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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1977

Page

8

Private delivery service challenges U S Postal monopoly in Rochester

In Rochester New York Patricia Brennan and J Paul Brennan run a same day 10 cent delivery service rivaling the United States Postal Service. A federal judge ruled in favor of the Postal Service saying elimination of its monopoly could threaten the mail system. The Brennans say they handled about 1000 pieces daily in November and plan to appeal.

Rochester N.Y P.H. Brennan U.S. Postal Service Patricia Brennan J. Paul Brennan U.S Harold P. Burke Postal Service Brennans Congress Brennan Idaho White House Jody Powell NBCTV New York Daily News the News Lorne Michaels Washington Powell The News Michaels

Allman Bono marriage ends again and more

Cher Bono and Gregg Allman receive a legal separation with Cher retaining custody of Elijah Blue, and Chessity custody remains with Cher. The pair have a history of reconciliations since their Las Vegas 1975 marriage.

Cher Bono Gregg Allman Mrs. Allman Elijah Blue Chastity Sonny Bono Allman Allman Brothers Band Las Vegas Cher

Bob Hope leads NBC cheer as ABC tops weekly ratings

Nielsen data for the week ending Dec 25 show Bob Hope Special on NBC as the most watched program in about 24.8 million homes, lifting NBC to near second in total ratings while ABC remains the overall leader with 12.5 million homes on average. CBS averaged 12.2 million homes.

Los Angeles ABC Bob Hope NBC A.C. Nielsen Co Hope CBS

Missing Big Foot statue reported in Sumter County

A 6 foot 160 pound brown and black hairy statue nicknamed Big Foot is missing from Singleton's Taxidermy in Sumter. Sheriff’s deputies seek information as the statue valued at about 500 dollars was stolen on Friday night.

Sumter, S.C Sumter County Singleton Jesse Singleton Big Foot

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