles, investigative reporter for The Arizona Republic, died last June 13.

That was 11 days after a bomb exploded beneath his car in a midtown parking lot.

Bolles is the 23rd recipient of the award, given annually by the University of Arizona. His selection was announced December 8 by George Ridge, head of the UA Journalism Department.

Previous winners made Bolles their unanimous choice. Normally, several candidates are selected by the previous winners and the list is voted on by 400

Gannett acquires Citizen The announcement of agreement in principle for Gannett Co., "Inc., to acquire the Tucson Daily Citizen, oldest newspaper in Arizona, was made November 30 by William A. Small, Jr., owner and publisher.

The transaction will involve an exchange of common stock of Gannett for the stock of the Citizen.

Purchase price will be announced at the closing of the sale.

From headquarters in Rochester, N.Y., where it owns and publishes both morning and evening newspapers, Gannett has spread rapidly in recent years to become one of the country's largest newspaper groups. It has just announced plans to acquire six additional newspapers in three states other than Arizona, which will bring Gannett to 61 dailies in 22 states. Gannett stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

The acquisition of the Citizen marks Gannett's entry into Arizona, although its newspapers are represented in neighboring states—in Texas by the El Paso Times, in California by the San Bernardino SunTelegram and in New Mexico by the Santa Fe New Mexican.

The afternoon Citizen, with a circulation of 65,000, is published in a modern plant owned jointly with The Arizona Daily Star,

editors and publishers from around the world, but this year there was no need for a ballot.

This is the first time the Zenger award has been granted posthumously.

The award is named in honor of the colonial publisher who in 1734 was accused by the crown governor of seditious libel despite the truth of stories he published. Zenger's acquittal by a jury the following year represented the first major victory for establishment of a free press in America.

The award will be presented to Bolles* widow, Rosalie, by Ridge at a January 22 luncheon at the annual convention of the Arizona Newspapers Association meeting at the Marriott Hotel in Tucson.

Mrs. Bolles has selected J. Edward Murray, a Zenger winner in 1969, when he was managing editor of The Arizona Republic, to deliver the acceptance speech. Murray is publisher and president of the Boulder (Colo.) Daily Camera and was managing editor of The Republic when Bolles joined the staff in 1962.

Tucson's morning daily.

Under a joint agency agreement, the two newspapers combine sales and production operations, share in the combined profits, but operate separate and competitive news and editorial operations.

Sale of the Citizen will involve no change of personnel or policies, according to Small, who will continue in his present position.

"From long association with the top executives of Gannett, I know them to be men of high principle whose primary interest is publishing quality newspapers," Small said.

Bolles thus becomes the "They believe in local third Republic winner to autonomy for each of their receive this recognition. publications and I am sure Eugene C. Pulliam, late that ownership by Gannett publisher of The Arizona will bring no change to the Republic and The Phoenix Citizen other than im- Gazette, received the provement." award in 1965.

Small said the present Bolles started his news owners of the Citizen had not placed the newspaper career in 1953 after his on the open market, but discharge from the U.S. had contacted Gannett and Army, having served in had negotiated with South Korea. A graduate of Beloit (Wis.) College, he Gannett alone.

Paul Miller, who has worked for the Associated served as chairman of the Press from 1953 to 1962 as Associated Press since sports editor and rewrite 1963, is chairman of the man in New York, New board of Gannett. President Jersey and Kentucky. His and chief executive officer fathy had been an AP bureau chief. is Allen H. Neuharth.

In 1965, Bolles was The Citizen began nominated for a Pulitzer publishing in 1870, and has Prize for his stories on been owned and published by members of the Small bribery, kickbacks and family for more than 40 other irregularities in the m old Arizona Tax Cornyears.

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mission and the Arizona Corporation Commission.

Bolles zeroed in on land fraud in 1967, and in 1974 he won the Arizona Press Club Virg Hill Newsman of the Year award for stories on a conflict-of-interest scandal in the Arizona Legislature.

Bolles also wrote of underworld infiltration into legitimate Arizona businesses and similar links to dog and horse racing in the state.

Former Zenger Award recipients are: Seymour Hersh, New York Times reporter, 1975; Thomas E. Gish, editor and publisher, Mountain Eagle (Ky.), 1974; Katharine Graham, publisher, Washington Post, 1973.

Dan Hicks, Jr., editor, Monroe County (Tenn.)

Democrat, 1972; New York Times, 1971; Edwin D. Canham, editor in chief, The Christian Science Monitor, 1970; Murray, 1969; Wes Gallagher, general manager, The Associated Press, 1968.

