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Issue date: Friday, April 25, 1969
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Previous edition: Thursday, April 24, 1969
Next edition: Sunday, April 27, 1969
Publication name: Winona Daily News
Location: Winona, Minnesota
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Winona Daily News (Newspaper) - April 25, 1969, Winona, Minnesota THE RIVER Thuri. 17.38 Crest TODAY .16.54 19.44 1965 18.76 20.75 1952 16.80 17.93 1951 14.98 17.35 TOMORROW WINONA DAILY NEWS SUN RISES SETS FULL MOON MAY 2 114th of Publication WiNONA, MINNESOTA 55987, FRIDAY, APRIL TEN CENTS PER COPY Want Ad Sell-A-Phone Number Is 3321 2 SECTIONS 20 PAGES De Gaulle Moves to Reverse Public Opinion PARIS (AP) President Charles de Gaulle makes anoth- er radio-television appeal to- night in hopes of reversing the tide of public opinion threaten- ing him with defeat in Sunday's constitutional referendum. "Advantage to the said the headline on the report of one opinion pool. "Sounding Shows No's in the said another. It was the first time since De Gaulle became president in 1958 that pre-election polls indicated he would lose. The unfavorable indicators included two taken by traditional Gaullist oplimisls- the government and the con- servative newspaper Le Figaro. Figaro gave the opposition 53 per cent but said 34 per cent of the voters were still undecided. De Gaulle's task was to counter- act the apathy widespread among that group and bring the unconcerned or undecided out to vole for him. The official issue in the refer- endum is establishment of re- gional governments and remov- al of what little power the na- tional senate has left. But the 78-year-old general made the vote into another plebiscite on his rule by saying he would quit if the referendum proposals were voted down. De Gaulle's big problem seems to be that many middle- of-the-road Frenchmen no long er believe a whirlwind of confu- sion and anarchy would follow the old man's departure. The communists demonstrat- ed during the student-labor tur- moil last year that they aren't militant revolutionaries. The Left appears divided, and De G a u 11 e 's former premier, Georges Pompidou, is regarded by many cautious Frenchmen as a likely and quite capable successor to the general. No one seems to know why DC Gaulle decided he needed a vote of confidence at (his time. His speeches and memoirs tell of various periods in his career, going as far back as 1940, when he felt "I had to ask myself if must not leave The most recent occasion was last May 29, during the student- worker crisis, "when I was tempted to leave." If De Gaulle were defeated Sunday and resigned, Senate President Alain Poher, a cen- trist, would become interim president. The constitution pro- vides for an election within 20 to 50 days. Any number of candi- dates could run, and if none got a majority, the two high men would compete in a runoff. The new president would serve a full seven-year term. The President Talks It Up IiHE dictates of proto- col rarely permit the President to relax, but President Nixon did it on two occasions Thursday. At left, he chats with two-year-old David Lupi on the steps leading to his office. David is the National Association of Hearing poster child. Below, Cathy Muirhead puts "the eyes of Tex- as" on the president. The young lady from Denton, Tex., and the Chief Ex- ecutive chatted on the White House Lawn. (AP Photofax) Mills: Adjustment Needed In Oil Depletion Allowance WASHINGTON CAP) _ Rep. Wilbur D. Mills, chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, says passage of a tax reform bill will he al- most impossible without some adjustment in the controversial oil depletion allowance. The Arkansas Democrat told newsmen Thursday, as his committee ended two months of hearings on restructuring the nation's internal revenue code, that the 2744 per cent oil deple- tion allowance was a symbol of tax reform. The depiction allowance has been criticized by reform advo- cates as a large loophole, but at- North Korea Hikes Budget For Defense TOKYO (AP> _ North Korea said today it is increasing ils de- fense budget U per that continuance of U.S. .spy flights off poast provocation; threat and black- mail." The report by Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency repeated assertions that the U.S. Navy plane shot down by the North Koreans April 15 was deep in communist air space. Accusing the United States of steadily intensifying the war provocation the agency said North Korea plans defense expenditures this year equivalent to about milion compared to million for 1968. The million represents 30 per cent of North Korea's 1969 budget. U.S. military officials in To- kyo reported earlier that the North Koreans have been train- ing a tough, elite corps to infil- trate into South Korea and work for a "native guerrilla upris- ing." A band of about 100 guerrillas landed on the east coast last year, but anti-communist South Koreans failed to support them and told South Korean troops where to find them. In his first news conference since the shooting down of the U.S. Navy plane, South Korean President Chung Hee Park warned the North Koreans to- that "there is a limit to our patience." Park said the U.S. decision to continue the flights with fighte Japan was "very clever and What will be a critical part of counlermeasures.1 tempts to modify or junk the ex- emption have always failed in the past. This was the first time Mills publicly indicated he thought it was necessary to modify the allowance. Mills said his committee's bill will go beyond Nixon's propos- als in this as well as in other areas, although he said he sup- ports Nixon's plan for repealing the 7 per cent investment tax credit and favors eliminating in- come tax for poverty-level fami- lies. Mills indicated he will go along with extending the income surtax and favors the Nixon plan to cut it from 10 to 5 per- cent Jan, 1. Writing ot the tax bill will start Tuesday, Mills said, with floor action expected by August. The first order of business will he drafting tighter rules for tax-exempt foundations, he said. He asked the Treasury offi- cials, who will take part in the closed drafting sessions, to think about establishing a staff to scrutinize more closely than in the past the operation of foun- dations with tax-exempt status. Mills' endorsement of repeal- ing the investment tax credit came after he extracted a Nixon administration commilment the on again-off again credit will be ended permanently. Mills said some way should be sought to reduce the use of tax- free municipal bonds which have been attacked as major tax shelters for corporations and the wealthy. But he sug- gested the subject is a problem because it is unlikely interest on bonds already issued could be taxed. Mills proposed developing oth- er ways to aid local govern- ments to raise money so that fewer of (he tax-free securities will be issued. Anywhere At All Joe E. Lewis, who has investigated the subject, reports that a fellow can get just as drunk'on water he can on land Love of money causes half the world's evil. And, says the cynic, lack of money causes the other half Definition of a monologue: A conversation between hus- band and wife on the tele- phone Hippies Vnotes Monte Hurst of Dalias) are like flannel they shrink from washing. (For more laughs see Earl Wilson on Page 4A) U AMCRICANS KILLCD N. Viet Commandos Raid Camp Near Laos SAIGON (AP) _ North Viet- namese commandos moving be- hind a rolling mortar barrage battered their way into an allied camp near the Laotian border today, with dynSmite bombs and band grenades. First reports said three Amer- ican soldiers and four South Vietnamese troops were killed, 12 Americans and 43 South Viet- namese were wounded and at least three armored personnel carriers were destroyed. The U.S. Command said 30 North Vietnamese soldiers also were killed, raked by 90mm tank guns and .50-caliber ma- chine guns mounted on the per- sonnel carriers. The North Vietnamese at- tacked about 300 soldiers from the U.S. 5th Mechanized Infan- try Division and from a South Vietnamese armored cavalry troop who were in night bivouac two miles east of the Laotian border and 19 miles south of the demilitarized zone. Mortar shells began pouring into the camp about a.m., pinning the allied soldiers down. DETROIT (AP) _ General __ Molors CorP- its v s important is how to wide sales in the first quarter of cope with North Korean reac- 1959 were a record 5 billion command I believe this 21 per cent above sales el billion in the same period last year. 36 SENATORS MAINTAIN WEATHER FEDERAL FORECAST WINONA AND VICINITY Considerable cloudiness tonight and Saturday with chance of showers or thundershowers de- veloping. Wanner tonight; not much change in temperature Saturday. Low tonight 50s; high Saturday 64-72. Outlook Sunday: Below normal temperatures with chance of showers. LOCAL WEATHER Official observations for the 24 hours ending at 12 m. today: Maximum, 71; minimum, 44; noon, 71; precipitation, none. Arab-Israeli Talks Necessary WASHlWflTfW f Am o___ ir.._i_ o_ WASHINGTON (AP) _ Thir- ty-six senators said today the only way to lasting peace in the Mideast is through face-to-face Arab-Israeli talks, not from out- side big power agreements. "The parties to the conflict must be parties to the settle- the senators said in a statement commemorating Is- rael's 21st anniversary. "We op- pose any attempt by outside powers to impose halfway measures. not conducive to a permanent peace." The senators 23 Democrats and 13 that "We deeply regret that Israel's Arab neighbors, after three fu- tile and costly wars, still refuse to negotiate a final peace settle- ment with Israel." The statement, drafted by Sens. Hugh Scott, R-Pa., -and Abraham Ribicoff, D-Conn., supports Israel's opposition to the current talks being conduct- ed at the United Nations by the United States, Soviet Union, Britain and France, aimed at finding a settlement to the ex- plosive Mideast situation. The Arabs, who have ex- pressed interest in the four pow- er talks, insist they will never sit across a conference fable wilh the Israelis until Tel Aviv first withdraws from the territo- ry captured during the 1967 six- day war. On that point the senators said: "To ensure direct negotiations and to secure a contractual peace settlement, freely and sincerely signed by the parties themeselves, the United States should oppose all pressures upon Israel to withdraw prema- turely and unconditionally from any of the territories which Is- rael now administers." The senators also deplored ''one-sided United Nations reso- lutions which ignore Arab viola- tions of the cease-fire and which censure Israel's reply and coun- teraction." The statement praised Israel for the progress it has made but expressed concern that "the people of Israel are still denied their right to peace, and that they must carry heavy defense burdens which divert human and material resources from productive pursuits." The senators' declaration came a day after the State De- partment repeated its appeal to __...._..._ BRINGING ALONG THE SAME OLD CONTROVERSY Here Comes Daylight Saving Time By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Except for three slates, the nation will go on daylight saving lime at 2 a.m. Sunday. Hawaii, Arizona and Michigan will remain by local law on standard time while-most Ameri- cans turn their clocks ahead one hour. That, 'at least, is the general picture. But a few states are special eases, and Indiana is prob- ably the most special of all. Indiana is divided by a time zone line, with about half the counties in the eastern time zone and Ihe rest in the central zone. Come Sunday the line dividing the time zones will he shifted to the west, leaving only two pock- ets of six counties each, near Chicago and Louis- ville, Ky., in the central zone. .This means that in a large part of the state residents will push their clocks ahead one hour to conform with daylight saving time and another hour if their lime zone has been changed from central to eastern. Then there's Michigan. The federal Uniform Time Acl provides that a state must observe daylight saving time from 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in April until 2 a.m. on ;.he last Sunday in October, unless it exempts itself by stale law. Two years ago Michigan exempted itself. Last year, however, the state went back on daylight time when the exemption law was nullified by oe- titions which forced a referendum. In November, voters rejected daylight time, in effect reinstating the law, and putting the stale back on standard time. Michigan's Lower Peninsula lies in the eastern zone while the Upper Peninsula, a large but sparsely settled region, is in the central zone. Some of the eastern counties in the Upper Peninsula ignore the zone lines and keep their clocks set for eastern lime. Judging from a recent vote by county super- visors in the western part of the Upper Peninsula, persons there, too, prefer eastern time. So what will they do on Sunday? "They'll do whatever they damn said one source. both sides to adhere to the cease-fire and House Republi- can Leader Gerald R. Ford said the United States would never sell out Israel's interest in the big four talks. The State Department said Egypt's repudiation of the cease-fire "is retrogressive and can only increase tensions in the area." Tent Housing Indian Leaders Burns; No Injuries FARIDABAD, India (AP) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and other government leaders escaped unhurt Friday morning when a huge tent housing the annual convention of the ruling Congress party went up ii flames. About delegates were in side the a re-foot en closure when the fire broke out near the speakers' rostrum at the opening convention session. Officials said there were no fatalities. Some persons were treated for minor burns. Mrs. Gandhi restrained a number of delegates from stampeding out of the tent, then fled through a nearby exit a few minutes before the rostrum was destroyed. Security officials escorted he: from the site as a precaution. Two fire engines rushed to the site within minutes, but their crews could not control the flames. First reports said a short cir cuit caused the fire. Congress party officials saic. they hoped to go ahead with the convention. While they were taking cover, the North Vietnamese comman- dos slipped through. Once in the camp, they began hurling hand grenades and dynamite bombs into thfe_ defenders' foxholes and firing bazooka-type rocket gre- nades that cut through the ar- mored personnel carriers. .Spokesmen said the size of the commando force was initially estimated at 30 men, but it like- ly was more. Two more American helicop- ters were shot down Thursday near the Laotian border in the northern half of South Vietnam, killing 'two Americans and wounding four. The weekly sum- mary of aircraft losses reported that helicopters had been lost in the war, an increase of 23 since last Friday. The summary also reported a total of fixed-wirig aircraft lost, an increase of 35 since last Friday. More enemy troops were re- ported withdrawing to South Vietnam's borders as the United States stepped up ils air attack with the heaviest bombing raids of the war. Military analysts said several enemy battalions that had been poised southwest of the ancient imperial capital of Hue were re- treating to bases along the Lao- tian border. Latest intelligence indicated the troop movements were part of a general with- drawal of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units to Laotian and Cambodian sanctuaries, the analysts said. They attributed the withdraw- al to serious losses suffered dur- ing (he communist command's spring offensive rather than an effort to de-escalate the war. The troop movements also might be in preparation for an- other offensive, the analysts re- ported. "Captured documents men tion another offensive in the months to come, but nothing one source said. "This could be simply an effort to mo- tivate their own troops." RESIGNS Prime Min- ister Rashid Karami re- signed Thursday night as Premier of after two days of bloody clashes between ant i-government demonstrators and troops. Premier of Lebanon Says Quilting OKed BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP Premier Rashid Karami met to- day with President Charles Hel- ou and told newsmen afterward Helou had accepted his resigna- tion. Ha hedged when asked if the president would ask him to form a new Cabinet but urged that a coalition govern- ment be formed. Karami resigned Thursday night after four months in of- fice, saying the country was split over whether Lebanon should become a base for Arab guerrilla action against Israel. Karami was asked after hij visit to Helou if the president would tap him again. He re- plied: "The question (of Ihe guerril- las) is now more important than personalities. It concerns the fu- ture and fate of the entire coun- try. There must be cooperation between all persons." With the country (cnse after two days of rioting in which 18 persons have been killed and nearly 100 wounded, Karami told a special session of Parlia- ment that some persons advised him to give unqualified support to the Palestinian guerrillas. He said others warned such support would provoke Israeli reprisals. The rioters were mostly Pal- estinian refugees demanding that the government give full support to the Arab guerrilla or- ganizations which have been raiding Israel. Karami said he had tried to help the guerrillas without endangering Lebanon's f_ security. Despite pressure from the refugees in the coun- try, the government generally has tried to avoid involvement in the Arab-Israeli fighting. The crisis threatened to cause a major split between Leba- non's Moslem and Christian communities, which are roughly i- equal in size and divided the posts of political leadership ac- cording to a detailed formula. Karami, a 47-year-old Mos- lem, was serving his eighth term as premier. On the Inside: ST. controversial liquor pricing law reaches the House floor-a great triumph for its sponsor-Page 2A difference of opinion between blacks and whites over what integration means is a rpa] stumbling block to racial peace, reports former CORE chairman Floyd McKissick-Page 5A. WISCONSIN RACINE-The city council meets four Jiourj to hammer out recommendations to end the city's racial demonstrations 2A, MADlSON-The Joint Finance Committee approves a new University of Wisconsin medical 7A, ELSEWHERE MINOT, N.D.-Six striking Minot teachers went tc (all Thursday but also drew strong and vocal support from fellow strikers-Page 7A. WASHlNGTON-Scn. Edward M. Kennedy says that rank and file Democrats should have the greatest role In planned party reform-Page 2A. ;


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In the controversial surveys, officials took random samples of waste from households and picked through what was being throwing out without telling homeowners. In one area, houses were even pigeon-holed into social categories to see the difference in the rubbish thrown out from rich and poor.
