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...Nevada...
...organization called the Summa Corp., presumably for the Latin word meaning highest. The billion-aire-in-hiding, who is reportedly living in Managua, Nicaragua, was expectably silent on his reasons for the sale. Hughes' ex-Financial Adviser Noah Dietrich speculated that "he needs cash" to shore up his Nevada gambling interests and the Hughes Airwest airlines, both hard hit in the recession. Hughes may also need a reserve against the pressure of several pending lawsuits, especially a $145 million antitrust judgment awarded against him in favor of TWA, now on appeal to the Supreme Court. In addition, Hughes...
Married. William Harrah, 61, gambling impresario who parlayed a bingo parlor into Nevada casinos (Harrah's Reno and Lake Tahoe clubs), second in winnings only to those of Howard Hughes; and Roxana Carlson, 32, a model; he for the fifth time, she for the second; at his Lake Tahoe estate...
...Harbor or Gateway West outside San Francisco, should not be part of the national system, but should be run by the states or cities that use them. Nor do the 172 historic areas, like Gettysburg, and the 37 National Recreation Areas, like man-made Lake Mead on the Arizona-Nevada border, really fit the definition of unspoiled natural beauty. They should be removed from the National Park Service and operated by a separate federal bureau...
...McGovern staff left these problem to the Democratic National Committee and went intently on its business of talking to delegates--pleading, cojoling, coaxing. One Nevada delegate who described herself as "wavering" said she had received over 30 phone calls Sunday from both parties in the California dispute...