Fonda Says Oscars Spark Public Relations, Not Fair Voting
Henry Fonda, 87, Grand Island native, told Omaha readers he would leave the country again if nominated for an Academy Award. He criticized the voting method, recalled skipping the 1940 ceremony, and noted daughter Jane won for Klute after discussing politics with him. He praised Oscars as PR for the industry.
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Henry Fende
Tomy Joad
Omaha
Jom Peacock
Grand Island
Fonda
John Ford
Jane
Klute
Sacramento meter dispute: Habra sues over alleged bite
Robert Habra sues the city of Sacramento for 27500 claiming meter maid Frances Simpson bit him while he tried to pay a meter. Simpson denies the attack and says Habra attacked her first. both sides claim bruises and a rabies-shot order was issued for Habra.
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Robert
Habra
Sacramento
Frances “Fannie” Simpson
Sacramento Police Department
Neighboring wife orders tow trucks to clear Studebaker yard
In McLean Virginia Mrs Reynolds arranged nine tow trucks to haul away 16 of her husband Robert C Reynolds 28 Studebaker cars aged 8 to 45 years from a $100000 home lot. Fairfax County and neighbors had pressed for removal since 1969 over the rusting collection. Reynolds called the move drastic and vowed to reclaim his so called priceless assortment for posterity.
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Robert C. Reynolds
Studebaker
Reynolds
Washington
McLean
Dell Publishing Co
George Delacorte
Fairfax County
Studebakers
Kennedy buys 50 foot sailboat for Cape Cod summer
Sen Edward M Kennedy has purchased a 50 foot sloop rigged auxiliary sailboat from William Bolling for his family's Cape Cod use this summer. Yacht brokers Bob Fisher of Northrop & Johnson said the three year old vessel cost about $160000 new, but would not disclose Kennedy's price. The yacht sleeps 10 and needs a crew of four.
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Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
William Bolling
Tiffany Bolling
Kennedy
Cape Cod
Bob Fisher
Northrop & Johnson Inc
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Fisher
Panel Approves Large Welfare Social Security Expansion
The Senate Finance Committee advanced a $17.6 billion bill expanding Social Security and welfare. It would raise benefits by 10 percent for about 27.8 million recipients, impose stricter work requirements, and overhaul Medicare and Medicaid while raising payroll taxes for 96 million workers. The panel noted a $113.40 annual tax rise for high earners in 1973.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Rusell
Long
D-La
Senate
Miami Beach
Nixon
Prison Sheriff McCall Indicted For Jail Death
Lake County Sheriff Willis McCall was indicted by a grand jury in Orange County on second degree murder aggravated assault and aggravated battery in the death of Tommy J. Vickers a 37 year old prisoner jailed in Tavares Vickers died 11 days after imprisonment after a six day confinement in a windowless cell with no mattress or pad and forced into a small tank with a slapjack used as a weapon McCall 62 was arrested and later released on bond Governor Askew suspended him after indictments were returned.
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Tavares
Fia
Lake County
Orange County
Tommy J. Vickers
Miami
Willis’ McCall
McCall
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Vickers
Creech
Egin
Reubin Askew
Peace talks proposed in Ireland amid Belfast unrest
In Londonderry the Provisional IRA offers a seven day cease fire if the British administrator agrees to peace talks in the barricaded area. Meanwhile in Belfast armed teens hijack buses and burn them, disrupting traffic as British troops respond. Police report about 12 double decker buses stolen and wrecked. City services suspend to limit losses. In Houston, Rotary International opens its 63rd annual convention and elects William Carter of London as president for 1973-74.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic Army
Northern
Ieland
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
City Council Transport Department
Houston
Upi
Rotary International
Willam €. Carter
London
Viet Cong claims downing helicopter and death of U.S. adviser
Viet Cong radio reported that near Kontum last week a four-man machine-gun team shot down a U.S. helicopter and killed U.S. military adviser John Paul Vann. Vann, 47, a senior adviser to South Vietnam, will be buried Friday at Arlington National Cemetery after a funeral service at Fort Meyer.
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Hong Kong
Kontum
U.S
John Paul Vann
Vann
South Vietnam
Arlington Memorial Cemetery
Vietnam
State Department
Army Chapel
Ft. Meyer
Saul Alinsky dies in Carmel after life aiding the dispossessed
Saul Alinsky a famed community organizer dies in Carmel after a career spent empowering the poor and minority groups. He formed the Industrial Areas Foundation and helped Cesar Chavez learn boycott tactics while guiding workers in Chicago, New York, and California. Survived by his widow Irene, daughter Kathryn Wilton, son Lee David, and his mother.
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Carmel
Saul David Alinsky
Chicago
Alinsky
Ormanent
California
Cesar Chavez
New York
Council
Alingky
The
Counil Jed
Industrial Areas Foundation
Pope Paul VI
Ann
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In a clipped readable fragment from a city newspaper, EMS issues brief note about a local event in Wil E. The snippet mentions emergency medical services and a timetable or response note, with other details truncated.
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