Congress heads home for 11 day Easter recess
Members of Congress disperse to home districts for an 11 day Easter recess as lawmakers gauge election year mood. Democratic leaders tout job programs and tax cuts while the White House criticizes spending, with final budget figures and key bills expected upon return April 26. Delegations will visit Berlin Rome Krakow Warsaw Dublin and Beijing to study policy and agriculture.
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Texas court names Hughes heirs in probate action
In Houston a Texas probate judge appointed Howard Hughes relatives Frederick Lummis and William Lummis as temporary administrators for Hughes Texas holdings amid questions of a will. The move, sought due to debts and taxes, gives the Lummises control over Texas assets while officials suspect a will exists but has not been found.
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NASA Wins Fleece Award for Moon Rocks Spending
NASA is cited by Sen. William Proxmire for proposing a 2.8 million dollar addition to the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at Johnson Space Center to house 100 pounds of moon rocks. Proxmire notes the 1971 lunar lab cost 8.7 million and calls the plan wasteful.
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Loot at Palm Beach Towers Reaches 4 Million in Robbery
Palm Beach Police report a highly organized theft at the Palm Beach Towers condominium where cash and jewelry valued at up to four million dollars were stolen by three masked gunmen. Entry was gained posing as pizza deliverers. victims including a switchboard operator and two guards were restrained.
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J M. Gaffney
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