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in which he was told that anybody contributing $ 100,000 to CREP would be treated as a "special class." While deciding what to do Spater subsequently said that Smith sent him four checks for $ 5,000 made out to "cash" with a note saying he might need the extra cash. He then gave the $ 20,000 to CREP
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wrote that "Mr. Spater's much-needed new biography of the first media giant is thorough, solid, usefully illustrated and satisfyingly annotated, a scholarly labor of love that adds significantly to the literature about a historic figure too long overlooked by
Americans." He died in
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in $ 100 bills (which was legal since it involved personal accounts). Still short of the $ 100,000 quota, he then authorized a $ 55,000 off the books transaction involving a safe at
American Airlines headquarters in New York. When a lawsuit by
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He left
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Spater lost his law license and his position with
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533:All American Aviation
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1165:Categories
1122:Reservisor
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