NBC Wins Big With Flip Wilson Hit in Top TV Season
NBC invested 1 million and years in Flip Wilson paying off with the season’s brightest hit. The show earned a Peabody Award, among several high notes in a year marked by shifts toward meaningful themes and fewer traditional entertainments.
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Southern Exodus Explained Through Migrant Stories
A Charlotte Observer reporter chronicles the rural to urban migration of farmers, sharecroppers, and black families moving to cities and northern states. The piece follows individuals amid the "Chickenbone Special" trains, detailing poverty, lost livelihoods, and attempts to pursue the American Dream.
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Carpenters Rise To Stardom With NBC Make Your Own Kind of Music
The Carpenters Richard and Karen, with Al Hirt, will headline NBC summer TV Make Your Own Kind of Music premiering July 20. From Connecticut to California they grew up amid a musical mix, with Richard arranging and piano and Karen singing and drumming. Their hits Close to You and We’ve Only Just Begun topped charts. each sold over a million with multiple awards including two Grammys.
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Notable 1960s to 1980s Books and Authors
A list of fiction and nonfiction works including The Passions of the Mind QB VII by Uris The Throne of Saturn The Underground Man The New Centurions and nonfiction titles Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee The Greening of America The Sensuous Man Future Shock by Toffler
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Top Ten Records in Cash Box National Survey
A listing of top ten nationwide country and pop records from Cash Box Magazine. Notable entries include TJ Won’t Mention It Again, How Much More Can She Stand, IT Wanna Be Free, Man in Black, We Sure Can Love Each Other, Touching Home, Dream Baby, Step Aside, Mississippi Woman, Empty Arms, Joy To The World, Never Can Say Goodbye, Put Your Hand In The Hand, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Brown Sugar, Check A Boom, Love Her Madly, Want Ads, Me And You And A Dog Named Boo, It Don’t Come Easy.
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Spiro’s Spied On Spiro’s Spied On AGNEW Pro file
Robert Marsh reviews Spiro T. Agnew in a critical profile noting Marsh’s insider access from 1966 to 1968. The book portrays Agnew’s weaknesses as a public servant while acknowledging some admirable traits. The author’s candid introduction frames Agnew unfavorably in key areas of governance.
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