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Gene Whe‘lm nameCompanyoomeortxnoxeemg 3 KPA papers have new owners _
Chamberlin’s presentation, to know the local troops and taking
covering the ﬁnancial end of the news- pictures of their involvement in Opera- Papers in Bell, Harlan and papers about two years ago. ‘
paper bUSineSSz Will be 9 a.m.-4:30 pm. tion Desert Shield. Martin countieschanged ownership last Economic factors were cited in
at the Marriott Resort in Lexington. See Local reporter, back page —— month, and one changed its name. the NYT sale, according to an article in i
An Illinois-based company with the Harlan paper. At a meeting with the .
. . ties abroad has purchased two KPA- HarlanstaffonNov.5,]ohnR.Harrison, ‘
Open meetings debate membersesssdiedieiesseesepe seeded ii she did Reside News
from The New York Times Co. paper Group, is quoted as saying,
The Harlan Daily Enterprise, The “Aboutayear ago, the board of directors
ex ecte d to heat 11 Daily News in Middlesboro and The said we should lookatour small papers
P P Claiborne Progress in Tazewell, Tenn., that, in the future, we may not get the
were picked up by American Publishing return on investment we want.
After KPA got its offense to the signed up to tesﬁfybefore the legislative Co. ofWest Frankfort, Ill.,in November. ”You have done the very best
line in November, the defense is group in December, according to Scott The Illinois company is a subsidiary of YOU C0111d do,over that WhiCh you C0U1d
readying for a powerful contest at the Varland of the Legislative Research Hollinger Inc. in Toronto, which re- control, and for that, we are eternally
Dec. 13 meeting of the Task Force on Commission, whichcoordinatesthetask portedly is affiliated with the Sterling grateful,” Harrison told the employees.
Open Meetings and Records. force. group in England. ”The economy is something you can’t
Attorney Jon Fleischaker, on Scheduled to appear are Tony TheMartinCountianandMercury control.” .
behalf of KPA, presented recommen- Sholar of the Kentucky Chamber of in Inez was recently bought by local Ewell H. Balltrip, publisher of
dations on new open meetings legisla— Commerce; Bill Thielen, Kentucky businesspersons,LisaStaytonand Mark both the Middlesboro and Harlan pa-
tionatthe task force’sNov.8meeting in LeagueofCities;JohnRunda, Kentucky Grayson,whohavechanged thepaper’s pers, has transferred to an NYT Co. ;
Frankfort. The proposed draft was well Parole Board; Col. Earl Pruitt, Kentucky name to TheMountain Citizen. The former paper in Dyersburg, Tenn. Balltrip, who
received bythecommittee,butthestage Voice for Crime Victims; Paul Isaacs, owner,MartinCountyNewspapersInc., had been associated with the Harlan
was set for rebuttal. Department of Public Advocacy, and a division of Smith Newspapers, had paper for 22 years, was feted with a
Six agency representativeshave See Open meetings, back page—'— PurChased and merged two competing See 3 papers sold, back page —————