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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

April 19, 1983

If you can't beat them, buy them out. That seems to be the strategy of Bernard Epton, who blames biased reporting for his loss in Chicago's mayoral election. He wants to buy the Sun-Times (Chicago), which is up for sale. And if he does, he says he will fire well-known columnist Mike Royko.