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9. Will his paper survive without his financial subsidies?

Sun Jul 6, 2014, 03:34 PM

Jul 2014

I wonder if his descendents will be willing to continue to subsidize the paper?

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Richard Mellon Scaife - July 3, 1932 - July 4, 2014 [View all] MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 OP

You won't believe the Tribune-Review today. femmocrat Jul 2014 #1

Yeah, that figures! MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #2

So ... the day of his death is *already* observed as a national holiday ? eppur_se_muova Jul 2014 #3

huh? MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #4

Memory engaged on my end... MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #6

Scaife and Hillary were both supporters of Barry Goldwater in 1964. PADemD Jul 2014 #7

Yes, I remember reading that. MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #8

Will his paper survive without his financial subsidies? JPZenger Jul 2014 #9

Who knows? MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #10

He set up a trust fund to make sure that those papers continue. Divernan Jul 2014 #11