John S. Knight, Knight Newspapers, Inc., 1967; Arthur Krock, New York Times, 1966; Pulliam, 1965; John Netherland Heiskell, publisher, Arkansas Gazette, 1964; James B. Reston, chief, Washington bureau, New York Times, 1963; John H. Colburn, managing editor, Richmond (Va.) Times-Disptch, 1962.

Clark R. Mollenhoff, Washington correspondent, Cowles Publications, 1961; Virgil M. Newton, Jr., managing editor, Tampa Tribune, 1960; Herbert Brucker, editor, Hartford (Conn.) Courant, 1959; John E. Moss, chairman of the House Government Committee, 1958.

James R. Wiggins, vice president, executive editor, Washington Post and Times Herald, 1957; James S. Pope, executive editor, Louisville Courier-Journal, 1956; Basil L. Walters executive editor, Chicago Daily News, 1955; Palmer Hoyt, editor and publisher, Denver Post, 1954.

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This is it, amigos y amigas. Time to turn this corner over to a new president who will guide the Arizona Newspapers Association through 1977.

It also is time for a little self-indulgence and reflection on the year we just laid to rest.

For me, it has been an honor and privilege to serve as ANA president and for you, I hope my stewardship has not been too heavy a burden.

It has been an interesting year in which Louise and I made new friends, strengthened old friendships and possibly even helped illuminate some professional goals.

Admittedly if I were to cite a string of accomplishments, it would be a short string, but it would be inexcusably remiss not to cite on behalf of myself and the ANA membership the important work done by the Legislative Committee...and our legal counsel.

As you know, time after time in the past year it was necessary to man the barricades defending the public's right to know...a time

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consuming, necessary and expensive process.

Freedom of information was protected thanks to the Legislative Committee, ANA counsel and responsive, responsible legislators.

Some legislation introduced with an antipress bias would have been devastating to small newspapers causing perhaps a fatal loss of revenue. And the ultimate loser would be the public.

Other proposed legislation also had a chilling ring...it would close off important avenues of information leaving our readers and ourselves in the dark about the affairs of government.

Many of the same proposals will be back in the 1977 legislative year. And many of our members will be devoting time, talent and energy in meeting the challenge. They will need our unified support.

In writing --30-- to my term of office, I thank all of you for your courtesy, kindness, advice and assistance.

Saludos.

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Ralph Chavez named WNF Teacher of the Year Ralph Chavez, Pima Community College, Tucson, has been selected to receive the Western Newspaper Foundation/Arizona Newspapers Association Junior College Teacher of the Year Award.

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A plaque recognizing his excellence in journalism education will be presented to him at the Awards Breakfast, Jan. 21, during the 37th annual ANA convention in the Marriott Hotel in Tucson.

Chavez was nominated for the award by Bill Waters, public affairs editor of The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson. Chavez is chairman of the journalism department of Pima Community. College and adviser of the student newspaper, the Aztec Campus News.

In nominating Chavez, At Pima Community majors to work on the Bill Waters said, "He has College Chave?. has paper in their degree built a very advanced organized a Beta Phi program, the only ones we department at Pima and his Gamma chapter to really recommend are those students successes speak recognize the outstanding that have gone through this most eloquently for the student each year. He also experience of deadlines, skills he has imparted to organized Arizona's first pressure, commitment, and them and for the en- statewide Junior College professionalism." thusiasm he has implanted Journalism Association, Chavez also developed in them." Waters pointed which now has met for writing contests for high out that one of the three years; and developed schools which climaxed students, Paul Wattles, was a scholarship program with a big spring banquet selected as the Rocky which has brought many last year. He organized Mountain Collegiate Press top journalism students to Pima's Press Club which Association Journalist of Pima. takes on several additional Chavez believes "that projects, such as being host the Year, 1976, and that the sweepstakes winners of the affording students the last year for over 300 RMCPA competition also opportunity for a solid students and advisers to were Chavez' Pima practicum is the best the 52nd annual conference students. Waters said, possible 'test* for those that of the Rocky Mountain Press "Chavez has gone out into are really serious about C o l l e g i a t e the community for continuing in this field. I Association, the first time professional help to go like to treat this effort as an an Arizona community along with classroom work, academic e n d e a v o r , college has undertaken and his students are the allowing students all of the such an endeavor. flexibility possible while better for it."

Chavez also serves as With Pima Community still trying to obtain that so- district chairman for the College since 1973, Chavez1 called 'professional* finished National Council of College newspaper experience product. In other words, I Publications1 Advisers and includes reporting for the have never treated the has been executive Southwest Catholic newspaper (this includes secretary for the Rocky Register and the El Paso my high school teaching Mountain Collegiate Press Herald Post. He began his days) as a toy, club, or some Association since 1974. teaching career in 1960 in other 'extra-curricular' In 1966 he was named activity.

