How the hoax was born by James L. Outman
The United Press International report details Clifford Irving and Richard Suskind’s elaborate fraud to forge an Howard Hughes autobiography. Indictments recount forged Hughes letters, forged signatures, Swiss bank forgeries, and staged meetings across Ibiza Majorca New York Washington and the Bahamas. Irving allegedly pocketed about 765000 from McGraw Hill while Hughes denied any involvement.
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James L. Outman
New York
UPI
Ibiza
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
Irving
Richard Suskind
Hughes
Newsweek Magazine
McGraw- Hill
Howard R. Hughes
Western Hemisphere
Edith
Suskind
Majorca
Beverly Jane Loo
McGraw-Hill
Tehuantepec
Mexico
McGraw-Hill Inc
Nina van Pallandt
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Life
Public Library
Life Magazine
Hanne Rosenkranz
Time Inc
Time
Noah Dietrich
James Phelan
Phelan
Stanley Meyer
Meyer
Dietrich
Spain
H. R. Hughes
Edith Irving
Switzerland
Florida
Bahamas
Virgin Islands
Miami
Harold McGraw
Swiss Banking Corporation
Dieter Rosenkranz
Aca
Population growth not U S goal report says slow growth
A congressional commission led by John D Rockefeller III reports there is no sound reason for continued national population growth. The three part study argues slowing or stopping growth benefits the economy and individual welfare, and assesses impacts on government services resources and the environment.
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Washington
Congress
John D. Rockefeller III
Mansfield signals Agnew ouster stance amid VP chatter
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said he would like to see Vice President Spiro Agnew voted out this year though he praised Agnew as “a guy” who generates excitement. Mansfield had been touting Florida Governor Reuben Askew for the Democratic vice presidential nomination, but suggested Askew appears presidential timber.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Spiro T. Agnew
Mansfield
Agnew
Florida
Reuben Askew
Aspinall Warns of Chaos If Energy Crisis Lingers
UPI report quotes Rep. Wayne Aspinall warning of industrial and social chaos if energy shortages persist. He notes hearings planned on gas, oil, coal, and electricity impacts and urges understanding and action to avert rising costs and foreign dependence.
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Aspinall
Washington
UPI
Wayne N. Aspinall
D-Colo
House Interior Committee
United States
Price Commission
Tom
McGraw Hill Pays Heirs Over Red Fox Memoirs Material
McGraw Hill Inc agreed to a licensing deal with the heirs of James H. McGregor over material used in The Memoirs of Chief Red Fox. The Sioux leader, age 101, is the figure tied to the best selling work, which publishers link to the Hughes hoax in part.
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McGraw-Hill
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Red Fox
Hughes
Clifford Irving
McGraw-Hilluilding
New York
UPI
McGraw- Hill Inc
James H. McGregor
McGregor
Chief Red Fox
Howard Hughes
UAW seeks to avert strike at GM plants
UAW President Leonard Woodcock says the union did its level best to avert a strike at the GM complex in Lordstown Ohio and notes a similar pattern at the Norwood plant. About 9,000 workers are idle as Local 1112 strikes Vega production and a truck body line amid clashes over layoffs and alleged sabotage. Local 647 at Norwood seeks permission to strike over Camaro and Firebird output as talks continue without progress.
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Ohio
UPI
United Auto Workers Union
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
General Motors
Norwood
Vega
UAW International
Woodcock
Defiance
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Helga R. Hughes
Swiss Banking Corp
Zurich
U.S
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Mitchell Field
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Tex
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