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	Howard Hughes grave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		For Howard Hughes, this was the virtual end of his twenty-five-year involvement in motion pictures; though he had all but destroyed a major Hollywood studio, his reputation as a financial wizard emerged unscathed — he reportedly walked away from RKO having made $6.5 million in personal gains.
		Hughes had contracted syphilis as a young man, and much of the strange behavior at the end of his life — his well-documented aversion to handshaking, for example — has been attributed by modern biographers to the tertiary stage of that disease.
		Howard Hughes is interred in the Glenwood Cemetery in Houston.
	www.hollywoodusa.co.uk /GravesOutofLA/howardhughes.htm (5093 words)

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		Hughes became addicted to codeine (injections), valium, and other painkillers, was extremely frail, stored his urine in jars and wore Kleenex boxes as shoes (although it has been reported that Hughes did this only once, as "protection" when a toilet flooded).
		Hughes had contracted syphilis as a young man, and much of the strange behavior at the end of his life has been attributed by modern biographers to the tertiary stage of that disease.
		Howard Hughes is interred in the Glenwood Cemetery in Houston, Texas.
	www.referensics.com /H/howard_hughes.php (4567 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Howard Robard Hughes, son of Felix Turner and Jean Amelia (Summerlin) Hughes, was born at Lancaster, Missouri, on September 9, 1869.
		Hughes was very progressive-minded in his approach to oil drilling and eventually patented over twenty-five improvements to his drill.
		Hughes married Allene Gano of Dallas in 1904.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/HH/fhu16.html (550 words)

	Howard Hughes @ Filmbug
		Howard Robard Hughes was at times a pilot, a movie producer, a playboy, an eccentric, a recluse, and one of the wealthiest people in the world.
		Thus the Hughes Glomar Explorer, a special-purpose salvage vessel, was born.
		Hughes died on an airplane enroute from his penthouse in Mexico to the Methodist Hospital in Houston on 5 April 1976.
	www.filmbug.com /db/344547 (977 words)

	Noah Dietrich's grave
		Noah Dietrich was the chief executive officer of the Howard Hughes empire from 1925 - 1957.
		At the time, Hughes was trying to finance jets for TWA and decided the key was to inflate Hughes Tool profits in order to sell the company to pay for the jets, since (as Dietrich would note years later) Hughes had rejected all other solutions because they threatened to dilute his TWA ownership.
		Hughes, in 1971; for many, the book was the first genuine inside look into the world of Howard Hughes, including and especially his occasional lack of concern that things he wanted done often required breaches of ethics or even the law.
	www.hollywoodusa.co.uk /GlendaleObituaries/noahdietrich.htm (590 words)

	Channel 4 - History - Howard Hughes: A chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		His mother is Allene Gano Hughes and his father is Howard Robard Hughes Sr, founder of the Hughes Tool Company and inventor of the ‘rock eater’, a drill bit that revolutionised oil drilling and was the source of his wealth.
		It is rumoured that Hughes pays Willat a huge sum – quoted variously as $35,000, $300,000 and $325,000 – in return for Willat agreeing to a divorce (which is finalised in 1929).
		Hughes, lying beside his burning airplane, is rescued by a Marine master sergeant who is visiting friends next door.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/H/history/e-h/hughes.html (2358 words)

	Howard Hughes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is America's second largest private foundation and the largest devoted to biological and medical research with an endowment of $12.9 billion as of September 2005.
		Hughes had contracted syphilis as a young man, and much of the strange behavior at the end of his life — his well-documented aversion to handshaking, for example — has been attributed by modern biographers to the tertiary stage of that disease.
		Hughes is interred in the Glenwood Cemetery in Houston.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Howard_Hughes (6966 words)

	HOWARD ROBARD HUGHES AVIATOR AND THE SPRUCE GOOSE
		Hughes was called to testify before the Senate War Investigating Committee to explain why the plane had not been delivered to the United States Air Force during the war, however, the committee disbanded without releasing a final report.
		Hughes became addicted to codeine and other painkillers, was extremely frail, stored his urine in jars and wore Kleenex boxes as shoes (it's been reported Hughes did this only once, as "protection" when a toilet flooded).
		Hughes died April 5, 1976 at the age of 70, en route by private jet from his penthouse in Mexico to the Methodist Hospital in Houston.
	www.solarnavigator.net /inventors/howard_hughes.htm (5099 words)

	Careers - Our History
		Baker Hughes is the combination of many innovative companies that have developed and introduced high performance technology to serve the petroleum industry.
		Baker Hughes success has been driven by technology innovation, and our company is a great place for engineers and scientists to advance their careers.
		Baker Hughes has opportunities for specialists in electronic, mechanical and chemical engineering as well as in material science, geosciences, petrophysics and software disciplines.
	www.bakerhughes.com /careers/history.htm (224 words)

	Langston Hughes - The Black Renaissance in Washington, DC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Langston Hughes is regarded as one of the most significant American authors of the twentieth century.
		Hughes’ writings focused mainly on the lives of plain fl people and show their beauty, wisdom, and strength to overcome social and economic injustice.
		Hughes was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri, but grew up in Lawrence, Kansas.
	www.dclibrary.org /blkren/bios/hughesl.html (1023 words)

	Howard R. Hughes, Sr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His brother Rupert Hughes was a well known novelist and screenwriter.
		Hughes was a classic entrepreneur, trying and failing at many endeavors before he finally found his niche.
		The essential asset of Hughes Tool was Hughes's patent for his oil drilling bit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Howard_R._Hughes_Sr. (386 words)

