Posted on 08/20/2004 11:39:21 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette filed a petition yesterday to join two other newspapers that are seeking to open the will of the late U.S. Sen. H. John Heinz III.
The record was impounded April 5, 1991, the day after Heinz and seven other people were killed in an airplane crash near Harrisburg. The Los Angeles Times and The Morning Call of Allentown earlier petitioned the Allegheny County courts to unseal the records.
Lawyers for the initial petitioners, who filed suit in Orphan's Court in July, argue that the managers of Heinz's estate had no right or reason to seal the records.
They claim that since Heinz's widow, Teresa, is believed to be in control of much of the billion-dollar estate and is now married to presidential candidate John F. Kerry, details of the will are of immense public interest.
Teresa Heinz Kerry's philanthropy "may bear upon her current husband's presidential campaign," attorney Charles Kelly, who represents the Post-Gazette and its parent company, Blade Communications, wrote in the petition filed yesterday.
Common Pleas Judge Frank J. Lucchino set a hearing date for Aug. 27 on the Post-Gazette petition to join the suit.
A hearing on the request to unseal the records has been set for Sept. 14.
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
Why don't they sur for Kerry's military records, like the AP did with Bush or for his first divorce records.. ala Ryan in Illinois.
Mr. and Mrs. Heinz Kerry Need to come Clean.
Uh oh. Terezzza is not going to like this. I hear a "shove it" coming.
LOL, It looks like John Kerry has a lot on his plate these days. His creative "After Action" reports that led to his Silver Star, Bronze Star & his 3 Purple Hearts are under intense scrutiny, and now his Billion Dollar meal ticket might get audited by the FEDS :-)
If she, (her husbands worst nightmare), arrogantly presumes she can achieve her office of the presidency... she must come clean with her "buisness dealings" here and abroad, and with the American people about HOW she manages her late AMERICAN husband's estate... we cannot afford to give the socialists and communists of the world access to our White House!
I'd like to see the records of her foundations even more than the will.
It would be interesting to see if the will directed that the monies not be used to support Democrats.
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