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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1977
Page
7
New York AP author Alex Haley receives a National Book Awards special citation for Roots, noting its distinguished literary merit though excluded from the history prize.
Washington AP report notes a 55 year mandatory retirements and early exits have not yet toppled the FBI. Through three years 443 agents and officials must retire by January end, about 5 percent of 8000. gradual departures ease replacements by younger staff, while Hoover era critics see shift as cleansing legacy.
The 1977 Athens International Film and Video Festival entries will be shown nightly through Thursday starting at 7 on Continental Cablevision Channel 12 not Channel 7 as earlier announced. A grass fire on the Howard Antle hill near McLeish at 2 p.m. Sunday was caused by rubbish, with firemen containing it and little damage.
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