Councils claimed the surveys had to be secret in order to accurately reflect behaviour without influencing people, while the information gleaned could be used to target education campaigns at those who are failing to recycle plastic bottles, tins, paper and other goods.
But critics say sifting through the contents of a rubbish bin is the latest example of the the "bin police" following fortnightly bin collections, separate collections for food waste and the threat of bin taxes, in addition to being an invasion of residents' privacy.
Some 87 councils in England admitted after Freedom of Information Act requests that they had sanctioned the work in order to determine where resources should be spent to boost re-cycling rates.
The York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership (YNYWP) conducted a survey of nearly 1,000 homes within eight council areas including Scarborough, Harrogate and City of York Councils.
A spokesman for Scarborough Council said: "On request householders were informed of the work; we did not publicise the study as this may have affected the validity of results as householders may have changed their disposal habits."
In East Sussex a total of 1,000 homes from Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes, Rother and Wealden Councils had their bin contents scrutinised. The properties were even assessed before the collection to put them into one of five social categories ranging from Level 1 Wealthy Achievers to Level 5 Hard Pressed.
And in one of the biggest studies, 11 councils in Kent allowed the bins from more than 2,000 homes to be scrutinised for the Kent Waste Partnership (KWP), and it was then sorted into 66 different types of rubbish.
A spokesman said: "The data from the waste audit is proof positive that more work needs to be done to reduce food waste."
But Dartford Council opted out of the Kent survey. Leader of the Council, Councillor Jeremy Kite has said: "I strongly object to the analysis and examination of waste put out for collection unless specific permission is obtained from the householder and have intervened to prevent such exercises in Dartford on more than one occasion.
"I am entirely disinterested in how common-place such practices are. I do not believe it is right and we made a 2007 manifesto commitment not to do it. We aim to secure higher rates in recycling through education, common-sense policies and positive action." I
The Government has brought in a number of measures recently to boost recycling, including fortnightly bin collections and separate food waste collections. Ministers have also proposed bringing in "pay as you throw" bin taxes where residents are charged for throwing away non-recycled waste. As part of this many councils are already "spying" by implanting microchips in residents' bins in order to measure how much waste they are throwing out.
Caroline Spelman, the Tory local government spokesman, says she feared the "secret surveys" are part of the same programme.
"This government is obsessed with spying on people and putting them in social boxes," she said.
"When people put their bins out they're entitled to trust their rubbish is being disposed of rather than analysed.
"We all want to reduce household waste but this is another case of councils being coerced into using the stick rather than the carrot.
"We will outlaw this practice so that people can put their bins out at the end of the week with confidence."
Doretta Cocks, of the Campaign for Weekly Waste Collection, said the heavy-handed approach will further alienate households.
"Ths is snooping. If they want to see proportion of waste thrown out by different households in each area they can look at the official figures. What they are doing is spotting who is recycling and who is not so they can bring in fines and taxes."
However a spokesman for the Local Government Association insisted the surveys were part of improving waste services and cutting landfill.
"Councils are paying ever more to throw people's rubbish away and boosting recycling is essential to keeping council tax down," he said.
"Helping people to understand better what they can and can't recycle is vital if councils are to spend less on rubbish and more on things like caring for old people and fixing potholes."

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Winter storm brings white Christmas to state but goes easy on Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City saw some ice and snow Christmas Day, but not the 6 inches or more predicted by weather forecasters as late as Christmas Eve.
"We had a bunch of dry air come in here and shut off the snow in the central part of the state. Our snow pretty much stopped, and we don't expect any more for the rest of the night," said Daryl Williams, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Norman, said Tuesday afternoon.
Southwestern portions of the state spent Christmas under a blizzard warning, but Oklahoma City was let off the hook when a winter storm warning was canceled hours early by the weather service.
A blizzard warning was canceled about sundown Tuesday for Beckham, Caddo, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Garvin, Grady, Greer, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Love, Murray, Stephens and Tillman counties The weather service estimated 4 to 6 inches of snow to fall in those areas, with a swath from Hobart to Ardmore estimated to receive more than that.
Light snow, blowing snow and freezing rain still were being reported in and around Lawton and Ardmore on Tuesday afternoon, Williams said.
The winter storm warning was canceled midafternoon, Williams said, but a wind chill advisory is in effect until 9 a.m. Wednesday for western Oklahoma, including Cleveland, Logan and Oklahoma counties.
Temperatures statewide are predicted to stay in the lower 20s and upper 30s Wednesday. The forecast high temperature in Oklahoma City is 31 degrees, with temperatures falling into the teens overnight.
Travel routes
Ice and snow didn't leave travel routes unscathed, and crews in Oklahoma City worked through Christmas to keep the roads and runways clear.
Oklahoma City streets manager Mike Love Sr. said 32 trucks began salting roads continuously at 2:30 a.m. and will continue to do so until road conditions are not hazardous.
"Our crews are working 12-hour shifts for a 24-hour operation, and we'll keep doing it until the white stuff is gone," Love said.
"I would say put another log on the fire, enjoy your families and leave us plenty of room to do our job," Love said.
A handful of other scheduled flights were canceled at Will Rogers World Airport, but crews applied chemicals to Oklahoma City runways overnight to keep the airport open, spokeswoman Karen Carney said.
But travelers must also consider conditions at airports in other states and should check ahead before heading to the airport, she said.
Fatal accident
One fatal wreck and numerous injury accidents were reported Tuesday, including a 21-car pileup in the westbound lanes of Interstate 40 near Reno Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Betsy Randolph said.
About 10:35 a.m., Amanda Sue Goodman, 28, of Woodward, was killed in a crash on U.S. 412, just east of State Highway 8 in Major County. The driver of the vehicle she was riding in lost control on the snow-covered road and struck a tractor-trailer, troopers reported. The driver and a 4-year-old girl also were hurt in the crash.
The pileup in Oklahoma City began about 3 a.m. when a tractor-trailer jackknifed on I-40 on a bridge over the Oklahoma River, Randolph said.
Other vehicles hit the rig, and then other rigs slid into them, sandwiching the vehicles, she said.
"Some of them, it took the entire top of the car off, like they slid under a semi," Randolph said.
The pileup included 10 separate crashes with 21 vehicles, including three tractor-trailers, she said. Several people were taken to hospitals, but Randolph didn't have details on their injuries or conditions.
The patrol shut down I-40 near its junction with Interstate 35 for more than five hours and diverted traffic while troopers worked to clear the accident.
I-40 also was closed near Clinton in western Oklahoma because of overturned vehicles there and in eastbound lanes about 10 miles east of Shawnee because of a jackknifed tractor-trailer.
All of Interstate 40, which bisects the state from east to west, was slick because rain was freezing as soon as it hit the pavement, Randolph said. Traffic was light because most people already had reached their holiday destinations, "but the ones that are out there are having trouble staying on the road," she said.
The patrol reported slick and hazardous roads across much of the state Tuesday afternoon, including the Oklahoma City metro area.
Portions of northern Oklahoma and the Panhandle were slick in spots, troopers said.
"We strongly discourage people from traveling since there are potentially hazardous situations statewide. If you absolutely have to get out, be sure to decrease your speed," Randolph said.
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Unions: Hurt or Heal?
How much to do you believe Unions are playing in our economic problems?
John Stossel on FOX news said he feels for every one person they help, it hurts three others.
Some people think that the "prevailing wage" which Unions demand has undermined their effectiveness in an ability to provide a product at a reasonable price. There are some that feel that Unions are driving jobs overseas.
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An judge has upheld the state's decision to close a Center Grove area day care.
Kid Co. Child Care Center, 2503 Fairview Place, Suite A, Greenwood, had appealed the state's decision earlier this year to revoke its license. After hearings conducted in November, administrative law judge Shanida Sharp-Byrnes ruled the state's action to revoke the license is within reason.
Kid Co. attorney Robert Baker said he disagrees with the judge's decision, and the day care will appeal the decision. The center is allowed to remain open during any appeals, meaning the center could remain open for several more months, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration spokeswoman Marni Lemons said.
The day care was cited for violation of state codes more than 50 times this year and was put on probation in June 2012. The center's license allows it to care for more than 100 children daily.
