Wills for Hughes Estate Spur Nevada Probe
Clark County officials face a flood of forged or fraudulent wills tied to Howard Hughes billion dollar estate. District Attorney George Holt warns of forgery fraud and perjury charges with possible prison terms up to ten years. The estate is valued at 1.5 to 2.5 billion dollars and the church inherits a portion from a first found document at Salt Lake City.
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Nev
Howard Hughes
Clark County Dist. Atty
George Holt
Holt
Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
Hughes
Church
Ford urges Israel to take risks for peace and tradeoffs
President Ford pledges U.S. support for Israel while urging it to relinquish occupied land for intangible Arab concessions. He acknowledges Israel's peace dilemma in a major foreign policy address.
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Washington
Ford
America
Israel
Senate panel urged to probe Oswald JFK motives
The Senate intelligence committee votes to back a new panel that would investigate why Lee Harvey Oswald killed President Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Debate over creating the panel faces possible filibuster by the Armed Services Committee.
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Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Senate
U.S
Senate Intelligence Committee
Oswald
Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
Armed Services Committee
CIA
Mike Mansfield
Intelligence Committee
Gary Hart
D-Coro
Warren Commission
Richard Schweiker
D-Pa
Schweiker
Warren
Austin schools study new desegregation plan
The Austin School Board met in an emergency session to study the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals rejection of the district desegregation plan. The court sent the case to the U S District Court in Austin to implement a plan that eliminates discriminatory segregation of Mexican American and black students in the district’s 74 schools to meet federal standards. The court voided the three year old plan as not sufficient and allowed its use only as a stop gap.
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Beaumont
Tex
Beaumont South Park Independent
Justice Department
Tanner Hunt
Health Education and Welfare Department
Austin, Tex
Austin School Board
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Austin
U.S. District Court
Appeals
AISD
Budget clashes loom over summer as Congress and Ford duel
The U.S. budget fight spills into summer as Congress approves its own 1977 spending ceiling of 413.3 billion while President Ford insists on 395.8 billion. Senate and House leaders warn of prolonged confrontation, arguing higher spending sustains recovery and jobs. Ford vows to veto any deviation.
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Ford
Congress
House
Sen
Frank Moss
Dutah
Senate
White House
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