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f ]The pessimistic economic report n Yuma anti KlVA's trade area'was defended yesterday as factual ! : and necessary by Iiruce Merrill, j Phoenix, of Valley Telecasting Co. \ which operates KIVA here, e T'ive report was filed by K1VA at*you have seen a man or a business i With resjiect to Crites’ release die, you know it isn’t pleasant. of die nature of the document,“Some ol the things you have to Tom Choulex, Yuma attorney andtorneys with the FCC to substantiate its claim that the area couldnot support another television sta-say to prove you are going to get hurt are not going to sound good to some people.Merrill said the report was compiled by Dr. Irston R. Barnes, an economist with a distinguished record. Barnes is a Yale graduatedtlion. KIVA is contesting the build-land has served with the governing by Desert Telecasting Co. Inc. , ment and has been until recentlyof another station, KBLU-TV. Rob-, a professor of political economyeri Crites,TelecastingUniversity graduatemember of the Chamber, rv hi need the action.“I think that publicity of the report came from KBLU-TV interests,” Choules said. “1 think that his (Crites) use ol this report has caused more damage by its release. I think he should be reprimanded for his action by the Chamber Hoard of Directors ” Ibis remark came in a Question ses-*ilkt-Maktsiirtoinide-leCommerce with Mayor Thomas F. nutted to the Federal Communiea-Alit, Councilman Ferdy Sant, tions Commission were published. Charles Cochran and Odell Fletch- Be condemned Crites’ release ofer present. The meeting was called as a meeting of the board of directors of tiie Chandler at the re-j quest of Merrill.ly ! “KIVA is engaged in athe leport.president of Desert | at Columbiawas present at the j school of business. Merrill point- j sion at the end of Merrill's talk.^ meeting of the Yuma Chamber of ed out the rejiort was intended for j Crites answered the charge, “ifCommerce. the eyes of the FCC only, and not j die contest between KIVA andfor publication. KBLU-TV gets into a hewing be-! Merrill came to Yuma yesterday lore the FCC, this report will be, Merrill made a plea for under- j after rejjorts about the pessimistic part of the testimony. It* contents clf. I standing to the Yuma Chamber of nature of the Barnes Report sub- will le published b the trackilmagazines which will in turn release the reports to the newspu ; pers and the wire ser\ ices, 1 think j L I can only lie accused of hasteivI feel that what he (Crites) did ing the public’s knowledge of the.tstruggle,’’ Merrill aaid.“ii any olwas a rash, foolish, danget an selfish thing. But 1 vehemently deny any responsibility tor what he did,” Merrill aaid.f *report, ' Crites said Sen Harold C. Giss asked Mer-(Turn to Page 10, Col. 4, pleasa)
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Fri, Sep 20, 1963
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