"The (Division of Family Resources) decision to revoke the Center's license is reasonable due to the Center's ongoing pattern of noncompliance," the ruling said.
Kid Co. can request an agency review within 10 days and has up to 20 days to submit a letter stating why it believes the ruling is incorrect. If a review is not requested within 10 days, the center would have to close immediately, Lemons said. If the day care asks for a review, a different judge would review the record of the hearings and reconsider the decision. No new evidence would be presented.
Baker said the day care will ask for the review and is prepared to take the issue to a county court if the review supports the ruling the center should be closed. The day care is owned by Prashith Srivastava, who could not be reached for comment Friday afternoon.
"I don't think much of it. I don't agree with the findings, do not agree with the hearing officer's conclusions and don't agree with the decision. Are we going to appeal it? Absolutely. It is absolutely a wrong decision," Baker said.
Sharp-Byrnes' ruling states that Kid Co. had five violations for using harsh or physical punishment, three citations for failing to supervise children and two citations for incorrectly grouping children by age. Those repeated violations set up a pattern of noncompliance with state rules, leading to her decision to uphold the state's effort to shut down the center.
Details of some of the incidents dating back to October 2011 are included in the written decision, including several instances of staff using physical punishment on children.
Four incidents occurred between February and June 2012, when Kid Co. was placed on probation. During that time, the state investigated incidents of a bus driver smacking the hands of children who were arguing on the bus, a teacher grabbing a student by the chin and turning his head, a teacher letting a child slide to the floor and yelling "Get this child away from me or I am going to kill him" after he hit her, and a bus driver stepping on a child's foot. In all four of those cases, the staff member was fired, according to the ruling.
Kid Co. then had multiple violations again early this year. In January, three children started fighting with each other while a teacher stepped out into a hallway to check his cellphone. The teacher broke up the fight, but it continued, and one of the children received a cut to his head.
In February, a state inspector cited Kid Co. for an incident in which a teacher dragged a special needs child by both legs from a hallway into a classroom. The teacher kicked the child on the bottom of his feet and buttocks at least three times. The same teacher laughed at boys who were fighting and made inappropriate comments. Kid Co. said it had consent from the parent to drag the child by his feet, but the parent testified he never told anyone to drag
his son.
After that incident, the state made the new attempt to close the day care. Since February, Kid Co. has remained open and received 44 additional citations.
Day cares have been shut down in Indiana after the state decided to pull a license, Lemons said. Typically that occurs when a day care chooses not to fight the decision and closes voluntarily. Instances in which a day care appeals and goes through hearings as Kid Co. has are rare, she said.
During the November hearings, attorneys from the state and Kid Co. presented evidence, and witnesses testified about specific events and inspections that happened prior to and after the center was put on probation in
June 2012.
While on probation, Kid Co. was given six months to correct the problems identified by the state and agreed to undergo monthly inspections. The violations were not fixed, and the day care continued to receive new violations in late 2012 and early 2013. In February, the state decided to revoke the license and try to close the center.
Since October 2011, Kid Co. conducted staff training, reported incidents of injuries or potential abuse to the state and fired employees after some of the violations, according to the ruling. Those actions were not enough to sway Sharp-Byrnes, who ruled that despite trying to fix the problems, the center continually failed to comply with state regulations.
"Although the Center has corrected or attempted to correct several areas of noncompliance, including terminating staff and conducting in-service training, the Center was repeatedly out of compliance with Indiana's child care center rules," the ruling states.


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When is a divorce more than just a divorce? When famed actor Dennis Hopper battled through an ugly divorce against his fifth wife, Victoria Duffy-Hopper, the battle was more about Dennis Hopper's estate than anything else. So perhaps no one should be surprised that the war turned uglier once Dennis died.
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The Easy Rider star had anything but an easy ride during the last few months of his life. He passed away from cancer at age 73, smack-dab in the middle of his divorce war with Victoria, who was actually six years younger than Dennis Hopper's oldest daughter.Dennis had filed for divorce, accusing Victoria of being insane, inhuman, and volatile. Victoria responded by claiming that Dennis was not mentally competent and that his adult children from his prior marriages had improperly influenced him to file the divorce and change his estate plan in order to cut Victoria out of his estate, as well as the couple's six-year-old daughter.
The divorce quickly became heated, with Dennis obtaining a restraining order against Victoria, but she refused to move out of the marital home. This was despite testimony from doctors that she created so much stress around him that Dennis repeatedly threw up his medications.
Even though Dennis died before this battle was concluded, he had already taken steps to protect his heirs and disinherit Victoria. He had changed his life insurance beneficiary designation, removing Victoria, and he made sure she was not included in his will or trust as a beneficiary. In fact, due to a prenuptial agreement, Victoria could receive one-quarter of Dennis Hopper's estate, but only if they were still living together and married at the time of his death. No wonder Victoria didn't want to move out during the divorce!
Because the estate planning documents left Victoria with virtually nothing, she tried to improve her position against Dennis Hopper's estate by launching a $45 million lawsuit after he died. She raised undue influence allegations against Dennis' children, but also claimed that Dennis had abused and wrongly forced her to sign the prenuptial agreement in the first place.
Dennis Hopper's estate counter-sued, accusing Victoria of removing artwork from Dennis Hopper's home that was said to be worth millions of dollars.
When the dust settled after two more years of litigation between Victoria Duffy-Hopper and Dennis Hopper's estate and trust, a compromise was reached where Victoria would receive about 17% of the estate, estimated to be worth about $40 million. While this appears to be a great deal for Victoria, the pay-out was earmarked to come out of the 40% share of the estate and trust that was already left for Victoria's young daughter with Dennis.
Because Dennis Hopper had the foresight to update his estate planning documents during his divorce proceeding with Victoria -- instead of waiting for them to be over -- he made sure that 60% of his estate still passed to his adult children, as he wanted, yet his minor daughter with Victoria was protected too. This serves as a great lesson for everyone to remember to update estate plan documents promptly when important life events happen or are about to happen, such as divorces, remarriages, and new children being born.
While this fight started ugly, it quieted down quickly and most of Dennis Hopper's heirs received what he wanted them to. Had he not proactively updated his estate planning documents, all of the heirs would have paid a much steeper price.
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As owner of the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans, Tom Benson, is used to being in control. He worked his way up from humble beginnings, starting as a used-car salesman, to owner of multiple car dealerships, banks, real estate, and a television station. Of course, Benson is most well-known for owning the NFL's Saints franchise, which he purchased in 1985. Since then, he has successfully managed the Saints through the lows of Hurricane Katrina to the highs of winning the Superbowl. In 2012, Tom Benson added the NBA's Hornets (now named the Pelicans) to his stable of businesses. Forbes estimates his net worth to be just shy of $1.9 billion.
For a man with that much success and business acumen, there can be no doubt that one of the things he would enjoy least is someone suggesting he'd lost his wits. Especially when that someone is his hand-picked protégée and granddaughter, along with his daughter and grandson. And even more so when he is brought into court through a legal proceeding about whether he is competent enough to make even basic decisions about his person or property. Add in the media scrutiny that follows for a man of his stature and it is not surprising that Tom Benson is very unhappy.After his granddaughter, Rita Benson, and her mother and brother filed the case seeking to have him declared incompetent and unable to make reasoned decisions, Tom Benson was so upset that he issued a press release expressing his "extreme disappointment". He wrote that the legal case strengthened his resolve to fight and he instructed his attorney to "spare no effort" defending his decisions and his rights.
What decisions needed defending? Primarily, it was Tom Benson's decision to leave control of his sports franchises and other business interests to his third-wife, Gayle Benson, instead of to his granddaughter, Rita Benson. On December 27, 2014, Benson wrote a letter to Rita, and her brother and mother, blaming them for causing family drama, informing them that he was leaving his controlling interest in the Saints and Pelicans to his wife, as well as locking them out of his businesses. These decisions directly prompted the competency lawsuit, as the three heirs claimed that Gayle controlled and unduly influenced Tom Benson, who they felt was no longer competent.
