Word: hugheses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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As the scales inched close to the 250-lb. mark, the lady decided the time had come for action, even though she knew the "Fat Farm," as she called it, would be no Fun City. So Mrs. Richard J. Hughes, 46, wife of the New Jersey Governor, checked into Kempner...
Since he moved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas two years ago, Billionaire Recluse Howard Hughes has bought up huge chunks of southern Nevada. Beginning with the Desert Inn, where he and Wife Jean Peters live in seclusion, Hughes has purchased a string of casinos, a flying service and more...
On the basis of last week's offer, Howard Hughes did not look like a savior in Goldenson's eyes. According to the tender put together by Loeb, Rhoades (which should collect at least $500,000 in fees if the proposition goes through), Hughes would buy ABC shares...
It is doubtful that the offer, which has another week to run, will succeed. The Federal Communications Commission has entered the scene, particularly because Hughes already owns one television station in Las Vegas (KLAS-TV) and control of ABC would give him five more stations, one above the legal limit...
The commission also announced that it will schedule public hearings on Hughes's acquisition of ABC stock. In that case, Hughes might back out of the deal altogether. In 1963, in the course of a legal battle to regain voting rights on TWA stock that the airline's...