Disco Duck Powers Rick Dees Radio Stardom in Memphis
Memphis DJ Rick Dees created a disco novelty with the duck character and the song Disco Duck. He built a cast of quirky voices from over 350 tapes, recorded with Estelle Axton and Isaac Hayes backing, to fuel his radio wakeup act and stage a lasting, humorous presence in town.
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Marian Fox
Associated Press
Memphis, Tenn
Rick Dees
Dees
Donald
Mr Dees
Samaha U
Wyeth Chandler
Elvis Presley
David Seville
Pruitt
Seven-Eleven
Little Rock
Ark
Duck
Estelle Axton
Issac Ares
Hot Buttered Soul
Ebony Webb Bobby
Federal funds barred for sex change operations in southeast
Federal officials warned eight southeastern states not to use public money for sex change surgeries and urged Washington to craft regulations. Georgia had two approved cases to help transsexuals gain employment, with 80 percent of $13,000 covered by federal funds and the rest by the state and individuals. A suit has been filed elsewhere seeking coverage.
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Atlanta
Washington
Stephen J Cornett
Office of Rehabilitation
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Georgia
Department of Human Resources
Cornett
Connecticut
Cornell
Tennessee
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Jacksonville
Ford Loses Poll At Alma Mater
At Yale Law School 270 of 579 students answered who they support for President. Ford, Yale Law School alumnus of 1941, polled 14 percent while Carter drew about 50 percent. Eugene McCarthy received 13 percent and other candidates shared the rest, with two votes for the Sesame Street character Cookie Monster.
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New Haven
Conn
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Yale Law School
Carter
Eugene McCarthy
Cookie Monster
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Greensboro
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Peter Marshall
Channel 12
Hollywood Squares
Sears
NC Greensboro
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Raleigh Durham
Burlington
Rocky Mount
High Point
Galdsboro
Kinston
Tynchburg
Dansile
Holhuck
America
Wrens ST
Ve. Tues
Fred
Honolulu
Redd Foxx
Demond Wilson
Sanford and Son
Jack Albertson
Freddie Prinze
Della Reese
Chico and
the Man
James Garner
QJ Simpson
Rockford Files
David Birney
Serpico
Gerald Ford
Art Gibson
Zack Neal
Nite Lite Theatre
Boe
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