Here are some interesting tidbits about Howard Hughes, Summa and the 70's.
Howard Hughes was the richest man in the world in the 70's.
He bought KLAS TV because he was a chronic insomniac, and wanted something to watch in the middle of the night.
Hughes was obsessed with dying. He developed a fear of germs, and he tried desperately to halt the underground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site.
Rumour has it he tried to bribe Humphrey, Nixon, and Agnew, to get them to shut down the testing.

In 1971, it is claimed that a cryogenics chamber had been bought for Hughes.
Google 'Hughes Meier Buhler' to learn more.
It was reported in January 1976 that inside the chamber was a frozen Howard Hughes.
According to the Summa Corporation (the Hughes organization) Howard Hughes was alive and well in 1976.
Hughes was announced officially dead April 5, 1976.
However, former IRS Commissioner Johnnie M. Walters suspected Hughes may have died as far back as 1972.
"Hughes had become such a hermit in his last years that no one was sure it was really Hughes that had died, so the Treasury Department had to use fingerprints to confirm the death of billionaire Howard Hughes."
Read this interesting story.
Age 61, Hughes was in failing health and thought he could cheat death by cryonics: freezing a dead body until science advanced enough to resuscitate the body and prolong life. This way Hughes could live forever!
Check out this story about Hughes
- Meier ordered a cryonic coffin from Germany for Hughes
- His assets were to go into the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, of which he was the only trustee.
- His will was placed in a Texas bank.
I don't necessarily believe any of these articles, but it is interesting. They lead to other interesting stories about the time.