Fonz Still King as Happy Days Tops Week TV Ratings
ABC leads with five straight weeks at No 1 led by Happy Days and Charlie's Angels. The World Series rainout trimmed NBC's numbers while CBS and ABC shows filled the top 20, with Angels rated No 3 and Days the top performer in the week ending Oct 24. The World Series games on NBC drew 21.7 million viewers, behind last season's finale.
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Charlie's Angels
ABC
AC Nielsen Co
NBC
Nielsen
CBS
Alice
Baretta
Angels
Cincinnati
New York
Boston
Howe Races On Despite Polls Against Him in Utah
Rep. Al lan T. Howe, a 49 year old Democrat, campaigns hard in Salt Lake City after convictions for trying to buy favors from police decoys. Polls show him trailing Dan Marriott 50 to 27 as he defends his seat with his family aiding the effort.
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Salt Lake City
Allan T. Howe
Howe
Dan Marriott
Frank E. Moss
Orrin Hatch
Scott Matheson
Cal
Daryl McCarty
Marlene
Soviets Plan 1977 Defense Budget Cut and Economic Plan
Soviet Finance Minister Vasily Garbuzov announced a 1977 defense budget of 17.2 billion rubles, down from 17.4, as the Supreme Soviet weighs a five year plan. Deputy Premier Nikolai Baibakov presented the economic blueprint stressing lower new factory investments and higher efficiency.
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Soviet Union
Vasily Garbuzov
Supreme Soviet
U S. Defense Intelligent Agency
United States
Garbuzov
Nikolai Baibakov
Communist Party Congress
U.S Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
U.S
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
North Augusta Council Sets Second Evening Meeting
North Augusta holds the second area City Council meeting at 8 pm Tuesday in the North Augusta Senior High library. The sessions invite citizens to attend, meet officials, ask questions, and raise concerns per Mayor Henry R. McKenney Jr.
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North Augusta
North Augusta Senior High Library
Henry R. McKenney
Redcliffe Plantation Open Sunday for Public Visit
Beech Island reports Redcliffe Plantation State Park will open Sunday from 1 pm to 4 pm for tours. The 351 acre site features the 1850s Redcliffe house built by Governor James H Hammond and gifted to the state in 1973 by his grandson John Shaw Billings with a $100,000 Donation toward park expenses. Brinkman notes the open house offers residents a chance to view the historic property as the park awaits regular public access.
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Beech Island
Redcliffe Plantation
Redcliffe House
James H Hammond
John Shaw Billings
Billings
Aiken County
Fred Brinkman
Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Ridge Spring Farmers Collect Dividends
Ridge Spring farmers received a total of 95 624 40 dollars in dividends from the Ridge Farmers Mutual. The annual report shows patronage dividends of 15 cents per bushel on soybeans, 13.89 dollars per ton on fertilizer, and 65 cents per bushel on wheat.
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Ridge Spring
Ridge
Ridge Farmers Mutual
Ritchie Promoted to General Manager at Seminole Mills
James E. Ritchie has been promoted from superintendent to general manager of Seminole Mills. He succeeds W H Stallworth Jr who becomes production coordinator for United Merchants sales plants in the fabric product division.
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James E. Ritchie
Seminole Mills
Ritchie
W.H Stallworth Jr
United Merchants
Fabric
Miss Ray Can Keep Her Money
A US district judge dismissed three private suits seeking repayment from Elizabeth Ray and ex Representative Wayne Hays over funds tied to an Oversight Subcommittee. Judge Thomas Flannery ruled the cases could not proceed for now, allowing Ray to retain the money pending further action.
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Washington
Elizabeth Ray
Wayne Hays
Thomas Flannery
Hays
Miss Ray
Confederate General Lee repulsed at Mechanicsville Beaver Creek
Confederate Gen Robert E Lee was repulsed north of Richmond on June 26 1862 while attempting to turn Gen George B McClellan s right flank in a battle known as Mechanicsville or Beaver Creek.
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Robert E. Lee
Richmond
George Mclellan
Mechanicsville
Beaver Creek
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