Donahue Wins Two Emmys in National TV Awards
Phil Donahue earned two Emmys at the national TV awards, winning as outstanding host in a talk or variety series and his Donahue show named outstanding series of that type. NBC soap Days of Our Lives was named daytime drama series of the year amid nominations for All My Children Ryan’s Hope The Young and the Restless and others.
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Tom Jory
Associated Press
NEW York
Phil Donahue
NBC
Donahue
WLWD
Dayton
Ohio
Richard Dunlap
CBS
the Young and the Restless
ABC
Public Broadcasting Service
PBS
Richard Dawson
Mike Gargiulo
Martin Haig Mackey
Hewitt
Lincoln Center
Luciano Pavarotti
Met
Peter Ustinov
Fire damages house near 35th Street and Avenue
A morning fire gutted part of Willie Faye Davis’s house near the 35th Street Avenue intersection. Firefighters contained the blaze with no immediate loss estimate, but damage was expected to be extensive to the small home. A separate 1973 Ford pickup fire occurred about 1:24 pm two miles north of Snyder on the Clairemont Highway, damaging the bed area.
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Willie Faye Davis
35Th St
Ave
Ray Cox
Snyder
Clairemont
Cotton futures slip amid Midday NY prices
Cotton No 2 futures eased as midday markets show strict low middling spot at 710 cents per pound, with readings across 10 markets down from the prior close. Wheat and corn prices are listed for No 2 grades and oats and soybeans follow, alongside a Whitney Museum exhibit on American Art 1950 to present open through Sept 12, 1978.
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NEW York
Whitney Museum of American Art
ILA Locals Arrested In Dock Probe
FBI says eight men from ILA locals including a international vice president were arrested in a three year dock probe. indictments allege extortion racketeering and labor tax violations across Atlantic and Gulf ports. local leaders named include Williams Barone Turner Jackson Vanderwyde Forman Morres.
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Miami
International Longshoremen’s Association
FBI
Welton Merry
ILA
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlanta
Miami Herald
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Merry
Landon Williams
International
George Barone
Cleveland Turner
Elizah Jackson
James Vanderwyde
Cornelius Vanderwyde
Local
Max Forman
Oscar Morres
Florida Welding Service Inc
Recital to Benefit Musical Coterie Scholarship Fund
David Vaughan will present a recital at 3 p.m. Sunday June 11 in the Fine Arts Theatre at Western Texas College. Proceeds from donations will go to the Musical Coterie scholarship fund. The public is invited to attend. Vaughan is the son of Mr and Mrs. Louie Vaughan. Snyder School trustees plan an 8:30 p.m. work session on the 1978-79 budget in the board room of the administration building. The first bicycle was invented in 1839 and weighed 59 pounds.
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David Vaughan
Fine Arts
Western Texas College
Musical Coterie Scholarship Fund
Vaughan
Louie Vaughan
Snyder
Tax Cut Mess Deepens in Congress
In Washington the tax relief push falters as House Speaker O'Neill says a $20 billion cut is planned but Ways and Means talks stall. Behind the scenes Democrat discussions produce no draft agreement, while Congress plans early October adjournment amid stalled energy and other measures.
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Washington
California
Congress
Thomas P
Tip” O'Neill
D-Mass
House
Ways and Means Committee
Carter
al Altman
D-Ore
Ways and Means
One Cop Dead In Shootout
A Houston police officer, Timothy Hearn, 28, is dead after a shootout during an undercover narcotics arrest. Officer Murray Jordan, 32, is hospitalized in serious but stable condition, along with a 43-year-old man. The suspect opened fire as officers walked him to a patrol car following the narcotics find of about 17 grams of heroin. Police Chief Harry Caldwell commented on the dangers of narcotics trade.
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Houston
Timothy Hearn
Murray Jordan
Harry Caldwell
Caldwell
Automobile Windshield Break In City Investigations
A criminal mischief complaint and two traffic accidents were investigated by city police. Ronnie Meyers reported his 1974 Mercury windshield broken between 10:30 p.m. June 6 and 6:30 a.m. June 7 at his 1917 Coleman St. home. A 1975 Chevrolet pickup driven by Cary Coffee and a city animal warden were involved in a mishap at the city pound around 4:30 p.m. A morning collision at 30th St and Ave L between a 1968 Chevrolet driven by Rena McCright and a 1963 Ford driven by Ross Rochelle caused minor damage.
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Ronnie Meyers
Coleman St
Cary Coffee
Lloyd Merritt
30Th St
Ave. L
Rena McCright
Ross Rochelle
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Xneroa Op
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