Winners of the 44th Academy Awards announced
Hollywood reports the 44th Academy Awards with The French Connection earning best picture and best director. Jane Fonda named best actress and Gene Hackman best actor. Cloris Leachman and Ben Johnson win supporting acting prizes for The Last Picture Show. Special awards, song, foreign film, and technical categories listed with multiple producers and studios.
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Cloris Leachman
Ben Johnson
Charles Cha
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Italy
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Alan Maley
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Chaplin Steals Show at Academy Awards Return
Charlie Chaplin, frail and white haired, returns to Hollywood to a standing ovation at the 44th Academy Awards. The French Connection won best picture and five awards. Jane Fonda and Gene Hackman each claimed acting honors.
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Laurel residents question school reorganization
Over 50 Laurel area residents attended a school board meeting to hear plans for reconfiguring elementary schools including heterogeneous grouping and increased busing. The board noted tax impact is possible and public meetings will be held. layout details remain in planning.
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Harold Gwin
Laurel Area
FFA Cooperative Loan
Hazel Avens
Diane Bailey
James A. Moore
Moore
Bailey
Avens
Jack Wilson
Public urged to engage more with county government
A 1972 county budget of over 2.9 million was placed on display for 10 days in the county meeting room to invite public scrutiny and objections. Few residents visited, highlighting a broader lack of local civic involvement and suggesting remedies such as evening meetings, citizen groups, and better information channels. The piece cites survey efforts and quotes Saul Alinsky and Roosevelt to underscore democratic participation needs.
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George Gallup
Bronya Bisceglia
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Congress
Saul Alinsky
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Richard Robbins
Wampum seeks school closure halted by petitions
Ellwood City Area School Board likely to receive petitions Thursday night as residents urge keeping the elementary school open. Borough Council discussed possible main building closure, with petitions to be delivered by council members. Mrs. Jean H. Freed confirmed universal desire to keep the school open and well maintained. In other business the council banned Friday 4 to 6 parking for street sweeping and named Freed as occupational privilege tax collector.
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New Castle School Board Seeks Fact-Finding Team
The New Castle Area School Board will seek a fact-finding team from the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board to help reach a 1972-73 teacher contract after a five hour negotiations session. The panel may be one or three members with subpoena power and 40 days to report findings. Costs are split with the state covering half. Another negotiating session is set for April.
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FFA
Laurel Ffa
New Castle Area
Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
PLRB
Seriool Board
US Airlifts 400 GIs and 4 Artillery Pieces to Phu Bai
UPI reports U S transports airlifted 400 soldiers from the 196th Light Infantry Brigade and four 105mm howitzers to Phu Bai base 42 miles from the DMZ in South Vietnam. About 2,000 Americans were already at Phu Bai as the 12 day old offensive continued. Fresh tremors hit southern Tran with landslides and floods following Monday's quake, causing a provisional death toll estimate between 2,000 and 4,000.
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UPI
U.S
South Vietnam
196Th
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da Mang
America
Phu Bai
Phural
Tehran
Tran
Pars
Nanouchet Pirouz
Mars
Pirouz
Connally cites fraud rate in tax return survey
Treasury Secretary Connally said a spot check of 400 returns prepared by tax services for taxpayers showed 97 percent were fraudulently prepared. Speaking at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention, he called the result an incredible performance and pledged to extend checks to hundreds of thousands or millions of returns.
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Chicago
UPI
Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
National Association of Broadcasters
Southeast
Talks Break Off At NORWOOD GM Plant Over Work In Coveralls
UAW negotiating committee halted talks with General Motors representatives at the NORWOOD Ohio assembly plant after members alleged management personnel were in the plant wearing coveralls. Production lines were idle while other work continued. The strike began last Saturday and shut the sole GM line making the Camaro and Firebird, with the Nova also assembled there.
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Norwood
Ohio
UPI
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
UAW
Wiretaps key in western Pennsylvan ia gambling trial
Jury in the Robert Jannelli gambling conspiracy case heard taped conversations from 1970 at his Ross Township home. The tapes marked the first admission of wiretaps as evidence in a western Pennsylvania federal trial despite poor audio quality.
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Pittsburgh
Robert
Jannelli
Pennsylvania
Tannelli
Ross Township
Antibusing protesters trek to Washington on Summit Hill
Mrs Irene McCabe among four antibusing advocates on a 20 mile march to Washington wearing out a second pair of shoes after conquering Summit Hill in the Appalachians. She noted the incline was the longest yet and that after walking hundreds of miles their muscles were tired each day. She planned to break in a third pair of shoes tomorrow.
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UPI
Irene McCabe
Washington, D.C
Summit Hill
Appalachians
Oxen safe in new home in China after goodwill swap
San Francisco Zoo Director Ronald Reuther confirms musk oxen Milton and Matilda have been settled in a Beijing enclosure. The oxen, gifts from President Nixon to China in exchange for two giant pandas, were shipped from Travis Air Force Base last week under the care of Dr. Theodore Reed of the National Zoo.
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