News & Economy
President: Gerald R. Ford
Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller
Population: 218,035,164
Life expectancy: 72.9 years
Dow-Jones High: 1004
Dow-Jones Low: 858
Cost of a new home: $48,000.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $12,600.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.13
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.59
 Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.84
Cost of a gallon of milk: $1.65
News Headlines
Patty Hearst Is Found Guilty Of Bank Robbery
Supreme Court Allows Removal Of Karen Quinlan's Life Support Systems
Democrats Nominate Jimmy Charter For President
Viking I Lands On Mars, Sends Back Photos
Chinese Leader Mao Tse-tung Dies
OPEC Announces 5-10% Oil Price Hike
Supreme Court Rules Capital Punishment Is Constitutional
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Music
Billboard Top 10
1. Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John And Kiki Dee
2. Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
3. Love Machine (part 1) - The Miracles
4. Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers
5. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
6. Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
7. Fooled Around And Fell In Love - Elvin Bishop
8. I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan, John Ford Coley
9. All By Myself - Eric Carmen
10. S. W. A. T. (theme) - Rhythm Heritage
Top Albums
• Black and Blue Rolling Stones
• Desire - Bob Dylan
• Gratitude - Earth, Wind and Fire
• Peter Frampton Comes Alive! - Peter Frampton
• Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
• Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 - Eagles
Grammy Awards
 Album of the Year:
Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder
Best New Artist: Starland Vocal Band
Best Pop Duo or Group:
“If You Leave Me Now,” Chicago
Best Pop Female Vocal:
Hasten Down the Wind, Linda Ronstadt
Best Pop Male Vocal:
Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder
Record of the Year:
“This Masquerade,” George Benson
Song of the Year:
“I Write the Songs”
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Movies
Top 5 Movie Money Makers
Rocky -$117,235,147
King Kong -$52,600,000
Logan's Run -$25,000,000
Across the Great Divide -$18,806,000
The Pom Pom Girls -$17,883,410
Academy Awards
Best Actor: Peter Finch: Network
Best Actress: Faye Dunaway: Network
 Best Director: John G. Avildsen: Rocky
Best Picture: Rocky
Best Supporting Actor: Jason Robards: All the President's Men
Best Supporting Actress: Beatrice Straight: Network
Television
Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. Happy Days
2. Laverne and Shirley
3. The ABC Monday Night Movie
4. M*A*S*H
5. Charlie's Angels
6. The Big Event
7. The Six-Million-Dollar Man
8. The ABC Sunday Night Movie
9. Baretta
10. One Day at a Time
Emmy Awards
Drama...
Best Drama - Masterpiece Theatre: Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS)
Best Actor - James Garner, The Rockford Files
Best Actress - Lindsay Wagner, The Bionic Woman
Comedy...
Best Comedy - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Best Actor - Carroll O'Connor, All in the Family
Best Actress - Beatrice Arthur, Maude
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Time Capsule: 1976
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