News & Economy
President: Richard M. Nixon
Vice President: Gerald R. Ford
Population: 213,853,928
Life expectancy: 72.0 years
Dow-Jones High: 950
Dow-Jones Low: 590
Cost of a new home: $38,900.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $11,197.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.10
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.53
 Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.78
Cost of a gallon of milk: $1.57
News Headlines
Nixon Rejects Ervin Subpoena
Heirs Patty Hearst Is Kidnapped By Symbionese Liberation Army
House votes 410-4 To Investigate The President
Solzenitsyn Is Deported From Russia
Grand Jury Indicts presidential Aids Halderman, Erlichman, Colson
India Announces It Has A-bomb
Juan Peron Dies Wife Isabel Takes Over
Nixon Resigns…Ford Sworn In As President
Ford Gives Nixon Absolute Pardon
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Music
Billboard Top 10
1. Bennie And The Jets - Elton John
2. Loco-Motion, The - Grand Funk
3. Nothing From Nothing - Billy Preston
4. Come And Get Your Love - Redbone
5. I Can Help - Billy Swan
6. Dancing Machine - Jackson 5
7. Joker, The - Steve Miller Band
8. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
9. Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks
10. Rock On - David Essex
Top Albums
• 461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
• Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings
• Elton John Greatest Hits - Elton John
• Planet Waves - Bob Dylan
• The Sting - Sound Track
• You Don't Mess around with Him - Jim Croce
Grammy Awards
Album of the Year:
Fulfillingness' First Finale, Stevie Wonder
Best New Artist: Marvin Hamlisch
Best Pop Duo or Group:
“Band on the Run,” Paul McCartney and Wings
Best Pop Female Vocal:
"I Honestly Love You,” Olivia Newton-John
Best Pop Male Vocal:
Fulfillingness' First Finale, Stevie Wonder
Record of the Year:
“I Honestly Love You,” Olivia Newton-John
Song of the Year:
“The Way We Were”
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Movies
 Top 5 Movie Money Makers
Blazing Saddles - $119,500,000
The Towering Inferno -$116,000,000
Young Frankenstein -$86,300,000
The Godfather: Part II -$57,300,000
Benji -$39,552,600
Academy Awards
Best Actor: Art Carney: Harry and Tonto
Best Actress: Ellen Burstyn: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Best Director: Best Director: Francis Coppola: The Godfather Part II
Best Picture: The Godfather Part II
Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro: The Godfather Part II
Best Supporting Actress: Ingrid Bergman: Murder on the Orient Express
Television
Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. All in the Family
2. Sanford and Son
3. Chico and the Man
4. The Jefferson
5. M*A*S*H
6. Rhoda
7. Good Times
8. The Waltons
9. Maude
10. Hawaii Five-O
Emmy Awards
Drama...
Best Drama - Masterpiece Theatre: Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS)
Best Actor - Robert Blake, Baretta (ABC)
Best Actress - Jean Marsh, Masterpiece Theatre: Upstairs, Downstairs
Comedy...
Best Comedy - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Best Actor - Tony Randall, The Odd Couple
Best Actress - Valerie Harper, Rhoda
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Time Capsule: 1974
Happy Days is a TV hit with Henry Winkler and Ron Howard 
Henry Aaron beats Babe Ruth's homerun record