News & Economy
President: Richard M. Nixon
Vice President: Spiro T. Agnew
Population: 205,052,174
Life expectancy: 70.8 years
Dow-Jones High: 842
Dow-Jones Low: 669
Cost of a new home: $26,600.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $8,734.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.06
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.36
 Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.62
Cost of a gallon of milk: $1.15
News Headlines
Senate Curbs Defacto School Segregation
Chicago 7 Are Acquitted Of Concpericy To Riot 5 Found Guilty Of Lesser Charges
South Whites Storm Bus To Prevent integration
National Guard Opens Fire Killing Four Students At Kent State University
Nixon Asks Vote For 18 Year Olds
747 With 379 Aboard Hijacked To Cuba
Soviet Cosmonauts Set New Record Of 17 Days In Space
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty goes into affect
Nation Celebrates Earth Day
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Music
Billboard Top 10
1. Venus - The Shocking Blue
2. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night
3. I Think I Love You - The Partridge Family
4. Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & Miracles
5. Rapper, The - The Jaggerz
6. I Want You Back - Jackson 5
7. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
8. Vehicle - The Ides Of March
9. War - Edwin Starr
10. Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
Top Albums
• Abraxas - Santana
• Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
• Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• McCartney - Paul McCartney
• Woodstock - Sound Track
Grammy Awards
Album of the Year:
Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel
 Best New Artist: Carpenters
Best Pop Duo or Group:
“Close to You,” Carpenters
Best Pop Female Vocal:
I'll Never Fall in Love Again, Dionne Warwick
Best Pop Male Vocal:
“Everything Is Beautiful,” Ray Stevens
Record of the Year:
“Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Simon and Garfunkel
Song of the Year:
“Bridge Over Troubled Water”
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Movies
Top 5 Movie Money Makers
Love Story-$106,400,000
M*A*S*H-$73,200,000
Chariots of the Gods-$25,948,300
Joe-$19,184,330
Ann och Eve - de erotiska-$18,000,000
Academy Awards
 Best Actor: George C. Scott: Patton
Best Actress: Glenda Jackson: Women in Love
Best Director: Franklin J. Schaffner: Patton
Best Picture: Patton
Best Supporting Actor: John Mills: Ryan's Daughter
Best Supporting Actress: Helen Hayes: Airport
Television
Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. Marcus Welby M.D.
2. The Flip Wilson Show
3. Here's Lucy
4. Ironside
5. Gunsmoke
6. ABC Movie of the Week
7. Hawaii Five-O
8. Medical Center
9. Bonanza
10. The F.B.I.
Emmy Awards
Drama...
Best Drama - The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC)
Best Actor - Hal Holbrook, The Bold Ones: The Senator
Best Actress - Susan Hampshire, Masterpiece Theatre: The First Churchills
Comedy...
Best Comedy - All in the Family (CBS)
Best Actor - Jack Klugman, The Odd Couple
Best Actress - Jean Stapleton, All in the Family
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Time Capsule: 1970
Nation celebrates "Earth Day" 