Hughes drug use linked to late life and sums
Federal investigators say Howard Hughes spent much of the last decade virtually bombed out on drugs. The period aligns with $6 billion in government contracts and a Summa Corp power struggle over public funds, raising questions who controlled taxpayers money during Hughes collapse and death 18 months ago.
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Bob Wiedrich
Chicago Tribune Service
Howard Hughes
U.S
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Summa Corp
Hughes Drug Scandal Taints Hughes Empire says investigator
An LA investigator argues that Howard Hughes built his fortune through government contracts and public funds. The piece notes a grand jury probe into Hughes drug addiction, suspecting aides and medical staff wrote prescriptions, and questions who dictated decisions behind billions in taxpayer money.
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Hughes
U.S
Lawrence J. Semenza
Reno
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Drug Enforcement Administration
Texas
John Hill
Acapulco
Mexico
Were drugs used as a pacifier in his case
The text questions whether substances were used therapeutically or excessively, noting daily variation and dosages far beyond normal. It cites severe tooth decay and implied extreme drug use, asking if the drugs administered exceeded what was really necessary to manage pain.
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Hughes
Unconsciousness in Acapulco Ends in Houston Death
In April 1976 a man suffered unconsciousness in a private jet hotel suite in Acapulco while bound for a hospital. He died shortly after, in Houston.
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Acapulco
Houston
Hayakawa attacks Bakke brief as racist and illegal
Combined News Services reports Senator S.I.L. Hayakawa proposes an amendment to bar the Legal Service Corporation from filing briefs in Bakke reverse-discrimination cases. He denounces the corporation brief supporting UC Davis and argues it violates the law while desegregation debates extend to a five-year extension of the corporation. Rita Clancy’s attorney calls for Thurgood Marshall's disqualification, citing past NAACP role. a federal judge ordered a white student admitted to UC Davis amid the ongoing Supreme Court Bakke review.
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SL Hayakawa
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Legal Service Corporation
Allan Bakke
Hayakawa
California
Supreme Court
Corporation Brief
The
University of California
Bakke
UC Davis Medical School
Rita Clancy
Los Angeles
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U.S. Supreme Court
Marshall
NAACP
Merritt Weisinger
Thurgood
Weisinger
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