Oscar campaigning rules blur line between ads and strategy
Hollywood insiders reveal how Oscar campaigns spend half a million to three quarters of a million yearly to woo Academy voters. Trade ads, free showings, and celebrity appearances shape nominees like Best Picture and Best Actor.
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Future Bright For 4 Quints On 4th Birthday
Four Maria quintuplets, survivors from a 1967 birth, celebrate their fourth birthday in Chavarría Mexico with a stronger outlook. Their father Pablo Ortiz, once a 50 cent per day farmer, now commutes two hours to Cuernavaca and earns about 64 dollars monthly. The Morelos State government provided a three room cement block home and land, while a hospital continues weekly food aid. The family’s life has improved with a repaired house, gas stove, toys, shoes, clothing, and livestock purchases including two cows.
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Nixon notes on Vietnam operation rumors and talks
Washington reports a Senate Foreign Relations Committee inquiry into a rumored U S Saigon operation near Laos. President Nixon holds an unannounced meeting with key national security advisers while spokesmen refuse to discuss the rumors. Apollo 14 crew report Antares immaculate before lunar orbit. Army analysts say four of five new enlistees avoided draft. OAS approves asylum denial and extradition pact for diplomats. U Thant cites progress in Middle East cease fire talks. Tehran oil ministers meet after price talks collapse. India bans Pakistani military overflight after Indian airliner destruction.
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East St Louis May Elect Black Mayor Runoff Looms
East St Louis may elect its first black mayor this month as a runoff looms after a Feb. 9 non partisan primary. Black candidates Virgil L. Calvert and Charles Merritts Sr. vie for the top spot with James E. Williams and others. White candidate James Sinovich also runs. The race centers on jobs, police, industry and housing amid a 68 000 population with a large black majority.
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Elegance Marked Hildegarde at 65 Birthday Show
New York AP profile of Hildegarde the First Lady of Supper Clubs as she celebrates turning 65 at the Rainbow Grill. She reflects on aging with humor and grace, cites a lifelong devotion to music and faith, and recalls a rise from vaudeville to global stardom while continuing philanthropic work and a busy career.
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Chrysler strike ends for 10000 white collar workers
About 10,000 Chrysler white collar employees returned to work after a three hour strike. A tentative three year contract was reached with the United Auto Workers union, aligning salaried raises with those given to production workers at Ford and GM. Union president Leonard Woodcock noted the pattern mirrored earlier agreements.
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Egypt cool to cease fire talk at United Nations
Egypt showed reluctance to extend the six month truce despite cautious optimism at the United Nations. A government spokesman said there was nothing new on progress, while observers expect the cease-fire to persist informally. Thant urged restraint as talks with Israel Jordan and Egypt progress slowly.
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Attack On Seniority Fails In House Bid
Washington AP The House Democratic liberals failed to modify the seniority system for committee chairmen. Aimed at banning anyone over 70 from chair duties and forcing eight year term limits, the measures were defeated by voice vote after minimal debate. The liberals pressed ahead on other projects in the closed caucus.
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Hindu Holy Man Becomes A Lord
London AP Britain gains a new peer a 55 year old Hindu mystic in Ceylon James Herwald Ramsbotham the 2nd Viscount Soulbury whose father died last weekend He is a widower with no children and he pursued Hindu holy life while his father governed Ceylon from 1949 to 1954 Ramsbotham said inheriting a peerage would not draw him from his calling His sister sent word of their father s death and suggested a memorial service in England
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Clergy Seminar In Mental Health To Be Conducted
The East Central Missouri Association for Mental Health presents its third annual clergy seminar on Feb 22 Mar 1 and Mar 8. Mental health professionals from Fulton State Hospital Hast Central Missouri Mental Health Center Mexico and the University of Missouri Columbia will lead sessions for clergymen from Audrain Callaway Monroe Montgomery Ralls Pike and Centralia. Ministers may reserve by sending to 215 W Jackson St Mexico. Sessions run 9 a.m. to noon at Mental Health Center 704 EB Monroe St Mexico. Rev Roy Kinder of Paris notes the theme Relating to Contemporary Youth and urges pastors to attend.
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Suction Spots With Tornadoes In 1970 Findings
Kansas City AP reports National Weather Service official says the two or three funnels around large tornadoes, dubbed suction spots, were the era's key discovery. Ted Fujita of the University of Chicago developed the theory. Allen Pearson notes 1970 saw 650 U S tornadoes, with Texas accounting for 51 deaths and Missouri and Kansas reporting 37 and 29 tornadoes respectively, but no fatalities in those two states.
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Birth Control Pamphlets Distributed by Rhode Island Senate
University of Rhode Island students registering for the new semester received birth control information pamphlets prepared paid for and distributed by the student senate.
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