Howard Hughes Indicted In Takeover Of Airline
Howard Hughes indicted for conspiring to take over Air West now Hughes Airwest. The case cites 1968 69 actions including stock sales to sway directors and lawsuits to pressure votes. Co conspirators Herman Greenspun and George Crockett named with Hughes out of the country in the Bahamas.
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Howard Hughes
Hughes
Nevada
Bahamas
Air West
Hughes’ Company
Hughes Tool Co
Maher
Davis Oraily
Low
Hughes Airwest
Air’ West
Herman
Hank) Greenspun
Las Vegas Sun
George Crockett
Davis
Air West Inc
Plan and policy notes amid broader political tensions
The article discusses fuel coupon policies with price estimates for motorists and exemptions for hardship cases. It also details a major Air West stock conspiracy case involving Maheu Crockett Charnay Greenspun and Hughes, including attempted coercion and threats. Extradition concerns surface for Vesco, while Kissinger comments on SALT I progress and strained U.S. European relations with emphasis on future European shape and American alignment.
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Kissinger
Soviet Union
Anatoly Dobrynin
Moscow
Gypsum antitrust case and industry figures in 1972 listing
The article details a broad antitrust case against gypsum makers led by U S Gypsum and National Gypsum, alleging a 13 year conspiracy to fix prices standardize packaging and stifle competition. Named defendants include Graham J. Morgan Andrew J. Watt Colon Brown and others with unindicted co conspirators listed as the Gypsum Association Johns Manville and Fibreboard. Contempt filings target several executives and company boards. The piece also describes President Nixon flight aboard a commercial jet amid energy concerns and security notes.
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Glenn E. Wilson
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum
Kaiser Gypsum
Nf Gypsum Board
U.S. Gypsum
Graham J. Morgan
Andrew J. Watt
National Gypsum
Colon Brown
J. P. Nicely
Georgia-Pacific
William H. Hunt
Kaiser
Claude E. Harper
Robert A. Costa
Celotex
William D. Herbert
Flintkote
George J. Peeare
James D. Moran
Gypsum Association
Johns- Manville Corp
Fibreboard Corp
Nixon
Tricia Cox
White House
Ziegler
Washington
California
William Simon
Henry A. Kissinger
Aig
Prices rise slightly on page one including tomatoes
Prices consumed from Page One show tomatoes at 47.6 cents per pound, up from 39-3 in October, and egos at 82.5 cents per dozen, down from 7.4 in October.
Lee From Page One Mormons Mourn Lee Death
The article notes Mormons mourn the death of a church leader, detailing beliefs about divine inspiration in selecting leaders and Elder Kimball’s health issues including cancer affecting his voice and prior open heart surgery in 1972. It cites President Lee guiding the church through rapid growth and a key rationing decision. Nixon met Simon and planned standby rationing, with a three month coupon supply ordered.
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Kimball
Lee
Nixon
Simon
California
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Christ
Joseph Smith
Mexico City
Munich
Germany
Dragoons in Bern spark protest as armor arouses defense stance
In Bern a brief sit-down demonstration by Dragoons followed by a burn of a wooden mock tank and a black flag near the federal building. Nineteen men were jailed for subordination while armor acceptance grew amid continued daily training and a push to cut fuel use by at least 20 percent. Picture postcards of the farewell review sold briskly at newsstands.
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Bern
Adolf
Meier
Saigon Moves Forces to Delta to Guard Rice Harvest
South Vietnamese reinforcements and armored vehicles moved into the lower Mekong Delta to protect the rice harvest after a Christmas Day ambush that killed about 150 government personnel. A 15 minute Viet Cong attack on a 500 man battalion near Vi Thanh left 18 killed, 81 wounded, 42 missing, with the commander and deputy killed. At least 1,500 troops backed by armored personnel carriers relieved the unit and secured the area. Violent fighting continued, with 25 Viet Cong killed and government losses at two dead and eight wounded. Cambodia sees gains with rebels near Phnom Penh as government and insurgent positions trade blows along the Mekong. Prisoner exchanges paused since July, with no agreement on resumption.
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Saigon
Mekong
Vi Thanh
Delta
Tris
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Bak Khang
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Skylab
Space Agency
Hill
Maheu
Crockett
Charnay
Air West Common
Greenspun
U.S
Caribbean
Robert L. Vesco
Bhamas
New York
Nassau
Vesco
United States
Kissinger Ee
Europe
Big George
Virgil Partch
Morgan, Watt, Brown and Hunt
Department
M & Mfurn
Monroe
Ellis Stewart CO
Dial
Gilbert's Insurance Agency
South
Boston Road
Civitan
Corning Glass Works
JL. Leynes Corning Glass Works
Danville, Va
Corning Danville
Virginia
Page
Comianed Fran Pagerel
Snafu
Sharon Murdock
Santa Ana College
Emmett Brasseux
Superior Heating & Air Conditioning Co., Inc
Industrial Ave
Riverside Shopping Center
Khmer Rouge
South Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
Phan Hoa Hiep
Phuong Nam
Hiep
Impori
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