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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1978
Page
6
In London, Woody Allen’s Annie Hall swept major BAFTA awards including best film, best direction, best actress for Diane Keaton, and best screenplay and editing. Allen was named best director, Keaton best actress, with Princess Anne presenting. Peter Finch posthumously won best actor for Network.
Pat Nixon marked her 66th birthday with a family dinner in San Clemente. Julie Nixon Eisenhower and David, expecting a baby, planned to attend with Richard Nixon, while Tricia Cox and Edward could not make it from New York. No staff comment on her recovery progress after the July 1976 stroke.
Rosalynn Carter appears in a 30 hour PBS Festival 78 telethon marking Public Broadcasting Service fund raising. The goal is 13.2 million dollars as Julia Child Hugh Downs Rita Moreno Dick Cavett and Jean Marsh host via video messages and national broadcasts during the weekend event.
San Jose court orders Robert Vesco to stay in Costa Rica and not leave the country while his fraud case proceeds. Bail set at $348,000 as the Costa Rican judge weighs the implications for his U S citizenship bid and potential extradition. The action followed an 22 month inquiry initiated by Carlos Reichnitzer a Hungarian native now naturalized Costa Rican.
Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland plans to meet protesting farmers despite police ejecting about 50 demonstrators from the department. About 25 protesters remained inside the building as riot police cleared halls after forced entry. Talks were arranged to seek common ground on higher price guarantees for wheat and other farm products.
Calvin Graham, 48, a Fort Worth resident, enlisted at 12 by falsifying age to serve on the USS South Dakota. He lost front teeth in battle and later had enlistment invalidated, stripping him of veteran benefits and medals. Senators and a congressman have introduced private bills to restore benefits for dental repair, but proposals stall amid Navy opposition and legislative backlog.
Germantown park officials plan to draft a letter to Mayor Moler voicing displeasure over not being kept informed on recreation matters after Superintendent Bullock asked the county CETA office for funds to continue youth center supervisor salaries through October. The grant ends June 30, with uncertain funding for later 1978 and 1979. If the center closes or the building is sold, funds might pay the recreation director. The board also debated pool age rules and set tentative fees for weekend tournaments at several parks.
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