Letters, Jan. 3, 1977

The Paranoid Prisoner

To the Editors:

Re: your story on Howard Hughes [Dec. 13]. It is ironic that a man capable of building and directing a billion-dollar conglomerate was the architect of such a pathetic paranoid prison for himself. However, his Christian aides resemble piranhas more than Christians.

Those of us who drink and smoke couldn't be any worse off than that wretched soul surrounded by Kleenex boxes and paper toweling.

Donna W. Blue Birmingham, Mich.

What a horror story! And the most frightening realization is that our society would drive a man to such...

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