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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1969

Page

4

Oscars Show Features Records and Ties Across Winners

The Oscars highlight a rare tie among performers with Miss Hepburn and Miss Streisand sharing the moment. Hepburn sets a nomination record with 11 while Bette Davis and others trail with 10. Wallace Beery and Frederic March tied previously in 1632. Ruth Gordon recalls a 54 year career as tears mark her win.

Miss Hepburn Miss Streisand Academy Luise Rainer Bette Davis Eliza Beth Taylor Vivien Leigh Audrey Hepburn Wallace Beery Frederic March March Beery Robertson Charly Frank Sinatra Philippine Islands Noel Harrison Thomas Crown Michel Legrand Alan Marilyn Bergman Albertson Frank Gilroy Gilroy Ruth Gordon

Stanford Research Institute should become independent entity

Stanford faculty and student leaders urged separation of the Stanford Research Institute from the university. A six day sit-in protested war related research on campus and at SRI. The report proposes SRI buy independence with a 25 year loan, no chemical biological or radiological warfare research during that period, and renaming to SRI Inc with Stanford funds from sale redirected to education.

Stanford Stanford University Stanford Research Institute SRI SRI, Inc Kenneth S. Pitzer Anderson Applied Electronics Laboratory AEL Pitzer

Harvard at crisis talks over students arrest fate and Corporation vote

Harvard student faculty committee will decide expulsions from the building takeover and Harvard Corporation elections. The crowd at the meeting neared 10 000 then dwindled, with five nonstudents speaking as three professors urged caution. The administration has three days to respond to SDS demands. President Pusey met with an informal 68 member emergency group to discuss lines of communication within the university.

Harvard Corporation SDS University Hall Nathan M. Pusey Pusey

SDS Sit-In Rocks UCLA Over Perceived Political Persecution

About 200 students staged a peaceful sit-in Monday in UCLA's administration building to protest alleged political persecution of SDS leader Michael S. Baker. Officials cited $33 in unpaid library fines as the barrier to his registration and discussed campus rally rules amid ongoing demonstrations and counterprotests.

Los Angeles UCLA Michael S. Baker Students For A Democratic Society Baker Charles E. Young Thomas Jefferson Club Jeffersons Applied Electronics Laboratory Young Americans For Freedom Rads

Nixon outlines 10 domestic program goals for 1970 agenda

President Nixon aims to durable reform with social security boosts tax credits and an expanded anti crime push. He lists ten initiatives including federal wage programs mass transit reform postal reorganization and a broad labor man power plan with an eventual tax overhaul. He warned no extravagant promises and pledged to propose only workable laws with a major review planned for 1970.

Post Office Department Nixon National Congress

Spitfire Spinster Battles Tax Law Over Spinster Status

Vivien Kellems of East Haddam Connecticut renews tax resistance arguing singles pay higher rates than married people. At 72 she demands a $73 409.03 refund plus 6 percent interest after filing her return but not paying taxes. She asserts constitutional discrimination and vows no payment until redress.

Washington Miss Kellems Vivien Kellems East Haddam Conn Congress Supreme Court Treasury

Ted Kennedy gains edge in 1972 nomination race

Senator Mansfield said Republican attacks on Edward M Kennedy push him toward the Democratic presidential bid. Kennedy, seated with Mansfield, faced criticism over a subcommittee study of Alaskan Eskimo living conditions. Two Republicans left the tour, calling it a political gambit to aid Kennedy.

Washington UPI Edward M. Kennedy Mike Mansfield Mansfield Kennedy Massachusetts GOP Sen White House

Insurance tips urge careful review of Medicare supplements

Buyers of supplemental insurance should check policies to avoid paying for services already covered by Medicare. The Better Business Bureau at 130 Pine Ave offers company reports and urges knowing the insurer and policy. It also cautions to report firms that give false information about Social Security provisions.

Better Business Bureau Pine Ave BBB Social Security Office Pacific Ave

Finch Cancelled Dixie Trip Over Desegregation Policy

Secretary Finch canceled his April 25 visit to Columbia South Carolina to explain his school desegregation policy to South Carolina officials and visitors from nearby states. The trip was aimed at addressing questions amid court-ordered desegregation plans for 22 districts and faced opposition from civil rights groups and Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond.

Washington Robert H. Finch South Carolina Nixon Finch Ment Department of Health, Education and Welfare Department California Justice Department South

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