Parton Jennings Lead For CMA Awards Honors
Dolly Parton and Waylon Jennings emerge as leading contenders for top CMA awards with finalists due in two weeks and the televised show set for October at the Grand Ole Opry house. Parton’s TV show and cross-genre reach push her candidacy alongside Jennings, the outlaw country pioneer, while other likely finalists include Ronnie Milsap Conway Twitty Charley Pride and Merle Haggard.
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Joe Enwards
Associated Press
Rashville
Denver
Miss Parton
Jennings
Misa Parton
Luckenbech
Texas
Ol Waylon
Waylon
Ronne Milsap
Conway Twitty
Charley Pride
Merle Haggard
Mel Tillis
Pride
Haggard
Milsap
Wheat growers on 1933 levels
The Agriculture Department calculates that wheat growers’ economic well being has fallen to 1933 levels as prices this summer hover near parity. Mid July averages for all wheat were 2 a bushel or 40 percent of parity, with 1931 at 36 percent and 1973 stocking effects referenced.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
USDA
Howard Hjort
Bots Bergland
Economic Research Service
Melon Festival Parade Highlights Featuring Princess Wyatt
During the 1920s Melon Festival a Montgomery Ward and Co. float carries Princess Waddle Wyatt past the former Post Office, now the School Administration building, with spectators lining the street.
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Waddle Wyatt
Montgomery Ward & Co
Life of Belle Starr filmed in Arkansas
New York filmmaker Sheila Paige and associate Terry Benes are producing a feature on Belle Starr, backed by a $25,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant via Arkansas state arts programs. The project, centered on Belle’s 1880s life in Arkansas and Indian Territory, aims for authentic settings and characters. Cast and crew worked in Fort Smith Fayetteville and Eureka Springs, with locals contributing funding and support as the film seeks national distribution to public TV, schools, and libraries.
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New York
Sheila Paige
Belle Starr
National Endowment For the Arts
Office of Arkansas State Arts and Humanities
Paige
Terry Benes
Belle
Arts and Humanities Office
Department of Natural and Cultural Heritage
Arts and Humanities Advisory Council
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Fort Smith
Fayetteville
Eureka Springs
Parker
Hollywood
Benes
Missouri
Texas
Cole Younger
Pearl Younger
Pearl
Penny White
Boston
Arkansans
New York University
Graduate Film School
1930 Melon Queen and her Maids at Watermelon Festival
Front row left to right Miss Guilliams Glennice Anderson Tunstall Sara Louise Gentry Connie Clendenin Griffin Lois Lloyd Shirley. Back row left to right Lenna Jones Porterfield Mattie Mae Kent Formby Eleanor Foster Watkins Agatha Bullard Tone Arrington Nelson. Unidentified members marked.
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Miss Guilliams
Glennice
Anderson
Tunstall
Sara Louise Gentry
Connie
Clendenin
Griffin
Lois
Lloyd
Shirley
Lenna
Jones
Porterfield
Mattie Mae
Kent
Formby
Eleanor
Foster) Watkins
Agatha Bullard
Tone
Arrington
Nelson
Billboard Top 10 Singles and Albums Listed
The Associated Press summarizes Billboard top 10 singles and albums. Notable entries include Best of My Love by the Emotions and I Just Want to Be Your Everything by Andy Gibb, with Fleetwood Mac Rumours and CSN by Crosby, Stills & Nash among the top albums. The Boston proper population is 641,071 per the 1970 census.
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Associated Press
Billboard Magazine
Columbia
Andy Gibb
RSO
Rita Coolidge
A&m
Easy
Commodores
Motown
James Taylor
Pablo Cruise
Crosby
Boston
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FAS
United States
Agricultural Research Service
Jack L. Degn
ARS
Canal Point
Fla
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Hawaii
Dean
Florida
Louisiana
Yes
Dean Salih
Montgomery Ward
Hope
Frisco Lines
Missouri-Pacific and
Louisiana Arkansas Railway Companies
Life of
Gordon Barnes
Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
Catton
Barnes
Phawk
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