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...January, hoping thereby to cut losses drastically. The decision will also cause the layoff of 250 employees at Curtis' Lock Haven, Pa., papermaking plant. Perhaps as a further economy, the board chose not to replace the two rebel leaders, Editor in Chief Clay Blair Jr. and Marvin D. Kantor, head of the magazine division, whose resignations were demanded last month...
...Chrysler Corp., last week filed a $2,000,000 libel suit claiming damage from a Post article about a management shakeup at Chrysler-the latest of some half-dozen actions generated during Clay Blair's "sophisticated muckraking" approach to journalism. Nor have Rebel Leaders Blair and Kantor had their last say. Both have brought suit against Curtis for the balance they claim is due them under unexpired contracts; both are collaborating on a book about Curtis' October revolution. Said Blair: "It will rock Philadelphia...
...when the dissident group demanded the ouster of Curtis President Matthew J. Culligan, the board has met at least half a dozen times in a vain search for a comprehensive solution to the company's problems. The rebel leaders, Editor in Chief Clay Blair Jr. and Marvin D. Kantor, head of the magazine division, were first suspended, then fired. Both stayed on Curtis' board-and last week both brought suit against Curtis for the unpaid balance of their contracts, which have two more years to run. The suit is directed against Curtis, the First National Bank of Boston...
...holes left by Kantor and Blair-and by the four editorial hands who have resigned, among them two assistant managing editors of the Saturday Evening Post-the directors did not fill them at a meeting last week...
Action there will surely be as the rebellion rages on. Next week a special, board-appointed investigating committee is scheduled to consult and report on the validity of the Blair-Kantor charges against Culligan...