Oscar Predictions Favor Chinatown at 47th Academy Awards
Los Angeles reports Chinatown leads in best picture expectations with The Godfather Part II, The Towering Inferno, Lenny, and The Conversation also named contenders. Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway are top acting choices, while awards for Supporting Actor and Actress hinge on multiple favorites and industry optimism. Howard Koch pledges a glamorous, crystal styled show with high production values.
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Lenny
Jack Nicholson
al Pacino
Art Carney
Harry and Tonto
Albert Finney
Dustin Hoffman
Faye Dunaway
Chinatown
Gena Rowlands
Ellen Burstyn
Diahann Carroll
Claudine
Valerie Perrine
Fred Astaire
Valentina Cortese
Ingrid Bergman
Howard Koch
Koch
Attack on Palace Thieu Escapes Injury in Saigon
President Thieu escaped harm when a South Vietnamese fighter pilot attacked the presidential palace in Saigon. The pilot Nguyen Thanh Trung fled, with two killed and three wounded. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese assaults near Saigon continued as U S forces quietly prep evacuations from South Vietnam with ships at Subic Bay and a Marine battalion moved from Okinawa.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Nguyen Thanh Trung
Long Thanh
Ihen
Mekong
Moc Hoa
Tuyen Binh
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Prey Veng
Svay Rieng
Washington
U.S
Okinawa
Subic Bay
Philippines
South China Sea
Hancock
Coral Sea
Pentagon
Cambodia-South Vietnam
New Canaan executive seeks more Vietnamese orphans for U S
Business executive Robert Macauley of New Canaan Conn paid for a flight bringing 325 Vietnamese orphans to the United States. He says about 1 000 orphans are matched with American families and he is seeking charter flights to bring them here.
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Robert Macauley
New Canaan
Utility bombed second time at Hicks substation
Terrorist bombs struck Pacific Gas & Electric substation in San Jose at 12:25 a.m. disabling two transformers and cutting power to about 22,000 homes over a 20 mile area. It followed a March 27 attack that damaged three transformer banks and affected 35,000 homes. No injuries were reported.
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San Jose
Calif
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Hicks
Santa Clara County
Tanker Spartan Lady Sinks After Split in Atlantic Gale
Coast Guard航 rescued 36 crew from the Spartan Lady after the Liberian tanker split in two about 150 miles offshore. One crewman died later. The bow section sank when the Tamaroa declared the wreck a menace to navigation.
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NEW York
Coast Guard
North Atlantic
Tamaroa
No Free Lunch From Simon Inflation Love-Hate Affair
Treasury Secretary William F Simon warns Americans hate inflation but endorse its causes and cautions against new inflationary spirals. He predicts a recession bottoming this year and a 1975 recovery, noting inflation relief and rising consumer spending while urging restraint on deficits and monetary policy.
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New Orleans
Treasury
William F. Simon
Simon
NIOSH to Check 1500 Toxic Chemicals for Occupational Hazards
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will study 1,500 toxic chemicals to see if workers risk exposure. A published list will appear in the Federal Register within two months, and industry and universities will supply data. The effort aims to identify dangerous substances before cancer or other effects arise.
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Philadelphia
National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health
Federal Register
American Chemical Society
Benigna Carroll
NIOSH
Rockville
Sixty Five South Vietnamese Orphans Arrive in U S
Sixty five South Vietnamese war orphans arrived in the United States aboard an Air Force C141 Starlifter that landed at Travis Air Force Base. The children were moved to the San Francisco Presidio to await new American families or onward flights. In Seattle, sixteen orphans arrived and were taken to Children's Orthopedic Hospital exhausted from jet lag.
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San Francisco
United States
Air Force
Travis Air Force Base
Pacific
San Francisco Presidio
Golden Gate
Seattle
Children’s Orthopedic Hospital
Blizzard Sweeps Montana to Texas With Severe Warnings
A major winter storm packed heavy snow and strong winds across the northern Rockies and Plains, with seven inches in Havre and six in Great Falls and Billings. Gusts topped 75 mph at Scottsbluff and 60 mph in Amarillo, while temperatures plunged into the teens and 20s.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Plains
Texas
Montana
Continental Divide
Havre
Great Falls
Billings
Scottsbluff
Neb
Amarillo
Tex
Akron
Colo
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Palace
North
Tran van Minh
Middletown
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
ANPA
The
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Richard 0. Simpson
Beverly Sills
Metropolitan Opera
Corinth
Miss Sills
Met
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