Hughes Memourged War to Recoup Helicopter Losses
Las Vegas Sun reports billionaire Howard Hughes sought to extend the Vietnam War to recover losses from the S.O. light observation helicopter program. Aides Robert Maheu and John Meier confirm a 1968 memo urged influencing Washington to keep the war going.
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UPI
Howard Hughes
Vietnam
Las Vegas Sun
the Sun
Hughes
Nevada
Robert Maheu
John Meier
Mahenu
Sun
Wasington
Hughes Helicopter
Publishers Convene for 89th ANPA Convention Opening
The American Newspaper Publishers Association opens its 89th annual convention with 1500 plus publishers and editors. Treasury Secretary Simon and Vice President Rockefeller address sessions. AP and UPI hold meetings with CIA head William Colby speaking. Panels cover advertising and press freedom issues amid gag order debates. Conservation efforts cut newsprint use in 1974 by 0.5 million tons, but 1975 outlook remains cautious due to potential Canadian mill strikes.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Treasury
William E. Simon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
United Press International
United States
Simon
ANPA
Rockefeller
Associated Press
William Colby
Central Intelligence Agency
Supreme Court
Florida
Communications Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Farmhouse hush hides Patty Hearst case links
JACK SCOTT and his wife Micki McGee disappeared after being tied to a Pennsylvania farmhouse where Hearst fingerprints were reportedly found. Friends say Scott often allowed visitors to crash at his homes and may have unknowingly housed Hearst. FBI questions and a grand jury subpoena followed, with officials noting no current warrant. Timothy O Sullivan, who owned the farmhouse, said Mrs Scott rented it last summer for writing.
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New York
UPI
Jack Scott
Patricia Hearst
Scott
Pennsylvania
Miss Hearst
Jack
Patty Hearst
Micki McGee
South
Canaan
FBI
San Francisco
Scotts
Hearst
Timothy O’sullivan
New York City
O’sullivan
Kennerly Faces Vietnam Crisis as Ford Aide Returns
Pulitzer winner David Hume Kennerly, Ford's personal photographer, says critics ignore the human toll in Vietnam. He warns of fear among refugees and a sense the United States betrays South Vietnamese allies as he revisits Saigon and nearby cities. He urges action to save children's lives and to hear refugee voices amid ongoing upheaval.
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UPI
AIR Force One
David Hume
Kennerly
Ford
Vietnam
Pople
United States
Gerald R. Ford
Henry Kissinger
South Vietnam
Saigon
Army
Frederick C. Weyand
Weyand
Indochina
Ban Me Thuout
Nha Trang
Cam Ranh Bay
Dalat
America
Jane Fondas
Ford Budget Reform Aims To Curb Spending Deficit
Congress will draft overall spending and deficit targets for fiscal 1976 under a new framework. President Ford cited a 60 billion dollar deficit as the ceiling, with committees led by Brock Adams and Edmund Muskie guiding resolutions due by April 15 and May 15.
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UPI
Congress
Ford
House
Senate
Brock Adams
D-Wash
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Ford Returns From Vacation To Seek Congressional Solution
President Ford cut short a nine day work and golf vacation in Palm Springs to return to Washington and seek a Vietnam policy acceptable to Congress. Aides said some in his inner circle believe Saigon is doomed and the war is lost. He planned to speak in Las Vegas to the National Association of Broadcasters before heading back.
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