Hughes left no will in estate mystery after Hughes death
United Press International reports no will emerged three days after Howard Hughes died at age seventy. If most assets go to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute taxes could drop by over a billion. FBI identified Hughes fingerprints, and church officials denied knowledge of any bequest. Casinos in Las Vegas paused as mourners paid respects at Hughes holdings memorials.
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Howard Hughes
Hughes
Internal Revenue Service
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Treasury
William Simon
FBI
Los Angeles
Summa Corp
Summa
Medical Institute
Institute
Mormon Church
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Salt Lake City
Hughes Organization
Kenneth Wright
Howard Hughes Institute
Houston
Robert Gibson
Christ Church Cathedral
Las Vegas
Rhode Island tracks urge bigger share and dog racing plan
Rhode Island racing officials from Lincoln Downs and Narragansett Park urged a legislative panel to increase their share of daily betting handle and consider dog racing to boost revenue. They warned of possible shutdown by May 10 if no policy changes occur, and discussed site options for a six months on six months off plan and potential sale values for the properties.
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R.I
UPI
Rhode Island
Lincoln Downs
Narragansett Park
Ambrose L. Campbell
Pawtucket
The
Racing Commission
Louis Rineholt
J. Alden Dooley
State Racing and Athletics) Commission
Lincoln
Rineholt
Dooley
B.A. Dario
Philip W. Noel
Narragansett
Dario
Gansett
Hijackers swap 72 hostages for cash before Malaysia flight
Three Moslem hijackers release 72 hostages after collecting money from Manila and an airline executive. The PhilippinesAir Lines jet lands at Kota Kinabalu Sabah as authorities seal approaches, fuel dwindling and demand for landing met with gunpoint. Hostages disembark by shuttle buses while aircraft is secured.
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Kota Kinabalu
Malaysia
UPI
Airlines
Manila
Philippines Air Lines
Sabah
Moro National Liberation Front of
Mindanao
Philippines Airlines
Rafael Igoa
Willy Vicoy
Igoa
Philippine
Cagayan de Oro
Pennsylvania Set To Host Democratic Presidential Contest
Candidates race to the April 27 Pennsylvania primary with Humphrey Jackson Carter Udall Wallace and Church among frontrunners while Reagan targets Texas May 1 and Ford plans a Texas swing. Udall denounces racially divisive remarks and labor tensions flare at Pittsburgh AFL CIO event with protests.
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United Press International
Pennsylvania
Hubert Humphrey
Henry Jackson
Jimmy Carter
Morris Udall
Udall
Carter
Ronald Reagan
Texas
Ford
Humphrey
Reagan
Wisconsin
U.S
New York
Jackson
Georgia
Aflcio
Pittsburgh
Indiana
Sadat vows nuclear response if Israel arms up
In Rome Egyptian President Anwar Sadat warned that Egypt would mirror any Israeli move to acquire nuclear weapons. The remarks followed a Vatican meeting with Pope Paul VI as they discussed the Middle East crisis and Palestinian refugees. The pope urged an equitable refugee solution and calm over Lebanon, Jerusalem, and holy sites.
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Rome
UPI
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Egypt
Pope Paul VI
Vatican City
Middle East
Pope
Sadat
Lebanon
Jerusalem
Pope Paul
Vatican
Apostolic Palace
St. Peter’s Square
Nessie scientists to try again in Scotland this summer
Boston based researchers who claimed last year to photograph Loch Ness monster plan another expedition from mid to late June. They will deploy cameras and sonar in the murky waters, hoping to confirm the elusive creature's existence despite deep peat muddiness and a 975 foot depth complicating submarine photography.
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Boston
UPI
Scotland
Charles W. Wyckoff
Great Britain
Cheating inquiry touches 90 West Point cadets
At the U S Military Academy, about 90 cadets are to appear next week before a 13 member honor board over collaboration on a take home engineering exam. Cadets charged may face an Army officers board and possible expulsion if the superintendent and the Secretary of the Army approve.
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West Point
N.Y
UPI
U.S. Military Academy
USMA
William Smullen
Smullen
Army
Secretary of the Army
Bunker urges ending US control of Panama Canal
Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker told a House subcommittee the United States should abandon perpetual rights in the Panama Canal Zone and work toward handing over the waterway to Panama. He warned that clinging to perpetuity risks conflict and urged negotiation of a new treaty to replace the 1903 Hay-Bunau-Varilla accord.
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UPI
Ellsworth Bunker
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Bunker
House
Los Angeles
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Oklahoma
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Nessie
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Russell Stover
Rison Th Stover
Quinlan
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Canal
Bennington Banner
Bennington
Banner Publishing Corp
New York Times Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen, Inc
Vermont
Harrington
SUN
Evans’ News
Evans’ News Inc
Main Street
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