Oscar Telecast Faces Potential Union Strike
Hollywood AP reports a Stage Employers Alliance Local 33 vote to strike NBC and other networks could black out Oscar telecast. NBC says show proceeds, with 75 million US viewers and 39 countries booked. Nominees include A Clockwork Orange Fiddler on the Roof and The French Connection with Glenda Jackson Jane Fonda and Gene Hackman among contenders.
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William Friedkin
John Schlesinger
Anti‑Crime Fund Fails to Cut U.S. Crime Rates
A House subcommittee blasts the LEAA block‑grant program as inefficient and wasteful after distributing nearly 1.5 billion to states for law enforcement. The study finds no visible impact on crime and cites censure from a 60 Minutes CBS report. The report, prepared by the legal and monetary affairs subcommittee, awaits official release pending approval by the parent committee.
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World Pact On Germ Warfare
Nixon to witness signing of a treaty banning germ warfare by about 80 nations in Washington. Soviet envoy Anatoliy Krynin and U S secretary of state William Rogers to sign as cosponsors. Pact aims to abolish development production stockpiling and retention of biological toxins within nine months after entry into force.
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Abortion Clinics Flourish In D C Despite Laws
In Washington DC, despite a 71 year old abortion law and a Supreme Court ruling upholding it, four clinics report an average of over 600 abortions weekly, about 32,000 a year. Abortions also occur in many doctors offices around the city.
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Battle, former Virginia governor, dies after stroke
John S. Battle, who twice rose to national notice during his four year tenure as Virginia's governor, died Sunday after a massive stroke. He steered the Martinsville Seven case at his term's end and captivated the 1952 Democratic National Convention with a speech against the loyalty oath. He is survived by his widow and two sons, with funeral planned at the University of Virginia Chapel.
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