When brash young Burton K. Wheeler was campaigning for his first Senate seat 24 years ago, he made a proud boast: "If you ever see a picture of me on the front page of the Butte Daily Post, you will know that I have sold out to the company."
Last week the Daily Post, along with the rest of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co.'s big newspaper chain, wound up a booming campaign for Burt Wheeler's renomination in Montana's Democratic primary. But it was not enough. Burt Wheeler was soundly beaten (49,401 to 43,729). His defeat,...
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