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Tacoma native Marshall B. Skidmore, with his son Rob, in October of 1989, outside the Tacoma Daily Index's office on Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma. Skidmore, who owned the city's legal newspaper for 37 years, passed away on July 23. (PHOTO COURTESY SKIDMORE FAMILY)

Tacoma's Record Keeper

By Todd Matthews • August 23, 2007 12:00 am

In late-1960, a 36-year-old Tacoma advertising salesman named Marshall B. Skidmore took a career risk: he decided to go into…

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