We wrote about this case shortly after it started, pointing out that one of the keys to the competency dispute would be how Benson fared in court-ordered doctor evaluations. Two of the three experts selected (one chosen by each side, with only one being neutral) testified in court that they found that Tom Benson was not vulnerable to undue influence and suffered from only mild cognitive impairment that impacted his short term memory. In other words, they felt he was competent and suffered from only limited deficits, which are not unusual for someone who is 87 years old.
Based on that and other key evidence, including the Judge's own evaluation of Benson, the New Orleans court issued a judgment in Tom Benson's favor and dismissing the request to have him declared incompetent. The Judge's written opinion declared that Benson had the capacity to make reasoned decisions. The Judge was impressed with the testimony of Benson's nurse about how he "agonized over distancing himself from his family members, cried about it, read the December 27, 2014 letter three times, and then decided to place his signature on it."
The Judge also wrote about Benson's mental fog that may have existed in December, due to recovering from surgeries and medications he was taking, but the Judge felt the fog was cleared by the time he interviewed Benson as part of the court proceeding. Importantly, the Judge pointed out that Benson unequivocally and definitely affirmed his prior decisions to place Gayle, not Rita, in control of his business and sports empire.
What does this mean for the larger dispute? This court decision resolved the Interdiction proceeding — which is the term that Louisiana law uses for what other states refer to as guardianship or conservatorship proceedings. This means that the Benson heirs failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that Tom Benson was incapable of making reasoned decisions as to his person or property.
The heirs are appealing the competency ruling, arguing that Tom Benson should have been required to testify on the stand at the hearing, instead of just meeting with the Judge. Appeals of competency determinations are rarely successful, however.
Even if the appeal fails, the ruling does not mean that Rita and the others would be unable to challenge whatever changes Benson made to his estate and succession planning at a later date, likely after he dies. Instead, that new proceeding would be subject to a lower burden of proof, which is standard in most civil lawsuits. Also, the new case would likely be decided by a jury instead of a judge. However, the court's findings and the testimony developed in this case will make it harder for Tom Benson's family to prevail in a later lawsuit, based on the finding that Benson affirmed his prior decisions at a time when the Judge and two psychiatrists felt he was capable of doing so.
This ruling also doesn't end the other two lawsuits that are currently pending between the same Benson family members. Tom Benson had previously created irrevocable trusts that left some of his business interests (including the Saints and Pelicans) to Rita Benson and the other heirs, but not controlling interest. Benson now is seeking to remove those business interests and replace them with promissory notes, secured by his assets. In other words, he wants to give his three heirs cash down the road but does not want them to have any interest in his sports franchises and other businesses.
What does this mean for your family? The Tom Benson family dispute teaches two important lessons.
First, filing for guardianship or conservatorship is seldom a simple decision to make when a family member is mentally impaired but believes he or she is competent. Dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment do not come with a clear-cut dividing line between "competent" and "incompetent." There is a large grey area in the middle, and the level of capacity can change from day to day or even moment to moment. Anyone planning to begin a proceeding like this should carefully weigh the risks of angering and alienating the elderly family member.
Second, anyone considering using an irrevocable trust as part of comprehensive estate planning should also consider the risks. As Tom Benson demonstrates, even if the trust creator changes his or her mind, an irrevocable trust cannot be changed. Sometimes there is a little wiggle room in the trust language (which is how Tom Benson can try to substitute promissory notes in place of business interests) but there is a significant loss of control. This reality should be balanced against the tax savings and other potential benefits that irrevocable trusts can offer.
If you find yourself facing either type of decision, it is important to consult with an experienced estate or probate attorney who can help balance the pros and cons and hopefully steer your family clear of an ugly court battle.
Danielle and Andy Mayoras are co-authors of Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights! and attorneys with the Michigan law firm, Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras, P.C. Click here to subscribe to their e-newsletter, The Trial & Heirs Update and learn more about their book. You can reach them at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Blues great B.B. King passed away at age 89 years old Thursday, after suffering from diabetes and other health problems. He leaves behind an unmatched musical legacy in the Blues genre, along with 11 surviving children and reportedly more than 50 grandchildren.
Sadly, a dark cloud hung over the King family throughout his final days, due to a bitter dispute over the management of his care and money, involving what some claimed to be elder abuse. The battle pitted his longtime business manager, Laverne Toney, against a handful of his children.
King fathered and adopted a total of 15 children, from several different marriages, but four had previously died. Three filed a court action in Las Vegas alleging that their famous father was a victim of elder abuse at the hands of Toney.
Karen Williams, Rita Washington, and Patty King said that Toney was not providing proper medical care to their father, restricted his children and friends from visiting, and that there were large amounts of money missing from King's bank account. In fact, the family said it could not account for more than one million dollars. The three children asked the court to appoint an independent guardian for their father to protect him and his assets.
Toney's legal team called the allegations laughable, saying his money was spent legitimately on King. Toney, who acted for King through power-of-attorney documents, contended that the legendary performer received proper care in a home hospice setting. She also said that the children were always free to schedule a visit to see him. Toney's attorney said the guardianship filing was frivolous and fundamentally flawed.
The Toney camp also believes that the filing by B.B. King's children was all about the money. Reportedly, his children contend that King's assets were in the neighborhood of five million dollars.
Earlier this month, the case was presented in a Las Vegas, Nevada courtroom to the county guardianship commissioner, who acted as the hearing officer. He promptly dismissed the case. The hearing officer said that not all of B.B. King's children and grandchildren had been served with copies of the filings and he saw insufficient evidence of an emergency.
The hearing officer pointed to two different investigations that found no evidence of abuse and had recommended that Toney stay in charge. Further, King's primary care physician attended the court hearing and said King was receiving treatment for his conditions and was being made as comfortable as possible. The officer also relied on the fact that B.B. King had his own legal counsel, was not found to be mentally incompetent, and could use his lawyer to protect himself if abuse was happening.
Sadly, this type of guardianship fight in court is much more common than most people think. While those involved are not usually famous blues guitarists, families frequently fight when those who are not in control feel that proper decisions are not being made by the person or people holding authority through a power of attorney. These disputes are especially common when there is a second marriage or when siblings don't get along.
In this case, the fact that B.B. King had a power of attorney — as well as a will and trust — led to the dispute being tossed out of court quickly. Without a proper power of attorney, the court would have been forced to take action because King's health conditions prohibit him from managing his own affairs. Clearly, the court's hearing officer felt that King's choice of his long-time manager to act under the power of attorney should be respected.
On the other hand, the risk of using powers of attorney is that those with power can sometimes abuse it. When someone untrustworthy is named under a power of attorney, it can lead to abuse — along the lines that the King children alleged happened to their father. It is impossible to say if those allegations had merit in this instance, but certainly elder abuse is a growing epidemic in our country, and many times people will use powers of attorney to perpetrate abuse, whether of a financial, physical, or emotional nature.
Families who have legitimate concerns of abuse by someone with power of attorney can and should proceed to court through a guardianship (or conservatorship filing, depending on which state the person lives in). Actual evidence of abuse, or unsafe and inappropriate decisions, will be needed for those types of court proceedings to work when someone already has a proper power of attorney.
The place to start is usually with an attorney experienced in guardianship and conservatorship cases, who can help the family evaluate options and decide whether or not a court filing is the right step. Experience in these types of cases is critical because being involved in a legal dispute over the care and management of an elderly person is difficult for everyone involved.
It is best for these types of legal disputes to be addressed quickly, with the help of experienced counsel, who can attempt to steer the family towards an early resolution. Otherwise, the litigation often drags on even after the elderly person being fought over dies.
The battle over B.B. King will likely prove to be a good example of this. While the fighting over his care has ended, no one should be surprised if more fighting occurs over B.B. King's money.
Danielle and Andy Mayoras are co-authors of Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights! and attorneys with the Michigan law firm, Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras, P.C. Click here to subscribe to their e-newsletter, The Trial & Heirs Update and learn more about their book. You can reach them at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Yes, Tom Benson has a great deal more money and power than most of us. How much? Try $1.9 billion, according to the annual Forbes rankings. Indeed, there are only 350 richer people in the whole country. The successful owner of the NFL's New Orleans Saints and NBA's New Orleans Pelicans, Benson built a wide-ranging empire of car dealerships, banks, various real estate holdings, and a television station. He still actively participates in running his businesses — most of all his beloved Saints.
