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Birchers sue Huntley-Brinkley staff for 8 million in libel
The John Birch Society filed two libel suits in Fort Worth against NBC and reporters Chet Huntley and David Brinkley seeking eight million dollars. The suits allege the May 20 broadcast libeled the society by claiming arms sales to the group through unnamed parties. Robert Welch Laurence F E Bunker and McDonald Hays sue for two million each, the society seeks one million actual damages and one million punitive.
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John Birch Society
FBI
Robert Welch
Laurence FE. Bunker
Boston
McDonald Hays
Amarillo
Tex
Society
Fort Worth
Edwin A. Walker
Associated Press
Wire Service
University of Mississippi
Walker
Baker
NBC
Huntley-Brinkley