Julia and The Turning Point Lead Oscar Nominations
Bob Thomas reports that Julia and The Turning Point lead the 50th Academy Award nominations with 11 nods each, while Star Wars racks up 10 and Close Encounters eight. Key acting contenders include Anne Bancroft Jane Fonda Diane Keaton Shirley MacLaine and Marsha Mason. Woody Allen leads with nominations for Annie Hall. The ceremony will air April 3 with Best Picture nominees including Annie Hall The Goodbye Girl Julia Star Wars and The Turning Point.
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20Th Century-Fox
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Jane Fonda
Diane Keaton
Annie Hall
Shirley MacLaine
Marsha Mason
Miss Keaton
Mr. Goodbar
Woody Allen
Richard Burton
Richard Dreyfuss
Marcello Mastroianni
John Travolta
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Peter Firth
Alec Guinness
Woody Alien
Steven Spielberg
Fred Zinnemann
George Lucas
Herbert Ross
Greece
France
Israel
Italy
Spain
Pete’s Dragon
Waltz
The
Marshall Brickman
Neil Simon
Robert Benton
Arthur Laurents
Peter Shaffer
Gavin Lambert
Lewis John Carlino
Alvin Sargent
Larry Gelbart
Louis Bunuel
Jean-Claude Carriere
Orson Welles
Academy
Lawton Mayoral Race Weighs on 1970s Leaders and Allies
The report traces Larry Beller a former Ward 8 representative and 1977 mayoral challenger who led a public critique of Mayor Wayne Gilley after a 1975 renewal agency appointment. It notes candidates Ashley Cagle Ramirez Riddle Anderson and Pierce running for various ward and at large seats, detailing their backgrounds and political aims.
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Ward 8
Norma Roberts
Wayne Gilley
Beller
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Gilley
Riddle
Anderson
Pierce
Cyprus airfield battle yields many dead and captured suspects
In Nicosia a clash at Larnaca airport left fifteen commandos dead and many wounded. Egyptian forces captured or surrendered forty one other Egyptians while sixteen were wounded along with Cypriot troops and a West German TV cameraman. Cypriot authorities demanded the recall of Egyptian attache Suleiman Hadad amid claims of facilitation by an Egyptian signalman. War Minister Gamassy rejected involvement and denied a prior deal with terrorists or safe passage in exchange for hostages.
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Kyprianou
Col
Suleiman Hadad
Mohamed Abdel Ghany Gamassy
Hadad
Strike talk on coal mine seizure and binding arbitration
Carter weighs steps on federal seizure or arbitration amid a coal strike. Meany says Carter leans toward a mid winter session and Taft Hartley action. UMW not in AFL CIO. utilities face narrowing electricity and layoffs in Indiana while wage and clause details loom in P M and BCOA talks.
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Powell
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Marshall
Afl-Cio Executive Council
UMW
Midwest
Mid-Atlantic
Indiana
Congress
Senate
Torrijos charges discussed as Senate weighs secret session
Dole pushes for a closed session after inspecting a classified report on allegations involving Gen. Torrijos and his family. Byrd warns senators about disclosing sensitive intelligence, while Bayh notes some claims may be true or false as lawmakers seek factual clarity. Moises Torrijos linked to a 1971 New York grand jury case amid ratification debate. Senator Hodges plans to vote for ratification.
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Torrijos
Dole
Senate Intelligence Committee
Byrd
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Bayh
DEA
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
New York City
Moises Torrijos
Panama
Spain
United States
Kancaster Hodges
D-Ark
Charges Loom In Cache Shooting Case
Lawton man George Stephen Smith faces district court arraignment on assault with a deadly weapon and feloniously pointing a firearm after a Sunday morning shooting at 2618 Cornell in Cache. Victim Kay Cave, 27, in satisfactory condition after arm-sparing surgery at Comanche County Memorial Hospital.
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Lawton
Kay Cave
Cache
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
George Stephen Smith
Smith
Cornell
Shirley Adair
Citizens’ National Bank of Lawton
Cameron Foundation Elects Board, Notes Nursing Major
Delores Kruger described Cameron University new bachelor of science in nursing at the spring Cameron Foundation meeting. Vernon Howell was re-elected chair man of the foundation board and Maj. Gen. Charles Brown was again chosen as foundation president. Dr. Richard Murray spoke on current and projected enrollment, and Bob Richey reported on scholarships and future needs in nursing.
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Cameron University
Cameron Foundation
Vernon Howell
Charles Brown
Cameron
Richard Murray
Bob Richey
Ranger Doherty, Texas Ranger, Dies. Family Mourns Loss
Doherty, a Lamar University graduate and husband to Martha, father of Kelly Lyn and Buster Wayne, served as a Texas Ranger before becoming a state trooper on December 3 1958. He was stationed in Marlin Gainesville Fort Worth during a 1968 transfer before his death.
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Doherty
Texas
Marlin
Gainsville
Fort Worth
Lamar University
Martha
Kelly Lyn
Buster Wayne
Iranian banks attacked amid protests over land reform and reform plans
Reports describe rioting in Iran where banks attempted to reopen but could not estimate customers' credit. Millions of bank notes and documents were burned as 73 banks faced attacks. Among them 39 branches belonged to Saderat Bank, recently seized by Hajabi Yazdan, a Bahai, drawing Shiite opposition.
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Tabriz
Saderat Bank
Hajabi
Airport board faces shift of Kenway plant to Wichita Falls
Ard confirms Kenway moves 60 miles from Wichita Falls to Goodyear site with 40 workers in Texas and 20 near Lawton while plans to sublease Wolf Creek Hangar loom. LMAAA chair Grover White notes interest from aerospace firms but Open Meetings Law delays public sublease talks. Jets from Air International remain on site amid unresolved decommissioning actions.
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Kenway
Wichita Falls
LMAAA
Airport Authority
Lawton
Texas City
Goodyear
Grover White
Wolf Creek Aviation
Wolf Creek
Chris Meyers
White
Air International Ltd
Sentry Manufacturing
Air International
SMAAA
Jury Pick Begins In Morals Trial Of Fort Sill Man
Jury selection opened in district court for Alex Montoya a 22 year old Fort Sill resident charged with first degree rape of a Lawton woman last March The victim said a man asked for water and forced entry Montoya’s arrest followed the victim’s husband trailing him from a discount store to a mobile home two nearby homes were broken into with two young girls escaping in the other incident.
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Fort Sillman
Lawton
Alex Montoya
Montoya
Elgin Man Collapses at Local Service Station
John Allen Owen age 43 of Elgin collapsed Monday afternoon at a Lawton service station where he worked and died. He was rushed to Southwestern Hospital but revival efforts failed. Police said an autopsy would determine the cause of death.
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John Allen Owen
Elgin
Lawton
Owen
Southwestern Hospital
Lake Maracaibo Vast Inland Water of Venezuela
Lake Maracaibo is the largest inland water body in Venezuela, measuring 133 miles in length and 72 miles across. The sizable freshwater lake lies along the country’s northwest coast and serves as a major geographic landmark.
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Lake Maracaibo
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