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...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 for pro-Nixon scholars and the ouster...
...argument might have remained all in the family had Rebozo - the chicken plucker and Pan Am steward who made a fortune in South Florida real estate - not left 65% of his $27 million estate to the library, with the proviso that it be used "in accordance with the specific directions of Julie Nixon Eisenhower [and] Tricia N. Cox." The lawsuit, which was filed at Julie's and Taylor's insistence, was necessary, says their attorney, Bob Landon, because until the sisters can agree on how Bebe's money is to be spent, it stays tied up in probate. Landon says...
...with her husband David Eisenhower, a fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. Tricia, who lives with Cox on Manhattan's East Side, has a son in law school and serves on many medical-research boards. She says what Julie didn't understand before was that Tricia couldn't turn Rebozo's money over to the library without control because she had given "a solemn promise to Bebe at a 1994 dinner at Manhattan's '21' restaurant to carry out his wishes, which Julie couldn't hear because she was across the table...
...argued that the Nixon Foundation should be ruled by an independent board of directors, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times. TRICIA NIXON COX believes the board should be controlled by the family. The dispute came to a head over a gift from Nixon confidant Bebe Rebozo, who left roughly $12 million to the library when he died in 1998, with the provision that the money be used in ways approved by both daughters. As they cannot agree on how the money should be spent, the matter has gone to court and the money remains undisbursed. Where...
...NAME] BEBE REBOZO [JOB] Buddy to Richard Nixon [WHY IN THE NEWS] Passed away [DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC] Was never indicted [FREQUENTLY PHOTOGRAPHED] In the background...