Fonda Hackman win Oscars at 44th Academy Awards
Jane Fonda and Gene Hackman topped acting categories as The French Connection won best picture with five awards. Cloris Leachman and Ben Johnson took supporting acting honors for The Last Picture Show. Isaac Hayes won best song for Theme from Shaft. Charlie Chaplin received an honorary Oscar in a tribute noted by 82 year old legend who appeared in Los Angeles.
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Hollywood
Jane Fonda
Klute
Gene Hackman
New York City
Philip d’Antoni
Cloris Leachman
Ben Johnson
Texas
United States
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Academy
Daniel Taradash
Iran quake levels up to 30 villages in southern region
An earthquake in southern Iran leveled up to 30 villages early Monday, triggering a massive rescue and relief effort. Officials warned the death toll could reach thousands as communications failed and aid teams struggled to reach survivors in Fars Province.
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Tehran
Iran
Manuchehr Pirooz
Fars Province
Red Lion
Sun Organization
Pirooz
Shiraz
Gantic
Mohammed Zargham
Mamoud Reza
Shah
FBI recovers hijack money in Utah case
The FBI said $499,970 of the half million paid to the United Air Lines 727 hijacker was recovered from the premises of Richard Floyd McCoy Jr. in Provo Utah. McCoy, 29, faces air piracy charges after the Friday hijacking.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
United Air Lines
FBI
U.S
Richard Floyd McCoy Jr
Provo
McCoy
Washington
Bomb kills two British soldiers in Londonderry
A bomb explosion at a bowling building near an observation post in Londonderry killed two British soldiers and leveled the structure. Police said the blast involved 40 pounds of explosive after a caller identifying as an IRA member warned of a bomb. In Belfast a pregnant housewife accused the IRA of forcing her family to move under threat of shooting.
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Belfast
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Rosemount Area
Two more Mafia killings shock New York City scene
Two men Gennaro Ciprio and Frank Ferriano were shot to death in Brooklyn and Manhattan as gangland violence spreads after the murder of Mafia leader Joseph Gallo. Police say revenge motive, not robbery, linked the slayings. Ciprio was an associate of Colombo rivals but not a member.
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New York
Joseph Gallo
Brooklyn
Gennaro Ciprio
Frank Ferriano
New Jersey
Manhattan
Robert Daley
Gallo
Federal Anticrime
Ciprio
Joseph Colombo Jr
Colombo Mafia
Montana Supreme Court weighs state reach on Indian Reservation
A first impression case asks if Montana criminal law applies on the Flathead Reservation over charges against Thomas E. McDonald for possession and sale of marijuana and hashish. McDonald, from Arlee and a Con Federated Salish and Kootenai member, seeks to block state prosecution arguing lack of voter authorization for state jurisdiction over Indians.
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Helena
Montana
Edward E. Cummings
Missoula
McDonald’s
City Aldermen Tentatively Back Master Plan
City aldermen gave tentative approval to a master plan from the City-County Planning Board. The plan aims to guide future development and access federal programs. Projections foresee population reaching 52 100 by 1990 and jobs rising about 3 500 by 1980 with manufacturing up 82 percent and services up 35 percent.
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Council
Judiciary Committee
Planning Board
Leo Belanger
North Viet push slows Saigon as U S widens air war
AP reports a slowdown in the 12 day North Vietnamese offensive with weekend battles near Saigon. The United States deployed B52 bombers around Vinh north of the DMZ in a show of strength, while Thieu moved two Mekong Delta regiments toward An Loc where 10,000 government troops are surrounded. Helicopters ferried supplies as fighting eased in that sector.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
Vinh
Demilitarized Zone
Nixon
America
Nguyen van Thieu
Mekong
An Loc
Blind Frank Ericson Dies After 60 Years as Butte Newsboy
Frank Walter Ericson known as Blind Frank, 78, died in a Butte hospital of cancer. Services will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at Wayrynen Richards Funeral Home with entombment at Mount Moriah. He had lived near West Granite and later with Ted and Mrs. Small at 3426 S Montana. His newsstand at Broadway and Main had served customers through many years.
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Wayrynen-Richards
Mount Moriah
Frank Ericson
West Granite
Ted Small
S. Montana
Butte
Frank Walter Ericson
Frank
Blind Frank
Broadway
Main
Blind Frank Erickson News Vendor of Butte Dies
Frank Erickson born February 27 1894 in Butte was blind from infancy and ran a news vending outfit with a wheelcart and later an enclosed shed near the corner. He sold The Montana Standard and other papers and magazines while facing thefts in cold winters and relying on allies like alderman Tom Morgan who helped start his business.
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Montana School For the Deaf and Blind
Boulder
Tom Morgan
Butte
Frank
Ericson
Montana Standard
Montana
New York Times
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Howard files for governor in Montana primary
Dallas Howard, Montana Low Income Organization chairman, filed for the Democratic nomination for governor. He seeks to broaden political voice for low income, minorities, and students, facing Lt. Gov. Thomas Judge, Dick Ozivi, and David Burnham in the June 6 primary. He paid a 250 dollar filing fee and outlines plans on Indian needs, prison abolition, and community based work release.
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Helena
Mont
Dallas Howard
Montana
Frank Murray
Missoula
Thomas L. Judge
Senate
Dick Ozivi
David E. Burnham
Howard
Mountain Plains
Citizen Corps
Caper Grows From Vacuum to Dishwasher Thefts
A string of household appliance thefts escalates from vacuum cleaners to washing machines, food mixers, and now a dishwasher, prompting concern over security and repeated losses. Local residents fear further incidents as police investigate the unusual pattern.
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Patrick Murphy
Albert Seedman
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Thomas Edwards
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Pamswiger Standard
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