Chester J. Mirocha, a plant pathology professor at the University of Minnesota, complained that the newspaper unfairly damaged his reputation and caused him personal grief by falsely implying that he knowingly conducted secret biological warfare research for the State Department despite a University ban on such research.

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Minnesota State Auditor Arne H. Carlson complained that an article in the magazine falsely implied that he was involved in a conspiracy to gain control of investment of public pension funds for improper purposes. He further complained that the publication failed to properly correct the article’s errors after he had brought them to its attention.

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