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- DIED. James Knight, 81, co-founder of the Knight newspaper
- chain; in Santa Monica, Calif. In 1933 Knight, with his
- brother, inherited the troubled Akron Beacon Journal and turned
- it around. The self-described "nuts and bolts" man of the
- empire, Knight later pushed his brother to purchase the Miami
- Herald, Detroit Free Press and Philadelphia Inquirer. In 1974
- they merged with Ridder Publications; the Knight-Ridder chain
- now has 29 dailies.
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