located high in the Rockies。 Leffing declined to mention the names of
specific investors; but said the hotel would be turned into an exclusive
〃key club。〃 He said that the group he represents hopes to sell memberships
to high echelon executives in American and foreign panies。
High Country also owns hotels in Montana; Wyoming; and Utah。
The Overlook became world…known in the years 1946 to 1952 when it was
owned by elusive mega…millionaire Horace Derwent; who 。。。
The item on the next page was a mere squib; dated four months later。 The
Overlook had opened under its new management。 Apparently the paper hadnt been
able to find out or wasnt interested in who the key holders were; because no
name was mentioned but High Country Investments — the most anonymous…sounding
pany name Jack had ever heard except for a chain of bike and appliance shops
in western New England that went under the name of Business; Inc。
He turned the page and blinked down at the clipping pasted there。
MILLIONAIRE DERWENT BACK IN COLO…
RADO VIA BACK DOOR?
High Country Exec Revealed to be
Charles Grondin
By Rodney Conklin; Financial Editor
The Overlook Hotel; a scenic pleasure palace in the Colorado high country
and once the private plaything of millionaire Horace Derwent; is at the
center of a financial tangle which is only now beginning to e to light。
On April 10 of last year the hotel was purchased by a Las Vegas firm;
High Country Investments; as a key club for wealthy executives of both
foreign and domestic breeds。 Now informed sources say that High Country is
headed by Charles Grondin; 53; who was the head of California Land
Development Corp。 until 1959; when he resigned to take the position of
executive veep in the Chicago home office of Derwent Enterprises。
This has led to speculation that High Country Investments may be
controlled by Derwent; who may have acquired the Overlook for the second
time; and under decidedly peculiar circumstances。
Grondin; who was indicted and acquitted on charges of tax evasion in
1960; could not be reached for ment; and Horace Derwent; who guards his
own privacy jealously; had no ment when reached by telephone。 State
Representative Dick Bows of Golden has called for a plete investigation
into 。。。
That clipping was dated July 27; 1964。 The next was a column from a Sunday
paper that September。 The byline belonged to Josh Brannigar; a muck…raking
investigator of the Jack Anderson breed。 Jack vaguely recalled that Brannigar
had died in 1968 or 69。
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