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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1976

Page

5

Hugh Hefner? No, Howard Hughes dies as secrecy persisted

Hughes reportedly lived in guarded hotel suites and a resort in Acapulco since February. A titan of aviation and entertainment, he built a vast empire including Hughes Tool Co, Hughes Aircraft, TWA, and real estate, while maintaining profound privacy and constant secrecy.

Hughes Acapulco Princess Hotel Mexican Seacoast North America Bahamas London Clifford Irving Irving Edith Oil Company Nevada Desert Inn Miss Peters Hollywood Los Angeles Las Vegas Houston New York Vegas “Strip Paul Getty Hughes Tool Co Hughes Nevada Land California Tele- Promoter Tex Howard Rocard Hughes Young Hughes Hughes Aircraft Co TWA Culver City Phoenix Northeast Airlines Alas Corp Seta Surveyor FBI U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court Civil Aeronautics Card T Hughes Summa Corp Hughes Corparate Hughes Airwest Hell's Angels Times Jean Iarlow Ginger Rogers Lana Turner Ava Gardner Yvonne de Carlo Ida Luping RKO Studios Jane Russell Ella Rice

Hughes Spruce Goose saga ties to CIA ship Glomar Explorer

The Spruce Goose and Glomar Explorer saga ties Hughes aircraft ambitions to CIA operations. The Glomar Explorer, built for the CIA by Hughes, faced ownership and tax questions after a 1974 submarine salvage report and later transfer to the General Services Administration. Plans for preservation or display fluctuated amid controversy over funding, ownership, and mission.

Hughes CIA Pacific Ocean Hawaii Nevada Hughes Too Co Glomar Global Marine, Inc Summa Corp Smithsonian Institution General Services Administration Pennsylvania Long Beach Pacific Intelligence Agency Los Angeles County Phillip Watson GSA

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