Report: World Reneges On Capitol Dome

Batesline quotes The Oklahoma Observer as reporting that the Tulsa World reneged on its pledge to donate $100,000 toward the cost of the State Capitol dome, and may do the same on a second pledge in an equal amount.

The World recently fired 28 employees, including 26 reporters with two State Capitol correspondents being the most prominent. The paper's executives cited a decline in advertising revenue for the action.

That action came at the same time a $90,000 membership in Southern Hills Country Club for World President John R. Bair was being processed.

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