Milsap captures CMA Entertainer of the Year title
Ronnie Milsap, the blind singer, is named Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards and wins Male Vocalist of the Year for a third time. Crystal Gayle earns top female vocalist honors while Kenny Rogers and writers Bowling and Bynum win Song of the Year for Lucille. The 15th annual CMA awards were presented before a national TV audience.
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Nashville, Tenn
Ronnie Milsap
Country Music Association
Crystal Gayle
Loretta Lynn
CMA
Lucille
Kenny Rogers
Roger Bowling
Hal Bynum
Milsap
Local Births and Dismissals Reported With Notable Music Awards
Birth announcements list seven newborns from Franklin and surrounding areas with Monday and today dates. Hospital dismissals name eight residents including Mr and Mrs Lawson and Mrs Poff with visiting hours stated. Music awards cover Ronnie Milsap’s Album of the Year triple win and portraits of country legends Merle Travis Dolly Parton Roy Clark and others with finalists and career notes.
Peace awards may stir strife in Northern Ireland
Nobel Peace Prize winners Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan boost attention to the Peace People yet risk inflaming local tensions. The group faces waning support, internal divisions, and criticisms of leadership while continuing its nonpolitical outreach amid ongoing violence and sectarian strife.
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Betty Williams
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Mairead Corrigan
Amnesty International
Williams
Corrigan
United States
Europe
Miss Corrigan
Miss Corri
Peace
Ciaran McKeown
Area girls win honors in twirling
Four area girls earned top placements at the Ohio NBTA National League Co meet in Warren over the weekend. Leslie Brewer, 14, of Franklin, won state titles in advanced parade majorette and hoop, plus top finishes in flag and two baton and basic strut, and swept open competition with wins in flag two baton parade majorette and hoop. Janet Evick, 11, and Renee Childers, 12, finished second in state duet advanced. Carla Cattani, 13, Monroe, placed second in fancy strut and third in solo in intermediate, and led five events in open competition.
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Warren
Leslie Brewer
Franklin
Parade
Janet Evick
Renee Childers
Carla Cattani
Monroe
Russia silent on Soyuz 25 linkup with Salyut 6 failure
In Moscow officials gave no official reason for the failure of cosmonauts aboard the Soyuz 25 craft to dock with the Salyut 6 space lab. The unsuccessful linkup raises questions about the mission and its objectives.
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Moscow
Orbiting Space Laboratory
Tass
Kovalenok
Kyumin
Baikonur Space Center
Central Asia
Apollo
Space Station
Earth
United States
Soviet Union
Tele Care seeks more volunteers for elderly caller program
Tele-Care at Middletown Hospital seeks clients and volunteers. Five daily calls Mon through Fri cover the homebound elderly, widowed, retired, or convalescing. Registration at 424 CARE asks for an emergency contact.
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Iddietown Hospital
Tee
Cne
Dorothy Coleman
Middletown Hospital
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Walter Lawson
Arcadia Drive
Jim G. Johnson
Thirkield Ave
James Greene
Pennyroyal Road
Thomas Marsh
Pine St
Childers of Seneca
Gary Trenan
William Alspaugh
Mark D. Barnhart
Wilbraham Road
Samuel P. Burnett
West Alexandria Road
James W. Huff
Forrer
Chester Poff
Elwood St
Robert White Jr
Mill Road
Gayle
Lynn
Rogers
Merle Travis
Jim Ed Brown
Helen Cornelius
Statler Brothers
Texas Playboys
Roy Clark
Dolly Parton
Waylon Jennings
Miss Parton
People’s
McKeown
People's First Assembly
Aera Ras
Daivein Ur Leke
Montellon
President Lincoln
Lins Lincol
Ote Tre Ea
Russia
Vladimir Kovalenok
Valery Ryumin
Sian
Fritzy
ST. RT
Andover
Duff
Middletown
Fantasy Farm
Midd. & Hamilton
Kings Kitchen
First and Main
Country Kitchen
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