Brando Refuses Oscar for The Godfather in 1972
Brando declined the best actor Oscar sending Sacheen Littlefeather to refuse on grounds of how the film industry treats American Indians, citing Wounded Knee and ongoing protests. Liza Minnelli accepted for Cabaret as Brando’s absence drew boos and scattered applause during the Los Angeles ceremony.
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Hollywood
Marlon Brando
Brando
Boss
Academy
Los Angeles Music Center
Liza
Minnelli
Germany
Sacheen Littlefeather
Wounded Knee
Miss Minnelli
Judy Garland
George C. Scott
Patton
Joel Grey
Bob Fosse
Ben Hur
Bileen Heckart
Luis Bunuel
City Approves 250 000 Street Program
The Lawrence City Commission approved a 250 000 street maintenance program for 1973 including overlaying 3.5 miles at 68 691 and resealing 28.7 miles at 63 000. Four intersections will be repaired and Ninth Street between Tennessee and Kentucky rebuilt. A contingency funds repaving Sixth Street and Connecticut projects are planned with bids set for April 10.
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Hillcrest
Dairy Queen
Mass
Fourth
Michigan
18Th
Arkansas
11Th
New York
Maine
Ninth Street
Tennessee
Kentucky
Kaw River
Sixth Street
Wisconsin
State Highway Department
Connecticut
Seventh
14Th
Buford Watson
North
Lawrence
Third
Kingston
Iowa
Westchester
Steven Drive
Wellington
Steven
Yale
Crestline
Madeline
Schwartz
Ninth
Avalone
Cambridge
24Th
Ousdahl
Ridge Court
Alabama
20Th
21St Street
20Th Terrace
Louisiana
21St
City agencies approve development plans and street adjustments
Commissioners approve a 40 acre portion of a 259 acre planned unit development by Four Seasons Inc and revise drainage funding. Contingency funds may cover Sixth and Massachusetts street work if bids for a federal neighborhood development project are high. Site plans for a golf course association building and KLWN radio expansion were approved while a Quick-Stop Photo Service in Hillcrest was denied due to traffic concerns. A retail office building near Sears, shown partly on adjacent property, was denied for insufficient evidence.
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Sixth
Massachusetts
Four Seasons Inc
Planning Commission
Four ‘Seasons
Jack Rose
Superintendents Association of America
St. Andrews Drive
Klwn Radio
31St
Iowa
Pulliam
Hillcrest
Sears
King Radio consider Lawrence plant site
King Radio Corp weighs locating a new Lawrence, Kansas plant as part of a nationwide expansion. Officials cited strong sales growth in 1971 and 1972, a wide product line, and 144 service outlets, with decision influenced by local Chamber officials and economic development support.
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KING
American Stock Exchange
Dunn
Holiday
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Kansas University
Bill Gant
Lawrence
Edward J. King Jr
Kansas State University
Dodge City
Communications Accessories Inc
King Radio Corp
Johnson County
Guthrie
Bill Salome
Chamber
Jack Brand
Earl Chandler
Lawrence National Bank
Don Hults
Jack Vincent
John Emick
Buford Watson
Bill Gaut
Global money chiefs back fixed but adaptable exchange rates
AP reports IMF Committee of 20 endorses a new world monetary system with fixed yet adjustable currency rates. In Washington and Saigon briefs, soldiers push toward Vietnam memorial plans as Thieu promotes U S VNH bond amid ongoing talks. Treasury official notes banks halt Chile lending. Kansas Senate eyes 14 million in new corporate tax revenue while Docking weighs funding and tax policy.
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International Monetary Fund
Committee of 20
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
Air Medal honors for Capt Carroll Hird of Seymour Johnson AFB
U S Air Force Capt Carroll R Hird son of O E and Mrs O E Hird of Lawrence Kansas has received multiple Air Medal awards for outstanding airmanship on important missions under hazardous conditions He has served six months in Vietnam and now flies with a TAC unit at Seymour Johnson aiding U S ground forces He is a 1961 graduate of Lawrence Memorial High School and earned a geology B A and MBA in 1968 from Kansas University.
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Goldsboro
N.C
U.S. Air Force
Carroll R. Hird
O. E. Hird
Rt. 1
Lawrence
Kan
Seymour-Johnson Afb
Hird
Vietnam
Seymour- Johnson
Tactical Air Command
U.S
Lawrence Memorial High School
Kansas University
Haskell contract delayed again with $865000 plan
The $865000 architectural engineering contract for Haskell Indian Junior College faces a further delay as approval hinges on federal procurement rules. Richard Hite says the bid will return to the BIA for reconsideration of five Kansas firms, with costs rising monthly and possible impact on accreditation.
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Haskell Indian Junior College
Richard R. Hite
Department of the Interior
The
Journal-World
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Hite
Haskell
Wallace Galluzzi
Library Resource Center
Pichler Named Acting KU Dean
Joseph A. Pichler, KU associate professor of business, named acting dean of the School of Business. Clifford Clark resigns as dean to become vice president for academic affairs at SUNY Binghampton. A search committee will be organized for a permanent dean. Pichler has served KU since 1965 and was associate dean last year. He previously led a Labor Department manpower effort from 1968 to 1970.
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Joseph A. Pichler
Kansas University
School of Business
Clifford Clark
The
State University of New York At
Binghampton
Pichler
Ambrose Saricks
Saricks
U.S. Department of Labor
Lawrence students dismissed for conferences and enrollment
Lawrence School District 497 told elementary and secondary students to leave at 11 30 a m today for afternoon parent teacher conferences and high school enrollment. Dismissals will occur again Thursday and Friday as activities continue. A feature in Rural and Urban Roads highlights Lawrence downtown with a full color cover and a development project story, distributed to about 130 000 readers.
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Lawrence
Harold J. McKeever
Kansas University
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Liza Minelli
Joel Gray
Los Angeles
Gray
Terfront
By Toby McIntosh
Bob Pulliam
23Rd Street
Kasold
Crossgate
Quail Creek
West 25Th Street
Kasold Drive
Milton Allen
Cedarwood
Barker
Indian Ave
Ohio
25Th South
19Th South
Centen
Nial
Harvard
Spencer
Crescent
Universty
Watson
Chuck Fisher
Washington
International Monetary
Saigon
Nguyen ,van Thieu
State Department
Pentagon
Adrian S. Fisher
Daniel Eljlsberg
Anthony Russo
Paris
Treasury
Department
Chile
Joan
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Robert Docking
Docking
Heathy Insurance, Co. Hosle, Cl.u
Wescoe Hall
Journal- World Photo
Schaefer, Schirmer and Associates
Kansas
Donald Kethro
Albuquerque
N. M
Kiene and Bradley Partnership
van Doren, Hazard, Stallings and Schnake
Hollis and Miller
Overland Park
Robertson, Peters and Williams
Robert Dole
Dole
Rumsey
John H. Emick
Travis E. Glass
Ed Marling
Hoover
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