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Top
Pop Singles of 1974
-
Don't Go
Braking My Heart -
Elton John & Kiki Dee
-
Dream Weaver
- Gary
Wright -
Love Machine
(Part 1) -
The
Miracles -
Let your Love
Flow -
The Bellamy Brothers -
Play That Funky Music
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Wild
Cherry -
Saturday Night
-
Bay City
Rollers -
Fooled Around
and Fell in Love -
Elvin
Bishop -
I'd Really Love to
See You Tonight -
England Dan and John Ford Coty -
All By Myself
- Eric Carmen -
S.W.A.T. Theme
-
Rhythm
Heritage
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1976 Economy/Prices
| President: |
Gerald
R. Ford |
| Vice
President: |
Nelson
A. Rockefeller |
| Population: |
218,035,164 |
| Life
expectancy: |
72.9
years |
| Dow-Jones High: |
1004 |
| Dow-Jones
Low: |
858 |
| Federal
spending: |
$371.79
billion |
| Federal
debt: |
$629.0
billion |
| Inflation: |
8.7% |
| Consumer
Price Index: |
56.9 |
| Unemployment: |
8.5% |
| Cost
of a new home: |
$48,000.00 |
| Cost
of a new car: |
$ 5,000.00 |
| Median
Household Income: |
$12,686.00 |
| Cost
- first-class stamp: |
$0.13 |
| Cost
- gallon of regular gas: |
$0.59 |
| Cost
- dozen eggs: |
$0.84 |
| Cost
- gallon of Milk: |
$1.65 |
| $$$
-Top Movie Money Makers |
| Rocky |
$117,235,147 |
| King
Kong |
$52,600,000 |
| Logan's
Run |
$25,000,000 |
| Across
the Great Divide |
$18,806,000 |
| The
Pom Pom Girls |
$17,883,410 |
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| Other
New Movie Releases: |
| A
Star is Born |
The
Bad News Bears |
| All
the President's Men |
The
Front |
| Bound
for Glory |
The
Man Who Fell to Earth |
| Carrie |
The
Omen |
| Harlan
County |
The
Outlaw Josey Wales |
| Marathon
Man |
The
Pink Panther Strikes Again |
| Network |
Taxi
Driver |
| The
Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea |
| Best
Actor: |
Peter
Finch: Network |
| Best
Actress: |
Faye
Dunaway: Network |
| Best
Director: |
John
G. Avildsen: Rocky |
| Best
Picture: |
Rocky |
| Best
Supporting Actor: |
Jason
Robards: All the President's Men |
| Best
Supporting Actress: |
Beatrice
Straight: Network |
| Football |
| Superbowl |
XI |
: |
Oakland |
32 |
- |
MINNESOTA |
14 |
| Pro
MVP: |
Bert
Jones, Baltimore, QB & Ken Stabler, Oakland,
QB |
| College
Football: |
Pittsburgh |
| Heisman
Trophy: |
Tony
Dorsett, Pittsburgh, RB |
| Rose
Bowl: |
USC
14, Michigan 6 |
| Orange
Bowl: |
Ohio
St. 27, Colorado 10 |
| Cotton
Bowl: |
Houston
30, Maryland 21 |
| Sugar
Bowl: |
Pittsburgh
27, Georgia 3 |
| Basketball
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| NBA
Championship |
| Winner: |
BOSTON |
4-2
(WWLLWW) |
Coach:
Tommy Heinsohn
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| Opposing
Team: |
Phoenix |
Coach: John
MacLeod
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| NBA
MVP: |
Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar, LA, C |
Ave
Score: |
27.7 |
| NCAA
National Champions: |
Indiana |
32-0 |
Coach: |
Bob
Knight |
| News
Headlines |
-
Patty
Hearst Is Found Guilty Of Bank Robbery
- Supreme
Court Allows Removal Of Karen Quinlan's Life
Support Systems
- Democrats
Nominate Jimmy Charter For President
- Viking
I Lands On Mars, Sends Back Photos
- Chinese
Leader Mao Tse-tung Dies
- OPEC
Announces 5-10% Oil Price Hike
- Supreme
Court Rules Capital Punishment Is Constitutional
-
Portugal establishes a Democracy
- Nixon
says Kissinger Aides' phones were tapped
- Concord
begins regular transatlantic flights
- Vietnam
is unified, Hanoi named capital, Saigon renamed
Ho
Chi Minh City
- US
and Iran sigh 10 Billion dollar arms sale
- Two
amateur electronics enthusiasts develop the Apple
computer in a California garage
- Farrah
Fawcett-majors posters become a fad
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| PotpourrI |
-
Four
year colleges cost $1,913
- Eastern
Airlines ad, "Fly now. Shovel later"
- Dustin
Hoffman, Robert Redford in "All The Presidents Men"
- Play
That Funky Music is a hit song
- 50
Ways to Leave Your Lover is a hit single by Paul
Simon
- Navy
tests new Tomahawk sea launched cruise missile
- In
tennis, transsexual Rene' Richards is barred from US Open
- OJ
Simpson signs a record $ 2.9 million contract with Buffalo
- Women
are allowed into NASA training program for
astronaughts
- Concord
makes it's first appearance
- California
is first state to legalize "Living Will"
- Legionnaire's
disease fatally strikes 34 in Philadelphia
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