| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Texas wasnthe only area where such advancements in technology were taking place Charles Claybaugh of Brigham City thendirector and later president of National Editorial Association now NNA was hearing more and more about the concept as he travelled about the nation In 1961 he accompaniedgroup which toured the Pacific Northwest to see offset in actual use One display was at the Hillsboro Oregon Argus whereThatcher press developed in that area was running at 22 000 per hour It impressed the Utahn and he frequently cited it as he subsequently argued that offset was the method of the future Another impressive stop he told fellow publishers was in Oregon City whereGoss Suburban was in use Whether it was McBrayer reports of those who visited other newspapers or material they were reading that provided the clinching argument web offset interest swiftly increased in Utah The first to turn theory into fact in the Beehive state was the Tooele Transcript which produced its July 27 1962 issue onGoss Suburban The paper published by Alex Dunn had elected to set its cold typography on the Intertype Fotosetter developeddecade earlier but principally used by commercial printers The only other Fotosetter in Utah in fact was at Twin Typographers the composition plant owned by brothers Harold and Howard Gerber in Salt Lake City Theyplaced it in operation in October 1953 The Tooele Bulletin followed its twin-weekly sister four days later The statenext paper to go offset was the American Fork Citizen on June 1963 Owner Russell Innes waspartner in News Publishing Center which hadVanguard V15 in its Salt Lake City plant where the American Fork paper was produced followedfew days later by another Innes publication the Lehi Free Press On July 15 1963 Claybaugh who was alsopartner in News Publishing Center unveiled the initial offset version of his Box Elder News It too was printed on the Vanguard press Three days later its companion in Brigham Citytwinweekly operation the Box Elder Journal emerged as an offset 228 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
