CBS Tops Nielsen Weekly TV Ratings And Leads Season
CBS claimed the weekly prime time rating crown with 20.4 to ABC 19.8 and NBC 18.6. In the season tally CBS leads 19.6 to ABC 19.5 and NBC 18.6, with ABC insisting it holds a tenth of a point edge. Top shows included Dallas and Dukes of Hazzard on CBS, Little House on the Prairie on NBC, Three’s Company on ABC, and CHiPs Archie Bunker's Place Tenspeed and Brown Shoe Alice The Deep Part I across networks.
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Ransom Paid For Release Of Kidnapped American
Three years after being abducted in a South American jungle, a Peace Corps volunteer named Starr was released. Columnist Jack Anderson reportedly paid a 250000 dollar ransom, with details tied to Anderson associates and former Representative Lloyd Meeds. Starr was set to land in Washington late today, as State Department confirmed.
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