[GreenKeys] Historic question for the group- Bell Ringer- second this!

Til128 at aol.com Til128 at aol.com
Mon Apr 10 11:59:21 EDT 2017


Not to beat a dead horse, but here are 2 pix from "The March of Time"
of  1935 and it was about the Richard Hauptmann trial.
 
A "flash" and a "bulletin".
 
No bells on sound track.  :-(
 
TT
 


 
 
In a message dated 4/10/2017 11:37:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com writes:

This is what I remembered and put in my first post. I have both the  
UPI and AP style books somewhere but couldn't find them to confirm my  
memory.  AP rules are the same or very similar.

On 4/10/2017  4:53 AM, Doug Alderdice wrote:
> From the UPI 1967  Stylebook:
>
> - - - - - - - - - -
> FLASH -- Dateline,  dash, no date or logotype, limited to one or two
> lines depending upon  whether it appears on a TTY or TTS monitor.
> Originating bureau comes  onto wire immediately to send.  Used seldom and
> only on the  biggest news.
>
>     DALLAS - PRESIDENT KENNEDY  DEAD
>                   JT104PCS
>
> The flash must be followed  immediately by a publishable bulletin
> expanding the story.
> - -  - - - - - - - -
>
> Note that a flash is supposed to be one or two  *lines* rather than three
> *words*.
>
>
>  73,
>
> Doug, KA2WFT


-- 
Richard  Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
WB6KBL
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