Brando Refuses Oscar In Protest Over Indian Treatment
Academy Awards honor dominated by The Godfather with wins for best film and Brando’s refusal delivered via Sacheen Littlefeather who cited mistreatment of American Indians and Wounded Knee. Liza Minnelli won best actress for Cabaret as Brando’s protest drew boos and later applause.
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Marlon Brando
Brando
Motion Picture Academy
Los Angeles Music Center
Liza Minnelli
Germany
Sacheen Littlefeather
Wounded Knee
S.D
Miss Minnelli
Judy Garland
Eell
George C. Scott
Patton
Tor
Ben Hur
Eileen Heckart
Luis Bunuel
Miss Littlefeather
Negotiations Continue in Wounded Knee Standoff
Two talks outside Wounded Knee will seek a peaceful end to the 29 day occupation. U S Attorney General aide Kent Frizzell will meet with AIM and anti AIM groups as Sen Abourezk cites a settlement. A gunfight wounded a federal marshal while reports say an armed plane delivered arms to the militants.
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Wounded Knee S.D. Cap
Wounded Knee
Kent Frizzell
U.S
American Indian Movement
AIM
Rapid City
James Abourezk
D-5.d
Abourezk
Timistic
Russell Means
Dennis Banks
Arently
Seige
Kennebunk Seeks State Guidance on SAD 71 Dissolution
Kennebunk selectmen discussed dissolving School Administrative District 71 after a 52 percent vote to dissolve. A letter urging State Board of Education action was left unsigned by three members, while two assigned it to the town attorney for review. Also approved: tax note of 200000 and several appointments.
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Kennebunk
Herman Cohen
State Board of Education
Cohen
Selectmen
Five Man
Fred Holmbert
Holmberg
Fred Trumbull
Dave Shields
Roger Elliott
Heber Smith
James McMahon
Robert Reid
Lower Village
Eugene Berky
George W. King Sr
Edmund Cashen
Motel Zoning Clash Over Kennebunkport Expansion
Nine days after John Bradford became town attorney, a dispute over a building permit for Llewellyn Lloyd-Davies’s Yachtsman Motel on Ocean Avenue surfaces. Bradford calls the permit an apparent error and says expansion may violate riverfront zoning unless approved by the board of appeals. A planning board meeting at 7:30 p.m. tonight is expected to draw a large turnout.
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Kennebunkport
John Bradford
David Emmons
Biddeford
Kennebunk
Llewellyn Lloyd- Davies
George Osborne
Lloyd - Davies
Ocean Avenue
Bradford
Board of Appeals
Planning Board
Meat boycott rumors spark big hog price drops in Midwest markets
Prices for hogs plunged at major markets in the Midwest as buyers and livestock executives weigh the potential impact of a consumer boycott and meatless days. Central Iowa markets eased three to five dollars per hundredweight, with top quotes near thirty four dollars, while Joliet and Sioux City also posted sizable declines.
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Central Iowa
Webster City
Jerry Struck
Joliet, TV
Iowa
Minnesota
Sioux City
Philip Bradshaw
Illinois Pork Producers Association
Bradshaw
The
American
Demon Case Is Continued In Searsport Assault Trial
A Belfast district court continued the assault trial of Daniel Robertson and Barbara Robertson, leaders of The Body of Christ Church in Searsport, after four days of hearings since Jan. 23. The couple face simple assault complaints from June Tower, 20, who alleges she was beaten at a church meeting to drive out a devil she allegedly possessed. A physician testified bruises appeared more than a single slap.
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Belfast
AAP
Searsport
Edwin C. Smith
Daniel Robertson
Iis
Barbara
Body of Christ Church
June Tower
Miss Tower
Robertsons
June Knapp
Robertson
Rising living costs chart shows 26 months of inflation
A chart illustrates continuing cost of living increases over the last 26 months. Left side lists price friezes while arrows mark phases in the national economic restrictions program.
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Kennebunk Selectmen
Ken Joy
Conservation Commission
Ed Winston
Ape
Liloyd-Davies
Cianbro Construction Co
Associated Press
Midwest
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Inside the Journal
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