Sheik’s Beverly Hills mansion fuels controversy
In Beverly Hills, Sheik Mohammed al Fassi renovates a Sunset Boulevard estate at four million dollars, featuring lifelike statues and a copper roof. Critics rail at painted pubic hair on statues while police and residents report gawkers causing minor accidents. a mosque, discotheque, and security staff accompany the vast 38 room home as visitors include rumors of Paul Newman and Gore Vidal.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPT
Sheik
Mohammed al-Fassi
Sunset Boulevard
Barbara Lockhart
Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward
Gore Vidal
Alfassi Trading Co
Jedah
Saudi Arabia
Sheika Dena al-Fassi
Flemington Host To Nation’s Corporate Offsets And Ties
Flemington New Jersey once hosted hundreds of major firms at its registered office on Main Street due to favorable state tax rules on intangibles. By 1945 over 170 corporations, including Kodak Borden and Republic Steel, moved or kept offices here boosting tax base and lowering local rates. Today Kodak Borden and Republic Steel still meet locally while others moved on for cost and convenience.
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Flemington
N.J
UPI
Main Street
America
Exxon Corp
Eastman Kodak Co
Borden Inc
American Brands Inc
Republic Steel Corp
Quaker Oats Co
New Jersey
Delaware
Garden State
Edwin Large
Large Scammell & Danziger
Hunterdon County
Standard Oil of
Exxon
George Large
Large
Kodak
Borden
Republic Steel
Hunterdon
American Legion Hall
Republic
Flemington Women’s Club
Hunterdon Central High School
Western New Jersey
Rochester
N.Y
Unofficial Cleveland Sign Points to Exotic Locale
An informal street corner sign in Cleveland mocks city street conditions after a record winter. It directs drivers toward places like Youngstown Akron and Columbus, sparking discussion on municipal upkeep and public sentiment toward road maintenance.
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Cleveland
Youngstown
Akron
Columbus
Sweet corn needs room to grow in Urbana
University of Illinois expert Joe Vandemark explains why sweet corn often yields nubbins. Spacing guides include 9 to 12 inches between stalks and 36 inches between rows, with 12 to 15 inches for late varieties. Plant three adjacent rows per variety and stagger early mid and late plantings for continuous harvest from mid summer to frost. A sidedress of 5-10-10 fertilizer 25 feet of row bolsters growth.
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Urbana
Joe Vandemark
University of Illinois
Vandemark
Spy trial opens in Alexandria on Vietnam espionage case
In Alexandria Virginia UPI United States and a Vietnamese expatriate go on trial on seven counts for spying for Hanoi. Ronald Humphrey a former U S Information Agency officer and David Truong face life in prison on the gravest charge as wiretap evidence stirs controversy and a broader fight over executive surveillance powers.
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Alexandria, Va
UPI
Hanoi
Ronald Louis Humphrey
U.S. Information Agency
David Truong
America
Griffin Bell
U.S
Albert V. Bryan Jr
Senate
United States
American Civil Liberties Union
Bell
FBI
Clarence Kelley
Truong
Supreme Court
Nguyen van Thieu
Humphrey
Vietnam
National Defense
Millionaires Guide to Wealth in the United States
A Town and Country study lists about 200,000 U.S. millionaires, or one per 1,200 people, led by Daniel K. Ludwig with an estimated 2 to 3 billion. The Mellon and du Pont families top the table at 3 to 5 billion each, with other majors including Getty, Rockefeller, Ford, Hunt, Pew, and Pritzker.
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New York
UPI
America
Town and Country Magazine
Daniel K. Ludwig
New Yorker
Ludwig
Rockefeller
Mellon
Pennsylvania
du Pont
Delaware
Hearst Publishing Co
Mellon National Bank
Gulf Oil
Alcoa
Koppers Co
du Ponts
Thomas Jefferson
Getty Family
California
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Song Min Chon
Song Min
Yu-Taik Chon
Kodak International
Hollywood
Disneyland
Los Angeles
Al-Fassi
al Biali
Peoria, Ill
Greater
Peoria
Cwina
Illinois
Coast TO Coast Stores
Liberty ST
Morris
Southeast Asia
State Department
Paris
Ford Family
Michigan
Hunt Family of
Texas
Pew Family
Pritzer
Stephen D. Bechtel Sr
Stephen D. Bechtel Jr
San Francisco
Henry Crown
Chicago
General Dynamics
Marvin Davis
Denver
Michael Fribourg
Continental Grain
William R. Hewlett
Palo Alto
Hewlett-Packard
Kleberg
Kingsville
Charles Koch
Wichita
Kan
Ray Kroc
McDonald’s
MacMillan
Wayzata
Minn
Samuel I. Newhouse
Newhouse Newspapers
David Packard
Phipps
Steel
Leonard Stern
Hartz Mountain Pet Foods
Morris Dry Cleaners
Salty Dog Productions
Tammy Wynette
Rialto Theatre
Rialto
Joliet
Showtime
N. Chicago St. Joliet
Ottawa St
Sterling
LUNT
Touight
Avondale
Florentine Scroll
Lace Point
Belvedere
American Gem Society
Oscar Mayer
KRAFT
Pillsbury Buttermilk
Kraft Velveeta
B. Box
Dean
Birdseye
Riz’s
Illinois State
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