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The Oak Cliff Tribune

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The Oak Cliff Tribune was a Dallas, Texas, weekly newspaper that focused on the Oak Cliff community. It ran from 1903 until February 5, 2009, when Mark Housewright, its publisher, shut it down.

Owners

  • Guggenheim
  • Buck Walker Brown (1878–1953), purchased the OCT from Guggenheim in 1923
  • A group of investors headed by Robert Lunsford (1901–1952) and Moultrie Hale Cornelius, Jr. (1917–1965) purchased the OCT from Buck Walker Browne and DeForrest Kline (1889–1966) in September 1946
  • Mark Housewright (born 1948), publisher of the Tribune from September 1997 to February 2009 (11 years, 6 months)

    • The Tribune Printing Company Inc.

    The Tribune Printing Company Inc. was incorporated September 13, 1946, in Texas. In December of 1953, Sam Hanna Acheson (1900–1972), who had been a share holder, president, and publisher, sold his shares to others, triggering a realignment in management. As of December 19, 1953, the shareholders and officers included:
    1. Raymond Garber Zauber (1917–2001), president & co-publisher
    2. John N. Patton, Jr. (1921–1989), vice-president & co-publisher
    3. Moultrie Hale Cornelius, Jr. (1917–1965), vice president
    4. Ruth McCombs, vice president
    5. Shelby S. Cox, secretary & attorney
    6. Susan Eleanor Lunsford (née Fullilove; 1903–1973), treasurer (widow of former share holder, Robert Lunsford)
    7. Mrs. Ray Zauber, assistant secretary
    8. Mrs. John Patton, assistant secretary
    As of January 13, 1956, the following officers were added:
    1. H. Cal Kincaid, vice president & director
    2. Manuel Conrad DeBusk (born 1914), director (Dallas attorney)

    References

    The Oak Cliff Tribune Wikipedia
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