Word: connors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dispute began last January, when O'Connor broadcast a commentary criticizing Governor Dan Walker for failing to fulfill a campaign pledge to do away with the patronage system in state government. "Walker wasted no time," he said, "loading up the payroll with people who had worked...
...Connor cited the case of Bruce Sagan, publisher of a string of suburban Chicago weeklies, whom Walker had appointed chairman of the Illinois Arts Council. Mrs. O'Connor is also a member of the I.A.C. The council, O'Connor charged, was dispensing "big money" to the Chicago Dance Foundation, which is headed by Sagan's wife...
...proviso was that Sagan not discuss "third parties" on the air-a reference to Mrs. Sagan and Mrs. O'Connor...
When O'Connor learned about that backstage Washington dickering, he was livid. He felt that NBC, by seeking to avoid a fight before the commission, had created the impression that his case was weak. Counters WMAQ General Manager Len Schulman: "We're not going to defend every case in every court to protect Len's reputation...
...Connor, who has won a number of local Emmys and Illinois Associated Press awards, has stopped his televised attacks on the network for now but is threatening to sue NBC unless the network gives him a written promise that henceforth it will defend him whenever a viewer lodges a formal complaint. He argues that his contract already contains an implied assurance of support...