Christian Chronicle (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 25, Ed. 1 Monday, June 22, 1970 Page: 3 of 8
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plained that Louisiana rates in
the top three in traffic deaths.
The audience then viewed a
film on defensive driving. A
question and answer period fol-
lowed the film.
England before completing their ,
round-the-world trip home. The
Woodroofs expect to be home
by the first week in July.
They were greatly encouraged
over the work in Christchurch,
said Wood roof. He estimates
that within two years the con-
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In addition to his other duties, the minister must often
be a news reporter for the local newspaper or brotherhood
journals. Being a seasoned writer is riot essential to being a
good reporter. A good news man tells the story, keeps his
facts straight, and spells correctly. Handling routine church
news is time-consuming for a newspaper editor and his
staff. A properly written news release may make the dif-
ference between getting church news printed gr thrown away.
Ministers, particularity those in mission points, find that
sending periodic news stories and reports to brotherhood
newspapers increases interest in their work at home and at
the mission point.
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Police officer W
fires revolver
to make point
PINE PRAIRIE, La.—State
Police officer Gerald Guidry
Fired his .44 magnum revolver
at the youth rally here for south-
west Louisiana teenagers May 24.
Guidry gave a demonstration
to the 125 teens and sponsors
on the deadly effects of playing
“traffic roulette” with automo- 0
biles.
Both weapons—the car and the
gun—are harmless when left a-
lone, he told his young audience,
but they’re killers when placed
in the hands of the careless.
He showed them charts on acci-
dent rates and the value of
driving defensively. Then he “un-
loaded” his pistol, putting the J-
bullets in the middle df the floor. S
Raising his gun quickly, he fired
a blank he purposely left in the
gun.
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Thailand, Hong Kong, Israel, elders JThc congregation now has
Greece,. Turkey, Austria, and about 80 members,, with J50
Yugoslavia. •-T average in attendance.
They then proceed to Italy, Other missionary families who
Germany, Spain, France and worked with the Woodroofs were
Harold Scott, supported by the
church at Old Hickory, Tenn.;
Marvin Allison by Union Ave-
nue in Memphis; and Charlie
Walton, of the Maston Lake
church in Huntsville, Alabama.
Replacing Wood roof is John
Payne, supported by the Bel Aire
church of Tullahoma, Tenn.
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OUR PURPOSE IS TO HELP YOU—t ALL US.
• R. Douglas Roberts Jr. A. I. A.
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BELPRE, OHIO
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All supervision* performed by men with years of experience
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Planning departments which provide high utility without
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Recommendations will gladly be given from congregations
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Continental Church builders is in its 9th year of successful operation.
Let us assist you in planning toward construction of your new building with-
out obligation. Call collect. . . brochure on request.
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1. Read the newspaper for which you are writing. Be
aware of its style of language, approaches to stories, gram-
mar, and kinds of stories used. Most newspapers use the
style books of the Associated Press and ^United Press
International for uniform grammar usage. These books can
be obtained from the press services and have stahdard, -
simplified rules in punctuation, spelling, capitalization, ab-
breviation, and special writing tips.
2. Remember the rules for good writing. Though news
writing differs from other types of writing, basic guidelines
for good grammatical usage should be used. Never be-
gin a story with an article or indefinite pronoun. Avoid
elaborate sentence structure; use simple adverbs and adjectives
instead of verbal phrases and subordinate clauses. The
passive voice in verbs should be used only when the gram-
matical object of a sentence is important. (For instance,
“John Stevens has been named president of Abilene Chris-
tian College” is correct. But “His inauguration was viewed
by about 3,000 persons" should be changed to “About
3,000 viewed his inauguration.”) State facts in a positive
way and With a non-negative approach. (Example: “The
judge found Smith innocent of the charges” is a positive
way to say “The judge did not find Smith guilty.”) Minimize
the use of transitional phrases, the word “very," and super-
fluous words. Words such as “the" and “a" may be struck
out of most sentences, thus uncluttering the stoty.
3. Put the most important facts at the beginning. By put-
ting the most important facts on top. the editor can cut
the story from the end if necessary. Also, a reader may
quickly get the gist of the story without plodding through
unnecessary verbage.
4. Keep sentence construction simple and paragraphs
short. Complex sentence structure and multi-syllable words
limit the reader’s comprehension. Newspaper style is short
and concise to ease typesetting, proofreading, and the read-
er's understandings Terse paragraphs—each complete thoughts
in themselves—may be removed without destroying the sense
of th6 story,. *
6/Organize and the story will “write itself.* The
“ababed" kind of organization is a popular form for cub
reporters an# inexperienced news writers. The “a" is the lead
of the first sentence giving the most important fact of the
story. The “b" is the second sentence, the second rqost
important fact. Beginning with the third sentence the“a" is
fully explained and exhausted. Then details of “b" are total-
ly explained. Other points and facts (“c" and “d") are listed
and explained according to importance (Although chrono-
logical style may be easy to write and use sometimes as
a technique in feature writing, it is not recommended for
straight news stories or speech coVerage.)
7. Lead off your story directly with as few words as
as possible. The lead (the first sentence of the news story)
doesnot necessarily have to contain all of the 5 W’s and the
H (who, what, when, where, why, and how). Perhaps one
or a combination of some of these constitute U)e real meat
of the story. Subsequent sentences can elaborate on the first
statement of fact.
8. Minimize the use of fine writing, “jargonese,” and
“shop talk.* Quality in news writing comes from avoiding
“elegant” works when simple ones would do better. Plati-
tudes and cliches are often misused by inexperienced writers
and are boring to readers.
9. Avoid emotive words, superlatives, and dogmatic
expressions. Good news writing strives for factualness. The
facts of a story should be presented accurately without puf-
fing up, boasting, or opining—the reader can draw his own
conclusions. Be certain an event is actually ’the first (or
largest) of its kind in the brotherhood” before saying it.
10. Take nothing for granted. Pretend the article will be
read by someone who has never heard of your church; thus,
.don’t exclude facts, names, dates, or places because they
are “common knowledge.”
11. Give more information than you think to necessary
for the story. An editor can cut down a story if it is too
long; but if a story is incomplete, he has to dig for more
• * information. Identify persons in the story with their full
names, addresses, and occupations. When giving dates, also
give the days of the week; when giving locations, also
list addresses and roorp numbers if possible. List all persons
connected with a project and their titles, if any. It helps r
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" Jim Woodroofs returning from New Zealand
CHRISTCHURCH, New
Zealand—After Five years of mis-
sionary work in New Zealand,
Jim Woodroof and his family
are en route back to the States.
They have been back to the
States for a visit only once since
leaving for Christchurch five
years ago.
The Woodroff family was sup-
ported by the Sixth and Izard
church in Little Rock, Ark. On
their return, they have contacted
fellow missionaries in Australia,
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Sweet, Ralph & Weed, Michael. Christian Chronicle (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 25, Ed. 1 Monday, June 22, 1970, newspaper, June 22, 1970; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1320871/m1/3/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Advertising%22: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.