I do not like to Canutillo (Tex.) High High School Journalism dictate to my Teacher of the Year by the School, where he was 9 manipulate or journalism teacher, coach students to 4do it this way, Newspaper Fund, Inc. in an and administrator. In 1966- or that way* but rather, annual nation-wide 67 he taught at Thomas stress the good points and program. Selected by the Jefferson High School in El the many, many bad points Dow-Jones Corporation in each week's 1965 as a Newspaper Fund Paso, Tex., and, in 1968, after moved to the University of publication. While we do Fellow, Chavez, that same not require our journalism year was honored as the Texas at El Paso.

Outstanding Adviser in the State by the University of Texas Interscholastic League Press.

He has been nominated this year by Pima College students and staff for the National Council of College Publications Advisers "Distinguished Adviser Award." In 1969 he was selected by The University of Missouri School of Journalism to direct a new Urban Journalism Program for High Schools, but he had to decline.

Students under his direction have won numerous awards, including a first time AilAmerican honor rating by the National Scholastic Press Association for Branding Iron at Thomas Jefferson High School. At Pima Community College the Aztec Campus News won nineteen awards last year by the RMCPA, including nine first places.

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Press releases released into waste baskets

By SHERRY STERN The Arizona Daily Star A delivery of about seven pounds can be expected in the Arizona Daily Star newsroom in any two-week period.

No, it's not the youngest cub reporter recruited in history. It's a compilation of government press releases.

Most public relations people send the releases with the hope of mention in the newspaper or on the air. At the least, the public relations person can hope to inform the paper about the client.

The phrase "public relations" often has a bad connotation with journalists. The abbreviated "PR" means supplied information rather than that which the media discovers on its own. PR men are called "flacks." Journalists who go into PR are often accused of "selling out."

Regardless of personal feelings, journalists must depend on press releases to supply information that cannot be covered because of a lack of manpower or money. Many releases are used.

However, most are not and it seems that their only value is as an addition to the circular file.

"Most (releases) go in the trash can, but we hope they (newspapers) deem a few worthy of printing," said Joyce Morrison, information specialist of the Federal Power Commission.

Her title—information specialist—is a way to avoid "public relations," she said.

An array of titles is becoming popular in the business, including public information officers, public affairs directors, news bureau directors and director of news services in public affairs.

Releases are sent to newspapers, magazines, wire services, radio stations and television networks. They often consist of more than a single sheet of paper. But sometimes they are photographs, packets, pamphlets, newsletters, newspapers, folders and books.

Often, the only person who would be interested in the information would be a trivia fanatic. Releases include such information as: 2,441,723,000 cigarette packs were taxed in the country in July. , The city of Tucson has an unusual philosophy about public relations—it rarely sends releases. Tv' c • •;•• Jack Bonner, director of

"Our view is that the public should see and hear the men and women involved," he said. If a story arises that is of news value, Bonner said, he arranges for the person involved to speak in person with the media.

Public relations organizations recognize that many of the releases are not used. For that reason, and to cut costs, many are reducing the number of releases distributed and periodically check with the media to see whether the releases are wanted.

Andy Newman, information officer in the office of the secretary of the Interior Dept., said the office puts newspapers on its mailing lists by request to avoid sending worthless information and to reduce costs.

His operation is one of the largest because it receives information from about 10 bureaus across the country. Each bureau has its own mailing list.

The Interior Dept. is probably the biggest "culprit" in the piles of releases. The Daily Star received 44 of its releases in about two weeksincluding nine duplicates— another problem in the business.

Newman said much of the duplication is because some releases are sent to specialized writers as well as to the newspaper community relations, said editors.

The costs of sending the the philosophy is that "PR releases are rarely is more of citizen combudgeted separately, fhe munication-" .... ^.... ;„ ,.

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budgets include all facets of the operation.

(Many public relations offices do more than send releases—some send prepared audio and video tapes of stories to radio and television stations, some send newsletters to the public and some arrange meetings with citizen groups.)

It is possible to "guesstimate" costs with information from the offices.

Newman said the Interior Dept. sends an average of 80 releases monthly with distribution ranging from 100 to several thousand on each release.

All releases are sent first class, at 13 cents.

