Hughes Hidden Trip Revealed by Miami Yacht Captain
Captain Bob Rehak recounts Howard Hughes secretly leaving Nassau for Miami on a $125000 yacht voyage with aides and security. The recluse reportedly arrived before dawn on February 17 and later flew to Managua. Rehak notes Hughes’ waist long beard hair two inch toenails and shirtless appearance during the journey.
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Miami
Howard Hughes
Bahamas
Miami Herald
Bob Rehak
Cygnus
Hughes
Rehak
Donald Lawrence Hout
Eastern Air Lines
Managua
Nicaragua
Vancouver
British Columbia
Bob
Hoyt
Nassau
Peter Maheu
Steed Grandson Improves After Boat Crash
Roger Neal Steed, grandson of U S Representative Tom Steed of Shawnee, is in fair to satisfactory condition after a boating accident near Port Tyler night. Four OU fraternity pledges escaped injuries. George Patrick King, 18, son of Tulsa Fire Dept Captain G W King, dies from crash injuries in Tulsa hospital.
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Tulsa
Okla
George Patrick King
Fire Dept
G.W. King
E. Grant Hastings, Jr
Roger Neal Steed
U.S
Tom Steed
Shawnee
University of Oklahoma
King
Port Tyler
Death toll in Northern Ireland rises to 597 in sectarian violence
Belfast AP reports the weekend fatalities include 17 year old Protestant Alexander Moorehead who was partly deaf. Authorities say he attempted to scale a wall after a bomb blast as Ulster Defense Regiment troops fired when he did not halt. A 6 year old boy was wounded in a separate incident with no troops believed involved.
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Belfast
Alexander Moorehead
Newtonnards
County Tyrone
Northern Ireland
Ulster Defense Regiment
Moorehead
Strabane
James Docherty
Mexico Rail Disaster Toll Reaches 204 Fatalities
Rescue teams complete search as 204 confirmed dead and 1 098 injured after a downhill derailment near Saltillo. Investigators say eight crew members drank before the 24 car train capsized at high speed. Families receive partial compensation while authorities pursue charges against the engineer and crew.
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Saltillo
Mexico
Genaro Gutierrez Devila
Melchor Sanchez Echeverria
Mexican National Railways
Celso Delgado
Victor Manuel Villasenor
Farm Accidents Kill and Disable Thousands in 1971
National Safety Council estimates show more than 6,500 farm and ranch residents died in 1971 and nearly 500,000 were disabled. The accidents cost over 2 billion dollars.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
New Mormon President Warns Against Internal Church Troubles
Harold B. Lee, newly sustained president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, warns against wolves among the flock and internal deviations. He denounces self proclaimed visionaries, sensational rumors, and schemes claiming divine revelation or funds to redeem Zion.
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Salt Lake City
Harold B. Lee
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Lee
Gordon B. Hinckley
Lord’s Church
House of Order
Ten Tribes of
Israel
Milk Moving Despite Strike in Oklahoma City
About 25 to 30 drivers for Associated Milk Producers Inc in Oklahoma City walked out over higher wages. The company, with 40 drivers represented by Teamsters Local 886, says milk continues moving. Union officials consider expanding the strike and possibly picketing retailers.
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Oklahoma City
Associated Milk Producers Inc
Teamsters Union Local 886
Tommy Watts
Peking Relying More On Economic Mileage
U S intelligence estimates show Peking spent about 350 million in military aid to non Communist developing nations 1954 through last year far less than the Soviet total of 8 billion. Economic aid from China reached 2.2 billion vs Moskow 7.6 billion with the TanZam Railroad the flagship project.
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Peking
Washington
U.S
Moscow
State Department
Third World
Pakistan
Tanzania
Congo-Brazzaville
Cuba
Chile
Peru
China
Zambia
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Donald L. Miller
Navy
Hurricane Hale Marina
Wiest Auto Service
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Sarge
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Sutton
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R Thompson
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Modane
France
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Sweenie
George W. Cornell
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Council of Twelve
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