The Waltons Dominate Emmy Awards Night
The Waltons led the Emmys with six wins including best dramatic series and acting honors for Richard Thomas and Michael Learned, while The Julie Andrews Hour claimed seven awards before missing the live ceremony. CBS topped networks with 25 Emmys, ABC 22, NBC 10, PBS 7.
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Virginia
Richard Thomas
Michael Learned
Ellen Corby
Miss Andrews
ABC
Shubert Theater
NBC
Public Broadcasting System
New York City
Laurence Olivier
Cloris Leachman
Mary Tyler Moore
Ted Knight
Valerie Harper
Miss Moore
Dick van Dyke
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Jack Klugman
Liza
Liza Minnelli
Anthony Murphy
Susan Hampshire
BBC
Vanity Fair
Masterpiece Theatre
PBS
Tim Conway
Zoom
the Electric Co
Carens
Shari Lewis
Emmys
Wide World of Sports
Munich
Jim McKay
Dinah Shore
Brezhnev Plans US Visit Amid Watergate Scandal
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev says he will visit the United States to meet President Nixon next month despite the Watergate affair. In Bonn he discusses economic cooperation with West Germany and meets Chancellor Brandt ahead of a banquet with caviar and vodka.
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West Germany
Leonid Brezhnev
Nixon
America
Communist Party
Brezhnev
United States
Homburg Castle
Heinz Kuehn
North Rhine-Westphalia
Willy Brandt
Kremlin
Brandt
Europe
Middle East
Missouri Highways Magazine Dropped
The last issue of Missouri Highways magazine was distributed to 17 000 readers. The cost per color edition reached 8 600 and 4 700 for black and white editions. The department started in 1968 and published six editions last year. The 31 page final color issue featured U S Highway 24 Kansas City International Airport western Missouri frontier towns and Captain Edward Heckman of Hermann pilot of steamboats Yukon to New Orleans.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Highways Magazine
Robert N. Hunter
Highway Department
Hunter
U.S. Highway 24
Kansas City International
Missouri Frontier
Edward Heckman
Hermann
Yukon
New Orleans
Living Cost Tops Public Concerns in Gallup Poll
A Gallup poll of 1,531 adults May 4-6 finds 62 percent name the high cost of living as the nation's top problem, crime second at 17 percent, and government corruption and drugs at 16 percent each. Only seven percent cite Southeast Asia, down from 35 percent in late January.
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Princeton
N.J
Southeast Asia
Gallup
Walker and Wilson Earn Commissions From ROTC
Two area men among 66 University of Missouri graduates who completed ROTC training and qualified for armed services commissions. James Andrew Lee Walker of Mexico is assigned by the Army to military intelligence school at Ft. Huachuca Arizona. Michael Pleas Wilson is presently unassigned by the Air Force.
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University of Missouri
Columbia
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Air Force
James Andrew Lee Walker
Mexico
Military Intelligence
Ft. Hauchuca
Ariz
Michael Pleas Wilson
Miller's Mutual Policy Stand Behind 37 Million Assets
Millers Mutual emphasizes its strength with over 37 million dollars in assets, a nationwide claims service, and a 94 year history of prompt loss settlement. Four generations of policyholders have trusted the company, and you can too.
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Millers’ Mutual
Cost Of Living Report Coming Out Tomorrow
Washington AP reports the government analyzes 120,000 prices from 240 workers in 56 cities to compute the Consumer Price Index. The index tracks inflation across food housing tuition utilities and more, with the March reading showing an 0.9 percent monthly rise and 8.8 percent annualized inflation.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Wage Gains Lure with Limited Purchasing Power Rise
The article notes an $8.13 year over year wage increase, yet highlights only a $1.51 gain in purchasing power. This disparity points to inflation eroding real earnings while workers see higher nominal wages.
Diocese Deadlocks On Women Priests In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia the Pennsylvania Diocesan Council failed to reach a decision on ordaining women as Episcopal priests. A 9-9 tie left the issue stalled until the Episcopal Church meets at its national convention in October. Reverend Robert L. DeWitt abstained from voting. The vote followed a task force recommendation supporting ordination.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Robert L. DeWitt
Episcopal Church
Audrain Couple Earns B S Degrees at Missouri
Laddonia couple Mr. and Mrs. William Robnett received bachelor of science degrees from the University of Missouri Columbia at spring commencement. Robnett earned agricultural education and Jean Robnett earned elementary education. They plan to teach in Archie, Missouri next fall.
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Laddonia
William Robnett
University of Missouri At Columbia
Robnett
Kenneth Robnett
Jean
Paul Schafer
Martinsburg
Archie
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