Word: hewson
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William D. Hewson Edmonton, Alta...
Died. Sir Frank Douglas Hewson Packer, 67, Australian communications mogul and sailing enthusiast; of pneumonia; in Sydney. Packer began making waves with the launching of Australian Women's Weekly, today the country's top-circulation weekly magazine. He went on to build a profitable publishing and television conglomerate and in 1972 sold his two largest newspapers, the Sydney Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, to his archrival, Rupert Murdoch, for $20 million. Once an amateur heavyweight boxing champion, Packer was combative, even ruthless, in his business dealings. He described his unsuccessful bids for the yachting America...