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Byrd Family Newspaper Employees Get $10G Each
- JimRomenesko, Monday, September 16, 2013 9:51 AM
Former Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr., who died in July at age 98, left $10,000 to each full-time employee who has worked more than 10 years at his family’s Virginia newspapers. Byrd started working at the Winchester Star in 1935 and served on its board until his death, His son, Thomas T. Byrd, is currently publisher. The Byrd family bought the paper in 1897, a year after it was founded.
