The Orlando Sentinel from Orlando, Florida • Page 17

1 17 A Heirs Claim Hundreds Of Millions Dock! Money Said Tax-Free Gifts (Drlanfia frntittrl Ciutid OA Mill I I HatrtfH fi WASHING TON A flose associate of Sen. fhomas J. Dodd, laid Wednesday money A -J aised for the senator at wo testimonial dinners epresented tax-free gifts to much was raised at the dinners, but he said the total of more than $100,000 reported by columnists Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson is subject to further checking. President Johnson, then vice president, was the main speaker at the 1961 dinner and Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, then a senator, at the one in 1963.

Dodd, in Florida to visit an ailing son, has asked the Senate Select Committee on Standards and Ethics to investigate statements by Pearson and Anderson that he diverted campaign funds to his own use and improperly collaborated with Julius Klein, a Chicago public relations man and registered agent for West German interests. DODD HAS said he has nothing to conceal. He is reported to have turned over some records to the committee, which has been investigating the allegations for some weeks. Dodd's associate said the proceeds of the testimonial dinners were not campaign funds but were in the category of tax-free gifts to CRESTVIEW (UPI) Descendants of a colonial girl and a ship's captain, who made their fortune in old New York in the 17th century, Wednesday claimed they are the rightful owners of Hudson River property valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Heirs of Thomas and Elizabeth Edwards, who now live mostly in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana, said they will hold a family reunion In Vidalia, July 1-4 to make plans to press their claim through legal channels.

PRIOR TO the four-day Independence Day gathering, various segments of the clan will hold area meetings in Milton May 1, a 1 1 a a see May 7-8, Crestview May 21-22, Jacksonville June 4-5 and Orlando June 12. Harry Booth of Crest-view, family spokesman, said attorneys will attend the meetings to report on the status of the claim. He said the claim dates back to the mid-1600's when Thomas Hael, who later changed his name to Hall, was granted title to a 77-acre tract of land along the Hudson River. It was said by old records to have been "more than 2,000 feet in length and from 1,000 to 547 feet in width." THE PROPERTY now is the site of the Trinity Church, the Woolworth Building and dock facilities, Booth said. Hall's daughter, Elizabeth, married ship captain Edwards in 1660 and they inherited the property with no lines or judgments re- Thursday, April 21, 1966 corded against it, he said.

Booth said title of the land was confirmed to the heirs in a proclamation signed by New York Gov. Francis Lovelace on May 26, 1673. BOOTH SAID family descendants have obtained a copy of the proclamation and have been tracing down the possibility of a long standing obligation due th heirs. help him meet the expenses public office. The senator's associate, fcho declined to be quoted by name, said the dinners In 1961 and 1963 had a legal ftatus different from campaign fund-raising dinners pnd were in line with "an eld American tradition." SEN.

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