Forged Hughes Signature Question In $15 Million Notes Case
Las Vegas Sun reports Utah court filings allege Howard Hughes signature forged on three promissory notes totaling $15 million used to fund the Sands Hotel purchase. Documents, dating June 30 1975, claim forged signatures by Hughes aides in a contentious civil suit and probate filings seek to attach Hughes estate for repayment.
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Las Vegas Sun
Vancouver
Howard Hughes
Utah
Hughes
John Meier
Los Angeles
Robert Wyshak
Texas
Sands Hotel
Nadine Henley
John Holmes
HRH
First City National Bank of the Southwest
Texas Commerce Bank
Wyshak
Henley
Holmes
Salt Lake City
Meier
Summa
U.S District Court
Alden Anderson
Hughes Company
Houston
Texas Commerce Bank National Association
Bank of the Southwest
First City National Bank of Houston
Switch Nabbed Murder Suspects in Storefront Fencing Sweep
Las Vegas officers and federal agents busted a storefront fencing operation called Switch recovering 500000 in stolen property and arresting 58. Three suspects tied to the Cashman Cadillac executive Lloyd Brooker slaying were identified, with charges including receiving stolen property burglary robbery homicide grand larceny and embezzlement. The operation began June 15 1976 in a central business area and involved undercover agents luring a party to the store where a sportscar raffle was announced.
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SUN
Cashman Cadillac
Lioyd Brooker
Las Vegas
Clark County
George Holt
Holt
Metro Police Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nevada
Lloyd Brooker
Montena R. Smith
West St
Larry Leavitt
District Attorney
Smith
Bonnie Fred Crawford
Reed Place
James Henry Lewis
H” St
Skaggs Drugstore
Bonanza Road
Utah Pardon Board Agrees With Gilmore Death Request
Condemned killer Gary Gilmore won a 2-1 Utah Board of Pardons decision to proceed with his execution by firing squad within a week. He said the sentence was proper and asked for no delay, while his lawyer and supporters praised the outcome as just and inevitable.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Utah Board of Pardons
Utah
Gilmore
Pardons Board
Fourth District
J. Robert Bullock
Provo
Ronald Stanger
Gunmen Surrender After Hostage Standoff With TV Newsman
Two gunmen fled a South Side currency exchange and held three women and a baby for over four hours in a neighboring apartment before surrendering to TV newsman Russ Ewing. One gunman was wounded. negotiations by Ewing led to the release.
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Chicago
UPI
South Side
Russ Ewing
WMAQ
Ewing
Parents sue over casket failure at son's funeral
Norman and Frances O Bryan sue Kennedy Funeral Home National Casket Company Parker Manufacturing and Prest Manufacturing in state Supreme Court over a 375 pound son's body breaking through the bottom of the casket at the Canandaigua gravesite in December 1973. They claim emotional injury and that the wrong size and faulty construction caused the collapse. The attorney declined to name damages, leaving the amount to a jury.
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Canandaigua
N.Y
UPI
State Supreme Court
Norman
Frances O'Bryan
Kennedy Funeral Home Canandaigua
National Casket Company
Rochester
Parker Manufacturing Company
Woodland
N.C
Prest Manufacturing Company
Memphis
Governor Edwards Trip Charged to Harrahs Hotel
Governor Gus Edwards refused comment on a report that his Thanksgiving trip to Lake Tahoe was paid by Harrahs Hotel Casino. The governor said it was a family holiday and he would not discuss stay length or charges. Elaine Edwards reportedly traveled ahead of the governor with a Harrahs jet picking up the party at Ryan airport.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Gus Edwin Edwards
Lake Tahoe
Nev
Edwards
State-Times
Don Buchanan
Harrahs
Buchanan
Elaine Edwards
Ryan Airport
Louisiana
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Penny Levin
Utah Pardon Board
Washington
Robert Excel White
US Supreme Court
Texas Electric
Joey Adams
Boulder City
Ralph Pearl
Edita Perez
Paul Price
Henderson
Dr. Thosteson
Ann Landers
Mano le
Sang Ware
la. Gov
Fremont
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