| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Over the next few months the paper published three major articles about Township and was preparing to produce the fourth and final one Rogers and Leavitt were in the general manageroffice discussing that last segment when the military leader of the Zion group came through the front door past the counter and into Rogers office closing the door behind him In very abrupt and rough vernacular he told them he had killed many people on the battlefield with guns grenades and his own hands and could very easily put them away in the same manner if they didnstop publishing the stories He then turned and walked out leaving the startled duo in shock But they didnkill the stories which received national atten tion from United Press along with CBS and other networks Not long thereafter the Township groups quietly disappeared Financial losses in an expanded venture into Salt Lake and Davis counties led Stahle to dispose of the southern Utah daily In late 1982 he began negotiations with an area newspaper and TV figure to sell 50 of the Color Country Spectrum When that failed to materialize he made 750 000 bank loan with the potential buyerassistance Spectrum stock being pledged as collateral When negotiations broke down in October 1983 Stahle was faced with losing the newspaper valued at some six million dollars because of the 750 000 loan Thomson Newspapers then entered the picture asbuyer In November they offeredletter of intent loaned the needed 750 000 to Stahle and by the end of December resolved nego tiations On February 1984 the paper changed hands Rogers remained with Thomson Newspapers as publisher of The Daily Spectrum until 1986 when Don Hogun was moved to the St George post He had previously been publisher of Thompsonnewspaper in Iron Mountain Michigan and earlier had been associated with the groupYreka California property During his eight-year tenure the newspaper grew from13 000 circulation six-day-a-week newspaper to 19 000 circulation seven-days-a-week Editors under Hogun included 170 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
