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...maid of honor for the other. Tricia, 56, says she trusted her sister so much that when Julie was writing her highly praised book about their mother, Tricia turned over her diary. That closeness has been strained this spring, as a battle over how to spend a $19 million bequest from Nixon crony Bebe Rebozo turned into a nasty lawsuit pitting one sister against the other. The rift began in 1997 as Tricia and Julie argued over how the Richard Nixon presidential library should be run. Tricia's side wants a small board dominated by the sisters, funding...
...maid of honor for the other. Tricia, 56, says she trusted her sister so much that when Julie was writing her highly praised book about their mother, Tricia turned over her diary. That closeness has been strained this spring, as a battle over how to spend a $19 million bequest from Nixon crony Bebe Rebozo turned into a nasty lawsuit pitting one sister against the other. The rift began in 1997 as Tricia and Julie argued over how the Richard Nixon presidential library should be run. Tricia's side wants a small board dominated by the sisters, funding...
With this bequest, Smith’s total donations to Harvard will near $100 million—making him one of the ten largest donors in the school’s history...
...instance, Hanssen made expensive improvements to his house, paying many of the bills in cash. At one point, a background investigator interviewed a family friend who guessed that Hanssen or his wife Bonnie may have inherited money - but nobody in the FBI followed up to verify the supposed bequest. "They never pursued things that didn't make any sense," says a senior official familiar with the Webster commission report." The comments just went into the personnel file...
...church wants to strike a balance between pressing needs and the legal constraints of the bequest, he said. He said they also want to find out more about why Edwards gave her gift and honor her wishes as they spend the money...