Early color articles in Chicago Tribune

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Chicago Tribune, Dec 25, 1953

2 Big Firms at Odds Over Color Video

E.F. McDonald Jr., pres Zenith, charged R.C.A. is trying to say the new standards are work of theirs alone. R.C.A. retorts that they have proof of every statement; Zenith is in litigation with them; McDonald's "last ill-chosen blast" related to the pending court action.

McDonald's statement part of letter to FCC...referencing R.C.A. newspaper ads...
RCA notes investing $30 million...
Philco also posted ads "Facts the American people should know about color television" saying standards not the work of any one company...
Background: R.C.A. collects 1.75% royalty licensing their patents plus Westinghouse's and GE's. The latter two are suing to end the agreement.