NATIONAL WEEK
This reek re ere observing National
Newspaper reek* This occasion is am
excellent time to sera/e a reminder to
*ll ''■meric*ns of * precious facet of
the heritage i?r e enjoy —free
dom of the press.
Tn our American fill of Rights are
these words hammered into the First A—
mendment by our Founding Fathers
gress shall make no lar , . abridging
the freedom . • of the press* 11
The statement calls for reflection
on that amendment for * moment, and con
tinues rith "The language is simples
the admonition is stern, and it is neg
ative." Precisely, they tell the gov
ernment what it shall not do regarding
a free press.
That is the 'merican philosophy of
freedom of the press which our news
papers have enjoyed since the adoption
of the Constitution, one hundred and
seventy three years ago.
The 1960 celebration of National
Ne-spaoer Feek comes at * time when the
free press is engaging in avaliint strug
gle against the forces seeking to dis
mantle the press of truth.
Tn clear contrast to American news
papers is th*t af the Communist dominated
press, which feeds readers the current
party line, and only that which it wants
them to read.
On the other hand,, it is gratifying
to knew that the American newspapers have
been alerting the people *s to what their
government is doing from the Poston Tea
party -of 1773 to all occasions of pres
ent corruptness.
Truthfully, from the call of "Let's
go to press" to the newsboys 1 cry of
"Extra" to the many Americans who c*n
be thankful they can "Read all about it!"
i;**, our newspapers, we take acts of • *■
latlooel. Newspaper Week,
The dollar wag adopted by the Con
gress existing under the Articles of
Confederation in 1785 as the official
monetary unit of the TT . S..
Legend says Damocles, a flatterer
in the court of Dionysius the Tiber of
Syracuse, w*s seated at * royal ho’'w”°t
with a sword hung over his head by a
single horsehair*
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The first recorded patent for a
typewriter was taken out by Henry Mill
in 1714.
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Tooth Tarkington wrote "Seventeen"
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George Washington was fifty-seven
when he was inaugurated as President
in 1789.
The fastest mile on record , (3 s
¥«s run by Australian sprinter Herb
Elliott on a tr-'ck in Dublin, Ireland,
on August 6, 1958.
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.Rhode Inland, the smallest state
in the Union, has the longest name.
Officially, it is "The State of Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations."
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Hefodotus (4607-425? 8.C.) is
known as the "Father of History."
The cowbird and the European cuckoo
are equal contenders for the title of
the world's laziest bird. Neither builds
its own nest.
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