But for all of his wealth, prestige, and status, Tom Benson is in the midst of the same type of probate-related court battle that entangles many elderly individuals in our country. Some of Benson's heirs do not believe the 87-year-old is mentally competent to make his own decisions any more. They are seeking to have him declared legally incompetent and protect him from what they claim is undue influence.This court battle is rapidly turning ugly and is splitting the family in half. The offense is led by his granddaughter, Rita Benson, who (until recently) was Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saints. In essence, she was Benson's right-hand woman when it came to the Saints and was publicly acknowledged to be his successor-in-training. Along with her mother, Renee, and brother, Ryan, Rita filed a court action in Louisiana seeking a court determination that Tom Benson is incompetent to manage his own business affairs. Essentially, this lawsuit seeks the appointment of a conservator for the Saints owner.
The defense is led by Benson's third wife, Gayle Benson, age 67. She fully supports her husband of 10 years and says that not only is he mentally competent, but he makes his own decisions. She told the New York Times recently that she is with her husband 24 hours a day and that calls to him outside of the office go through her because Benson does not want to deal with a cell phone. Tom Benson was quick to point out in the same interview that Gayle "doesn't ever try to overrule me." Tom and Gayle Benson's position is supported by Benson's other granddaughter, the child of his previously-deceased son.
The family is also battling in Texas probate court about whether Tom Benson is properly managing — or is even capable to manage — his late wife's trust, which contains business interests worth many millions of dollars that will ultimately pass to Rita, Renee, and Ryan. Additionally, they are feuding over management of a series of irrevocable trusts that Benson created in 2009 and 2012 for Rita, Renee, and Ryan, which contain majority ownership interests in the Saints and Pelicans, among other valuable holdings.
Why all this fighting? The breakdown became public just after Tom Benson sent a letter to his daughter and grandchildren informing them that he decided to leave controlling interest in the Saints and Pelicans to his wife, Gayle, and to lock his other heirs out from the teams. In the letter sent in late December, Benson chastised the three heirs, blaming them for causing drama and fighting in the family, concluded that he never wanted to see them again, and banned them from business operations. The decision was made just after Rita confronted Gayle before a recent Saints football game, which witnesses described as being ugly and included Rita grabbing Gayle by the shoulders and shaking her.
This was not the first time that Benson reprimanded his granddaughter and future-owner-in-training. In 2012, Benson suspended Rita from team operations, placing her on administrative leave. The move was reported to be a planned wake-up call for Rita, because of her "lack of focus," "abrasive management style," and "sense of entitlement." If Benson really felt that way about his hand-picked successor, then his anger is understandable, considering Benson is a self-made billionaire who likely disdains feelings of unearned entitlement.
So what makes a fight of this nature more common than most people realize? The very same type of competency battles are common in blended families across the country, even when billions of dollars aren't on the line. Just ask the families of Casey Kasem, Glenn Campbell, and Zsa Zsa Gabor what these fights are like.
It's typical for children from a prior marriage to disagree with — and feel excluded — when a later spouse (especially a younger one) seems to control access to the elderly individual. When that type of control is coupled with a dramatic change in the estate plan, fireworks are sure to follow — even if the fight is over two hundred-thousand dollars instead of almost two billion.
Is Tom Benson competent to make his own decisions … or is his wife pulling the strings? Is he making a suitable and reasoned decision to allow his wife to take over control of the Saints and Pelicans franchises instead of his hand-groomed successor? Is Gayle … who had two failed marriages and a failed business in her past before marrying Benson … really organizing a corporate coup, or does Benson have a legitimate basis to believe that she is the only family member capable of taking over after he is gone?
The answer to these questions will come down to how mentally sharp Tom Benson really is and how much influence Gayle has over him. Those same questions arise in court battles of elderly family members on a daily basis. As in those thousands of other cases pending at any time across the country, the answer will primarily turn on how the person in question performs on evaluations administered by geriatric doctors.
In this case, court-ordered competency assessments are scheduled for mid-March. The outcome of those tests will be critical. If Benson passes — as he and Gayle say he will — then Rita and the other heirs will likely have to go away without any say in future business matters. Not that all would be lost for them; they still will inherit many millions through the various trusts already set up. But the inheritances won't include control of the sports franchises or other valuable business interests, if Tom Benson is found to be mentally competent. If he fails the testing, on the other hand, then that will likely lead to restoring his estate plan to its current version — updated as recently as 2012.
Most likely, the mental evaluations won't be 100% conclusive either way. The level of dementia and other forms of mental decline in seniors is not always clear-cut. A certain degree of forgetfulness and decline in functioning is expected and tolerated, without considering someone to be incompetent to make decisions. On the other hand, when the line is crossed so that decisions are being made in a manner different that the person would have made without the decline, the aggrieved heirs can often win a restoration of their interests.
These court battles are often difficult, complicated, and expensive — but are unfortunately unavoidable in many cases where an elderly loved one is caught between two sides of the family. When millions or billions of dollars are on the line, it only makes the stress, costs, and emotions that much higher.
Hopefully cooler heads can prevail upon the entire family to reach an out-of-court settlement and keep this ugly feud out of the courts. Resolutions achieved outside of the courtroom almost always make the most sense for feuding families, because no one really wins when the dispute proceeds to a full trial.
That's why experienced trust and estate attorneys work with families to do the proper planning and avoid fights like this from happening, whenever possible. Sometimes, as with this case, fights are unavoidable -- unless cooler heads can prevail.
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Widely beloved throughout the world of baseball, especially in Chicago, Ernie Banks -- a/k/a Mr. Cub -- rose from humble beginnings. He began his career earning seven dollars a day in the Negro Leagues, before crossing the color barrier and becoming the Chicago Cubs' most popular player ever.
After his playing career, Banks has been widely respected as a positive role model in baseball and beyond. He continued to break new ground, becoming the first African-American Ford Motor Company dealer ever and being actively involved in charity work throughout his life after baseball. In 2013, President Obama awarded Banks the National Congressional Medal of Honor.
Ernie Banks died on January 23rd at age 83 from a heart condition. Interestingly, his death certificate listed dementia as a "significant condition contributing" to his death. Why is this important?Only three months before he died, Ernie Banks signed a new set of estate planning documents, including a new will, trust, power of attorney, and healthcare directive. The new documents left his agent and caregiver, Regina Rice, in control of everything. Strangely, the will and trust completely excluded his family members, instead naming Rice as his sole beneficiary. In fact, the documents expressly stated that no provisions were being made for Bank's estranged wife (against whom he had filed for divorce) and also cut out his three adult children from a prior marriage.
This means that Rice would stand to inherit not only whatever assets and wealth Ernie Banks accumulated during his life (the specifics haven't been revealed yet), but the right to control and profit from his name, likeness, and image, too. Banks' children have vowed to go to court to stop that from happening.
The lawyer for the Banks family says they plan to vigorously contest the will. The children believe that Rice coerced their father to sign the new estate planning documents, by controlling and manipulating him. They also say that in the months leading up to his death, Rice prevented them from speaking with their father by phone. They believe that Rice used her position of trust and confidence to take advantage of Banks' dementia to their detriment.
Rice released a statement of her own refuting the allegations. In it, she said that she understood why the children would be concerned, but "the record and those closest to Ernie will dispel any iota of concern regarding my relationship with Ernie and his trust in me to [carry] out his wishes."
The warring factions have already been to court once to fight over Mr. Cub's wishes. Banks said in multiple interviews in the past that he wanted to be cremated after he died, with his ashes spread over Wrigley Field. Banks' ex-wife, supported by his children, went to court to stop the cremation and successfully won the right to have Banks buried instead of cremated. Even though the couple was estranged, living apart, and in the middle of divorce proceedings, Banks' wife still was considered to be his next of kin, thereby giving her the right to control his burial arrangements.
