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...dinner party in Paris some time ago, an unobtrusive Houston banker named Joe L. (for Lewis) Allbritton listened quietly while a French Cabinet Minister told the story of how a rich Texan had bought a bank in Luxembourg for $5 million, cash in hand. When the Frenchman finished his tale, Allbritton spoke up with a grin: "I heard about that, and I know the fella involved...
Last week the fella from Houston turned up in Washington, this time with an even bigger bundle in hand. Allbritton signed an agreement to pay $25 million for a 37% interest in Washington Star Communications Inc., owner of the Washington Star-News plus three television stations, three radio stations and a syndication service. If stockholders and the Federal Communications Commission approve the deal, Allbritton will become chairman of both Star Communications and the paper...
...unostentatious Baptist who stands about 5 ft. 4 in. tall, Allbritton scarcely fits the image of a towering Texas wheeler-dealer. But he is justly credited for what a friend calls "an absolute genius for making money." Born in tiny D'lo, Miss., he founded a savings and loan association after receiving a law degree from Baylor University in 1949; eventually he built a fortune in land, insurance and banking...
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Sun. 9:30 p.m., CBS). Never Again, starring Louise Allbritton...
...last five minutes if all the principals stopped rushing around just long enough to use their heads. A young advertising executive (Fred MacMurray) is having wife trouble because he spends too many nights on the ad account of a "Mr. Fraser," who happens to be Mrs. Fraser (Louise Allbritton) and an old flame at that. This not improbable situation gets out of hand when the wife (Madeleine Carroll) plans to test her spouse's jealousy. She hires an actor to flirt with her at a nightclub; the actor's agent tips off the husband in advance; an unsuspecting...