Las Vegas suit battles Summa officers in slander case
The Greenspun led case seeks 142 million in a slander of title suit against Summa Corp. The publisher alleges two Summa officers evade subpoenas while a private detective reports being tailed. continuance sought to call critical witness Edward Morgan as the trial stalls toward 1977.
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CY Ryan Elko
UPI
Howard Hughes Summa Corp
Las Vegas Sun
Hank Greenspun
Brian Greenspun
Las Vegas
Summa
Greenspun
Joseph McDaniel
John Squire Drendel
Edward Morgan
Washington D.C
Drendel
Morgan
McDaniel
Noel McCrea
Acme Detective Agency
Vern Olsen
William Renkein
Summa Corp
Hughes
McCrea
Sands Hotel
Hughes Tool Co
Paradise Country Golf Club
Nevada court cases hinge on Hughes estate residency ruling
Nevada, California, and Texas litigate where Howard Hughes estate will be probated as executor Noah Dietrich seeks unsealing of parts of the Hughes Peters divorce to determine residency. Peters testified in 1971 Hawthorne case. Hughes did not appear.
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Hughes
Nevada
California
Texas
Dietrich
Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
Summa Corp
John Hill
Hills
Miss Peters
Hawthorne
Kenneth Mann
William Beko
Tonopah
Peters
Three Arrested In West Side Church Fires
Three men identified as Carl Neal Roy Lee Bailey and Henry James Mason were charged with arson after a search at Bailey s home uncovered firebomb making materials Police linked them to multiple fires including Ebeneezer Church of God In Christ and six other damaged or destroyed churches. A reward offered by Bob Bailey and the city of Las Vegas remains in effect as investigation continues.
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West Side
Metro
Carl Neal
Carter Roy Lee Bailey
Tonopah Drive
Henry James Mason
Levy Lane
Neal
Joe Neal
Bailey
Metro Patrol Bureau
Larry Ketzenberger
Ebeneezer Church of God In Christ
Bartlett
Concord
Bob Bailey
West Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Cox Upper Room Church of God and Christ
the True Love Missionary Baptist Church
Logans Temple
Power House Church
Temple of Islam
Jehovah's Witness Church
The
Billionaire heirs seek extra funds from Hughes estate
In Houston, probate proceedings seek more money from Howard Hughes estate now tied in a three state fight. Judge Pat Gregory set aside 200000 for bills while the 2.5 billion estate awaits disposition. A California lawyer proposed exchanges of handwriting expert opinions to aid the case.
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Houston
UPI
Howard Hughes
Harris County
Pat Gregory
Texas
William Lummis
Hughes
Annette Gano Lummis
California
Noah Dietrich
Lummis
Ogilvie Aide's Husband Hired Without Eligibility List
Michael Kidd, husband of Clark County Administrator Dorothy Kidd, was hired as an Investigator I in the public defender's office without appearing on the county's eight name eligibility list. County Administrator George Ogilvie could not explain the lapse. A personnel officer noted that eligibility lists are kept for about one third of county jobs and that no advertisement was needed if a list existed.
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Clark County
Public Defender’s Office
Michael Kidd
Kidd
Dorothy Kidd
George Ogilvie
County official defends Kidd hiring as proper process followed
Ogilvie says Kidd met county personnel procedures and faced no taint of pressure in landing the investigator post at $11,916 a year after leaving a Nevada Test Site security firm. Kidd applied Sept 13 and was interviewed by Public Defender Morgan Harris, with Harris unavailable for comment.
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Kidd
Nevada
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Faw SU
Sunfoto
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Clark County District Attorney's Office
District Attorney's Office
Harold Rhoden
Rhoden
Jim Dilworth
Ogilvie
By Linda Miller
SUN
Dorothy (Kidd
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Philadelphia
Mike Cherry
Ralph Pearl
Paul Price
Joe Delaney
Editorial
Steel Peee Peron Arenes
Dr. Thosteson
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Vista
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