Forged memoirs and ITT links in a Nixon era storm
A dialogue traces alleged forgeries around Howard Hughes, ITT, and a Life magazine claim. It questions memo authenticity, a $400,000 funding bid to finance a San Diego convention, and possible CIA ties. The exchange also touches Hughes in Nicaragua and Las Vegas, plus Nixon aides and a China trip confusion.
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Hughes
Jack Anderson
ITT
Howard Hughes
Merino Wete
The
Clifford
Dita Beard
Richard ‘Nix
Teave Lite Magazine
J White Magazine
Justice Department
Nixon
San Diego
Metterling
ENO
France
Central Intelligence Agency
Allende
Nicaragua
Chile
Bahamas
Irvings
Vancouver
Life Magazine
Metterting
Las Vegas
Anderson
China
Speaking Freely Labor Boss Eyes Merger
American labor leader Harry Bridges seeks to merge ILWU with the International Teamsters and later with ILA to gain power to strike and paralyze the economy. The piece warns that such consolidation risks antitrust action, arbitration, and abolition of the union shop, noting past dock strikes cost billions and public reaction could curb union influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Oakley
Britain
Rere
Forbes Magazine
Harry Bridges
International ‘Longshoreman’s and’ Warehouseman’s' Union
ILWU
International Teamsters Union
S. International Longshoremen's Assny
ILA
Lord Acton
Global corporate power at Versailles summit
Business barons from around the world gathered in Versailles to discuss policies that could reshape economies. ITT and other multinationals wield vast influence, with claims they may control half industrial production by century's end. The piece notes oil majors and firms like General Motors, Ford, Fiat, and Pfizer shaping policy and eroding state prerogatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Washington
World
Versailles
France
International Telephone and Telegraph
Britain
ITT
Great Conglomerate
Corpo
Salvadore Allende
Chile
Bolivia
Ecuador
Indonesia
Iran
Libya
Saudi Arabia
Persian Gulf
National Petroleum Council
State Department
U.S. Foreign Service
Mobil
Standard Oil
Labor guru Gus Hall travels Moscow amid Soviet ties saga
Victor Riesel reports the American Communist Party USA spends heavily on its structures, travels, and events. Gus Hall and allies tour Moscow and Cuba while links to Brezhnev and Nixon loom, with fresh signatures and Black Liberation ties fueling a broad recruitment drive across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel
New York
Communist Party
U.S.A
Ralph Nader
American Communist Party
Gus Hall
Elizabeth
Moscow
Cuba
U.S
Hall
Nixon
Soviet Union
Communist Party U.S.S.R
Leonid Brezhnev
Middletown
America
Warren-Youngstown
United Steelworkers
American
Kremlin
Peking
Main Street
Black Panthers
California
Angela Davis
Mittee
U.S. CP Command
National Party
Towers Hotel
Charlene Mitchell
Black Liberation Commission
Young Workers Liberation League
YWLL
Hawaii
Alaska
Pennsylvania
Gus Hall-Jarvis Tyner
YWL
Ohio
Kentucky
Alabama
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Ilinois
Tennessee
Ed Barton's Christmas Card Lost at Sea Recovered Tide
Boyle column recounts Ed Barton's delayed Christmas card postmarked December 23 1970. Postal Inspector Robert DeLong describes a mail theft ring that dumped 60000 pieces into the Quinnipiac River after a Thanksgiving to New Year ripoff, with most recovered or returned. Ed remains hopeful as he resumes sending cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hampton
Conn
Ed Barton
Long Island Sound
Postal Service
Robert DeLong
Ithaca
N.Y
New Haven
DeLong
Quinnmac
New York State
Ten Week Municipal Police Officers School Opens
A ten week police officers school began at Indiana Area Senior High School with officers from Indiana and Cambria counties enrolled. Indiana Police Chief Harry Owens is host. Also noted, in 1957 Brown Hotel near Sixth and Water streets changed ownership at public auction for 44250 by Samuel Trimarchi, with Lynn Brown selling and Sam Lyons as auctioneer.
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Union
Texas
U.S
Soviet Union
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
University of Notre Dame
Indiana
Great Britain
Indiana Area Senior High School
Cambria Counties
Harry Owens
Indiana Borough Council
Sam Lyons
Pattis i Somor Sociation
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Labor Boss Eyes Merger
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Water Gt
Indiana, Pa
Man Ai
Russell MN
Hickey
William B. Hastiews
Associated Press
Jerry
London
Ameriga
Seeing Eye
the Seeing Eye, Inc
Morristown
N.J
George Werntz Jr
American Kennel Club
Q's
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Food and Drug Administration
Pam
American Home Products
FDA
Pfizer
Pfizer, Inc
Thair
Pfizer Laboratories
J.A. Veveda
Consumer Protection Agency
Federal Trade Commission
Veveda
Supreme Court
Boyle
James Carrier
Alsorecam Ie
Ne Or
St S
Berry's
Neb
Sengtar
Nate
Ion
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