Hughes bombed out on drugs, federal probe grows
Federal investigators say Howard Hughes spent much of the last decade nearly drugged while his empire earned billions in government contracts. Grand jury subpoenas probe how Hughes was supplied with Valium and codeine, with aides forging prescriptions and logs showing heavy drug use.
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Bob Wiedrich
Phicago Tribune Service
Howard Hughes
U.S
Hughes
Congress
Central Intelligence Agency
Pacific
Lawrence J. Semenza
Reno
Nev
Drug Enforcement Administration
Texas
John Hill
Acapulco
Mexico
Were drugs used as a pacifier in Hughes death case
Investigators probe whether excessive drugs were given to Hughes as a pacifier while his condition deteriorated to 90 pounds at death. Questions focus on drug quantities beyond medical need and whether relief was delayed by neglect or neglectful care.
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Hughes
Unclear report of death in Acapulco April 1976
A fragment notes an individual named Ile dying shortly after a period of unconsciousness in a hotel suite in Acapulco in April 1976, with few additional details available.
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Acapulco
Ile
Hayakawa seeks to bar Legal Service from Bakke briefs
Senate amendment aims to bar the Legal Service Corporation from filing briefs in the Bakke reverse discrimination case. Hayakawa calls the corporation brief racist and offensive for supporting UC Davis’s admission policy. Rita Clancy, a white student admitted by federal order, remains in a parallel case, awaiting the Supreme Court ruling.
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Hayakawa
Washington
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Calif
Legal Service Corporation
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California
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Clancy
U.S. Supreme Court
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