Hughes described as worn-out old person aboard dying flight
Fort Lauderdale witnesses said Howard Hughes looked wasted and very pale aboard a chartered Lear jet en route from Acapulco to Houston where he died of a stroke. Two observers recounted his eyes moving, his beard and hair, the blanket covering him, and the dim, routine medical flight as the aircraft landed.
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Fort Lauderdale
Howard Hughes
Sutton
Acapulco
Mexico
Houston
Jeff Abrams
Fle
Hughes
Summa Corp
Los Angeles
Abrams
South Florida
Clight
Abrams Sant Sutton
LBJ Memorial Grove Dedication Today in Washington
President Lyndon B Johnson Memorial Grove dedication scheduled with Vice President Nelson Rockefeller Mrs Ford and Mrs Rockefeller among speakers. Lynda Johnson Nugent and family attend while Lynda Robt Johnson remains in Austin. Grove near Lincoln Memorial on federal land funded by private contributions and maintained by the National Park Service with invitations sent to Congress and former Johnson aides.
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Washington
Pord
Lady Bird Johncon
National Memorial
Lyndon B Johnson
Wie
Lbj Memorial Grove
Nelson
Rockefeller
Ford
Lynda Robt
Alder
Charles
Johnson Nugent
Johnson
Austin
Patwick
Virginia
Potomac Rover
Lincoln Memorial
Pentagon
LAJ
Nash Castro
Service 10
Rains Bring Tobacco Insurance in Guilford County
Heavy rains in 1975 led 20 percent of Guilford County tobacco farmers to receive indemnity totaling 285 528 dollars, about two and a half times the county premium income. The Federal Crop Insurance program raises its 1976 coverage, the third increase in four years. Farmers who have not protected costs for 1976 may apply. call Room B-10 Old Post Office Building, 324 West Market Street, Greensboro.
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Guilford County
Old Post Office
West Market Street
Greensboro
Commissioners Split Over Regional Sewage Plan Choices
Davidson County commissioners and the cities of Thomasville and Lexington clash over seven options to build a regional waste treatment system. Plan B would maximize county residents served while Plan D offers lower initial costs but higher long term operating costs. Both cities favor Plan D to protect their existing investments of about 6 million combined, and worry about write offs if Plan B goes ahead.
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Phil Sfears
Wesler
Thomasville
Davidson County
Lexington
Swearing
Abbotts Creeks
Hamby Creek
Abbotts Creek
High Rock Lake
Chain Letters Circulating Again
Postmaster warns about fraudulent Bicentennial chain letters urging amounts from two dollars to one dollar per hundred years. Blackwood notes the letters target major cities and claim illegal authority. Such mail is nonmailable under federal law and profits go mainly to early-originators.
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Lynn C. Blackwood
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maryland
Virginia
Florida
Blackwood
C. Neil Benson
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JET
LBJ
Trittee
Congress
Rapita
Mann Drug Store
Rev
James Eby
Pentecostal Holiness Church
First Pentecostal Holiness Church
Kenilworth Dr
Blue Gem Factory Outlet
Bue Gem
Blue Gem
Jr Miss
South Gate
Thomenvile
Fowne Man
High Point Hd
Greenthere
Battleground Ave
Greenabers
Meza
Burfington, N.C
Tom Pogue
Holiday Inn
High Point
Piedmont Savings and Loan
Sete
Deve Toons
Nga
Piedmont
North Main
Ccu
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