RIDDER PURCHASES ARCADIA PAPERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74-00115R000300070016-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 10, 2014
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: September 11, 1965
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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EDITOR & PUBLISHER
SEP 1 1 1965
Ridder Purchases
Arcadia Papers
ARCADIA, Calif.
Bernard J. Ridder, president
and publisher of the Pasadena
(Calif.) Independent and Star,
News, has announced the pur-
chase of the semi-weekly Arca- ,
dia Tribune, Temple City Times,
San Gabriel Valley Topics and
weekly Monrovia Journal, from
F. Harold Roach.
Mr. Roach, after 25 years as
publisher, will continue to oper-
ate the newspapers for the
Ridder group. The papers have
been operated by Mr. Roach as
principal stockholder, and minor-
ity stockholders Ewing Hass, of
Washington, D. C., an adminis-
trative assistant for U.S. Sena-
tor Thomas H. Kuchel, and
Allan B. Jaynes, longtime adver-
tising director, both of whom are
leaving the papers.
The Arcadia paper has 10,000
paid circulation and another
24,000 controlled circulation,
giving a total 50,000 for the four
papers.. Plans were announced
tor zcz-rria.m.s.';
facilities. There are 70 employes.
Mr. Roach is long active with
the California Newspaper_ Pub-
lishers Asseciation and currently
is president of the Controlled'
Circulation Unit, Southern Cali-
fornia Area. The paper was
founded as a 1930 weekly. Two
years ago, Ralph g. Turner sold
the Temple City Times to Mr.
Roach.
The Ridder newspapers are
neighbors of the Arcadia publi-
cations.
nAclassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2014/02/10: CIA-RDP74-00115R000300070016-9