Roots leads with six Emmy Awards at Pasadena show
The 1976 77 season winner Roots earned six Emmys including best drama series and acting honors. Lovie Gossett Jr Edward Asner Olivia Cole and David Greene won in their categories while The Rockford Files and Bionic Woman performers claimed top acting prizes. The ceremony at Pasadena Civic Auditorium aired three hours and 24 minutes with hosts Angie Dickinson and Robert Blake presenting.
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Christopher Plummer
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Pasadena Civic Auditorium
Robert Blake
Angie Dickinson
John Travolta
Diana Hyland
Travolta
NASA ordered to end jobs cut across centers
The president’s budget office directs NASA to reduce 583 civil service positions by the end of the fiscal year starting Oct. 1. Most cuts occur at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville Alabama with 150 jobs, 108 at Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, 90 at Johnson Space Center in Houston, and 80 at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral Florida.
Camel Lady completes solo camel crossing of Gibson Desert
Robin Davidson aged 28 becomes the first woman to travel solo by camel across Australia's Gibson Desert finishing a five month 900 mile trek to Wiluna with four camels and a sheepdog. She plans Carnarvon next and has sold her story to National Geographic.
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Australia
UPI
Robin Davidson
Gibson Desert
Miss Davidson
Wiluna
Desert
Gibson
Dawn Priddis
Carnarvon
Carnavon
Western Australia
Alice Springs
Davidson
National Geographic Magazine
Elvis marketing firm sues bootleggers for over a million each
Factors Etc Inc of Bear Delaware files a multmillion dollar suit in Los Angeles naming four local Elvis memorabilia bootleggers. The firm seeks damages above one million dollars per defendant and injunctions to halt further Elvis image use. Attorney Dan Litman says cases will rollout nationwide to clean up the industry.
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Los Angeles
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Elvis Presley
Elvis
Dan Litman
Factors Etc. Inc
Bear, Delaware
Police adopt new Glaser Safety Slug bullets
Clayton California police become the first in the state to order deadly Glaser Safety Slugs for regulation use in service revolvers. The .38 caliber rounds disperse tiny fragments on impact and are said to induce instant shock, preventing return fire while limiting harm to bystanders.
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Clayton
UPI
California
California lawmakers race to craft tax relief bill before adjournment
In Sacramento a six member Senate Assembly committee pursues a new homeowner renter tax relief measure after the Senate rejected SB154. Opponents say relief is insufficient for middle income homeowners and would raise taxes later while some Democrats oppose it for not aiding the poor and for inventory tax phaseout. Panel includes Deukmejian Sieroty Mori Fazio Duffy and Holmdahl leads the effort.
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Senate
Nicholas Petris
Oakland
John Holmdahl
Dcastro Valley
George Deukmejian
Long Beach
Alan Sieroty
Los Angeles
Floyd Mori
Pleasanton
Vic Fazio
Sacramento
Gordon Duffy
Hanford
Miss America 1978 Eyes Political Career and Singing
Ohio's Susan Perkins, Miss America 1978, plans a medical or political career while pursuing singing. The Columbus native, 23, studies biology at Miami University and will delay a December medical board exam to capitalize on her year as titleholder. She seeks future Congress roles, aided by past work as a Republican speech assistant and aims for local experience.
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N.J
UPI
Ohio
Susan Perkins
Columbus
Perkins
Miami University
Ohio State School of Applied Medicine
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Ohio Senate
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