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The aviation, aerospace and defense industries series contains reference files of newspaper clippings dating from 1946-1976.. The primary focus is on the Hughes Aircraft Company, in terms of the development of aviation, radar, avionics, missiles, space and communications, innovations, and the expansion of company operations. There are also a number of files that relate to the Hughes Tool Company and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the general development of civilian and military aviation, aerospace, weapons systems, and defense issues.
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The legal disputes series is largely composed of reference files of newspaper clippings dating from 1947-1976, as well as some legal documents. Over the course of Howard Hughes’ life he and his companies were involved in a large number of legal disputes, investigations, and hearings. This series contains material on Hughes appearance before the Senate Hearings of 1947, the political fight to build Dodger stadium in Chavez Ravine (Los Angeles, California) in the mid-1950s, the Oil Lease Probe of 1957, Hughes’ fight for control of TWA and Air West, and Clifford Irving and his publisher McGraw-Hill. A number of smaller legal disputes are also documented. Several of these involved trusted aides such as Noah Dietrich, John Meier, and Robert Mahue. However, it should be noted that legal disputes, investigations, and hearings related to RKO and HUAC are included in Series V.
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