Spruce Goose Ordered From Long Beach Storage
The 200 ton Spruce Goose flying boat designed by Howard Hughes must be moved from its Long Beach storage hangar by March 1972 to clear space for a marine terminal. The plywood craft, 220 feet long and 920 feet wingspan, has been hidden from public view for years and cost about 18 million dollars to date.
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Long Beach
Calif
Howard Hughes
Hughes Aircraft Co
Long Beach Harbor Commission
Hughes
Ims
Defense Plant Corp
Bahamas
Ford’s campaign finances raised questions over unreported funds
House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford reportedly did not disclose eleven thousand five hundred dollars in fall contributions from brokers and an oilman. He says checks were signed over to the GOP due to legal limits, while similar amounts were returned to his district to cover post election debts.
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Washington
House
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Michigan
GOP
Owens Illinois declares 33 cent dividend for shareholders
Directors of Owens Illinois Inc announced a 33 cent per share common dividend payable March 15 to shareholders of record February 22. The AP report notes the decision was made Wednesday at the Toledo, Ohio headquarters.
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Toledo, Ohio
Owens Illinois, Inc
James Earl Ray seeks voiding of literary contracts
James Earl Ray asks three federal judges to void contracts with his lawyers and a writer over unpaid royalties from his life story. Ray, imprisoned for the King assassination, says he never received any royalties and claims misrepresentation in agreements signed with Arthur Hanes Percy Foreman and writer William Huie. The Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments and took the case under advisement.
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Cincinnati
James Earl Ray
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
6Th
U. S. ‘Circuit Court of Appeals
Arthur Hanes
Percy Foreman
William Huie
Nashville
Tenn
Foreman
Gareth Aden
L Foreman
Tennessee
Aden
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Larry Burrows
Life Magazine
Kent Potter
UPI
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Dacron
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