State Corporation Commission refuses to investigate. First state bureau opens in Williamsburg. By 1972, full-time bureaus operate in eight localities. Times-Dispatch endorses Dwight D. Eisenhower for president, first Republican to receive paper s blessing. Richmond Newspapers Inc. becomes public company.
Bryan family retains control of company with closely held stock.
Times-Dispatch is one of company s properties. Typographers strike is first at Richmond Newspapers in 75 years. Eventually Allied Chemical hit with historic judgment, and fishing is banned in the river until 1988. In 1957, Richmond Newspapers Inc.'s building was at 110 N. Fourth St., where The News Leader building had opened in 1924. By 1966, a large addition had been built on the north side of the block bounded by Fourth, Grace, Third and Franklin streets.