15 STUDENTS CHOSEN FOR TRIP TO PERU

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000400590001-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 1, 1966
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15 Students
Chosen for
Trip to Peru
NORMAN, Okla.
Schools and departments of
journalism of 10 American uni-
versities are represented by the
15 winners of the first national
competition for scholarships in
"Assignment: Latin America,"
the Field Study program spon-
sored by the University of Okla-
homa and the Department of
State.
The 8-week program, devel-
oped to give journalism majors
training in overseas reporting,
includes a week of orientation
on the Norman campus before
the 15 students and the Univer-
sity representatives go to Lima,
Peru, for seven weeks of study
of that country, its people and
its problems.
Arrangements for the Field
Study were made by the director,
Dr. John R. Whitaker, a member
of the faculty of the Oklahoma
School of Journalism, in cooper-
ation with the co-sponsor of the
program, Pedro Beltran, direc-
tor of La Prensa of Lima, im-
mediate past president of the
Inter American Press Associa-
tion, and former prime minister
. of Peru. Mrs. Whitaker will be
administrative assistant.
The competition was open to
the 46 ACEJ-accredited schools
'and departments of journalism
and the winners were selected
on the basis of scholarship, com-
prehension of spoken and writ-
ten Spanish, knowledge of Latin
American affairs, demonstrated
ability as reporters and writers,
and faculty recommendation.
14 Newspapers Cooperate
Fourteen newspapers thus far
have signified their desire to co-
operate in the program but
others are expected to be added
to the list of those publishing
the students' articles. "We invite
any newspaper interested in pro-
moting better understanding
with Latin America to write us
for information on how to ar-
range for publication of student
articles from Peru," Dr. Whit-
aker said. "The articles will be
based on advanced study, obser-
vation and interviews with per-
sons on a wide range of eco-
nomic, social and cultural levels.
For our mutual welfare, North.
Americans need to know more
about Latin Americans. We hope
to promote better understanding
on the part of readers through
these person-to-person articles."
being experience in covering agz-,
signments in Latin America andl
the promotion of greater inter-
est in the other Americas and
their languages by capable jour-
nalism students. From among
the group we train we hope will
come better prepared corre-
spondents and foreign editors
for the newspapers of tomor-
row."
Four states?Arizona, Illinois,
Missouri and Texas?have two
representatives each among the
scholarship winners; six states
?Arkansas, Iowa, Michigan,
Florida, Oklahoma and Wiscon-
sin?have one each; and one
member of the party is from
Sweden.
The winners are:
Eric Abbott, Iowa State Uni-
versity, from St. Louis, Mo.
Salvador Camarillo, Univer-
sity of Oklahoma, from El Paso,
Tex.
Glenda Daniel, University of
Texas, from Mountain Home,
Ark.
Virginia Ferris, Iowa State
University, from Madison, Wisc.
Lynne Frindell, University of
New Mexico, from Dallas, Tex.
Jerome Idaszak, Northwestern
University, from Chicago, Ill.
Barbara Kincaid, Michigan
State University, from St. Louis,
Mich.
? Georgia Martinez, University
of Arizona, from Tucson, Ariz.
Guillermo Martinez, Univer-
sity of Florida, from Gainesville,
Fla.
Frank Sotomayor, University
of Arizona, from Tucson, Ariz.
Edward Thiele, Northwestern
University, from Evanston, Ill.
Michael Toner, State University
? of Iowa, from Humboldt, Iowa.
Osmo Vatanen, State Univer-
sity of Iowa, from Stockholm,
Sweden.
Stuart Voss, University of
Missouri, from Columbia, Mo.
Susan Waltz, University of
Oklahoma, from Lawton, Okla.
Newspapers cooperating in
the program are: Albuquerque
(N. M.) Journal; Arizona Daily
Star, Tucson; Austin (Tex.)
American-Statesman; Ames
(Iowa) Daily Tribune; Daily
Iowan, Iowa City, Iowa; Chicago
Sun-Times; East Lansing
(Mich.) Towne Courier; El Paso
(Tex.) Times; Columbia (Mo.)
Missourian; Decatur (Ill.) Her-
ald and Review; Kansas City
Star; St. Louis Globe-Democrat;
Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock;
and Norman (Okla.) Transcript.
"The program has several
nthpr maimv aims." said. Dr.
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