Irving admits wife Helga posed as H R Hughes in funds saga
Author Clifford Irving says his wife, Helga Hughes, posed as H R Hughes to deposit and withdraw 650800 in a billionaire hoax linked to his autobiography of Howard Hughes. He faces grand jury scrutiny while McGraw Hill reconsiders publishing plans amid a $155 million libel suit.
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New York
UPI
Clifford Irving
Howard R. Hughes
Helga R. Hughes
Irving
Hughes
McGraw-Hill
H. R. Hughes
Harold W. McGraw Jr
Los Angeles
Dick Hanna
Clifford
Life Magazine
McGraw
Irvings
Helga Hughes
Fernand Legros
Leonard Newman
Maurice Nessen
NASA plans new space plane design on planning board
NASA plans a new space plane design with contracts to develop a reusable craft. The project aims to launch, maneuver in space, then return to Earth for reuse, with Orbiter components expected to enter operation and aid satellite retrieval.
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NASA Planning Board
NASA
U S Forces Hit North Vietnamese Trucks on Ho Chi Minh Trail
American aircraft reportedly destroy up to ten North Vietnamese trucks daily along the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos. B52 strikes target suspected troop positions bunkers and storage areas along South Vietnam borders with Laos and Cambodia as U S officers anticipate a northern offensive in the triborder region.
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Saigon
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
U. S
South Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
Triborder
Tax relief proposal aims to raise homestead limits for elderly
Ohio Rep. Donna Pope plans to introduce a bill within two weeks to raise the state homestead income ceiling to 12000 dollars and extend relief to more elderly and needy homeowners. The measure would open exemptions to those earning up to 12000, expanding aid beyond the current 8000 cap and prioritizing seniors with lower incomes.
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General Assembly
Very Cold Weather With Mixed Clouds
Very cold conditions prevail with partly cloudy skies and highs of 8 to 15. Tonight and tomorrow bring cloudy skies with a chance of light snow. Lows tonight near zero to five above, highs tomorrow in the low to mid 20s, and 10 percent to 30 percent precipitation chances. Winds west-southwest today 10 to 15 mph, tonight southerly 10 to 20 mph. Sunset today 5 38 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7 41 a.m. High yesterday 26 at 1 45 p.m. Low today 2 at 7 a.m. Details on page five.
County gambling probe to resume in February
The Lorain County Grand Jury will continue hearings next month on outside gambling efforts to infiltrate and corrupt the Oberlin Police Department. The two-day session heard 32 witnesses, with immunity granted to one, and Patricia Haendiges subpoenaed again for the mid February session. Witnesses included Letco Toyota officials Joseph Sigeler and Frank Laine along with several employees and legal counsel Spike.
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Oberlin
Lorain County
Justin R. Lumley
Lumley
Patricia Haendiges
Georgetown Ave
Letco Toyota, Inc
Broad St
Elyria
Spike
Elyria Deaths, Churches, TV and Women Headlines
Brief notices list recent obituaries for local residents, church events and services in Elyria, plus television and entertainment items highlighting women prominent in the community.
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C-T
Elyria
Man wrongly jailed 30 years receives $10000 token
Michigan Governor William Milliken awarded Charles Lee Clark a $10,000 tax free check for 30 years lost to a wrongful murder conviction from 1938. Clark, living on $136 monthly welfare, plans to use funds for back legal fees and taxes as he reflects on the ordeal and weather noted during a Detroit trip.
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Lansing
Mich
UPI
Charles Lee Clark
William G. Milliken
Clark
Milliken
Detroit
Grand jury returns gambling indictment in Ohio case
A federal grand jury returned one gambling indictment after a three day session in Cleveland. Named witnesses from Lorain County testified or were listed among participants. The probe targets bookmaking in Mayfield Heights Pepper Pike Wickliffe and a west side bolita game with Organized Crime Strike Force oversight.
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Cleveland
U.S
Robert
Gary
Mayfield Heights
Mayfield
Pepper Pike
Wickliffe
West Side
U.S. Justice Department
Organized Crime and
Organized Crime Strike Force
Lorain County
Hijacker of TWA Flight Demands 300000 and Europe Trip
A first class passenger with a concealed gun in a cast hijacked a Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 from Los Angeles to New York. He demanded $300,000, a flight to Europe, clemency for a Dallas jail inmate, and release for George Padillo. Passengers were allowed to alight after landing at Kennedy. The hijacker, Garrett Brock Trapnell, spoke with a Dallas psychiatrist by telephone and planned to resume flight.
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New York
UPI
Trans World Airlines
Los Angeles
Europe
Ina Dallas
Midwest
Garrett Brock Trapnell
Miami
Kennedy International Airport
Trapnell
Dallas
Kennedy
Bahamas
George Anthony Padillo
Union City
Padillo
Las Vegas
Julian Clarence Byrd
Dallas County
Dade County
Miami, Fla
Burglars Take 200-Pound Safe From Lorain Post Office
A 200-pound floor safe containing $10,300 in stamps and 648 blank money orders was stolen from the Sheffield Lake Lorain post office branch on Ivanhoe Avenue. The raid occurred between 12:30 and 6:15 a.m. after burglars broke a back door and hauled the safe away. Police and postal inspectors issued serial-number alerts for the stolen money orders.
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Sheffield Lake
U.S
Lorain
Randall Swaim
Ivanhoe Ave
Swaim
Adam Elgart
U. S
Seward 95th birthday highlighted in family gathering
Mrs D W Nellie Seward recalls a life with her late husband Elyria Postmaster Dennis W Seward including a 1915 Washington trip. A family celebration marked her 95th birthday as Norma Jones previews Co ed work training, stamp collectors, and a methadone program aiding heroin addicts in Lorain County.
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D. W
Nellie) Seward
Elyria
Dennis W. Seward
Washington D. C
Lorain County
Doctors Clinic
Anita Schrodt
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District Attorney's Office
Newman
Edith Irving
H.R. Hughes
Howard Hughes
By Earel Neikirk
Leteo
Toyota
Joseph Sigeler
Frank Laine
Laine
Mrs. Haendiges
Letco
William Louis and
Daniel Alonzo
Thomas Warrenfeltz
Cambridge Ave
Allen
Stephen G. Meckler
Vivian Wisher
State of
Michigan
da J. Haendiges
Levi Carlisle
Olive St
George O'Dell
George’s Place
Woodford Ave
James E. Bell
Groveland St
James Scott Jr
Broadway
Alex (Shondor) Birns
Birns
Federal Court
Letco Toyota Inc
Thomas Warenfelt
Patri
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Post Office
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Norma Jones
Edmund Hierpe
North Ridgeville
Tony Prraino
University of Guadalyara
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