Whatever the causes of the Hughes power shift, however legal it was, the Nixon White House had to have known…
Culture War Rages
Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero lost the baby she was carrying which was expected in June. It would have been…
Maheu and Meier were furious. Though still enemies, they now shared an even more immediate nemesis in the Mormon clique.…
Culture War Rages
Culture War Rages
Shortly after the take-over, Davis and Gay made public a “Dear Chester and Bill” letter supposedly from Hughes reiterating his…
Maheu began by taking his grievances into court, letting out bits and pieces of information. Meier began by talking to…
The North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, by Minoru Yamasaki, is topped out at 1,368…
Intertel agents raided Maheu’s command post at The Frontier Hotel, the staff fled out the back. Resorts International owned Britannia…
Maheu was not even told of Hughes’s disappearance until December fourth, when, in a dramatic scene resembling a South American…
Intertel (associated with Ludwig) stormed some eleven cashier’s cages before Maheu and the Clark County Sheriff’s Office evicted them. Local…
Liberace in Los Angeles ingratiates himself with talk show hosts by purchasing the 1971 Mercedes Benz 600 sedan ($29,000; 0-60…
Nelie McQueen shoots down rumors that her family is going to flee to switzerland permanently because the Charles Manson threat…
Muhammed Ali Gets Political
Maheu had evidence that Hughes had been kidnapped. He knew that Gay had long been on the outs with Hughes,…
Maheu and Meier both thought that an emaciated Hughes was carried out by Intertel agents, who sent a decoy caravan…
Thanksgiving eve Hughes suddenly vanished, having methodically worked to take over not only the city of Las Vegas but the…
WH in a funk, tailspin
Hughes’ memos and phone calls to Maheu and Meier, which had been tapering off since September, abruptly stopped in mid-November.…
In response to Maheu’s firing, Davis drafted a proxy turning over control of the Hughes-Nevada Operations to himself and Gay.…
A chartered plane carrying 75 football players, coaches, and prominent residents of Huntington, WV and Marshall University crashed just short…
Hughes never called him back about his latest big reports on Donald Nixon and his friend O’Callaghan the new Nevada…
Hughes had also sent Maheu a memo giving him “full authority” to take over the TWA case from Davis which…
Meier returned to Honolulu with Mr. and Mrs. O’Callaghan, who stayed until November 15. Meier sent his report to Hughes…
Howard Hughes was a very sick man, he was near death. His health had been failing since his mysterious operation…
Charles de Gaulle, President of France (b. 1890) dies.
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Social workers in Los Angeles, California take custody of Genie, a girl who had been kept in solitary confinement since…
A friend of Meier’s named Mike O’Callaghan, in an upset victory (not expected or funded by Hughes), won the governorship…
Dennis Hopper marries Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas. They are married for eight days. She then dates…
The worst monsoon to hit Vietnam in 6 years literally stops the Vietnam war. It causes large floods, kills 293,…
Meier told Donald Nixon that if President Nixon doesn’t help Hughes with the AEC, Hughes will leave the U.S., continue…
Meier and his wife had arrived in Honolulu and checked into the Kahala Hilton Hotel. They were joined there the…
The wreck of the Confederate submarine Hunley is found off Charleston, South Carolina, by pioneer underwater archaeologist, Dr. E. Lee…
John T. Scopes, American Scopes Monkey Trial defendant (b. 1900) dies. Scopes was fined for teaching evolution. He is still…
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The Wichita State University football team’s “Gold” plane crashes in Colorado, killing most of the players. They were on their…
Culture War Rages
In 1970, ITT owned of 70% of Chitelco (the Chilean Telephone Company) and funded El Mercurio, a Chilean right-wing newspaper.…
An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland – the…
In Rome on a diplomatic tour, Nixon huddled with Kissinger to scheme how to undo the Chilean election won by…
FBI Assassinated Latino leader
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Culture War Rages
August 20, 1971: The CIA creates and supplied a counterfeit ID to G. Gordon Liddy. They book hotels with this.
McCord Comes on Board
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Hunt Wanted Freedom
During the Nevada period, Howard’s orders outside Nevada were frequently ignored. He could have his little half-billion-dollar playground in Nevada,…