Truman Efforts For Israel Were Blocked
Clark Clifford says in 1948 the State Department worked to derail President Truman's push for a Jewish state. He recalls Truman's anger at official obstruction and later rapid recognition of Israel within 16 minutes of its independence.
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Washington
UPI
Clark Clifford
Harry S. Truman
State Department
Truman
Israel
Palestine
Clifford
American Jewish Historical Association
Department
Lyndon Johnson
Defense
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House
Office of
Harry Truman
Warren Austin
U.S
United Nations
Negev
Austin
U.N
Chaim Weizmann
George C. Marshall
Dummar Denies Fingerprint Ties to Hughes Will
Melvin Dummar and his attorney deny touching or placing a fingerprint on the Mormon will of Howard Hughes. Nevada officials report a thumbprint on the envelope with the will, which named Dummar as beneficiary of one sixteenth of Hughes fortune.
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Ogden, Utah
UPI
Melvin Dummar
Howard Hughes
John Sampson
Sampson
Nevada
Robert List
Las Vegas
Dummar
Hughes Empire
Roger Dutson
Summa Corp
Nevada judge pursues forged will case amid graft doubts
List says he and FBI will study ink and paper from the Hughes estate will found in Salt Lake City to determine authenticity. The case involves the University of Nevada and three other schools inheriting one eighth of the estate and potential criminal charges pending test results.
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Hughes
Summa Corporation
List
University of Nevada
Nevada
Salt Lake City
FBI
Keith Hayes
Hayes
Cusspine Lee
Bilandic elected Chicago mayor amid deal with Daley network
The 53 year old Bilandic, a Daley ally, won the post after negotiations that sidelined Frost and split black leadership. Frost claimed the mayoralty from council power but conceded a deal that satisfies both black and white factions, while Jackson and PUSH condemned the outcome.
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Chicago
Michael A. Bilandic
Wilson Frost
Bilandic
Fromer
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Frost
Council
Judas
Renault A. Robinson
Police) Patrolmen’s League
Jesse L. Jackson
PUSH
Bridgeport
Explosion damages high rise in Cambridge
An explosion blew out two walls on the ground floor of a 20 story Cambridge apartment complex near Fresh Pond Parkway injuring one man and forcing evacuation of 1,500 to 1,800 residents amid gas leaks and power cuts. Fire officials cite a large electrical system and machinery as causes. Yellow buses relocated residents to relatives and hospitals as the site faced ongoing gas and electricity hazards.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Sancta Maria Hospital
Fresh Pond Parkway
Federal Management Co. of
Boston
Anna St. Claire
Dan Reagan
Reagan
Five American tourists detained in Moscow airport
Five U S tourists were held for 16 hours in Moscow airport without food or sleep and then expelled to Paris. Jacob Levitt of Wallingford said they were questioned about books on Jews found in luggage and suspected of planning to attend a banned Jewish culture conference in Moscow December 21 to 23.
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Paris
UPI
Moscow
Jacob Levitt
Wallingford
Soviet Union
Levitt
Alan Lucas
Cincinnati
Ohio
Beverly Gribetz
New York City
Michael
Camilla Pelcowits
Silver Spring
Elie Reisel
Bertram Corn
Russia
U.S
Leningrad
Kiev
Odessa
Executors Get 5 Million Of Getty Estate Disbursement
In Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Neil Lake approved about 5 million dollars in payments to J. Paul Getty estate co executors Gordon Getty and Jean Getty and Title Insurance and Trust Co. The total commissions will top 7.1 million as part of the 720 million estate. Attorneys Musick Peeler and Garrett and others also receive fees. The estate remains unsettled due to taxes and a lawsuit by Anne Catherine Getty over a codicil directing assets to the J Paul Getty Museum.
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Los Angeles
UPI
J. Paul Getty
Superior Court
Neil Lake
Gordon Peter Getty
Jean Ronald Getty
Title Insurance and Trust Co
Getty
England
Jake
Musick, Peeler and Garrett
Title Insurance
Gordon Getty
Jean Getty
Richard N. Ellis
Gould, Magaran
Tropicana Village East Declared Disaster Over Gas Outage
About 1,600 residents of Tropicana Village East endure a fifth night without gas heat after a trash truck damaged a valve last Friday night. The Clark County Red Cross declared the park a disaster area as 62 homes regained service and officials planned to restore 122 more by Wednesday night.
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Tropicana Village East Mobile Home Park
Red Cross
Harvey Hammerschlag
Hammerschlag
Clark County Building Department
Southwest Gas
John Pisciotta
Clark County
American Red Cross
Mesquite Ave
Norman Seeley
Seeley
Nellis Air Force Base
YMCA
Park
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Anne Catherine Getty
Malibu
Mobile Home Park
Hotel & Country Club
Frederic Apcar
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