Charley Pride Secures Two CMA Awards In 1971
Charley Pride won Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year at the Country Music Association awards in Nashville. The Mississippi native, once a farmhand and briefly chasing a Mets tryout, credited his rise to Nashville and cited hits like Kiss An Angel Good Mornin. Other winners included Lynn Anderson as Female Vocalist, Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner as top duo, and the Nashville Brass instrumental group. The ceremony aired on national television with 2,700 industry voters selecting the winners.
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Army accepts suggestions of missing pilot's mother
Iris Powers of Phoenix, a widow and mother of a pilot missing since 1969, was hired as a consultant by the Army to aid families of POWs and MIAs. She has proposed and the Army adopted two dozen measures including therapy groups, a guidance booklet, better property return, and a task force to prepare families for possible nonreturn.
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Plan to overhaul school lunch aid faces study
Washington AP report outlines Nixon administration plans to overhaul the school lunch program to curb calls for universal free meals. Asst. Secretary Lyng notes no timetable but a possible early next year release, with tighter state and district controls and poverty-based eligibility.
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Rogers calls Taiwan expulsion dangerous UN precedent
Secretary of State William P. Rogers warns that expelling Nationalist China from the United Nations would create a dangerous precedent, inviting expulsions of about 10 other nations and challenging the legality of past Security Council actions. He suggests Albania and others might claim UN actions were illegal if Taiwan is expelled. Rogers says the Arab-Israeli talks remain promising with interim possibilities despite firm positions. He does not seek or receive Supreme Court nomination. In London, a Catholic student survey finds most say practicing what you preach is hardest, with religious observance easiest.
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Agnew warns Congress over Greece military aid ban
Vice President Spiro Agnew told reporters aboard his plane that banning military assistance to Greece would impair and impede U.S. security policy. He stressed Greece’s NATO role and warned Congress against jeopardizing aid, noting the Turkish leg of his trip and the strategic U.S. military presence in Turkey. He linked disfavor toward the Greek government with public opinion about himself.
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