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Thursday, June 07, 1973
Top News Headlines This Week:
Jun 7 - Rangers draft Texas high school pitcher David Clyde #1 Jun 8 - Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco appointed premier of Spain Jun 9 - Secretariat wins Belmont Stakes & Triple Crown Jun 9 - 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24 Jun 10 - 19th LPGA Championship won by Mary Mills Jun 10 - NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit
Top Songs for 1973
Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree by Dawn
Crocodile Rock by Elton John Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce
Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack Top of the World by Carpenters
My Love by Paul McCartney & Wings You're So Vain by Carly Simon
Keep On Truckin' by Eddie Kendricks Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & the Pips
1973 Prices US President
Bread: $0.27/loaf Richard M. Nixon
Milk: $1.36/gal US Vice President
Eggs: $1.22/doz Gerald R. Ford
Car: $4,052 Academy Award Winners
Gas: $0.39/gal Best Picture: The Sting
Directed By George Roy Hill
Best Actor: Jack Lemmon
in Save The Tiger
Best Actress: Glenda Jackson
in A Touch Of Class
House: $35,500
Stamp: $0.08/ea
Avg Income: $13,622/yr
Min Wage: $1.60/hr
DOW Avg: 851
People born on June 7
1909 - Jessica Tandy London, actress (Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included)
1922 - Rocky Graziano boxer/entertainer (Pantomime Quiz, Martha Raye Show)
1940 - Tom Jones Pontypridd Wales, singer (What's New *****cat)
On TV in 1973
Maude The Streets of San Francisco Kojak Good Times Happy Days
M*A*S*H The Little People The Six Million Dollar Man The Rookies The Bob Newhart Show
Hot New Toys in 1973
Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle The Lone Ranger Action Figure Boggle
Perfection Dungeons & Dragons Fisher-Price Movie Viewer
Shrinky Dinks
Top Books in 1973
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
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