The fight over controlling his image and inheriting his assets will be much more complex and drawn out than the battle to bury the baseball legend. As an initial matter, people are allowed to leave their assets to whomever they want -- caregivers and other non-family members included -- but only if they are of sound mind and free from what the law calls "undue influence." Many times families fight over whether a will or trust represented the decedent's actual wishes, or whether it was instead signed under coercion, manipulation, fraud, or other type of improper influence.
These cases are rarely clear-cut. The fact that Ernie Banks had dementia – and of course that he signed the new documents only three months before he died -- makes the dispute even murkier. Indeed, because Rice was in a position of trust over Banks -- as his caregiver and agent both -- the law will actually assume on a preliminary basis that she did exercise undue influence.
This means that the burden of proof will likely lie with Rice during the case. In other words, she will have to prove that she did not commit undue influence, rather than the children having to prove she did do so. The shifting burden of proof is critical in cases of this nature, because undue influence almost always occurs behind closed doors, without anyone to directly witness or document the improper influence. The question of proof is always tough.
Ernie Banks' medical records will become very important. When did his dementia start? How significant was his dementia in October of last year when he signed the documents? It's a good question, especially since Mr. Banks appeared sharp and lucid in an interview with Sports Illustrated last spring. The extent of his dementia may be the key determining factor in the dispute.
While the outcome of this case is very much in doubt at this point, one thing is clear: it's a tragedy that the legacy of someone so beloved and widely respected will be tarnished by fighting over his estate. Yet, this is far from uncommon -- and not just for families of the rich and famous. These types of fights happen regularly in our country, to people from all walks of life.
The best way to prevent an estate battle from happening in your family is with good estate planning done before someone has dementia or a question of mental incompetence. While certainly there are often good reasons for changes to wills and trusts later in life, whenever someone is cut out by a person diagnosed with dementia -- especially when the person who benefits from the change is a caregiver -- a will and trust dispute is certain to follow.
In fact, the State of Illinois recently passed a new law aimed at making it easier for families to win court challenges against wills that favor caregivers. Interestingly, the new law was passed last year, but only became effective as of January 1, 2015. This means any wills done late in 2014 -- like the will of Ernie Banks -- do not fall under the new law.
One can only wonder if the timing of his changed estate planning documents was done with this new law in mind.
Danielle and Andy Mayoras are co-authors of Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights! and attorneys with the Michigan law firm, Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras, P.C. Click here to subscribe to their e-newsletter, The Trial & Heirs Update and learn more about their book. You can reach them at email@example.com.
Unquestionably, Marlon Brando was one of the leading actors of the 20th century. The well-known Godfather was always in firm control ... until it came to his estate that is.
This is installment #12 of our Estate Planning Lessons From The Stars series, which is based on the Celebrity Legacies TV show for which we provide commentary as the estate legal experts. See other articles in the series here.
Marlon Brando never followed convention. He won his Oscar for Best Actor in 1973 for The Godfather, but Brando rejected the award as a protest to the treatment of Native Americans by the film industry. Too bad he failed to follow the norms when it came to estate planning.
In part due to questions about his true intentions as expressed in his will and trust, Marlon Brando's estate was involved in more than two dozens lawsuits by 2009 — five years after his death. He passed away on July 1, 2004, at 80 years of age, suffering from a host of ailments including dementia and lung failure.
In the weeks leading up to his death, Marlon Brando was not able to leave his bedroom and was so paranoid that he wanted the room padlocked at his death so no one would steal the buttons off of his shirt. Despite his questionable mental status, Brando was visited in his bedroom 13 days before his death and signed an amendment to his will.
The new will replaced his personal assistant of 50 years and his business manager of 40 years with new executors. Despite accusations that Brando was not competent, and that this change to the will was a result of forgery, Brando's new executors have kept tight control over his estate, image, and legacy.
They have aggressively battled against lawsuits over his estate and have sued everyone from a furniture company selling a Brando chair, to Madonna (yes, that Madonna) for using his image in a concert. The executors also cut a deal involving a private island in the South Pacific that Brando owned, allowing it to be turned into a swanky, Eco-friendly resort for elite vacationers.
Many have questioned whether Brando would have wanted his island commercialized this way, just as many close to Brando sued his estate saying that the executors did not honor his intentions in other ways, such as refusing to honor gifts and promises that he made while alive to those that had been close to him for many years.
Many people make the common mistake of assuming their executors will honor their true wishes, as expressed verbally, even if the will and trust are not changed to include the new wishes. Many of the lawsuits involving Marlon Brando's estate were based on this exact issue. In the end, no one who claimed Brando told them they would receive more got what they wanted, and the estate spent countless millions on legal fees. Only the lawyers walked away happy.
It's a good lesson to not leave your affairs up to chance. Leaving specific and detailed instructions in your will or trust can help solve complications down the line.
Celebrity Legacies is a documentary series airing on the Reelz cable channel featuring Danielle and Andy Mayoras and other experts. The popular TV show explores the lives, legacies, and estates of a different celebrity each episode. Click here for upcoming show times.
Danielle and Andy Mayoras are co-authors of Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights! and attorneys with the Michigan law firm, Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras, P.C. Click here to subscribe to their e-newsletter, The Trial & Heirs Update and learn more about their book. You can reach them at email@example.com.
Everyone loves a good rags-to-riches tale. But Francesca Gabor Hilton's life followed a dramatically different path. Born to Hollywood star Zsa Zsa Gabor, and founder of the famed Hilton hotel dynasty, Conrad Hilton, Francesca was raised living in mansions, attending celebrity parties, earning blue ribbons in horse-riding competitions, and jet-setting to Rome and Paris, among other fashionable cities. But her life was not as idyllic as it seemed.
Zsa Zsa Gabor wrote in her autobiography that Francesca was born following a pregnancy that resulted from rape by Conrad Hilton, her husband at the time. The couple divorced before Francesca was born. Francesca told the Los Angeles Times in 2007 that she spent Christmases and occasional upscale lunches with her father. But their relationship was never close. When Conrad died in 1979, he left his only daughter $100,000 out of his estate, with most of the wealth earmarked for charity. That doesn't sound too bad, except that Conrad Hilton's estate was worth about $200 million at the time, including massive Hilton Hotel stock interests.
Francesca Hilton tried to challenge the will in court, but she lost. At the same time, one of her half-brothers, Barron Hilton, also started legal proceedings over the estate. After court battles stretched on for almost ten years, Barron walked away with voting interest and income rights over the majority of Hilton Hotel corporate stock. Already acting as CEO of the company, he dramatically grew the value and holdings of the Hilton empire and became a Forbes 400-ranked billionaire in the process. In 2007, Barron Hilton announced that his estate plan, like his father's, would leave the large majority of his holdings (specifically, 97% of $2.3 billion) to charity when he dies — much to the chagrin of his granddaughter, Paris Hilton.
Unlike her famous grand-niece, Francesca stopped enjoying the support of wealthy parents many years ago. She earned a living from a variety of jobs — including acting, stand-up comedy, and working for her father's charitable foundation. She watched her mother go through six more husbands after Conrad Hilton, before finally "settling down" with Prince Frederic von Anhalt in 1986. While von Anhalt and Zsa Zsa were both coy about their actual ages, well-accepted media reports have placed the couple's age difference at 25 years, at least.
Their marriage appeared to be one of convenience more so than love. At least, that's what this Vanity Fair story from 2007 suggests, even though von Anhalt said he loved Zsa Zsa. Nonetheless, the relationship gets the prize for surviving the longest out of Zsa Zsa's nine marriages. In fact, going on 29 years, the marriage has outlasted all of Zsa Zsa's prior eight marriages combined.
During that time, Zsa Zsa Gabor's age finally caught up with her, especially following a 2002 car accident that left her wheelchair-bound with partial paralysis, followed by multiple strokes, surgeries, and other health problems, including losing the ability to speak and the amputation of her leg due to an infection. Prince Frederic has remained as her husband and full-time caregiver throughout, despite numerous bumps in the road, such as his bizarre plan to cause Zsa Zsa to become a 94-year old mother (through an egg donor and surrogate mother), his public claim that he had an affair with Anna Nicole Smith, and mounting financial difficulties.
