Cleveland Paper Defends Article on Rival's Owner; Paper Is 'Not Respected'
Date: 19 November 1980
By IVER PETERSON Special to The New York Times
Iver Special
John Clark, editor of Cleveland Plain Dealer, defends his newspaper's allegations in article that Joseph E Cole, new owner of Cleveland Press, has had business dealings with individuals linked to organized crime; rejects Press editorial charging Plain Dealer wants to destroy Press for financial gain; Johnson, Press associate publisher, also criticizes article (M)