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FCC Approves ITT ABC Merger Amid Protests
The FCC voted 4 to 3 to permit ITT to require ABC to form the nation’s 20th largest corporation with assets over two billion dollars. Critics Morse and Conte pressed investigations, citing alleged forced contributions to Baker and Johnson campaigns. DOJ antitrust review found no current anti-competitive effects.
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Baker
Itt-Abc
Chicago Tribune Press Service
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
American Broadcasting Co
Wayne Morse
Ore
Silvio O. Conte
Mass
ITT
Morse
Bobby Baker
Conn
Offic
FCC
Rosel H. Hyde
Justice Department
Donald H. Turner
Turner
J. T. Naylor
Senate Rules Committee
Johnson
Senate