Show Four Given in Libel Suit Judgements totalling were given four men who wha had filed damage suits against Charles A. A Steen Moab uranium man asking for a total of on libel charges The nine nine day jury trial came cante cameto cameto to a lose close Wednesday with the verdict being returned that I awarded to Henry D. D Clark and each to Alan Simpson J. J E. E Simpson and Charles W. W Yetter J. J E. E Simpson had asked 1 Yetter sought and Clark had asked for in a asuit asuit asuit suit that grew grew out of statements published by Charles A. A Steen in the Times-Independent Times Feb 4 1954 and the suit was filed flied in district court In Salt Lake City on March 4 1954 In the suit that was filed flied bythe bythe by bythe the four Grand Junction men it was claimed that statements damaging damaging damaging dam dam- aging to the character of the four men had been published by Steen In the Times-Independent Times and other papers and that the same statement had been sent to the Salt Lake and Grand Junction Junction Junction Junc Junc- tion papers but had not been used by these papers The statements on which the I damage suit was based was published published published pub pub- as a paid legal notice The jury of eight men and four women heard the testimony of the plaintiffs presented last week The defense offered its own case early this week and end final arguments argue ments meats were heard the middle of the week and the case went to the Jury Wednesday |