Posts Tagged ‘Leona Helmsley’

Helmsley, 87, queen of hotel empire

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

Leona Helmsley, the self-styled hotel queen, whose prison term for income tax evasion and fraud was greeted with uncommon approval by a public who regarded her as a 1980s symbol of arrogance and greed, died Monday at her summer home in Greenwich, Conn. She was 87.
The cause of death was heart failure, said her [...]

New Cal Neva GM anticipates resort’s restoration

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

Standing proud with the entrance fountains of the Cal Neva at his feet is the statue of Chief Joseph, the leader of the Nez Perce Indian tribe.
Known by his people as In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat (Thunder coming up over the land from the water), the chief was best known for his resistance to the U.S. Government’s attempts to [...]


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