Top Oscar Winners Christie Marvin and The Sound of Music
Britain's Julie Christie Lee Marvin and The Sound of Music led the Oscars crowd with Julie Andrews not winning best actress but directing the music wins. Martin Balsam took supporting actor for A Thousand Clowns as the ceremony noted the near gold for Ship of Fools or Doctor Zhivago.
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GOP Aims to Trigger Democrat Buy-In on School Aid Clash
Albany Republicans seek a bipartisan route to raise state aid to public schools by 74 million dollars. The plan follows Democratic approval in the Assembly and targets a broader divorce law update and participation in a federal medical aid program, while Democrats shift focus to raising the state minimum wage to 1.50 dollars.
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Fire Kills Child as Tenement Fire Hurts Eleven
In Williamsburg Brooklyn a four story brick tenement fire injured 11 adults and children and killed Juanita Rivera age 11. Deputy Chief Richard Lynch praised three firefighters for rescuing eight children from the second floor, passing them hand to hand down the escape. The blaze began Monday night and the cause was not yet determined. most victims were treated at Greenpoint Hospital.
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Brooklyn
Richard Lynch
Juanita Rivera
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Third Street
Buy a Brick campaign at Northwestern University
In Evanston Illinois the Associated Women Students run a drive to fund a new student union. Bricks are sold for 25 cents each or five for 1 dollar. Donors receive cardboard bricks to symbolize actual bricks.
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Northwestern University
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Conservatives Form Austria's First Postwar Party Regime
Austria entered a one party government as conservatives formed the first postwar cabinet after 21 years of Socialist coalition. Chancellor Josef Klaus announced the move citing Socialist resistance to reduced reform and noting cabinet posts retained from the prior arrangement except for the justice ministry.
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Justice Ministry
Bruno Kreisky
Baby Elephant Tiny Tetley Dies at Buffalo Zoo
Tiny Tetley the baby elephant at the Buffalo Children's Zoo died after a piece of apple blocked her esophagus. Zoo officials said the one-year-old, valued at more than $3,500, was found dead in her stall after an illness began midweek. An autopsy attributed the death to the elephant not chewing food, a freak accident the curator called preventable in his view.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sutan Sjahrir
Republic of Indonesia
Sjahrir
Sukarno
Europe
Mohammed Hatta
No. 2
Hatta
Johannes Leimena
Suharto
Coed Kathy Switzer Makes History on Lynchburg Track Team
Kathy Switzer 19 a sophomore from Vienna Virginia becomes the first female to run for Lynchburg College track. She competes in the 880 yard event against Frederick College and plans another race at St Andrew's College while aiming to participate in the Miss Lynchburg contest.
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St. Andrew’s College
Jackie Kennedy seeks U S official allowance cut
Mrs Kennedy asks trimming official expense allowance from 50 000 to about 30 000 per year. The request cites reduced official mail and says 30 000 would be adequate. The move is conveyed to Rep Edward Boland by Seonard Kennedy as part of a House subcommittee process.
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Allies in Viet Have Hard Time Contacting Cong
In Vietnam the allied forces struggle to contact Viet Cong units on the battlefield. Officers note supply shortages and possible monsoon timing while nine operations roam jungles plains and rice paddies. Some VC avoid public contact and may be regrouping amid Saigon unrest and bombing.
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Bodies of Two Boys Recovered
Skindivers recovered the bodies of 14 year old Donald Cain of Skaneateles and 14 year old Russell Cayer of Marcellus from about 60 feet of water near Skaneateles on Monday. Betsy Loftus, 13, was found Friday a half mile away. The youths were last seen in a canoe near the Skaneateles Country Club a week earlier.
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Hodges Doing Fine After Surgery
Luther Hodges former North Carolina governor and U S commerce secretary from 1961 65 is reported being fine after an operation for an abnormal change in a blood vessel in Chapel Hill North Carolina
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U S War Raids North Viet Nam Hit Haiphong Power Plant
U S jet fighters attacked the Uong Bi power plant near Haiphong for a second day, cutting electricity and signaling intensified air operations. Reports say Haiphong lights went out as bombs hit the plant, which supplies a major share of the region’s power.
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U. S
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Uong Bi
Kitty Hawk
Indonesian Protests, Chinese Burnings Highlight Turbulent era
Several hundred students burned the Chinese Consulate in Jakarta amid a broader anti Chinese campaign. Earlier 2000 Chinese descent protesters attacked the Chinese embassy, fueling a national drive to expel Chinese, backed by students and nationalists.
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Major Snowstorm Hits Rockies Plains Areas
A major spring storm moved from the Rocky Mountains into the Plains bringing heavy snow and hail. Wyoming reports up to 20 inches of snow with 5 to 10 inches elsewhere, and blizzard warnings extend across the Dakotas Minnesota and adjacent states.
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South Dakota
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Okla
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Black Hills
Woman Dies After 20 Hours Without Medical Aid
In Buffalo New York a 49 year old woman identified as Mrs Emily Lofredo died in a hospital after being seriously burned when a cigarette ignited a newspaper she was reading. She did not receive medical aid until she collapsed the following day.
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N.Y
Emily Loffredo
Fire damages vast Jewish literature collection in NYC seminary
A 12 story fortress like tower at the Jewish Theological Seminary on Broadway and 12th Street suffered a long blaze that damaged around 200 000 volumes of Hebraic and Judaic works. Fire officials note arson is being investigated and access to the blaze was difficult with only one stairwell.
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Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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12Nd St
John Conner
Fewer U S Soldiers Volunteer for Viet Nam Service
Army statistics show a sharp decline in voluntary Viet Nam enlistments since December with 4,492 requests in December, 2,568 in January, 2,280 in February, and 1,710 in March. Over the past 12 months, 26,342 soldiers volunteered.
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