FBI records allege Plain Dealer exec sought to close Cleveland Press
FBI documents cited by the Akron Beacon Journal claim The Plain Dealer executive Alex Machaskee asked Teamsters leader Jackie Presser in 1980 to cause labor problems for the rival Cleveland Press to aid its closure. The Press shut in 1982. Machaskee denies the allegation, calling it fabrication.
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Lawyer held in kidnapping in Jackson Mississippi
A 64 year old lawyer, Newton Alfred Winn of St Petersburg Florida, was arrested in De Land Florida on extortion and perjury charges linked to the July 1988 kidnapping of Annie Laurie Hearin 72, wife of businessman Robert Hearin. A letter in Hearin's handwriting postmarked Atlanta surfaced after her disappearance. Winn denies knowledge of the case while federal agents pursue the extortion and perjury charges.
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