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Nations Mourn Pompidou Death

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ay The Associated Press Condolences from around the world poured into Paris today on the sudden death of President Georges Pompidou. . President Richard M. Nixon, ignoring the recent angry rela- ■ tions between their governments, called Pompidou a “great statesman ... a man of vision, constraint, consistency and enormous strength of character.” Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, on his honeymoon in Acapulco, Mexico, commented: “We considered him a friend and an ally. 1 had a great respect for him." “This is a great shock to us all,” said West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel as the word reached a meeting of Common Market foreign minis-

ters in Luxembourg. “. . . Not only France, but Europe has lost a great statesman who did much to promote Europe.” A spokesman for British Prime Minister Harold Wilson said he would attend the services for Pompidou in Paris. Edward Heath, Wilson’s Conservative predecessor who negotiated Britain’s entry into the Common Market with Pompidou, said his death was “a great loss to France, to the cause of Anglo-French friendship and to Europe.” Kurt Waldheim, the United Nations secretary-general, saluted “the important part that President Pompidou played in the many years he gave to the service of his country and the cause of peace.” Emperor Hirohito instructed

the Japanese Embassy in Paris to send bouquets to Pompidou’s widow, and Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka said the French president was “one of the global leaders and a great patriot.” The Times of London commented that Pompidou’s death plunged France and Europe into a period of “agonizing suspense ... It is by no means obvious that any other French leader at this moment is capable of holding together the coalition of Gaullist and nonGaullist conservatives, or even of leading it to a victory. The alternative, a left-wing president elected with strong Communist support, would present Europe with a challenge even more portentous than those it already faces . . .”

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S: By EDITH M-LEDERER dolph A Hearst said in a state- $; Associated Press Writer ment to newsmen at his home SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - in suburban Hillsborough. The parents of kidnaped Patri- “I’m sure they will,” added •X cia Hearst say they believe the Hearst, editor and president of ;•:< Symbionese Liberation Army the San Francisco Examiner, will keep its promise to reveal “Eve been sure all along that by Friday where and when it she was well. And if they say

will free her.

In a typed letter delivered $; Tuesday to the editor of an un- •$ derground newspaper, along Sj with a dozen long-stemmed %•: roses and a comic greeting $• card, the SLA said “further •>: communication will follow in the following 72 hours” giving •:j: “the state, city and time of re-

lease of the prisoner.”

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they'll release her, I believe

it.”

The message, dated March 29, was delivered to John Bryan at the office of the biweekly Phoenix which he edits. It broke a 23-day silence by the terrorist SLA. which dragged the 20-year-old college coed from her Berkeley apartment on Feb. 4 It was unclear when the SLA’s self-imposed deadline

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delivered the communique with the flowers 17 hours late. Kalliopi Volikakis, owner of Crete Florists, said she told a smartly dressed brown-haired young woman who ordered the roses Monday and enclosed the letter that she would deliver them no later than 6 p.m. But Mrs. Volikakis said her car broke down and she wasn't able to make the delivery until late

Tuesday morning.

The last SLA message on March 10 denounced the Hearsts for allegedly failing to meet demands in good faith and included a stinging taped rebuke by Miss Hearst in which she accused her father of ‘washing his hands” of the

The new communique was accompanied by half of a California driver’s license bearing Miss Hearst’s signature and most of her photograph. The state Department of Motor Vehicles said in Sacramento that details on the license match its records of Miss Hearst’s license, including the initial of the issuing clerk. After examining the fragment which Bryan brought to Hillsborough. Hearst said: “We believe it is a driver’s license, we believe it is Patty’s, and we believe the communique is a genuine one.” Catherine Hearst. Patricia’s mother, said the new message was “a tremendous relief for

me.

PATRICIA HEARST

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Lemmon, Jackson Cop Oscars In 46th Awards

By BOB THOMAS

Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP> - “The Sting,” Glenda Jackson and Jack Lemmon were the big winners at the 46th Academy Awards presentation, which had something for everybody.

Even a streaker.

“The Sting” stung four other box office favorites, most prominently “The Exorcist, and collected seven Oscars, including best picture of 1973. Lemmon, tortured garment maker of “Save the Tiger,” and Miss Jackson, the English lady on a swinging vacation in A Touch of Class,” won top

The awards ceremony was enlivened by a totally nude 33-year-old man who dashed across the stage before the Music Center audience as David Niven prepared to introduce Elizabeth Taylor. The nudity was not seen by viewers tuned in to the nation-

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acting honors in the awardsjj ally televised awards ceremoTuesday night. It was a second

Oscar for both.

“The Exorcist,” which won two Oscars, was an early favorite in the race for best picture. But its shock and violence seemed to turn off many of the Academy voters, who are predominantly mature and long standing members of the film

community.

They seem to prefer a standard and trouble-free film like “The Sting,” the stylish tale of a mammoth confidence game

in Chicago.