Von Anhalt battled to remain as the decision-maker for his wife after Francesca filed legal challenges to him and sought a court-appointed conservator, claiming that he mismanaged Zsa Zsa's assets, botched her medical care, and refused to allow her to visit with her mother. Von Anhalt denied the charges, refuted the public claims that he imprisoned rather than cared for Zsa Zsa Gabor, and eventually reached an out-of-court settlement with Francesca. In exchange for monthly reporting to Francesca Hilton's attorney, and hour-long visits once per week, the legal fighting ended. The hard feelings remained, however.
Their feuding was not new. In 2005, von Anhalt filed a lawsuit on behalf of himself and Zsa Zsa, accusing Francesca of fraud and forgery, in obtaining written permission from her mother to refinance her Bel Air mansion. Von Anhalt said Francesca Hilton did it to pillage her mother's equity in the property, but Fransceca said she did it with her mother's approval and permission to refinance the home and save it from foreclosure. The lawsuit was dropped after Zsa Zsa did not appear in court or sign an affidavit saying that she wanted to be part of the lawsuit against her daughter.
Despite the fact that there were no ongoing lawsuits pending when she died, Francesca's friend and publicist told Radar Online that the bitterness remained until her death on January 6, 2015, at age 67. Not long before her passing, Francesca Hilton said, "My mother wanted to be a princess, so she married an evil queen." Francesca also said she was still very angry with the Prince and challenged him to sue her. By then, only weeks before she died, Francesca was flat broke and alternated between living in her car and a low-end apartment building when she could afford the weekly rent.
Things became so bad for Francesca that when she suddenly passed away, no one came forward to claim her body. With Zsa Zsa Gabor as her only family member (unless you include Paris Hilton and the other, well-to-do side of the Hilton family), Francesca's remains were held in the morgue for days.
So who stepped forward to take care of her final resting arrangements? None other than Prince Frederic von Anhalt himself. He also called for an investigation into her death, claiming she left him troubling messages threatening suicide. Francesca's publicist says Francesca would have been very upset if von Anhalt handled her funeral and burial arrangements. He even blamed von Anhalt for Francesca's death, saying, "Everybody that really knows Francesca knows why she passed away. It was a massive heart attack caused by the stress of one Frederic von Anhalt."
Ultimately, authorities ordered an autopsy and did not allow von Anhalt to claim Francesca's body. One of Francesca's half-brothers, Stephen, reportedly will step forward and claim the body, and then allow Francesca's friends to lay her to rest in the manner they believe she would have wanted.
It's quite a fall from grace for the daughter of the woman called "glamour personified" and one the world's most successful hoteliers of all time. With all of the time, money, and energy invested into battling over her mother's best interests, it's too bad that Francesca did not take more care to plan for her own estate. Francesca Hilton could have planned out her funeral and burial arrangements, even if she did not have assets to worry about. Exercising that forethought would have ended any concern that the man she battled against so fervently may have been the one to plan her funeral and burial.
It's a lesson for everyone. No one knows when the end will come. Francesca Hilton was so worried about her mother that she probably never stopped to think about her own mortality. Everyone should take the time to plan out their estate — or at least their funeral and burial wishes — so that it's not left up to chance. Francesca certainly did not plan to pass away at the age of 67, before her 97-year-old mother, but it happened. Delaying planning for what happens after you die is never a good idea.
Danielle and Andy Mayoras are co-authors of Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights! and attorneys with the Michigan law firm, Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras, P.C. Click here to subscribe to their e-newsletter, The Trial & Heirs Update and learn more about their book. You can reach them at email@example.com.


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Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah, a leading Twelver Shi'i religious authority in Lebanon, combined the training of a traditional Shi'i jurist with the analysis and concerted activity of a political ideologue. He exerted a strong influence on the political aspirations and military activism of the Shi'is of Lebanon, including Hizbullah (Hizb Allah) in particular; of Lebanese Sunnis; and of Shi'is and Sunnis outside Lebanon. He was born in 1935 in Najaf, Iraq, the foremost center for Shi'i legal education in the world, while his Lebanese father, 'Abd al- Ra'uf Fadlallah (1907– 84), was studying and teaching there. The Sayyids claimed descent from the Prophet's grandson Hasan through his son Hasan al- Muthanna. Fadlallah's grandfather, Sayyid Najib (1863– 1917), had been a scholar of some renown in Bint Jubayl, his hometown in southern Lebanon, where he taught at his personal madrasa (Muslim school). Fadlallah grew up in Najaf, studying first with his father and then under a number of other teachers, including Abu al- Qasim al- Kho'i (1899– 1992), Muhsin al- Hakim (1889– 1970), and Mahmud Shahrudi (1882– 1974). He completed his education under Kho'i in 1965 and received from him a certificate recognizing him as a mujtahid or fully qualified jurist.
While in Najaf, Fadlallah showed a profound interest in literature, particularly Arabic poetry, and edited a journal titled Majallat al- Adab (Journal of literature). He also became involved in Iraqi politics, and his early debates with Marxists and secularists and his experience with the organization of leftist movements influenced his views concerning political action. He was inspired by the teachings and example of the prominent Iraqi Shi'i authority Muhammad Baqir al- Sadr, who advocated the involvement of jurists in political and social spheres and, before being executed by Saddam Hussein's regime in 1980, played an important role in the Islamist political mobilization of Shi'i youth through Iraq's Da'wa Party.
In 1966, having completed his studies, Fadlallah moved back to Lebanon and settled in al- Nab'a quarter, an eastern suburb of Beirut populated by poor Shi'is, immediately establishing himself as an effective community leader and an excellent teacher. He founded the Islamic Legal Institute, a center where students could study teaching the traditional curriculum of Najaf, and also built mosques and centers for Shi'i religious ceremonies. In 1976, in the course of the Lebanese Civil War, the Nab'a quarter was bombarded and eventually occupied by the Maronite Christian Phalangists. The experience of bombardment and being driven out of his home in a Beirut suburb along with thousands of other Shi'i residents radicalized Fadlallah. During this time, he wrote the book al- Islam wa- Mantiq al- Quwwa (Islam and the logic of power) under heavy shelling and working by candlelight. It shared with other modern Arabic works on political theory an emphasis on resistance and the right to resist drawn ultimately from French anticolonialist writings, but it had an innovative aspect aimed at critiquing the traditional quietist position adopted by Shi'i jurists. He drew on Friedrich Nietzche's (1844– 1900) 1887 work On the Genealogy of Morality, which critiqued the passive posture historically adopted by Christians, characterizing it as slave morality, and suggested that they should adopt noble morality instead, seeking to attain redress for grievances by taking revenge through action rather than through the imagined revenge traditionally adopted in Christian thought. Fadlallah applied this same argument to Shi'i tradition, urging their jurists to adopt an activist stance and to become directly involved in social, economic, political, and military issues. The work describes two opposing groups, the mustaḍ'afūn (the downtrodden), referring primarily to Shi'is but also to Muslims in general, and the mustakbirūn (the arrogant), referring primarily to the United States and Israel, whom he held responsible for the crimes of the Phalangists. According to Fadlallah, following the examples of 'Ali and Husayn, Muslims must oppose force with force; they have a duty to gain economic, political, and military power in order to resist these oppressive forces in an effective manner.
At this juncture, Fadlallah, newly ensconced in the Bi'r al-'Abd quarter in southern Beirut, was named by Abu al- Qasim al- Kho'i, the leading jurist and religious authority in Najaf after the death of Hakim in 1970, as his representative in Lebanon. This gave Fadlallah access to khums funds— the 20 percent income tax collected from Shi'i believers for religious purposes— which allowed him to undertake large charity projects such as the building of schools and hospitals. He, somewhat more than his quietist and learned rival Muhammad Mahdi Shams al- Din (d. 2001), filled the void left by the mysterious disappearance of Musa al- Sadr in Libya in 1978. Islam and the Logic of Power, published in 1976, had established him as a leading Islamist ideologue, and he continued to decry foreign influence in Lebanon and encroachments on Lebanese sovereignty, particularly in the journal of the Lebanese Muslim Students Organization, al- Muntalaq (The outbreak). Establishing himself in the role of mentor and guide to Islamist cadres throughout Lebanon,