Dietrich Reveals Howard Hughes Control and Bribe Schemes
Dietrich testifies Hughes kept only profit interest in Hughes Too, ran empire as go-between with directors, built plants in Ireland and Germany, and feared germs. He described bribes to Nixon, Johnson era officials, and a $100,000 payoff to quash a tool company indictment. Dietrich quit in 1957, later sued for slander, and settled.
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Howard Hughes
Hughes Too! Co
Rhoden
Dietrich
Hughes
Company
Stooges
Houston
Ireland
Germany
Noah
Shreveport
Jane Russell
Hughes Tool Co
Canada
South Hollywood
Bank of America
Richard Nixon
Washington
Howard
Lyndon Johnson
Democratic National Committee
Tool Company
Bill Campbell
Attorney General's Office
Campbell
Long Beach
Conor
Menaghes
Nevada
Robert Maheu
Maheu
Hearings On NIC To Go On In Las Vegas
Nevada Industrial Commission test hearings resume next week in Las Vegas to hear NIC claimants and employers on workmen compensation. Sessions Tue 2 and 7 pm and Wed 9 am in the Las Vegas Convention Center rooms G-1 and G-2 welcome public testimony without prior arrangements.
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Las Vegas
Keith Ashworth
Nevada Industrial Commission
NIC
Sen
Ashworth
Las Vegas Convention Center
Judith Pearcy
Legislative Committee
Pearcy
Ravaging Floods Hit Washington
Emergency services report several hundred families forced from homes in Cowlitz County as record rains melt snow and trigger floods along Puget Sound. Dairy cattle evacuated while Longview Kelso residents seek shelter with relatives amid overwhelmed storm sewers.
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Cascade Mountains
Puget Sound
Longview-Kelso
Cowlitz County
Washington
LV Man Indicted For Robbery At Valley Bank
A 19-year-old Las Vegas man, Johnny Junior Green, was indicted by a federal grand jury on bank robbery charges for allegedly robbing the Valley Bank at 2060 Las Vegas Blvd North on November 23. He entered the bank around 1 30 p m and handed clerks two threatening notes demanding cash.
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Las Vegas
Federal Grand Jury
Valley Bank
Johnny Junior Green
White Oak Road
Green
Bus Crash Injures Two From Local School Route
A North Las Vegas school bus carrying nine children collided with another vehicle near Donna and Lola streets at about 3:50 p.m. The bus driver Douglas In, 37, and one pupil, Linda Walski, 11, were treated and released. The children were sent to North Las Vegas Hospital. all but one were discharged after observation. The Helen J. Stewart School bus route serves trainable mentally retarded students.
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North Las Vegas
Linda Ringwalski
Harewood
North Las
Douglas In
Rip van Winkle
Las Vegas
Elite Take Last Stand With Bakke
Georgia legislator Julian Bond warned 1 100 delegates at the National Community Education Association that a Supreme Court ruling favoring Bakke could end quota systems and black advances. He linked Bakke’s suit to a broader fight over affirmative action and criticized Carter for not reflecting black voters’ economic reality.
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SUN
Georgia
Julian Bond
Alan Bakke
U.S. Supreme Court
Las Vegas
National Community Education Association
Aladdin Hotel
Bond
Bakke
Supreme Court
Jimmy Carter
White House
Carter
O'Callaghan names 17 to land advisory group
Gov. Mike O'Callaghan named 17 persons to staggered terms on the State Land Use Planning Advisory Council. Members include Douglas County Commissioner Garry Stone and Washoe County Commissioner Jean Stoess in one year terms, with others assigned to two and three year terms across Nevada counties and cities.
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Carson City
UPI
Mike O'Callaghan
State
Douglas County
Garry Stone
Lovelock
Mac”’ Moezzi
Washoe County
Jean Stoess
Elko County
John C. Carpenter
Esmeralda
Sarah Carter
Churchill County
Paul Scholz
Lander
Bert Gandolfo
Eureka
Joan Shangle
Humboldt
Sammye Ugalde
Henderson
Phil Stout
Lincoln
Esther Cole
Nye
Robert Cornell
Vaughn L. Smith
Mineral County
Max Chilcott
White Pine
Douglas Hawkins
Storey County
Lora del Carlo
Yerington
William V. Pursel
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LAS Vegas Sun
Made Hughes Rich
By Bob Palm
O'Callaghan
George Carlin
Alter Mion
Thur
Bagdad Showroom
Arnolum
Aerstonsen
Wintuk Acrylic
Orion
Arnold Aaistonsen
Sahara
S. Decatur
Decatur
W. Charleston
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