Hughes Estate Fight Focuses on Mental Competence
Texas Atty General John Hill reported that Howard Hughes did not suffer structural neurological disease affecting his mental competence at death on April 5 1976. Tests at Methodist Hospital Houston by Dr Ellsworth Alvord found no paresis syphilis dementia or Parkinsonism. Nevada Atty General Robert List to present FBI exam of a purported Mormon will likely be a forgery.
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San Francisco
Texas
John Hill
Houston
Howard Hughes
Hills
Methodist Hospital
Ellsworth Alvord
Hughes
Alvord
Pick
Hill
Pat Gregory
Nevada
Robert
List
Las Vegas
Keith Hayes
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Hayes
Noah Dietrich
Dietrich
Salt Lake City
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Melvin Dummar
Ogden
Utah
Dummar
FBI Chief Urges Bell to Reconsider Prosecutions
FBI Director Clarence Kelley asks Attorney General Griffin Bell to reopen prosecutions of FBI agents for illegal investigative tactics, citing CIA officials not prosecuted for similar acts. Kelley cites low morale after John Kearney's indictment and plans a conference with the attorney general and FBI representatives. More indictments against bureau officials alleged in wire tapping mail opening and burglaries are anticipated.
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Washington
FBI
Clarence Kelley
Griffin Bell
Kelley
CIA
John Kearney
New York
Kearney
Department
Atty
Edward Levi
Justice Department
Hearst Heiress Under Guard After Kidnapping
Patty Hearst remains under 24 hour protection at her parents home in San Francisco while appealing a federal bank robbery conviction. F Lee Bailey told reporters in Boise that attackers could be motivated by revenge or a sense of public service and named six possible assailants though he did not identify them.
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Boise, Idaho
Patty Hearst
Public Service
F. Lee Bailey
San Francisco
Bailey
Miss Hearst
Randolph Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Boise State University
Ford forms executive trio to run Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford II names a three member leadership group to guide Ford Motor Co. He retains veto power over Lee Iacocca and Philip Caldwell in a new office of chief executive. He hints at succession for son Edsel and notes a 5 for 4 stock split with a $1 regular quarterly dividend, boosting payouts 25 percent.
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Dearborn
Mich
Henry Ford II
Ford
Ford Motor Co
Lee Iacocca
Philip Caldwell
Edsel
Mobutu Claims Russians Bombed Zambia Amid West Shaba Conflict
President Mobutu Sese Seko says Russian forces bombed a Protestant mission hospital and two villages in Zambia to divert world opinion from their actions in Shaba. He cites no Soviet comment as fighting continues near Kolwezi with Moroccan troops also involved.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
Mobutu Sese Seko
Zambia
Soviet Union
Shaba
Mobutu
France
Kalene Hill
Lusaka
Paris
Congo National Liberation Front
Liberation Front
Lupafa
Kolwezi
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Patty
Henry Ford
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Smulekoff
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