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The Dallas Times Herald, which was engaged in one of the newspaper industry's most spirited competitive battles in the late 1970s and 1980s, conceded its final defeat Sunday and announced that it will cease publication today. The 112-year-old daily, a winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, agreed to sell most of its assets to the parent of its longtime arch-rival, the Dallas Morning News, for $55 million.

The Texas Supreme Court has overruled an attempt by former Oklahoma football Coach Barry Switzer to force a former Dallas Times Herald reporter to name what he contends are confidential sources. The court denied Switzer the chance to request a court order, which his attorneys sought in preparation for the Feb. 24 trial in a lawsuit by reporter Jack Taylor. Taylor is suing Switzer for $30 million in damages he claims were caused by Switzer's autobiography "Bootlegger's Boy."

The Texas Supreme Court has overruled an attempt by former Oklahoma football Coach Barry Switzer to force a former Dallas Times Herald reporter to name what he contends are confidential sources. The court denied Switzer the chance to request a court order, which his attorneys sought in preparation for the Feb. 24 trial in a lawsuit by reporter Jack Taylor. Taylor is suing Switzer for $30 million in damages he claims were caused by Switzer's autobiography "Bootlegger's Boy."

The Dallas Times Herald, which was engaged in one of the newspaper industry's most spirited competitive battles in the late 1970s and 1980s, conceded its final defeat Sunday and announced that it will cease publication today. The 112-year-old daily, a winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, agreed to sell most of its assets to the parent of its longtime arch-rival, the Dallas Morning News, for $55 million.

William Dean Singleton, chairman of the board of the Dallas Times Herald, will sell the newspaper to a longtime associate and stockholder, officials said Tuesday. The paper will be sold by Singleton's MediaNews Holdings Inc. to DTH Media Inc., a new corporation controlled by MediaNews stockholder John Buzzetta. It is the second time in a year and a half that the Times Herald has been sold. Buzzetta, 38, has been associated with Singleton, 37, since 1977.

A group of Dallas Times Herald employees filed suit Thursday in U.S. district court against the newspaper's former owner, Times Mirror Co., for failing to comply with terms of the company pension plan and refusing to terminate the plan and distribute its assets.

When Barry Switzer resigned as football coach at the University of Oklahoma in 1989, book publishers saw his story as the stuff of which best-selling autobiographies are made. As the Sooners' coach for 16 seasons, Switzer had felt the highs of three national championships and 12 Big Eight titles. He had also experienced, in late 1988 and early '89, the lows of NCAA probation and a variety of criminal charges involving his players.

An explosion and fire in the basement of the Dallas Times Herald newspaper forced an evacuation of the building and moved the printing of today's edition to another newspaper's presses. One worker was injured, and a woman was treated for smoke inhalation. About 200 people were forced to leave the building because of dense smoke. The fire was out less than an hour after it was reported Wednesday night. "It was an electrical short in the electrical room," said Deputy Fire Chief Larry Roberts.

When Barry Switzer resigned as football coach at the University of Oklahoma in 1989, book publishers saw his story as the stuff of which best-selling autobiographies are made. As the Sooners' coach for 16 seasons, Switzer had felt the highs of three national championships and 12 Big Eight titles. He had also experienced, in late 1988 and early '89, the lows of NCAA probation and a variety of criminal charges involving his players.

A group of Dallas Times Herald employees filed suit Thursday in U.S. district court against the newspaper's former owner, Times Mirror Co., for failing to comply with terms of the company pension plan and refusing to terminate the plan and distribute its assets.

William Dean Singleton, chairman of the board of the Dallas Times Herald, will sell the newspaper to a longtime associate and stockholder, officials said Tuesday. The paper will be sold by Singleton's MediaNews Holdings Inc. to DTH Media Inc., a new corporation controlled by MediaNews stockholder John Buzzetta. It is the second time in a year and a half that the Times Herald has been sold. Buzzetta, 38, has been associated with Singleton, 37, since 1977.

The troubles facing the Dallas Cowboys have spread from the playing field into the National Football League team's business affairs, a published report said. The Cowboys have the worst record in the NFL this season. And in recent months, the club has fallen behind in paying routine bills and making mortgage payments, team owner Jerry Jones told the Dallas Times Herald. The newspaper also reported the team held rookie quarterback Troy Aikman's $1.

Arthur E. Wible, president of the New York Daily News, was named Monday as publisher and chief executive of the Dallas Times Herald, a newspaper owned by Times Mirror Co., which also publishes the Los Angeles Times. "With more than 20 years of newspaper experience, Arthur Wible brings to the Dallas Times Herald a demonstrated ability to lead large metropolitan newspapers in highly competitive markets," said Phillip L. Williams, executive vice president of Times Mirror, in a prepared statement.