Box 12

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Letter from Patterson of June 7, 1963, thanking Ward Quaal for his congratulations on her Lake Forest College honorary degree. Clippings and correspondence regarding her death, July 2, 1963, including a letter to J.H. Wood from Alice H. Patterson. Documents regarding the IRS claim in 1970 that Tribune stock was worth $180,000 a share instead of the $45,620 declared in the estate tax return

Scope and Contents Negotiations toward possible purchase by the Tribune. J.H. Wood's memo of October 31, 1957, after his discussion with Eugene Abegg, President of the Illinois National Bank and Trust Company in Rockford, and E. Kenneth Todd, publisher of the Rockford papers, about the price Todd and his group were asking. Memos from J.A. Cotey, J.J. Jameson, and H.F. Grumhaus about the finances of Winnebago. Letter from F.M. Flynn raising questions. Correspondence with Ward Just of Waukegan, owner of a 36...

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Financial statements of Winnebago through the fall of 1957; by-laws, certificate of incorporation, and sample stock certificates

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Further correspondence during 1958, showing that the discussions were still going on through August of that year. The file contains nothing after that date

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J.H. Wood memos of September 5 and September 9. 1958, regarding the visit of Allen Kander, a newspaper broker, in connection with the possible purchase of the Baltimore Sun; the interest of the Cowles (Minneapolis) family in buying the Rockford papers; and a possible merger of the Chicago Daily News and Chicago American. The second memo tells of a discussion with Arthur Hall, general manager of the Chicago Daily News, about the possible merger