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While the fate of Hughes' legacy was in doubt, the world could only once again try to probe the mysteries of his life-and death. There was even dispute over the cause of death. An autopsy in Houston, the home town that Hughes had not visited in 21 years, ascribed it to kidney poisoning. But a Summa Corp. spokesman insisted that Hughes had suffered a massive stroke two days earlier, forcing the emergency trip to Houston...
...Limpopo in the south. Local villages have been terrorized by black guerrillas, buildings burned, cars ambushed on lonely roads in broad daylight, buses blown up by mines. Army helicopters hunt guerrillas in scrubland and forested hill country along the frontier, and patrols in brown and green camouflage probe cautiously through the brush, automatic weapons at the ready. To protect themselves, white farmers have installed pushbutton alarm systems that alert police posts in case of attack. Fierce Rhodesian ridgeback dogs roam the grounds, and thick steel mesh covers many windows. Some have even dug sandbagged slit trenches in their yards...
Elliot Richardson, former Secretary of Defense, former Attorney General, former Ambassador to Britain and present Secretary of Commerce, added another line to his resume last week. He was appointed by President Ford to head a new ten-man panel to probe the damaging issue of foreign bribery by U.S. companies (TIME cover, Feb. 23). The Task Force on Questionable Corporate Payments Abroad-the Administration never mentioned the word bribery in announcing it-includes Cabinet Members Henry Kissinger, William Simon, Donald Rumsfeld and Edward Levi along with Richardson and five other top-flight Presidential Counsellors. It is supposed to study...
Last fall, on the orders of FBI Director Clarence Kelley, the bureau began a further inquiry into Mohr's activities. TIME has learned that the probe was quickly suffocated by the impenetrable blanket of secrecy under which Mohr operated...
Swift Action. Levi's new probe will be completely independent of the Mohr clique. TIME has also learned that if any evidence is uncovered to show that the Mohr clique slanted the first report, Director Kelley is expected to take swift action against the group. In addition, sources have revealed that the probe has widened into other areas of possible wrongdoing. Among the charges being investigated...