European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes april 17, King killing voice of America tells it As it is by Nicholas Washington up when prominent american is assassinated and racial violence Breaks out in cities across the United states How does the voice of America report the news to the rest of the world an examination of news roundups broadcast by the s official radio Sta Tion following the slaying of Luther King indicates the voice told the world exactly what was happening. The painfully honest news casts were followed by commentaries explaining to Over seas listeners that most Ameri cans deplored King s assassination that the civil right movement was Likely to pick up new momentum and that though there were no Miracle solutions to racial strife the country was hardly on the Brink of collapse. But officials at the voice As it is called in diplomatic circles strongly defend the standing policy of reporting the news in an honest straight Forward manner. They concede it has been Abad two weeks for the american image abroad but they regard their practice of telling it As it is As their biggest asset in the Competition for had to Tell the Story and we produced accurate an credible broadcasts Richard gushing via Deputy director told up. Some of the reports by others radio Moscow for instance were pretty wild. Of course we injected Smuch balance As possible. We made an Effort to reflect the revulsion of most americans at the killing and the widespread sympathy for nonviolent have evidence that when you speak the truth you gain by using 57 transmitters abroad and 35 in the unite states the voice of America believes it reaches 43 million people Over the age of 14 in a Ordinary week. In times of crisis the audience May soar As High As 80 million. We fun the news of or. King assassination became known april 4, the via s Centra newsroom in downtown Washington swung into full the news came in this re port was prepared for the 9 "u.s. Civil rights Leader an Nobel peace prize Winner or. Martin Luther King was fatally hot thursday night in Mem Phis Tennessee As he stood Ona Balcony outside his hotel room. The civil rights Leader was taken to a nearby Hospital where he was declared Deadmore than an hour Here is a Sample commentary broadcast the same night on the assassination it was a murderer who struck or. King Down but the crime merits the term assassination which has come particularly to mean the killing of a Leader. Or King was in Ever sense the Leader of a powerful though sometimes diffuse Daniloff movement that has been deeply Felt throughout the nation. Though criticized by som for his belief that civil disobedience As Well As non violence could be an instrument for social Reform and by others Fortis rejection of violence he still had a visible hold on Many who disagreed with him. The assassination is widely comprehended As a National tragedy rather than on belonging solely to a particular race. It will be Felt in obvious or Subtle ways in Homes where or. King s name was rarely mentioned. It is too Early to predict with certainty what forces the assassination will put into motion. Some of them May not be constructive. Preachers of violence May proclaim that the criminal act discredits or. King s dream of to others the tragedy will proclaim the need evermore urgently than before to set the country s House in order to press More swiftly with less uncertainty with fewer pause for pondering toward a society in which race altogether ceases to be an Small but potent a laser beam of Les than one thousandth of a Watt produces the brightest Light on the san Francisco Skyline Dur ing a test by a Palo Alto electronics firm. The laser located atop a downtown building was developed for use by school and College students who Are studying lasers. At left is the Banbridge leading to Oakland. Dpi photo the kids the Siek the angry Many use phone for harassment by Andrea Posner Washington up Telephone rings a woman an Swers and she hears heavy breathing. The woman is momentarily bewildered then irritated and demands to know who is breathing continues and she slams Down the receiver. The Telephone rings again and there is the Sam breathing heavy suddenly menacing. Irritation turns to apprehension. Who is it what does he want repeated Calls become terrify ing. The woman feels hounded ringing of the Telephone holds her attention. She cannot help answering. Finally she screams at her persecutor in frenzy. This is what the breather breathing technique is Only one among Many that emotionally unstable people use to threaten terrorize and harass other people by Telephone. The breather wants to create dread in a woman so that he can enjoy hearing her react onto it. Others use the Telephone to vent their spleen upon a Wom an. Some merely want to play practical spokesman for the Bell Telephone company said offend ers fall into three general groups the kids the sick and the the kids Are usually Chil Dren who have nothing else to do on a Rainy Day and turn tothe Telephone. The company reports a Cas of concentrated assault by a group of children upon a woman known to object to children in group telephoned an order for 10 tons of gravel which was dumped in the driveway of her Home. Next they sent an under taker to her House for a non existent body. Then they called firemen and police to Cope with fabricated emergencies at her Home. Only after four months of steady Stream of false orders and requests made by Telephone were the children caught. Ordinarily however children keep their annoying Calls at a comparatively Short lived and Light hearted level. It is the emotionally sick who commit the ugliest offences ranging from spurious bomb threats to impersonating mortuary and emergency room attendants calling to say that a husband or child has Telephone provides Dis Turbed socially incapable individuals with a Means of con trolling events and people insane anonymity. On less destructive Levels i gives sexual deviates an Opportunity to talk with people about subjects and in ways that would not be possible in Normal social encounters. Sometimes the caller will simply pour out obscenities but most wish to engage others i talking about sex. The ingenuity applied in get Ting listeners to do this is remarkable. The Bell spokesman said one Man called a woman to announce to her that she Hadron a Quantity of luxury under garments and said he needed detailed measurements and descriptions. Presumably be found the discussion stimulating. Another claimed to be a re search worker for Alfred Kin sey a sociologist who investigated american sexual prac of the most bizarre per versions took place in Chicago hospitals. New mothers receive Calls from someone falsely identifying himself As a Public health officer who told them medical reports showed that they an their Newborn babies were suf Fering from cancer. A recent practice has Bee the telephoning of false reports of death or injury to families of soldiers in Vietnam. Worse still other callers gloat Over the actual death of a Soldier son or husband. The third group of offend ers described by the Telephone company consists of the angry people who use the Telephone to vent their rage. The Telephone company knows of one Man so frustrated by an other Driver s darting in front of him to steal the last Park ing space on the Street that denoted his foe s License number searched out his name and address and for two or three weeks woke him repeatedly Dur ing Early morning hours with a ringing Telephone. Of an estimated 10 billion Calls made each month by americans the Bell company received a monthly average of 51,000 com plaints about abusive Calls Dur ing 1986, and 58,000 during 1967.the company reported that this appears to be the end Ola recent Sharp increase in com plaints that began during the mid-50s. Although the Telephone has been in wide use in the United states since the turn of the Century the first state Law against making abusive Caw was not passed until 1955. Since then All 50 states have enacted such is working on legis lation making interstate Calls Olthuis nature a Federal offence the Bell company is also eloping More Complex a Quement to track Down and con vict the callers. But it Adyt that the Best weapon against we abusive caller is to hang up thus depriving him of the reaction he is looking , it suggests keeping whistle Handy and blowing Sharp blast on it thus Ca Ina painful Shock in the anon Mous caller s eardrum. European edition Munry 9. Epstein. an unofficial Newt paper of and Fop the . Air to Forcet Public. Commander in chef . European command and
