102:"is known as one of the most progressive and attractive-looking newspapers in Southern California." At that time, the circulation was about 4,000. His wife, Jerene C., took over as publisher of the newspaper. She later married architect J. Dewey Harnish and was thenceforth known as Jerene Appleby Harnish.
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quoting officials as stating that the air show had to be free to the public. He said he had planned to charge $ 1 admission but could not do so after the article, and so he lost money through the venture. Judge
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It was to be published by a new corporation with the same staff and officers as before; Mrs. Harnish was to have an honorary title as "publisher emeritus". The newspaper's daily circulation was about 28,000, and the sale price of the company was said to be $ 5 million.
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over a story it had printed about McVittie's arrest on a misdemeanor charge of election code violations. The arrest charge was settled without going to trial, and there was no further action on the libel claim after McVittie won the election.
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charge of communism "without regard to good morals and honesty." Smith sued for $ 3 million, charging libel. He later amended the complaint to include the newspaper's references to him going back as far as 1949. Judge
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Ontario City Councilman Oregon Smith for slander because Smith said at a City Council meeting that the newspaper "without question" had been following "the
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was a private group, organized to benefit business and professional people of the city. As such, the newspaper said, the chamber was not legally entitled to maintain its office in the
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Al Ashby and Harvey Feit, "McCarthy Accuses DA in McVittie Case,"
707:"Former Ontario Councilman Files $ 3 Million Suit Against Paper,"
629:"Daily Report Company to Refuse Co-operation With Civil Defense,"
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492:"Frank B. Appleby, Publisher of 'Daily Report,' Dies Suddenly,'"
448:"Ontario:Young Offender Given a Chance: Building for Newspaper,"
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692:"$ 3 Million Libel Suit Against Ontario Newspaper Dismissed,"
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Alan Ashby, "Sun-Telegram to Fight Gag Order by Judge,"
398:"Ontario Daily Report Sold for a Reported $ 5 Million,"
785:"Lawsuit Dismissed Against Ontario, Mayor, Publisher,"
674:"Court Upholds Attorney in Newspaper Slander Action,"
800:"Identities of Witnesses Suppressed at Murder Trial,
755:"Suit of Ontario Attorney Against Newspaper Ended,"
478:"Remodeling Job "Finished at Ontario Daily Report,"
433:"Cotton Growing in the West End: Chosen Directors,"
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815:"Freedom of Press Violated by Order,"
539:"Ontario Newspaper Plans FM Station,"
354:"Fifty Years for 'The Model Colony,'"
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140:and demanded that it be ousted. The
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