Using an average of 1,000 copies of each release a month, postage costs would run annually at around $10,000. This does not include printing, which is done at department

facilities, nor does it include City, N.M. Another salaries for the writers. reported that Nicolas an English Newman guesses that 90 Barker, per cent of the 80 releases typographer, will talk to are used somewhere. But the Library of Congress in he said he does not have a Washington. total of those that are The United States does printed. not have a monopoly on The FPC recently cut its sending press releases. The mailing list from 75 to 65, Star received a release Mrs. Morrison said. She from the Russian Embassy said each month it sends titled "Inflation: Is There a several hundred packets, Cure?" Other releases were consisting of about 10 pages received from the French each. Figuring "several Embassy, the Pakistani hundred" as 300, postage Embassy, the Iran incosts at 13 cents an ounce formation and tourism would be more than $5,000 center and the Australian a year. This also does not information service. include printing and Despite efforts to cut salaries. costs, eliminate duplication About 5,000 releases are and reduce the amount of received by the Daily Star unused releases, there is annually from federal always the person organizations. somewhere worrying that Probably the most his information is not being common releases that are received. not usable are those that This must be true of the have little or no interest Environmental Protection locally. One was an- Agency, which sends a nouncing new hours for the release monthly listing Gila Visitor Center in Gila EPA releases sent that National Forest in Silver month.

ANPA convention site moved The 1978 convention of the American Newspaper Publishers Association will be in Atlanta instead of Montreal because of concern over provisions in a newly enacted tax law, the ANPA said.

0 The 1977 convention will be in San Francisco April 25-28.

The (1978) convention had been planned for Montreal, but the ANPA board authorized the executive committee to

relocate the convention business expense deducafter Congress included in tions for attendance at its tax revision bill meetings outside the provisions complicating and United States, 1 ' the making uncertain allowable spokesman said.

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NEWS BRIEFS DONOVAN M. KRAMER, publisher of the Casa Grande Dispatch was recently elected chairman of the advisory board of the Arizona Office of Economic Planning and Development.

The board, with representatives from all counties, advises the governor "in terms of all economic development matters," according to Brent Brown, department director. Kramer was vice chairman this year, and was succeeded in that post by George Steele, Valley National Bank executive in Douglas.

demann, formerly sports writer for The Yuma Daily Sun. In another change, W. H. (Bill) Hood has joined the staff as a photographer, succeeding Peter Schwepker who resigned to do freelance work.

Northern Arizona University has received a gift of printing equipment, valued at more than $176,000, from Mrs. Eugene Pulliam, publisher of THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC and THE PHOENIX GAZETTE. The Arizona Board of Regents approved acceptance of the gift by NAU at its regular Art Coughanour, sports November meeting. editor of the ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Flagstaff, TOM MORROW, former since August, has been publisher of the Daily appointed managing editor, Valley News in Paradise effective Dec, 9, it was Valley has taken a position announced by publisher and in Saudi Arabia. editor Burl Lyons.

McELFRESH, Coughanour will succeed JERRY managing editor of the Joe Graziano, who has resigned to accept a job on Scottsdale Daily Progress, the copy desk at the was elected chairman of the Monterey Peninsula Herald Arizona Associated Press Editors in California. Named to N e w s p a p e r succeed Coughanour as Association for the next sports editor is Ed Ger- year. McElfresh succeeds

Getting out this little If we make a change in Jim Hudson of the Kingman paper is no picnic. the other person's writing, Daily Miner. JERRY FEW, If we print jokes, people we are too critical. wire editor of The Arizona If we don't we are asleep.

Daily Star, Tucson, was say we are silly.

If we don't, they say we Now, likely as not, elected vice chairman at the are too serious. someone will say we swiped meeting.

If we clip things from this from some other other sources, we are too publication.

WE DID. RALPH PATEY, business lazy to write them ourmanager for the Tucson selves.

If we don't we are too "It is an outrage that four Daily Citizen has been elected to membership in fond of our own stuff. newsmen have to go to jail If we don't print con- to protect the First the Institute of Newspaper Controllers and Finance tributions, we don't ap- Amendment rights of the rest of us." -U.S. Officers, an international preciate true genius. press organization with 900 If we do print them, the Senator Alan Cranston (Calif.) members. paper is full of junk.

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The Arizona State Supreme Court has ruled that the Board of Tax Appeals can meet and make decisions in secret. This is a strange ruling which twists the intention and wording of the state's open meeting law.

The law has a list of five specific exclusions which was carefully drawn by the legislature. None of the five exclusions mention tax matters.

Apparently, the court reasoned that the tax board acts in a judicial capacity and, therefore, does not have to abide by a law which is designed to regulate administrative and legislative action.

