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^ Hopeful heirs of oil tycoon
earch for proof of lineage
ASSOC ' aU ^ PrCSS * n leaving behind an un- Tlie oil developer’s estate repbrt-
CH ARLES TON, W.Va. — Hun- claimed estate worth billions. He also edlv included a one-eigtith interest
i •f ,, dieds of would-be heirs to a Texas |elt behind a vague family tree that in the Spihdletop oil field, and the
• oil baron’s supposedly unclaimed includes some of the largest clans in
fortune are besieging county of fices West Virginia and Kentucky,
torh j mss southern West Virginia, But Richard Ferris, a lawyer
i aarching for records they hope will
^ make them instant millionaires,
akMall ^ was enough I uesday to prompt
Summers County deputy clerk Ra-
lI, ga Id Ad kin s to wish that reclusive ty-
ds. Pi, (Ion James Meadows had never
.. Ben born.
* the
“It’s really been a circus
y
here. Our vaults are
packed with people
looking through docu
ments.” — Summers
Right now, I do, I really do,” Ad-
henillN sa ’ ( l- s really been a circus . . , . ..
lire. Our vaults are packed with County deputy clerk Ka-
£CQ0|K O p| e looking through documents, chel A.dkillS
good
shav
lien If
ournii
laslo
Ihere’s been 50 to 60 people here a
Bay, asking for birth certificates and —■
land records."
■ Adkins said her office has sold handling a suit
for about 160 pur-
njore than S3,000 worth of birth and ported heir s, said Tuesday that
leath certificate copiesVso far this Meadows died in 1939 in Pittsburgh,
month. A growing number of would-be
I 'The fortune-seekers recount tales heirs are claiming a share of the take
pi Meadows dying forgotten and in federal court in Beaumont,
MUG; alone in a mental hospital irt Texas Texas. Officials there are skeptic
can
.twe
Isit
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promise of'instant wealth has spread
like wildfire through West Virginia’s
unemployment-plagued hills.
Tertis said the first step in any
claim is to establish that Meadows in
deed owned a share in the oil field,
something that has yet to be ac^
cepted by a court. He said no one
knows how much the man was really
worth.
Adkins said county document
books are falling apart from over
use, and her of fice has had to hire an.
additional worker to do nothing but
make out duplicate bir th certificates.
Determining ancestry is compli
cated because the tycoon’s forebears
alternately spelled their name Mea
dor, Meadors, Meadow and Mead
ows, and some also married into the
Lilly clan, one of southern West Vir
ginia’s biggest families.
LBJ’s birthday commemorated
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Lyndon B.
Johnson's 77th birthday was com-
ifnemorated Tuesday during a brief
[clusk ceremony at the LBJ Mon-
fumenl beside the Potomac River.
■ Johnson, the 38th president, died
in Texas in 1973.
■ “When activism is wanted again,
las one day it will be, the tremendous
■sample of Lyndon Johnson will be
lits reference point,” said former
BVliite House assistant Harry Mc-
WDsoos Ifherson in a speech. “When govern-
•meni is seen once more not as the
ifllpUiHrobleni but as society’s instrument
. 10>Hf doing good for the greatest num-
i Mai. LBJ, the consummate man of
government, will be remembered
with gratitude and admiration. So I
believe."
About 70 people, including for
mer U.S. Senator from Kentucky
Joint Sherman Cooper, former Mis
souri Congressman James Syming
ton and several officials in the John
son administration watched as a red,
white and blue flower wreath was
laid at the base of the pink slab of
Texas granite that stands in tribute
to Johnson.
T he monument is in the LBJ Me
morial Grove in Lady Bird Johnson
Park, across the Potomac from the
Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials.
After the wreath-laying and Mc
Pherson’s speech, American Indian
singer Pale Moon Rose sang “Amaz
ing Grace.” Then the group retired
to drink punch and exchange stories
as recorded cowboy music played
and jets taking off from National
Airport in nearby Virginia roared
overhead.
McPherson sard the event, spon
sored by the Texas State Society in
Washington, is held every year, but
it was the first time he 1 had taken
part.
)pos<
man
kind of share our thoughts on him as
soriiebody who was really an enor-
mous force in all our lives,” said Mc
Pherson, “and who did quite a lot of
good for the country in the view of
most of the people around here.”
BC, CBS tie up in Nielsen ratings
Associated Press
■OS ANGELES — With the sum-
lier season of reruns and short-run
shows closing, NBC and CBS came
■ is draw in the Nielsen ratings for
lie week ended Aug. 25, stopping
N iCs domination that began in
June.
I CBS actually came out ahead in
jerms of percentage of viewers,
Iccording to figures released Tues-
tiay by the A.C. Nielsen Co.
I In overall rating averages for the
Iveek, CBS had 12.6, or 10.6 million
households, which NBC matched.
But CBS polled a 23 average share,
|>r percentage of viewers, while NBC
Brew 22. ABC had an 1 1.8 rating, or
10 million households, and a 21
share.
N BC had five of the Top 10 shows
last week, CBS had four and ABC
had one.
NBC. which depended on reruns
of hit programs such as “The Cosby
Show,” “Family Ties,” and “Miami
Vice,” had led the ratings race all
summer long.
The Top 10 shows for the week
ended Aug. 25:
“The Cosby Show,” NBC, first;
“Family Ties,” NBC, second; “Kate
& Allie,” CBS, third; “Newhart,”
CBS, fourth; “Miami Vice,” NBC,
fifth; “Cheers,” NBC, sixth; “60
Minutes,” CBS, seventh, “Night
Court,” NBC, eighth, “Magruder
and Loud,” ABC, ninth; “Circus of
the Stars,” CBS, tenth.
In the network news race, “NBC
Nightly News” was in third place for
the eighth consecutive week. The
“CBS Evening News” was first place
with a 10.3 rating, ABC’s “World
News Tonight” was second with 9.1
and “Nightly News” was third with
8.5.
The bottom five shows were
ABC’s “Rock ’n’ Roll Summer Ac
tion” at 56th; “Our Time,” NBC,
57th; “ABC Thursday Night Movie
— Meteor,” 58th; “Punky Brewster,”
NBC, 59th; and “Ripley’s Believe It
Or Not,” ABC, at 60th.
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