Word: squatters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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California's Multimillionaire Howard Hughes got an eviction notice from the City of Long Beach. As of April, Plane Builder Hughes's huge (200-ton) experimental flying boat, the Hercules, 14 years abuilding at an estimated cost of $25 million, will be viewed as a squatter on city real estate. Actually, the Hercules has done nothing but squat since 1947, when in its maiden (and only) test flight, with intrepid Airman Hughes at the controls, it briefly lumbered 70 feet up into the air. If Hughes decides not to fight the eviction, the Hercules will probably be towed...