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Until three months ago, few valley Texans had ever heard of Hoiles. Then, for $2,000,000, his Freedom Newspapers Inc. bought the three main valley dailies-the Brownsville Herald, Harlingen's Morning Star and McAllen's Evening Monitor (total circ. 37,500). From his Santa Ana, Calif, headquarters, old "R.C." himself rode into the valley on a bus to reshape the papers according to Hoiles. He threw out Drew Pearson's column, replaced him with Fulton Lewis, George Sokolsky, and his own column. His favorite campaign: a bitter, continuous assault on public schools on the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: According to Holies | 12/31/1951 | See Source »

MARCIA MATTHEWS McAllen, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 3, 1951 | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

Disarmament. In McAllen, Tex., a hen finally got rid of that old rifle cartridge by laying an egg with the cartridge inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 22, 1947 | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

...McAllen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 20, 1943 | 12/20/1943 | See Source »

...Meanwhile, new trouble broke out in Texas, where three associated dailies-Brownsville Herald, McAllen Monitor and Harlingen Star-turned off their presses and padlocked their doors rather than sign closed-shop contracts with their printers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Peace | 2/14/1938 | See Source »

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