Tuning In. Oscar Show Drags But Ends With Best Picture
The AP notes the Academy Awards ran two and a half hours and ended after midnight. The Sound of Music won best picture while Julie Christie and Lee Marvin earned acting honors. Bob Hope hosted with humor but the broadcast felt long and talky with overlong song numbers. Nielsen rankings highlight Carol Plus Two and Red Skelton Show as top programs, with Bonanza leading NBC ratings.
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Television Highlights for the Evening Schedule
The page lists CBS News Special with Hubert Humphrey interview on his duties since 1965. It also features America! hosted by Jack Douglas touring U S sights. As a World War II Marine drama Assault with James Whitmore and Gary Conway airs. Other shows include Please Dont Eat the Daisies McHales Navy F Troop and Petticoat Junction with plot notes.
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Myra Franklin Sees Sound of Music 500th Time
Cardiff Wales AP report notes Myra Franklin attends the Sound of Music for the 500th time as she applauds the film's enduring appeal to fans.
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Wales
Myra Franklin
Government Studies Broad Set of Car Safety Requirements
The government explores a broad set of safety standards for its vehicle purchases, including gear shift relocation or redesign to a dial or buttons. The GSA has not decided on 67 standards being studied, after last year approving 17 for 1967 models.
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General Services
GSA
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Kingman Motel Case Sparks Image Talk
An Oregon couple was fined ten dollars after a magistrate ruled they could not stable their horse in a motel room in Kingman Arizona. The couple left with the horse heading north, returning to Oregon.
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Joe Gehres
75-Cent Robbery Yields 14-Year Jail Term
Taipei District Court found yang Yung-hung, 21, guilty of robbery during the defense season and martial law violation. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison for stealing 75 cents from a man.
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Taipei District Court
Yang Yung-hung
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