One bullshit story holds that this man was saved on Highway 95 by Melvin Dummar, and in gratitude made out his "Mormon Will".  
A venture by this man to explore for minerals below the seafloor was in reality a CIA-backed ruse to find a Soviet nuclear sub but inspired other businessmen to set up the first real deep-sea mining companies.  This man's father made his fortune by inventing a namesake rock bit.  One bullshit story holds that this man was saved on Highway 95 by Melvin Dummar, and in gratitude made out his "Mormon Will".  Terry Lenzner has claimed that a belief that Democrats had secret information about this man's loans to Donald (*) Nixon motivated the Watergate break in.  At 18, this Humble, Texas native inherited a million-dollar fortune from his father's namesake Tool Company.  In his 1-B Racer, this man smashed a record previously held by the Caudron under the watchful eye of Amelia Earhart.  For 10 points, name this producer of films such as Hells Angels, the subject of the biopic The Aviator.
A venture by this man to explore for minerals below the seafloor was in reality a CIA-backed ruse to find a Soviet nuclear sub but inspired other businessmen to set up the first real deep-sea mining companies.  
Howard Hughes 