Medina warns press

Harold R. Medina, a the press cannot be kept of courtroom senior judge of the United out States Court of Appeals for proceedings. They argue the Second Circuit, said that even to discuss the that recommendations circumstances of a case is adopted by the American tantamount to suggesting Bar Association to insure that the amendment does fair trials and a free press not offer full protection.

Those who favor the were actually a threat to guidelines, which are not The Arizona Newspapers press freedom. binding, point out that the Association will seek five "Don't have anything to do with them," the 89-year United States Supreme changes in the state's Open old judge warned lawyers Court has told judges that Meeting law to close attending a seminar on they may not forbid news loopholes which newsmen communications law organizations to print believe interfere with sponsored by the Practising information about trial freedom of information.

Paul Eckstein, a Phoenix Law Institute at the proceedings. However, of the attorney and legal counsel Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, proponents Nov. 20. "If any judge tries guidelines say, the law is for the association, said the to implement them, the less clear about when or if changes being drafted will most fatal thing you can do judges can close hearings, be introduced this month is go in there and par- seal documents and impose when the annual legislative restrictive orders barring session opens. ticipate."

The Arizona Supreme The c o n t r o v e r s i a l trial participants from guidelines were adopted talking to the press. Court prompted one of the over press opposition at the Therefore, they argue, proposed changes with its American Bar Association's discussions between judges recent ruling that the State meeting in August. They and the news media can be Tax Appeals Board need not open meetings where provide procedures for helpful. news organizations and "It could not be deter- controversial tax appeals other interested parties to mined whether there have were being considered.

The court held that such state their objections been cases in which judges hearings were "in the before a court enters an have implemented the nature of judicial order restricting the press A.B.A. guidelines. in trials or during pretrial These are not the first proceedings" and thereby proceedings. guidelines to have been exempt under terms of the Under the guidelines, the adopted by the American law.

"That was not the intent court must explain to Bar Association. In 1967 it of the law and we want to reporters why it wants to issued its so-called Reardon enter a restrictive order. Report, which proposed make sure that when it to judicial The proposals also state standards to be adopted to refers that these orders could only ensure fair trials and a free proceedings, it means be entered if the judge press. A number of states specifically court action," determined that publicity in turn adopted these said Eckstein. # Jonathan Marshall, would prevent the proposals as guidelines. defendant from being given "Judge after judge and publisher of the Scottsdale Progress and a fair trial. court after court took these Daily chairman of the ANA's Opponents say the press voluntary guidelines and should not even participate turned them into a piece of Freedom of Information in discussions about court concrete," Judge Medina Committee, said the closings because the First said. (Deirdre Carmody, organization will press for the revisions, *" . Amendment insures that The.New York w

This reasoning does not Thus the reasoning of the sound consistent, for the appeals board, and its courts themselves are decision, can have a normally open to the public profound affect on a except for what transpires community, as well as in the jury room and a individuals or business judge's chambers. involved. Also, precedents Tax matters very are set which may apply to definitely are of public others.

When the legislature interest. Citizens have a right to know why one drew up the law, no special taxpayer is penalized, and mention of tax hearings why another is excused was made. Because of this, from paying back taxes, we believe the court was fines or special penalties. mistaken in ruling that tax If hearings can be con- appeals can be heard, and ducted in secrecy, the door decided, in secret.

Because of this decision, is open to favoritism and the legislature should special deals. Such has been the case many times in specify that tax hearings are matters of public other communities.

Tax hearings can involve concern. (Scottsdale Daily huge amounts of money. Progress)

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Among these is a proposal to remove the existing exemption from the law for personnel matters. Eckstein cited such actions of the Phoenix City Council as dismissal of municipal judges at closed meetings, despite the judges' plea for an open session.

"The legislature and state agencies have been much better in complying with the spirit of the law than a number of local g o v e r n m e n t s , " said Eckstein.

Other proposed changes: —A roll-call or recorded vote on committee action in the legislature and on other government bodies. (The Arizona Senate adopted the roll-call rule two years ago, but the House majority rejected it).

—A 48-hour notice, instead of the existing 24hour, on executive sessions along with an agenda of subjects up for discussion.

—Open sessions on deliberations leading up to legal actions by government bodies.

Senator wants to change State's open Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Jones Osborn, D-Yuma, says he'll introduce legislation to insure administrative agencies hold open meetings.

An Arizona Supreme Court ruling said the Arizona Board of Property Tax Appeals could close its meetings to the public if it follows "judicial11 procedures.

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"Open meetings are the best way to assure that the public's rights and interests are given full consideration," Osborn said.

"Closed meetings are where deals can be made."

The high court misconstrued the section of the open meeting law allowing closed "judicial proceedings" along with closed political caucuses, Osborn said.

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