Both “The Exorcist” and The Sting” iiad been nominated for 10 awards. In addition to best picture, “The Sting” won Oscars for George Roy Hill’s direction and David S. Ward’s screenplay. Julia Phillips shared producing honors with her husband, Michael, and former actor Tony Bill, becoming the first woman producer to win Hollywood’s biggest prize. Youth and age were served in the supporting acting categories. John Houseman, 71, the heartless Harvard professor of The Paper Chase,” and Tatum O’Neal, 9, the cigarettesmoking confidence girl of “Paper Moon,” won in their first

film roles.

The streaker identified himself as Robert Opel, a Hollywood advertising man. He said his streak was “a hell of a way to launch a career as a comic.” Lemmon, 49, the Harvard graduate who won a supporting Oscar in 1955 for “Mister Roberts,” responded emotionally to his award. He commented pointedly about actors who had criticized the award. He said he felt it was “one hell of an hon-

or, and I am thrilled.”

“Save the Tiger” was his fourth nomination as best ac-

tor.

Miss Jackson, 39. was making a film in Rome and was unable to accept her second Oscar. It was claimed by Mel Frank, coauthor and directorproducer of “A Touch of Class.” Miss Jackson won her first Oscar in 1970 for “Women In Love.” Houseman, veteran Broadway and Hollywood producer and now head of the Juilliard School for Dramatics in New York’s Lincoln Center, performed his first screen role in “The Paper Chase.” “For the first time in a long and tumultuous life, I am almost speechless — but not

quite,” said the urbane Houseman. His award was popular with the trade audience, as was that of perky Tatum O’Neal, who upstaged her father, Ryan, in “Paper Moon.” Dressed in a stylish satin tuxedo with high heels, she thanked her director, Peter Bogdanovich, and her father. “Day For Night.” Francois Truffaut’s story of the travails of making a movie, won the Oscar as best foreign language film. The best song was “The Way We Were,” from the movie of the same name, with music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Hamlisch also won Oscars for his scores for “The Sting” and “The Way We Were.” The telecast was a full and sometimes deadening three hours, but as usual, the show had its touching and dramatic moments. Two standing ovations were accorded to veteran superstars Katharine Hepburn and Groucho Marx. Miss Hepburn, still lovely hut tremulous of voice, presented the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for consistent high production to Lawrence Weingarten, who made some of her best comedies. Groucho, 83 and looking it, appeared on stage to accept an honorary Oscar and the Academy’s homage for himself and his zany brothers, stars of classic comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. “I wish Harpo and Chico could have been here to share this great award,” the comic remarked. He said he also wished the award could be shared by his long-time dowager foil, the late Margaret Dumont. “Most of all I want to thank my mother, because without her none of us would have been anything," said Groucho.

Streaker Upsets Elizabeth

By LINDA DEUTSCH Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - A nude man, waving two fingers in a peace symbol, streaked across the stage of the Academy Awards, giving television viewers a brief glimpse of the fleshy phenomenon. The streaker later identified himself as Robert Opel, a 33-year-old Hollywood advertising man. He said he sneaked backstage at the award ceremony

by wearing a press badge. He said he stripped backstage and dashed out as a symbolic gesture in favor of nudity. He was not arrested. Sophisticated actor David Niven, who was onstage and about to award the Oscar for best movie, appeared flustered by the exhibition and burst out laughing. The audience laughed uproariously. Regaining his com-

Committee Has Change Of Mind

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Ways and Means Committee, suddenly changing its mind on a key part of the energy tax reform bill, has voted to eventually abolish the controversial petroleum depletion allowance. This allowance, a chief target of tax-reform advocates, saves oilmen some $2 billion a year in federal taxes.

The committee voted 18-7 Monday to drop the present 22 per cent depletion allowance to 15 per cent Jan. 1, 1975, to 8 per cent Jan. 1, 1976 and finally to zero on Jan. 1, 1977. The tax-writing committee thus reversed itself on the issue of oil depletion, which has permitted 22 per cent of gross income from oil and natural gas property.

posure, Niven said. “Isn’t it a laugh that the only laugh that man will get in his life will be by stripping off his clothes and showing his shortcomings.” Actress Elizabeth Taylor, who came on stage justs after the streaker, said. “That’s a pretty hard act to follow." loiter in her speech she burst into giggles and said, “I'm nervous. That really upset me. I think I’m jealous.” Most members of the audience appeared amused at the display. Best actor recipient Jack Lemmon, who left the stage just before the streaker arrived, said he had dreamed the night before that a streaker had interrupted his award. But as it happened, he missed the streaker. “I was in the elevator,” Lemmon told reporters. Streaker Opel, after donning a track suit, later told newsmen that he thought his sensational appearance at the awards would be “a hell of a way to launch a career as a comedian." He said the only item he wore during the streak was a leather wrist band.

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