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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1972
Page
10
The London Sunday Mirror piece features a singer describing a long affair with Clifford Irving and his Hughes biography, denying meetings with Howard Hughes, detailing trips to Nassau and Mexico, and plans to testify before a New York grand jury while preserving Irving’s reputation.
Joseph Bobo of Cleveland pleaded guilty in Athens County Municipal Court to marijuana possession and an assault charge. He cannot serve a 30 day jail term until released from Cleveland’s House of Correction. He was fined 300 dollars plus costs for possession and 100 dollars plus costs for assault and battery. Other court items include Mark Wingerd posting bond on a marijuana charge and several defendants entering pleas or paying fines in related cases.
Clifford Irving and his wife Edith reportedly refused to testify before a federal grand jury probing possible fraud in the Howard Hughes autobiography. They reportedly complied with a judge’s order to provide handwriting samples.
Logan-Hocking County officials learned the EDA rejected their West Logan sanitary sewer grant request. Pat Choate cited budgetary limitations as the reason for denial. The county sought 536000 dollars toward a 670000 dollar project with 134000 dollars as local share.
The New York Times reports no contempt proceedings against them after appearances. Irving invoked the Fifth Amendment and his wife may have used the same privilege or the right not to testify against her husband. Mrs Hughes deposited three checks totaling 650000 in a Swiss bank and later withdrew the money. Richard Suskind appeared briefly and secured a delay to study the case. he says he witnessed a meeting between Irving and a man he believed was Hughes.
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