M*A*S*H and Patton Win Writing Awards: 1970 Oscars
Harry Belafonte and Eva Marie Saint present Ring Lardner, Jr. the Oscar for Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) for M*A*S*H, and George Segal and Sarah Miles present Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North the Oscar for Writing (Story and Screenplay — based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) for Patton at the 43rd Academy Awards.