	July 2002 - Houston Business - FRB Dallas
		Sharp and Hughes had twice given up on promising wildcats—at Goose Creek and Pierce Junction—because of their inability to drill through hard rock formations with the technology of the day.
		Hughes’ famous design for a rock bit consisted of cone-shaped revolving cutters with teeth that exercised a chipping or crushing action on the rock under the weight of heavy steel pipe.
		Upon Sharp’s death in 1912, Hughes assumed control of the company and later incorporated it as Hughes Tool Co. In 1917, a competing version of the rock bit emerged when Clarence E. Reed opened a plant in Houston to produce the Reed roller bit and reamer.
	www.dallasfed.org /research/houston/2002/hb0205.html (3280 words)

	Howard Hughes
		Hughes agreed on the condition that he be allowed on the set of the film, and be
		Hughes Tool, of which Hughes’ remaining family was 25% owners.
		Hughes re-located to the Bahamas on Maheu’s suggestion.
	www.yourlearningzone.com /Biographies/Howard-Hughes.html (3046 words)

	Baker Hughes Profile - NYJobSource.com
		Baker Hughes is a leading provider of drilling, formation evaluation, completion and production products and services to the oil and gas industry.
		In April, Baker Hughes had 1,597 rigs in the U.S., 198 in Canada and 912 internationally.
		Baker Hughes operates in over 90 countries worldwide providing products and technologies to international oil and gas companies, independent oil and gas companies, and national oil companies.
	nyjobsource.com /bakerhughes.html (247 words)

	Howard R. Hughes - Moviefone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It's surprising that he wasn't born with the name The Amazing Howard Hughes.
		Hughes, Jr., one of America's most famous billionaires, was also one of the world's most important aviation innovators.
		Howard R. Hughes - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Howard R. Hughes Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/howard-r-hughes/95114/main (140 words)

	Howard - E! Online: Howard Stern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Howard Rice is a leading law firm that represents the most sophisticated consumers of legal services in a comprehensive range of practice areas.
		Howard College is a diversified and proactive community college system committed to
		Howard County is one of the youngest of Indiana’s 92 counties.
	infofeedtech.com /ifft/howard.htm (339 words)

	Bronfman, Bush, Cheney - Seagrams, Zapata, Brown & Root - ALL INTERCONNECTED IN THE SPIDER'S WEB - HiddenMysteries ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The article stated: "Howard R. Hughes, 54, millionaire Houston manufacturer, and a brother of Rupert Hughes, the novelist, died suddenly in his office at the Humble building yesterday.
		Hughes graduated from Harvard university in 1897..As a young Harvard graduate, Mr.
		Hughes entered the oil industry in the Old Sour Lake field and almost immediately began inventing oil well tools.
	www.hiddenmysteries.org /conspiracy/coverups/bronfmanbush.html (5172 words)

	Baker Hughes History
		Baker Hughes is the combination of many innovative companies that have developed and introduced technology to serve the petroleum service industry.
		Baker Hughes has seven divisions that are organized in two segments: the Drilling and Evaluation segment and the Completion and Production segment.
		Our divisions serve the worldwide petroleum industry by providing best-in-class products and services used within oil and gas wells, pipelines and refineries.
	www.bakerhughes.com /investor/about/history.htm (150 words)

	Manuscript Collections M-R
		Author: Mackey, Howard H. Sr., 1901-1987 Title: Papers, 1925-1975 Description: 6 linear ft. Notes: Afro-American architect and educator; faculty member and head of the Architectural Department and School of Architecture and Planning at Howard University.
		Personal and family data, correspondence, manuscript notes and poetry, sermons, printed material, and a photograph; together with the papers of Charles S. Syphax, a professor and dean at Howard University, consisting of letters, applications, and correspondence relating to his work at the university.
		Includes materials concerning Ransom's tenure at the Howard University School of Law and his activities as founder of the Committee for Racial Democracy in the Nation's Capital.
	www.howard.edu /library/moorland-spingarn/collm-r.htm (2961 words)

	HoustonChronicle.com - 100 Tall Texans
		(1905-1976) -- World-famed eccentric, aviator, movie producer and recluse, Howard Hughes was born in Houston, the only son of Howard R. Hughes Sr., a founder of Hughes Tool Co., and Allene Gano Hughes.
		During World War II Hughes built a huge plywood military aircraft, known as the Spruce Goose, that he flew just one time.
		Afflicted with a fear of germs and disease, Hughes eventually withdrew from the world, living as a recluse in resort hotels.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/special/00/talltx/hughes.html (205 words)

	Howard - SIRIUS Satellite Radio - Stern Radio Show, Howard 100 News, Howard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Hear the Howard 100 news on Howard Stern satellite radio - only on Sirius.
		One of England's grandest Baroque mansions, designed for Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, by John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor.
		Howard Industries produces a wide range of quality products and services for global Howard Industries, Inc. PO Box 1588 Laurel MS 39441 (601) 425-3151.
	hundouluo.com /?q=howard (222 words)

	Hughes Family Descendants' Chart
		Containing approximately 2500 descendants of Charles Hughes, and their wives.
		The source for Rebecca Hughes (spTimothy Hixson) is Douglas V Davis
		Baxter Hughes b 1890 Honey Grove, Fannin Co, TX Hettie Belie Hughes b 29 Oct 1891 Midway, Hot Springs Co, AR ----------------------------------------sp Jesse D Gill
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Troy/1486/hughes.html (2747 words)

	Alphabetical List of Processed Collections
		Downing, George T. Drew, Charles R. Du Bois, W. Dumas, Alexandre
		Houston, Charles H. Howard, Andrew J. Howard, Oliver O. Howard University Men and Women in the Armed Forces
		Whipper, Leigh R. White, Jacob C. Williams, Daniel Hale
	www.founders.howard.edu /moorland-spingarn/mssal.htm (254 words)

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