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State Censorship

Two members of Governor Linwood
Holton's Budget Advisory Commission recently
suggested that the state either censor college
newspapers or stop financing them.

W. Roy Smith of Petersburg and Edward
Lane of Richmond, members of the House of
Delegates, told the Governor that they objected
to mandatory student fees for college
newspapers which do not accurately reflect
student opinion, according to the Radford
College newspaper.

Mr. Smith and Mr. Lane protested
mandatory financing when some papers are in
"poor taste" and express opinions offensive to
the students paying for them.

In addition to their positions on the
Governor's commission, Mr. Smith and Mr.
Lane hold high offices on the powerful House
Appropriations Committee.