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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1976
Page
1
Associated Press reports One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest swept the major categories with best picture and top acting honors. Jack Nicholson won best actor and Louise Fletcher won best actress as Miles Forman took best director. Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman received best adapted screenplay at the 48th ceremony.
Louise Fletcher and Jack Nicholson lead the Oscar winners with Rex Harrison and George Burns making history. Burn's 80th win makes him the oldest actor to claim an Academy Award. Fletcher thank you speech moved viewers as she paid tribute to her deaf parents. Forman directed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest to glory amid long development struggles.
Long Beach police said six people were jailed after the deadly slaying of 17 year old Oscar Castillo at El Dorado Park. Ruben Tapia, 18, of Norwalk, and Mario Rico, 19, of Downey, were booked on murder suspicions. Four juveniles from Norwalk and Bellflower were also detained and sent to juvenile authorities as part of the investigation.
Reagan aims to set his campaign terms in a nationally televised address taped in Hollywood and to be aired on NBC. The move follows a late primary upset and Ford’s concurrent lead, as Sears says the goal is to define issues in Reagan’s own terms.
Secretary General Kurt Waldheim informed the Security Council of the gravity of Lebanon’s civil war after a Syrian backed ceasefire collapsed. He warned that further deterioration could threaten regional peace and rejected partition into Christian and Muslim states, urging protection of Lebanon’s political independence and territorial integrity.
President Ford campaign manager Callaway resigns. Rogers C. BB Morton, White House counsel, will replace him as top Ford campaign aide. White House press secretary Nessen said Morton handles liaison with the campaign committee and an announcement would follow. Callaway met Ford and Cheney at the White House to discuss the matter. The meeting lasted about an hour and Callaway had requested suspension amid an inquiry into his Colorado ski resort ownership.
Report notes seven Arabs killed during a Communist called general strike as violence flares across the region. Mentions confusion over the extent of casualties and broader tensions shaping regional politics.
Tornadoes ripped Arkansas and Mississippi killing nine people and injuring more than 220. Six died in Cabot and Dresco, Arkansas, while three perished in Canton, Mississippi. State Civil Defense officials noted 65 buildings were ruined in Cabot and hundreds left homeless as Gov. Pryor toured the disaster.
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The Supreme Court ruled 3 to 4 that political subdivisions need not seek federal clearance when redrawing district lines improves minority voting strength. The decision limits federal oversight, overturning a lower court ruling about New Orleans City Council districts after the 1970 census.
In Sacramento the Assembly upheld Brown’s veto of creating an extra judicial post for Orange County. Briggs and Arnatt blasted Brown amid a heated debate arguing the move fits the state’s judicial needs, while Brown warned taxpayers may not gain value from funding another judgeship. the vote fell short of the override threshold.
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