Hunt brothers found innocent in wiretapping case
In LIJEBOCK Texas two sons of late oilman H L Hunt Bunker Hunt and Herbert Hunt were acquitted on federal wiretapping charges after a brief jury deliberation. The jury of nine men and three women cleared the brothers of illegally tapping the telephones of their father's employees, ending a five year legal fight.
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Lijebock, Tex
H.L. Hunt
Bunker
Herbert Hunt
Hunt
Frank McCown
Philip Hirschkop
Hunt Brothers
You
McCown
Phillips Petroleum admits 585000 in political gifts to Ford Nixon Johnson
Phillips Petroleum reported to the SEC a breakdown of 585000 in political contributions from a 1.35 million slush fund linked to overseas refinery work. Gifts went to President Ford Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon along with various congressional leaders. The company says no recipient was told funds came from corporate slush.
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Washington (Ap
Phillips Petroleum Co
Ford
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Securities and Exchange Commission
Phillips
Nixon
Watergate
House
Senate
Keeler
SEC
U.S. House
Texas
Oklahoma
Alaska
Refihery Construction
Grain bribery probe hears threats cost jobs in grain division
Former Agriculture Department employee Robert W. Johnson testified that threats to his life followed his reporting of corruption in the grain export industry. He described hiding after leaving the grain division in 1974 and carrying a pistol for protection amid a sweeping Senate probe that linked to an 18 month inquiry and 52 indictments.
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Washington (Ap
Agriculture Department
Robert W. Johnson
Senate Agriculture
Johnson
Grain Division
New Orleans
Louisiana
Harlan Ryan
Bayside
Ryan
Department
Office of Investigation
Dick Clark
D Lown
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