Howard Hughes Dead at 70 in Private Jet Stroke
Billionaire Howard Robard Hughes dies of a cerebral vascular accident on a private Lear jet en route from Acapulco to Houston. Aboard, he remains a mystery as his empire valued at over two billion dollars is run by a board and a three member executive committee.
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Howard Hughes
West Newton
Mass
Houston
Howard Robard Hughes
Hughes
Acapulco Princess Hotel
Methodist Hospital
Arelo Sederberg
Summa Corp
Cumin
Sederberg
S.W. Gay
Summa
Nadine Henley
Chester Davis
Sederburg
Hollywood
Houston Intercontinental Airport
Acapulco
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Roger Sutton
Jeff Abrams
Florida
Abrams
Public Hearing On Zoning Tonight in Winchester City Hall
City Council holds perhaps the final public hearing on Winchester's proposed Zoning Ordinance tonight at 7 30 p m in City Hall courtroom. Citizens may comment on 17 changes to the ordinance and map since winter hearings.
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City Council
Winchester
City Hall
Mantle Named Grand Marshal for Shenandoah Apple Blossom
baseball star Mickey Mantle will serve as grand marshal for the 49th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival April 30 to May 1. He joins Queen Shenandoah XLIX Kathryn Crosby in the feature parade and appears at related events while continuing postcareer activities in Dallas and with the Yankees organization.
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Ken Morrison
Mickey Mantle
Mantle
E. Michael Luby
Don Ratcliff
New York Yankees
Queen Shenandoah XLIX
Kathryn Crosby
Jack Dempsey
Frank Gifford
Shenandoah
Yankees
Dallas
Yankee
Primaries Today Put New York and Wisconsin in Spotlight
New York and Wisconsin hold presidential primaries with 274 Democratic and 117 Republican delegates in New York and 68 Democratic and 45 Republican in Wisconsin. Carter Udall Jackson Wallace campaign across states as Reagan campaigns elsewhere.
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New York
Jimmy Carter
Morris Udall
Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Carter
Georgia
Udall
Arizona
Jackson
Alabama
George Wallace
George McGovern
Montgomery
Wallace
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Reagan
North Carolina
Texas
John F. Kennedy
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Disposition of Hughes Wealth Remains Secret in Death
The death of Howard R. Hughes leaves his empire valued around 1.5 billion dollars with no clear plan for its distribution. Three executors are named to oversee disposition: Chester C. Davis F.W. Gay and Nadine Henley. His holdings centered on Summa Corporation after liquidating Hughes Tool Company and giving Hughes Aircraft to a charitable trust. He owned major Las Vegas casinos and a Reno club, but shifted residence to the Bahamas London Managua and Acapulco before his final years in retirement.
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San Francisco
Howard R. Hughes
Hughes
Chester C. Davis
New York
Summa Corporation
F.W. Gay
Encino
Calif
Summa
Nadine Henley
Los Angeles
Hughes Tool Company
Hughes Aircraft Company
Internal Revenue Service
Howard R. Hughes Medical Foundation
Tool Company
Nevada
Las Vegas Strip
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The
Frontier
Landmark
Sands
Castaways
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Reno
Bahamas
London
Managua
Nicaragua
Acapulco
Mexico
Long-serving Handley Library employee featured
A librarian with over 28 years of service at Handley Library is highlighted in Our Town. The Frederick County Recreation Department outlines its Gainesboro District goals to the Frederick County Planning Commission tonight in Recreation Page nine.
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Our Town
Handley Library
Frederick County Recreation Department
Gainesboro
Frederick County Planning Commission
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