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Show .,DEERET NEWS, Tuesday, December 3, 1968 10 D' - "What Next For HowatxTFhwKis? LAS VEGAS, NEV. (UPI) -When Howard Hughes arrived here two years ago after a He put that money to work here. First, he bought the Desert Inn Hotel, where he lived in the penthouse, for $13 million dollars. He added to h!s holdings a string of other gambling resorts, thousands of acres of land, an air terminal and a television station, for a total investment estimated at $175 million in southern Nevada. Today, the reclusive billion- - ' train trip from Boston, he was the loser in a seven year battle to maintain control of Trans World Airlines. He possessed, however, more than a half billion dollars, gained from the sale of his TWA interests which he chose to sell rather than testify publicly in the stock battle. secrecy-shroude- d I The , Up-to-D- Watch uy A Wittnauer DDate watch give the time, the date and the day Instantly, accurately, automatically . .without ever winding. And Witt-nev, protection locks out water, dust, shock, magnetism. Isn't this the watch you'd rather be wearing, with the features you've always wanted, at the price you never believed possible? Only $65 er Ail-Pro- FAtJKKAUSER Till JEWELRY East 21st South 467-581- 5 aire, never seen by the tourists that visit his opulent hotels, is the largest employer in the state and the biggest gambling operator. No boards of directors or inquisitive stockholders probe into his affairs. His wholly owned Hughes Tool Co., maker of oil drilling bits and allied equipment, owns most of the Nevada properties. Hughes resorts include the Desert Inn, Sands, Frontier, Silver Slipper, Castaways and the Landmark Tower, tallest building in the state. He also owns thousands of acres of raw land, the North Las Vegas Air Termithe Krupp Ranch nal, KLA-Twest of the city and a charter and private plane installation near McCarran Airport. His total holdings here in Clark County are estimated at more than 40,000 acres bigger than the city of Las Vegas, which encompasses 51.5 square miles. Top Hughes aides such as Robert Maheu, chief executive for Nevada operations, are as much involved in local cultural and charitable affairs as their boss is withdrawn from the public. Maheu is a member of the local executive board of the Boy Scouts of America, serves on Gov. Paul Laxalts Manpower and Development Conference, and the Land Foundation of Nevada Southern University. Typical of the good deeds per-- A HE 17 CONCEPT t- i' in - ' . , , bis overall goals in southern Nevada. Maheu said last month the acquisition spree has ended, although he did not rule out additional expenditures in improvements on the land. 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