Fortas ties to Las Vegas gambling and Braniff deal revealed
An AP report outlines Abe Fortas prior to his Supreme Court seat as an officer in Greatamerica, a Nevada company linked to Braniff Airways. It details board roles, funding of lecture series, and a 1968 CAB dispute that favored Braniff despite examiner cautions, plus related Nevada and Texas incorporator ties and political connections.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Las Vegas
Bobby Beker
Greatamerica Corp
Tol
Portas
American University
Fortas
Greatamerica
Civil, Aeronautics Board
Johnson
Braniff
CAB
Houston
Forlas
Family Foundation
Louis. Wolfson
AP betLing Temeo-Vought
Paul Por
General Ter
Breall
Ureatamerica
Revie
Clifford Jones
Nevada
Thunderbird
Jones
Nevada Tax Commission
Underworld
Nevada Supreme Court
Bobby Baker
Senate
Democrats
Pati Laxalt
Laxalt
Carsany
Land
Troy Post
Gustave
Dennis Glevy
Lyons
ac‘Arnold & Porter, Fortas
Porter
Levy
University
Jon
Hawaii
Mexico City
Acapulco
I. Post
Plaza Internacional
Dohm Crooker
Fulbright, Crooker
Freeman, Bates and Jaworski
Leon Jaworski
Crooker
Elto
Draftee Father Wins Hardship Discharge After Welfare Scrutiny
Harold Vennemann, 22, of Kansas City, received a military hardship discharge one day after a planned Vietnam departure. Drafted last December, his deferment delay cut pay, and loss of home and car finances followed. Lawmakers prompted an investigation leading to the discharge amid his family’s plight. Agriculture department bans ten pesticide chemicals for food production and tightens 56 others due to residue concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Harold Vennemann
Army
Vietnam
Vennemann
Kansas City
Thomas Eagleton
Richard Bolling
Missouri
Washington
Agriculture Department
Harry Ways
Unauthorized Use of Artificial Heart Raises Investigation
The report details multiple enlistments and awards across the armed forces, naming James Watters and Michael Gunder among enlistees and officers such as Patrick Pomeroy and Lawrence Lynch. It notes Baylor College of Medicine’s artificial heart project, debates over device origin, and Baylor officials responding to federal guidelines.
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Navy
James S. Watters
Hillcrest Drive
San Diego
Patrick R. Pomeroy
Sioux City
Michael L. Gunder
Avenue NW
Lawrence F. Lynch
William J. Meeker
Town City
Jerry A. Fotteal
Gerald J. Pattral
Washington
Aedal
Denton Cooley
Baylor Calege
Hag
Vietnam
James E. Pilcher
Seve
Denver
Camp Pendleton
Hy McCollum
Antheon
Legion of
Michael A. Buepke
Baylor
Pharcdon National Heart
Lawe Ning Jeuiessete
Tee Leonard McCallum
McCallum
Cooley
Headore Cooper
NHI
U.S. Public Health Service
Dominga Iota
Bear tranquilized and released after intrusion into Aztec home
Aztec schoolteacher Mrs Jerry Wells called the principal to say she would be late because a bear entered her garage. Police captured a 2 year old black bear at noon after a nicotine tranquilizer was used. The bear was loaded onto a trailer and released on Zuni mountain south of Gallup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington
N.M
Jerry Wells
Zuni Mountain
Gallup
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Baker
California Savings and Loan
Nat Comade
Portus Baker
Helen Irving
Katherine Waldman
Icense
Texas
Texas Secretary of State
Austin
Robert Griffin
Michigan
Congress
Miami Beach
Crocker
Nixon
Ag Dept
Trussia
Ihe
YOWA
Chinaglazs Sidin Navaco
Alcoa
Ing
Iowa
By Joe Fischer
Escher
Marines
Gary Hrdlicks
R. G. [Hrdlicka
Twenty
Istrael NE
Ofa Signal Company
Steve J. Fisher
Gennf
Albeck Fisher
J. Istreel
Albert W. Roepke
Stella H. Winkler
Third Avenue SE
John Meyer
Spec
Jamies V. Pyle
Robert H. Meyer
Bertha Keener
Cedar
Army Rapids
Germany
Lamprecht
Jean Lebeds
Edward L. Parker
Steve Parker
Clarke Air Force Monona
Phillippines
Parker
Terry L. Drexler
Robert Abernathy
Thirty - Second Street
Gulfport
Miss
Seantan
Pat Plein
Francis Plein
Waukon
New Yondon
Cane
Marine Pfe
Charles W. Hepker
Mrs. Forest , Hepker
Springville
San Dineen
Fina
Cail
the Republi
Galveston
Foote Guitars
May City Shopping Center
Spex
Batly
Enya
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