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1985 newspaper clipping from Peterborough Evening Telegraph about air firms paying £35 million to Laker Airways creditors

1985 newspaper clipping from Peterborough Evening Telegraph about air firms paying £35 million to Laker Airways creditors

A press clipping from the Peterborough Evening Telegraph dated July 13, 1985, with the headline 'Air firms pay out'. The article reports that twelve air companies, including British Airways, agreed to pay an estimated £35 million to Laker Airways creditors to avoid legal action in the USA over allegations they conspired to put Sir Freddie Laker's airline out of business. The clipping is from the Romeike & Curtice press bureau service.

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