As a bitter critic of Nevada's Senator Pat McCarran, Las Vegas Sun Publisher Hank Greenspun has more than political disagreements with his state's senior Senator. In a suit filed last spring, Greenspun charged that McCarran had conspired with more than 20 Nevada gambling casino owners to withdraw about $8,000 a month in casino ads from the Sun, thus attempting to silence the paper's criticism of him (TIME, June 16). Last week the $225,000 damage suit charging that McCarran had conspired with the gamblers was settled out of court. Under the terms of the settlement the amount paid to Greenspun was...
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