| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION made 134 waves Two years later in 1944 Dick elected to sell his interests to his brother return to Salt Lake City and becomedaily newspaper typesetter Frank then launched29 year span during which he alone was the editor and publisher --andrather unique one at that His editorials were conceived at the keyboard of his Linotype which friends labelled The joy of his life and about which he admitted Linotype machine meant beautiful moments The mechanics of newspapering were imbued as strongly on his mind as the headlines and the bookkeeping Wherever he published new equipment blossomed and his production plants inevitably became showplaces of the latest in printing machinery At least until the advent of cold type and web offset in the 1960 That wasdevelopment he considered at great length and then rejected even after his publisher-friends had pioneered it to their satis faction It was acceptable he deemed for commercial printing but too expensive for newspaper production Mechanically that perhaps represented his only significant mis judgement for the offset revolution eventually encompassed every paper in the Beehive state Frankpolitical editorials were forthright and to-thepoint seldom delved into personalities but always urged readers to exercise their American privilege of voting He was articulate about freedom of press and its correlation with liber ty itself If halfa century ago the 850 million Russian and Chinese would have had newspapers and could have read them probably today they wouldnhave to live under the heel of Communist governments in Moscow and Peking he argued in support of that axiom He wasstaunch advocate of education particularly at Dixie College News after heacquired the Washington County And he editorially argued for dams highways and recreational facilities Like his father before him he also championed home-town progress and reserved boldface type to proclaim community improvements 588 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
