Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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The Leader ' s mock election In mid-October predicts a landslide victory for Johnson. With the consent of the Associated Press and the Hays Daily New, The Leader staff reads a teletype to find late election results. Norman Brewer dummys up page one with ' Mai ' Applegate s help. 28

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1 Man, you ' ve gotta go north if you want a break, Don Washington urges James Alexander. ' You won ' t get one here, ‘Bessie Smith’ Probes Racial Discrimination The Death of Bessie Smith,” a modern drama concerning racial problems, was the fall production of Alpha Psi Omega. Miss Harriet Ketchum and Judi Vandergriff directed the six- night- run play. In addition to those pictured, other actors were Mike Cotton and Vernon Cowan. You sit down and cool your heels, boy, Sue Brown hatefully tells James Alexander when he tries to get aid for Bessie Smith. In a rage, nurse Glenda Spicer threatens intern Bob Young. 27

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Linotype operator Jim Uht sets type from the copy submitted by reporters after it is edited by the editor, for the printing process in the backshop. Leader Scores Big Scoop With Election Special Edition By sponsoring a mock election of national and state officers, then printing a special edition the morning of November 4, The Leader scooped Kansas dailies and gave staffers practical experience in production under pressure. Leader reporters used facilities of the Hays Daily News for Associated Press teletype returns. After studying and editing returns and gathering local data, editor Norman Brewer and his crew returned to the campus to make up the paper and at 1 a.m. met their deadline with Big Jim and the backshop. The press started to roll at 3 a.m. and students picked up their papers as they went to 7:30 classes. Subscribers of area dailies found less complete returns at a later hour that morning. Presses roll in the wee hours of the morning to meet delivery- deadline. The finished product reaches students by 7:30 a.m, p revealing Democratic landslide and local Republican upsf victory.