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fV von. WED MAY 1 6. 1 95 1 -fort I Ban Urged on Richards Radio Chain FCC Counsel Would Close Air to KMPC, Two Other Stations BY WARREX B. FRANCIS Time Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 15 Is i Radio station KMPC, Los An geles, and two other outlets owned by George A. Richards should be silenced because of 1 Specially PriccdTraditional, Provincial Lamps biased program policies, dis-s crimination and slanted news 1 broadcasts, General Counsel Benedict P.

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b- Los Angeles station, the general contended the record shows repeated violations of both commission regulations and the Communications Art. Assails Counsel The commission attorney assailed Richards, a resident of Beverly Hills for many years, at length and also severely attacked his attorney, Hugh Fulten, once chief counsel of the Senate committee headed by Trcsident Truman. The FCC lawyer's proposed findings were accompanied by a 165-page motion and supporting brief to expunge from the record the "scandalous, scurrilous, sham and frivolous" memorandum by Fulton in support of a recommendation that Examiner James D. Cunningham find that the stations were operated in the public interest and the licenses should be renewed. The commission counsel de ff 6, 3i jjHi Iter i 1 r-itvHJM Vht.

Ml i clared Richards displayed "contempt" for the Federal agency, is guilty of "deceitful" conduct and "misrepresentations, and indicated "consciousness of guilt." Backed by Officials The conclusions ignored the fact that many public officials, civic leaders and prominent citizens including Mayor Bowron and Sheria" Biscailuz testified in Richards behalf at the sometimes-tempestuous hearings. The charges which led to the FCC inquiry were instigated by the Radio Xcws Club of Southern California and backed up by affidavits from various former KMPC The commission's star witness against Richards was Clete Roberts, onetime director of rublic events broadcasts for the station. Silvcrplated Serving Aids Handy Colby Travel Bags, Sure of Vindication, Manager Declares Plea bv Benedict Cottone, general counsel for the FCC, that the Federal Communications Commission withhold licenses from G. A. Richards three radio stations is only one step in the summary of a lengthy and involved hearing, the management of KMPC, Richards Los Angeles Specially Priced Mirrors 26x42-inch and 14x48-incb A.

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