September 9. 1982. a new boat will be christened to serve on the world famous Staten Island ferry. It is particularly fitting that the vessel will bear the name of Samuel L Newhouse. The first born of a struggling immigrant. whose father arrived a short distance away at Ellis Island not long before. Samuel Newhouse became the epitome of the American way of life. He was an office boy at 12. a publisher by the time he was 16. a lawyer at 21. and by the time of his death in 1979 at the age of 84. he had put up more than $500 million. most of it his own money. to acquire 31 newspapers. 7 magazines. 6 television stations. 5 radio stations. and 20 cable TV systems.
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