News & Economy
President: Gerald R. Ford
Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller
Population: 215,973,199
Life expectancy: 72.6 years
Dow-Jones High: 860
Dow-Jones Low: 610
Cost of a new home: $42,600.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $11,800.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.10
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.57
 Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.77
Cost of a gallon of milk: $1.57
News Headlines
Halderman , Erlickman, Mitchell Convicted of Conspiracy
President Ford Announces Recession Policy
US Plane With Vietnamese Orphans Crashes …..200 Killed
Saigon Falls to North Vietnamese, Thousands Flee By Boat
Marines Rescue 39 From USS "Mayaguez" Seized By Cambodia
Teamster Leader Jimmy Hoffa Disappear, Foul Play Suspected
Patty Hearst Arrested By FBI
Ford Escapes Shot Fired by Sara Jane Moore
OPEC Increase Oil Prices 10%
Unemployment reaches 8.9%, highest since 1941
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Music
Billboard Top 10
1. Sister Golden Hair - America
2. Island Girl - Elton John
3. Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain/Tennille
4. When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt
5. Fallin' In Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank And Reynolds
6. Bad Blood - Neil Sedaka
7. Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John
8. Sky High - Jigsaw
9. Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
10. Get Down Tonight - KC And The Sunshine Band
Top Albums
• Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboys - Elton John
• Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits - Chicago
• Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
• Red Octopus - Jefferson Starship
• Rock of the Westies - Elton John
Grammy Awards
Album of the Year:
Still Crazy After All These Years, Paul Simon
Best New Artist: Natalie Cole
Best Pop Duo or Group:
“Lyin' Eyes,” Eagles
Best Pop Female Vocal:
“At Seventeen,” Janis lan
Best Pop Male Vocal:
Still Crazy After All These Years, Paul Simon
 Record of the Year:
“Love Will Keep Us Together,” Captain and Tennille
Song of the Year:
“Send in the Clowns”
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Movies
 Top 5 Movie Money Makers
Jaws-$260,000,000
The Rocky Horror Picture Show -$112,892,318
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -$108,981,275
The Adventures of the Wilderness Family -$31,223,000
Rooster Cogburn -$8,022,000
Academy Awards
Best Actor: Jack Nicholson: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Actress: Louise Fletcher: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Director: Milos Forman: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Supporting Actor: George Burns: The Sunshine Boys
Best Supporting Actress: Lee Grant: Shampoo
Television
Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. All in the Family
2. Rich Man Poor Man
3. Laverne and Shirley
4. Maude
5. The Bionic Woman
6. Phyllis
7. Sanford and Son
8. Rhoda
9. The Six-Million-Dollar Man
10. The ABC Monday Night Movie
Emmy Awards
Drama...
Best Drama - Police Story (NBC)
Best Actor - Peter Falk, NBC Sunday Mystery Movie: Columbo
Best Actress - Michael Learned, The Waltons
Comedy...
Best Comedy - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Best Actor - Jack Albertson, Chico and the Man
Best Actress - Mary Tyler Moore, The Mary Tyler Moore Show
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Time Capsule: 1975
Rolling Stones tour grosses $13 million