![]() ![]() ![]() He had felt oppressed since California levied an income tax in 1935. In 1950, he announced Hughes Aircraft would move from Culver City, Calif., to a 25,000-acre tract west of Las Vegas. The crash broke nearly every bone in his body, and doctors administered morphine liberally to ease his intense pain, beginning a lifelong addiction to opiates.Įven so, he remained a regular visitor to Las Vegas casinos during the 1940s and ’50s, seen occasionally at the tables, more often escorting a gorgeous young woman into a restaurant or showroom. In 1946, while test-piloting the XF-11 photo reconnaissance plane, Hughes crashed the plane in Beverly Hills, Calif. After his round-the-world flight of 1938, he became a national hero on par with Charles Lindburgh. Meanwhile, Hughes cultivated his image as the playboy filmmaker who discovered Jean Harlow and Jane Russell the daredevil aviator who broke speed records in airplanes he designed. Except for a brief period in 1961, they lived apart. His second wife, actress Jean Peters, married Hughes in Tonopah in 1957, divorced him in 1970. He kept her isolated at home for weeks, and she returned to Houston and divorced him in 1929. In June, 1925, Hughes married Houston socialite Ella Rice and they moved to Hollywood. “He was delivering Howard profits of $50 (million) to $55 million a year. “There is no doubt about it,” affirms Maheu. Most historians agree that it was Dietrich who transformed Hughes from a wealthy man to a billionaire. In Los Angeles, Hughes met Noah Dietrich, a former race-car driver turned accountant, and hired him in 1925. By the time it was over, Hughes owned all stock in the company and had alienated his entire family. Not content to be the majority stockholder in a family business, he tried to buy his relatives’ stock. Instead, he dropped out and announced his plans to take over his father’s tool company. His uncle, Rupert Hughes, and the rest of his extensive family expected the orphaned 18-year-old to finish Rice University. The first bit that could easily penetrate solid rock, it revolutionized oil drilling, and made Hughes and Sharp rich. ![]() The Hughes fortune is based on a drill bit patented in 1909 by Howard Hughes Sr. “I have had the heads of large corporate entities tell me they would never have thought of coming here before Hughes came.” ![]() Maheu, who spent 13 years working for Hughes. “He cleaned up the image of Las Vegas,” said Robert A. If one of the richest men in the world, one of the nation’s largest defense contractors and a genuine national hero, was willing to invest in Las Vegas, it must not be such a sordid, evil place after all. Just by showing up, Hughes changed Las Vegas forever. Mob activity declined during Hughes’ four years in Las Vegas, partly because he bought out many of the old-timers, but more because the federal government was turning up the heat. He would de-mob Las Vegas, make the city safe for legitimate business. The eccentric billionaire, it was speculated, was on a mission. The good news came when billionaire Howard Hughes arrived quietly and began buying casinos and real estate. The bad news was that mobsters were skimming Las Vegas casinos. N° de ref.The year 1966 brought Las Vegas bad news, and good news. GREEN THE 1968 PLAYBOY JAZZ & POP POLL jazz/pop DO IT FOR A PENNY? fiction by HARLAN ELLISON and HASKELL BARKIN THE NEW WAVE MAKERS-articIe by HERBERT GOLD LUST OF THE HOLY MAN ribald classic THE LUXURY OF LEATHER accouterments. LLOYD REAGAN WILSON FOR PLAYMATE! playboy's playmate of the month PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES humor PLAYBOY'S FALL & WINTER FASHION FORECAST attire by ROBERT L. NOLAN THE FOX pictorial RIPPLES fiction by RAY RUSSELL THE ENGLISH HUNT BREAKFAST food by THOMAS MARIO THE CRAZY ONE memoir by NORMAN MAILER COMPUTERS THEIR BUILT-IN LIMITATIONS article by MAX GÜNTHER COMPUTERS-THEIR SCOPE TODAY article by ERNEST HAVEMANN CLEANER THAN DIRT satire by D. Vintage Issue Of Playboy Magazine October 1967 Volume 14 Issue # 10 Content: PLAYBILL DEAR PLAYBOY PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR PIAYBOY'S INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK traveI by PATRICK CHASE THE PLAYBOY FORUM PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: JIM GARRISON candid conversation THE POP-OP CAPER fiction by WlLLIAM F. ![]()
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