Awards signal a calm Oscar night with wins for Kramer vs Kramer
Dustin Hoffman won best actor as Kramer vs Kramer claimed best picture and others. Sally Field earned best actress for Norma Rae, while Meryl Streep won supporting actress and Robert Benton took directing. Apocalypse Now secured sound and cinematography, The Tin Drum claimed best foreign language film.
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Sally Field
Norma Rae
Francis Ford Coppola
Miss Field
Hoffman
Academy
Jane Fonda
Marsha Mason
Melvyn Douglas
Justin
Miss Streep
Steve Tesich
West Germany
Airlift Of Cubans Delayed By Dispute Over First Exit
The Cuban and Peruvian governments clashed over which evacuees leave first from Havana. Peru offered 500 of 1,000 to Lima, prioritizing the sick and elderly, while Cuba countered with a list of 800 from 4,000 with safe conducts. The U S and several countries lined up evacuation offers as Granma blamed Yankee provocations.
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Armando Lecaros
United States
Costa Rica
Spain
Ecuador
West Germany
Brazil
Canada
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Guantanamo Base
Cuba
School Board Approves Aides Pay Scale And Evaluations
The board approved evolving the teacher aides pay scale from five to ten steps with a base $3.10 per hour, 20 cent steps to $4.90, six and a half hour days, unified working hours, and supervisor-graded placement on the scale. They also renewed Norma Caleb’s contract decision later and discussed resignations and staffing changes, with remarks on band program and adult education director positions.
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Patty
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Woods
Special Services
Jack Bushman
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Bushman
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Allison
Charles Gentner
Ben Moor
Martha Kemm
Ernestine Fisher
Gentner
National Education Association
Colorado
Moor
Kemm
Oklahoma
Fisher
Ellis Roofing
Lawrence
Hawthorne School
Mike Ford
Baker University
Ottawa High School
OHS
Jack Beauchamp
Ottawa Recreation Commission
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Kramer
Gregor Quincy
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O.U
First Baptist of
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Wichita First Baptist
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First Baptist Church
Enner
Last Chance Sale
Maytag
Benner Williams
Visa
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