NBC Oscar Show bogged down in detail and length
New York AP reports the NBC Oscar awards show ran long despite attempts to stay within time limits. The telecast featured short acceptance speeches and varied entertainment segments, with Goldie Hawn announcing Patton as best picture and George C. Scott winning best actor amid prior refusals.
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NBC
George C. Scott
Bob Hope
Hope
Beatles
Orson Welles
Ingmar Bergman
Frank Sinatra
Lillian Gish
Goldie Hawn
Scott
Patton
Navy Seeks New Blood As Admirals
Secretary of the Navy John J. Chafee urges promoting iconoclasts who will push the Navy to reexamine its premises. He notes past youngsters like Zumwalt rising quickly and says there should be no single path to flag rank, with broader criteria beyond seagoing commands.
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Washington
John J. Chafee
Chafee
Adm
Bernard A. Clarey
Selection Board
Navy
Elmor. Zumwalt Jr
Zumwalt
Clarey
Earth Day projects urged across nation
A year after alarming environmental signs, the push focuses on individual actions. Earth Week runs April 19 25 led by President Nixon and 40 governors with Earth Day on April 22. Activities include recycling drives in St Louis and Nebraska cleanup efforts with a target of 100 tons of paper and glass, Madison Avenue in New York City closed to traffic for air quality checks, and an environmental hotline at the American Museum of Natural History. The Ohio Public Interest Action Group seeks 1 million dollars to fund a legal and scientific team for environmental issues.
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Sarah Fongo
Evecutive
St. Louis Coalition For the Environment
Nixon
St. Louis
Nebraska
New York City
Madison Avenue
42Nd
57Th Street
Carless Avenue
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Ohio Public Interest Action Group
Auto Makers Sued In Discount Hall
Maryland filed suit in U S District Court against General Motors Ford and Chrysler alleging they conspired to revoke government fleet discounts. Atty. Gen. Francis Bureh said the action aims to save the state and its localities money and seeks treble damages and injunction relief under antitrust laws.
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Maryland
Francis B. Bureh
U.S
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Burch
Pay Rise Favored for Rail Signalmen
A presidential board recommended pay hikes up to 42 percent over 42 months for railroad signalmen who had threatened a nationwide strike. The proposal could anchor a contract between the National Railway Labor Conference and the Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen, which represents 10 000 workers. The Labor Department said the 42 percent raise would lift hourly earners from 3.81 to 5.42 dollars, with monthly-paid signalmen using a different formula.
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Washington
National Railway Labor Conference
Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen
Labor Department
World War I Pilots Gather for Nostalgic Reunion
About 175 World War I fliers and 80 of their wives attended a reunion at the Mayflower Hotel recalling the war and discussing a permanent organization. Organizer Ira Milton Jones said more than 600 living WWI pilots exist, with 173 confirming attendance from 28 states plus the Virgin Islands and D.C. Rickenbacker declined to sign a letter but promised to attend.
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Army Signal Corps
U.S. Army
Ira Milton Jones
Milwaukee
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Jones
Air Force
Lafayette Escadrille
Postal Rate Suit Filed By Press
Washington APA reports magazines and newspapers have filed suit to halt postal rate increases that could raise mailing costs by about 20 percent this spring. The suit seeks a preliminary injunction against the Postal Service board of governors proposal. it notes the need for hearing on the increases and the method of assessment.
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APA
Magazine Publishers Association
MPA
American Newspaper Publishers Association
ANPA
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U.S. District Court
Board of Governors of
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Henderson asks trial to vindicate conduct
General Henderson seeks a trial on its merits in the My Lai case alleging the Peers inquiry was biased. He faces charges of false statements to the Peers panel and failing to properly investigate reports of excessive killing during the 1968 Vietnamese operation. The defense accuses witnesses of abuse and testimony twisting. The court considers releasing Vol I of the Peers Report to defense counsel.
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Lay
Col. Oran & Henderson
Henry
Rothblatt
Henderson
My Lai
Army
William Peers
Brian B. McMenamin
Secretary of the Army
Defense Calls Grand Jurors In Rap Brown Case
Dorchester County grand jurors who indicted H. Rap Brown on arson riot and inciting to riot must be re issued as they were told to appear today. Hearing delayed to May 1 after district court changes. Kunstler seeks to prove arson charge was fabricated per Kinlein claims about Yates.
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Dorchester County Grand Jury
H. Rap. Brown
Howard County
Clara Walt
Circuit Court Clerk’s Office
Brown
James Macgill
Robert Sweeney
William M Kunstler
Kunstler
Richard Kinlein
Maryland Man Held For Nixon Threats
Charles W. Hardy of Hyattsville faces a preliminary hearing on April 22 on charges he threatened the life of President Nixon. Hardy, 43, appeared before U.S. Magistrate George Burgess and was ordered held in Prince Georges County Detention Center in lieu of a $10,000 bond after Secret Service agents arrested him at his home.
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Charles W. Hardy
Hyattsville
Nixon
Hardy
U.S. Maestrate
George Burgess
Prince Georges County
Secret Service
Washington
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