Box 2

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Initial feeler from Martin Andersen 1958-01-03 and rejection from Nichols 1958-01-06. Matter revived 1961-01 by Ralph Nicholson via F.M. Flynn. Correspondence involving Flynn, Charles T. Brumback, J. Howard Wood, J.J. Lynch, R.J. Rohrbach of New York News, James C. Daubenspeck of Kirkland Ellis, and Frederic Babcock. Talks broken off by Anderson 1961-09. Also some correspondence regarding Andersen's efforts to find a buyer for the Cherry Plaza Hotel in Orlando

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Gradual renewal of negotiations among the entities named on Box 2 folder 1 plus Edwin T. Sujack of Kirkland Ellis. Memo agreement of 1972-05-04. Early drafts of Andersen's posed employment contract. Andersen's desire that the Tribune get an advance ruling from the IRS regarding his tax liability. Negotiations suspended by Anderson in 1962-07

Scope and Contents Occasional correspondence among the entities in Box 2 folder 2 with special emphasis on Andersen's employment contract and the IRS ruling. Copy of the Sentinel's editorial on its 50th anniversary, 1963-02-10. Copy of a letter to Andersen from J.L. Knight in 1963-06 commenting on the Tribune purchase offer. Negotiations broken off by Andersen in 1963-07, resumed in 1963-10, and broken off again in late 1963-11. Correspondence between Ralph Nicholson and F.M. Flynn regarding availability of...

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Negotiations resumed. Nichols mem to J. Howard Wood 1964-04-28 and plans for meeting in Orlando 1964-05-12/1964-05-13. Signed copy of agreement reached 1964-05-12. Tribune Company resolution of 1964-05-21 authorizing the purchase. Martin Andersen's "six letters" raising questions, 1964-07-02 and 1964-07-03, and Nichols' memo. Copy of Goldman Sachs letter to Charles T. Brumback 1964-05-04 suggesting Times-Mirror interest in Orlando

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Drafts of purchase announcements to be made by Andersen and J. Howard Wood. Last-minute letters of inquiry to Andersen from Otis Chandler and from Niles Trammell on behalf of Gardner Cowles. Correspondence about Associated Press membership and about Tribune intra-company plans for raising the down payment money. Copies of correspondence in which Andersen tried to buy the Mobile Press-Register from Ralph Chandler in late 1964

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Preparations for the closing in Chicago on 1965-08-31