Old Hollywood Meets New In Oscars Duel At 42nd Ceremony
The 42nd Academy Awards pits traditional cinema against the New Wave with contenders like Anne of the Thousand Days Midnight Cowboy Hello Dolly Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Z for best picture. John Wayne leads in True Grit while Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight headline Midnight Cowboy. Five foreign and Golden Era actresses join the race as 3100 voters favor classic films. A separate report lists 21 Medal of Honor recipients to be awarded posthumously by President Nixon in Washington. Captured newsmen from CBS and Fuji TV are feared held by Viet Cong near Chiphou.
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Saigon claims war's biggest loss in single clash
Combined dispatches tally 496 enemy deaths on Monday in or near Dak Saeng, including 270 from artillery and air strikes, as U.S. and Vietnamese aircraft pound jungle positions around the besieged camp. Near Cairo, Egyptian commandos hit Israeli positions. in New Delhi, 20,000 demo crowd clashes with police over unemployment relief. In Florida, Gov Kirk defies desegregation orders in Manatee County. Washington granted states limits on welfare aid and addressed double jeopardy rulings. The Supreme Court also considers bond and tax questions and bar reading of the Bible by astronauts.
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Man Surrenders on Flight 96 After Cockpit Intrusion
A Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 bound from San Francisco to Pittsburgh landed safely after a man, Lynn Lilita, 22, of McKeesport, intruded the cockpit with a pistol and surrendered to the pilot. FBI agents awaited the aircraft on arrival.
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U S Wins Round With Air Controllers
The government secured a preliminary ruling that the air traffic controllers’ 1 day walkout was an illegal strike caused by the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization. Delays eased somewhat as more planes flew, with Southern California reporting only a quarter of controllers absent.
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Sam Sheppard Dead After Century-High Profile Trial
Dr Sam Sheppard a Cleveland osteopath neurosurgeon and figure in one of the era s most controversial murder cases died in Columbus Ohio at 46 He had long disputed the 1954 conviction for the murder of his wife Marilyn The U S Supreme Court ordered a retrial then he was acquitted in 1966 Bailey said cancer was suspected though tests in 1961 showed no illness Coroner Evans noted heavy alcohol use and a sedative given by his mother in law before death An autopsy would be performed
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President to visit Georgia for Stone Mountain dedication
President Nison will visit Georgia on May 9 for the official dedication of the Confederate carving on Stone Mountain near Atlanta. Governor Lester Maddox confirmed the visit, calling the event a great day for Georgia.
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Johnson and Nixon Meet in White House Breakfast Visit
Lyndon Johnson met with President Nixon for nearly three hours at the White House on Monday. They discussed a wide range of subjects over breakfast, Johnson was briefed later at the State Department by William Rogers, and the pair shared a jocular walk through the newly opened enlarged press room.
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Spring Bird Assignment Sparks Fifth Grade Artwork
In Drumright Oklahoma Mrs David Bevere's fifth grade class explored spring by sketching a bird or animal and expressing thoughts. Tie Strickhand drew a vulture and wrote commentary on appetite and health, noting the animal eats between meals and that its eyes dazzle less and neck grows thinner as a lesson.
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