Top singles and albums list from Billboard magazine
The Associated Press reports the year’s top chart entries. Top singles include Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love and Debby Boone You Light Up My Life among others. Top albums feature Fleetwood Mac Rumours and Rod Stewart Foot Loose & Fancy Free with Linda Ronstadt Simple Dreams close behind.
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RSO
Linda Ronstadt
Asylum
LTD
A&m
Dolly Parton
RCA
Debby Boone
Warner-Curb
Paul Simon
Columbia
Bob Welch
Capitol
You
Rod Stewart
Warner
Warner Bros
Earth, Wind & Fire
Electric Light Orchestra
Jet
You Light
Warner Curb
Just Another Dish Valued at SI750 in Northbrook Ad
An advertisement from Northbrook pledges a free report on spotting counterfeit and valuable collectible dishes. It touts a dish valued at 750 and promises guidance on pricing, opportunities, and what to look for, asking readers to mail name, address, and zip code for a risk free copy before Saturday.
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Amtexch
Bradford
What Makes Bessie Run
United States Dairy Association USDA researchers devise a jogging program for fat dairy cattle. The Wallaces Farmer article notes cattle restrained to inactive routines of feeding, drinking, resting, milking, and Calf production may benefit from structured exercise to improve heart health and fitness.
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New York
America
Wallaces Farmer
United States Dairy Association
USDA
Farm Magazine
Teen Scene Herrin Town Opens Weekend Nights
Teen Scene Herrin Town opens Friday and Saturday from 7 to 11 30 p m with band night until 11 45 p m at West Frankfort Youth Center open 7 30 to 9 30 p m Tuesday for seventh and eighth grade students.
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Herrin
West Frankfort
Theater students to perform at Illinois High School Theater Festival
Theater students from Carbondale Community High School directed by Mary Boyle are invited to perform The Apple Tree at the third annual Illinois High School Theater Festival on the Illinois State University campus in Normal. The festival features eight studio productions, five full-length plays, 150 workshops, and appearances by Stephenwolf Theater Company and David Birney. About 1,500 students will attend, with Gov. James Thompson declaring the following week Illinois High School Theater Week.
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Mary Boyle
Carbondale Community High School
Illinois High School Theater
Illinois State University
Normal
Arund
Stephenwolf Theater Company
Chicago
David Birney
Serpico
Bridget Loves
Bernie
James Thompson
Math major wins Lincoln Academy Educational Achievement Award
Dennis G. Frazier, a mathematics major at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, receives the Lincoln Academy Educational Achievement Award for 1977 78 from Gov James Thompson. He earned an Order of Lincoln medal and a $100 prize in a Dec 3 ceremony in the Illinois State Capitol. Frazier, a 4 0 student with cerebral palsy, majors in mathematics and language studies, minors in French Spanish and classical languages, and participates in Pi Mu Epsilon Liberal Arts Council and French Club.
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Dennis G. Frazier
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Lincoln Academy of Illinois
Frazier
James Thompson
Lincoln Academy
Order of Lincoln
House of Representatives
Springfield
SIUC
Thompson Point
Pi Mu Epsilon
Liberal Arts and Sciences Honor Society
Liberal Arts Council
Trico crowns senior queen at Dec 16 ceremony
Rhonda Rodewald, a Trico High School senior from Ava, was named homecoming queen during a December 16 ceremony at the Campbell Hill school. Maid of honor was Mary Gale of Ava, with senior attendants Tina Todaro and Judy Taylor, both of Percy.
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Rhonda Rodewald
Ava
Trico High School
Campbell Hill
Mary Gale
of Ava
Tina Todaro
Judy Taylor
Percy
Kendalls Hit A Top Country Song With Heaven's Just a Sin Away
Nashville based Kendalls father daughter duo overcome odds to score a major 1977 country hit. Heaven's Just a Sin Away topped charts for weeks as the flip side of Live and Let Live. Jeannie Kendall 24 and Royce Kendall discuss harmony, timing, and breaking into Nashville.
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Joe Edwards
Nashville
Tenn
Kendalls
Jeannie Kendall
Royce Kendall
Jeannie
Kendall
St. Louis
New Patch Offered by Corps for Scouts and 4 H Members
The St. Louis District Corps of Engineers unveils a free patch for Scouts 4 H and other outdoor groups. At five lake projects including Rend Lake volunteers build wildlife nest boxes trails and collect litter. Information is available from Rend Lake park manager.
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St. Louis
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rend Lake
Peruvian student to attend Herrin High School
Angel Manuel Alarcon, a 16 year old exchange student from Peru, will attend Herrin High School for three months starting in January under the International Fellowship Clearing Housing program. His host family is Eugene Eisenhauer and wife with sons Danny and Greg. Alarcon studies at San Jose College High School in Peru.
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Angel Manuel Alarcon
Peru
Herrin High School
Herrin
International Fellowship Clearing
Eugene Eisenhauer
Danny
Greg
Alardon
San Jose College High School
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