Publisher Loses First of Two Suits to Untangle a Hughes Connection
Date: 26 May 1977
By WALLACE TURNER Special to The New York Times
Wallace Special
Recent Fed ct decision in San Francisco and 1 awaited from state ct in Elko, Nev, may resolve relationship of Howard Hughes and Hank Greenspun, as well as determine future of Las Vegas Sun, Greenspun's newspaper; central issue in both actions is $4-million loan that Hughes made to Greenspun with stock of newspaper as collateral; no payments have been made on loan; during 4 yrs after '67, $11.3-million passed from Hughes to Greenspun as Greenspun sold Hughes TV station and country club, borrowed $4-million at 3% interest and obtained advance payment of $400,000 for ad for Hughes hotels and casinos; Greenspun's contention that Hughes interests conspired to shut off ad to his paper was basis of antitrust suit in which adverse decision was handed down by Fed Dist Judge Samuel Conti; Conti decision detailed (M)
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Topics; Tired and Fired Washington, Square Biting the Bullet
Date: 26 May 1977
ed holds that members' ouster of leadership was not because they were becoming soft on gun control but because they wanted to improve fund-raising image (S)
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A Journalism Award To Journalists in Jail
Date: 26 May 1977
Faculty of Columbia Univ Graduate School of Journalism breaks with tradition and awards '77 Columbia Journalism Award to 'imprisoned journalists around the world,' (S)
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The Banality of Evil
Date: 26 May 1977
By Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis on Nixon's TV ints with David Frost; accuses him of misrepresenting facts, or leaving important facts out of his answers; holds Nixon made case against himself most powerfully by saying that Pres could order illegal actions
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Writers and Newspapers In Arizona Crime Series Are Sued for $17 Million
Date: 25 May 1977
Peter Licavoli Jr sues Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc and 40 reporters and editors for $17-million for series on organized crime that allegedly depicted him as head of Tucson drug-smuggling ring (S)
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