Patton Wins Big At 43rd Academy Awards
The Patton film sweeps the Oscars with seven wins including best picture and George C. Scott earning best actor despite his pledge to refuse. Glenda Jackson and John Mills take acting honors, while Franklin J. Schaffner wins for directing and Goldie Hawn announcers reveal the surprise. Scott’s acceptance marks the first Oscar refusal by a winner, prompting the academy to preserve the trophy.
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Gene Handsaker
Associated Press
Hollywood
Patton
Ryan
Helen Hayes
Franklin J. Schaffner
Los Angeles Music Center
Goldie Hawn
George C. Scott
Scott
Gen
George 5
New York
Frank McCarthy
Academy
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Daniel Taradash
Rowe Elected Chamber President to Complete Zimmerebner Term
At a meeting last night the Chamber of Commerce Board named J W Rowe president to fill the unexpired term of Albert M Zimmerebner who has been transferred to Pine Bluff by Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co effective May 1. Rowe is director of Red River Vocational Technical School and has served on the Board for two years. He will lead the chamber for the remainder of the year.
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J. W. Rowe
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
J.W. Rowe
Albert M. Zimmerebner
Pine Bluff
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Rowe
Red River
Colleges Told to Eliminate Sex Bias
AP Education Writer reports federal pressure on campuses to end gender discrimination with the threat of losing federal contracts. HEW cites Harvard and Michigan as having signed agreements on equal pay and advancement, while university officials express mixed feelings about the campaign and investigators plan to expand field staff by 1972.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Harvard
University of Michigan
J. Stanley Pottinger
HEW
Office For Civil Rights
Fidele Fauri
William Cash
Owen Kiely
Married Priest Discloses He Has Son
Pacifica AP report states Rev. Robert F. Duryea Jr 49, pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Pacifica since 1966, disclosed he has a wife Lualan 30 and a 5 year old grandson Paul. His father Robert Duryea Sr praised his daughter in law and said he plans to seek work while awaiting possible return to ministry.
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Pacifica
Calif
Robert Duryea
Robert F. Duryea Jr
St. Peter’s Church
Lualan
O'Connor Hospital
San Jose
Duryea
Paul
Gata
Bob
John
Stanford University
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Father Duryea
Joseph T. McGucken
San Francisco
Sailing Ship May Be Sold
The 34 year old sailing ship Christian Radich, featured in the 1957 film Windjammer, may be sold by the Norwegian merchant navy to cover a budget deficit. The report also touches on Israel US relations and US aid, noting Israel’s reliance on US military supplies and Nixon’s framing of Israel in a global strategy context.
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Oslo
Norway
Christian Radich
U.S
Israel
Rogers
J.W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Nixon
Ameria
NATO
Europe
Weather Report From Arkansas Station
Weather Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending at 7 a m Friday. High 75 Low 48. Forecast shows showers and thunderstorms likely tonight and Saturday. Warm tonight turning cooler late to morrow mainly west portion. Low tonight mid 50s to low 60s. High Saturday mostly in the 70s.
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Weather Experiment Station
Arkansas
TCU Freshmen Quit Football Team
Six Texas Christian University freshman players including the prior starting quarterback left the program as new coach Jim Pittman conducts spring drills. Participants ranged from running back Mike Morrison to end Paul Gennari, each turning in uniforms individually rather than as a group.
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Fort Worth
Texas Christian
Jim Pittman
Pittman
Horned Frog
Mike Morrison
San Antonio
Joey Keel
Lake Worth
Randy Pack
Stephenville
Steve Chichester
Texarkana
Carlton Hall
Paul Gennari
New York City
Professionalism and policy reforms mark State Police chief's tenure
In Little Rock, Col. Ralph D. Scott, state police director, defends merit based promotions and transfer rules as he leaves. Reforms included tighter testing, higher education requirements, a 50 hour in service training, a police library, and a formal operations manual. New director to be watched for political influence on promotions.
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Bill Simmons
Associated Press
Little Rock
Ralph D. Scott
Scott
FBI
Dale Bumpers
Dr Harrison Here Sunday At Hope Church
Retired ministers day observed in the Little Rock Conference on April 18. Dr Fred R Harrison, former pastor of the Hope First United Methodist Church from 1934 to 1938 and current Chaplain of the Arkansas Senate, will fill the morning pulpit.
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Little Rock
First United Methodist Church
Hope
Fred R. Harrison
Arkansas Senate
White House Garden Chosen for Tricia Nixon Cox Wedding
Tricia Nixon has picked the White House rose garden for her June 12 wedding to Harvard law student Edward Finch Cox. About 400 guests expected. ceremony could be televised. If rain, move to East Room. Details released by Connie Stuart.
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Washington
Tricia Nixon
White House
Rose Garden
Harvard Law
Edward Finch Cox
Executive Mansion
Connie Stuart
Julie
David Eisenhower
David
Barbara Ann Eisenhower
Fernando Echeverria-Uribe
Stuart
Speaker at Hope Church gospel meetings April 18
The Hope Church of Christ announces a series of gospel meetings beginning April 18 led by preacher Carl Maples from Kingston Jamaica. M H Peebles notes Maples has extensive evangelistic experience from Canada to Jamaica and will speak on topics including The Establishment and Are We Blind Also with services at 7 30 p m weekdays and 11 a m and 6 p m on Sundays through April 25.
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Harold Hendrix
Jeannie
Carl Maples
Jamacca
W.I
Hope Church of Christ
Lram
The
M. H. Peebles
Kingston
Jamaica
Mr. Peebles
Maples
Canada
Hope
Sopater
Berea
Break Full of Benefits Ends in Missouri Easter Work
Nevada Mo residents report college students from Siena Newton College of the Sacred Heart University of Scranton and other schools completed a week of service in southwest Missouri. 106 volunteers cut trees dusted latrines painted homes aided a widow and helped at a school for the handicapped while sharing experiences and Midwestern insights.
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Nevada
Missouri
Kevin Daniels
Siena College
Loudonville
N.Y
Daniels
Mark Spadero
Long Island City
Siena
St. Francis Academy
Priscilla Duff
Newton College of the Sacred Heart
Newton
Mass
Melissa McDiarmid
Baltimore
Pam Moore
Tarrytown
Wilson
University of Scanton
John Kane
London concert goers back Royal Philharmonic popularity
The London audience shows Beethoven Mudgart Brahms and Bruckner as the era’s most popular composers in a Royal Philharmonic Orchestra report, highlighting enduring appeal and strong ties to London concert culture.
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London
Beethoven
Mudgart
Brahms
Bruckner
Royal Philharmioniy Orchestra
Car hits bike rider in Clarendon kills cyclist near U.S. 49
Clarendon Arkansas AP reports Donovan R. Clemons 51 of Holly Grove Monroe County died when his bicycle was struck by a car on U.S. 49 near Clarendon. The driver J B Parker 58 of Newport fled? No injury to Parker per state police.
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Clarendon, Ark
Donovan R. Clemons
Holly Grove
Monroe County
U.S. 49
Clarendon
J. B. Parker
Newport
Parker
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