Billy Crystal to Host 1999 Academy Awards Solo
Billy Crystal will serve as the sole host of the 1999 Academy Awards, the Academy announced. This marks Crystal’s third consecutive telecast as host and returns to a single-host format after 1989. Nominations are February 14 with the ceremony set for March 26 at the Los Angeles Music Center.
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Los Angeles
Billy Crystal
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Crystal
Rob Lowe
Snow White
Billy
Gilbert Cates
Harry Met
Sally
Los Angeles Music Center
Award Returned Over Mencken Remarks
Sioux Falls publisher Tim Giago of Lakota Times returns the 1985 H L Mencken Writing Award after discovering racist and sexist diaries by Mencken. Giago, Oglala Sioux, says accepting the prize would conflict with two decades of work to improve race relations. Mencken diaries, written 1930 to 1948, were published posthumously long after his 1956 death.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
Lakota Times
H.L. Mencken
Mencken
Tim Giago
Giago
the Sun of Baltimore
Weather Outlook Mostly Cloudy With Possible Rain
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a chance of rain. Daytime highs reach the 50s to mid 60s while overnight lows dip into the middle 40s. Page 10A provides full details.
First SRS Reactor Found Free Of Cracks
Washington engineers report one of the three idled Savannah River reactors shows no cracks after ultrasonic testing. Remaining units K L P face early next year checks as the $1.66 billion modernization continues. Tritium supply and safety drive restart plans targeting fall next year for K and late 1990 to spring 1991 for L and P.
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Washington
Savannah River
Aiken
Watkins
Westinghouse Savannah River Co
Energyrtment
Westinghouse
Energy
James D. Watkins
Handicapped Tigers Look To Gator Title
Clemson faces West Virginia in the Mazda Gator Bowl missing star running back Terry Allen due to knee injury. Wesley McFadden is healthy and ready to play, while Mountaineers QB Major Harris may be limited by bursitis but will play.
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Clemson
West Virginia
Tigers
Terry Allen
Allen
Danny Ford
Ford
Virginia
Georgia Tech
North Carolina State
Wake Forest
North Carolina
South Carolina
Wesley McFadden
McFadden
Mountaineers
Wesley
Major Harris
Harris
Doug Bowers
Wackenhut earns excellent rating and $773,535 bonus
Wackenhut Services Inc received an excellent DOE rating and a 773 535 bonus for April 1 to Sept 30 at Savannah River Site. The six month award covered 69 5 percent of the $1 113 000 potential fee. DOE praised security gains but cited ongoing training and safety concerns.
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Wackenhut Services Inc
U.S. Department of Energy
Savannah River
Wackenhut
DOE
Art Flourishes In Aiken County During 1980s Growth
Aiken county residents praised music dance art and drama in the 1980s with ballet jazz stage plays and Broadway shows. The Etherredge Center at USC Aiken opened with Roberta Peters and hosted many famed artists including Dizzy Gillespie Woody Herman Yehudi Menuhin and Marie Osmond. The Aiken Choral Society staged two annual concerts and Gordon Getty attended a Poe musical interpretation in the mid 1980s.
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Aiken County
Usc Aiken
Metropolitan Opera
Roberta Peters
Etherredge Center
Dizzy Gillespie
Preservation Hall
New Orleans
Woody Herman
Yehudi Menuhin
Swingle Singers
Marian McPartland
Ronnie McDowell
Marie Osmond
William Windom
Aiken Choral Society
Gordon Getty
Choral Society
Edgar Allen Poe
Arts Council appoints new executive director in 1986
The Aiken County Arts Council named Karen Carter its first full-time executive director in fall 1986 replacing interim leader Charlotte Cassels. Katie Gleichauf succeeded in 1987, transforming the council into a subgranting agency that lets local artists apply directly for funds.
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Annabel Lee
Aiken County
Vatican urged Noriega to leave embassy
U S praise for Vatican efforts to coax Gen Manuel Antonio Noriega from the papal nunciature while U S forces capture two more of his top aides. The Vatican spokesman says the nuncio cannot force Noriega to depart or hand him to U S troops as the siege continues near the embassy in Panama City.
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Panama City
Panama
United States
Vatican
Manuel Antonio Noriega
U.S
Papal
Noriega
Mike Harari
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