Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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There was evidence of skimming, the system used to siphon millions out of the casinos in order to dodge taxes. Last summer, state officials looking into the accounts of the Hughes-owned Sands Hotel turned up $186,000 in "markers," some of which were lOUs signed with fictitious names. Hughes...
Many of Hughes' Nevada enterprises were not paying off as handsomely as the owner had expected. Some were barely breaking even−or losing. That could be attributed partly to the nation's economic slump. Still, the suspicion lingered that at least some of Hughes' losses consisted...
Private Eyes. Largely for those reasons, Hughes ordered a force of attorneys, auditors, and casino experts to look into his gambling operations. Separately, the managers of Hughes Tool Co. in Houston hired their own private investigators to check up on Maheu. Aware of the probe, Maheu brought in his own...
They gathered at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles two weeks ago and summoned a Maheu aide from Las Vegas. They made no charges, but told him that they had a Hughes proxy and demanded Maheu's resignation within four hours. Said Maheu's aide: "Give us...
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