What I found fascinating about the article (aside from the last few paragraphs!) was the timeline of events provided by Duke Farms and included as a sidebar in the paper. The timeline contains mostly happy events, and has large chunks of years missing. There is little from the years between 1938 and 1958, for example. Interesting, since these years were some of the most contentious ones between Doris Duke and Hillsborough Township.
Here are some headlines from the New York Times to fill in the timeline, just covering the years 1939 through 1943:
JERSEY TOWN SEEKS TO TAX DUKE POWER
Hillsboro Asks Ruling on Levy of $150,000 on $17,000,000
[23 August 1939]
JERSEY TOWN WINS FIRST ROUND TO TAX HUGE DUKE PROPERTIES Hillsborough gets State Approval to Levy on Power Company Intangibles in Move to End Local Imposts for Years
[5 June 1942]
DORIS DUKE WINS POINT
Federal Court Decides to hear Big Tax Suit Against Her
[1 August 1942]
TOWN BEING SUED BY MRS. CROMWELL
She Wants 'Many Thousands' from Hillsborough, N.J., for Annoyance Over Taxes HOLDS HOME IS IN HAWAII
Alleges 'Deceit and Deception' in $13,850,705 personal Levy Against Her
[22 October 1942]
and finally
JERSEY TOWN LOSES DUKE POWER TAX SUIT
Court Dismisses Big Levy on Utility by Hillsborough
[11 Feb 1943]
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