Word: dugger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Crusading Spirit. Though once renowned for their timidity, many weeklies have developed the crusading spirit that has vanished from many a fat-cat daily. In the two years since the Austin Texas Observer (circ. 6,347) was founded by Editor Ronnie Dugger, 26, it has played a leading role in exposing Texas' insurance scandals. Santa Monica's weekly Independent, in competition with a local daily as well as the Los Angeles press, has become one of the biggest U.S. weeklies by giving readers four-alarm coverage of gambling and other crimes that it charged were ignored...