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A Look Back at 1970
Sports in
69/70
  
Super Bowl
Kansas City d. Minnesota (23-7)
World Series
Baltimore d. Cincinnati (4-1)
NBA Championship
New York d. LA Lakers (4-3)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Dust Commander
NCAA Basketball Championship
UCLA d. Jacksonville (80-69)
NCAA Football Champions
Nebraska (AP, FW) (11-0-1); Texas (UPI, NFF-tie),
(10-1-0) & Ohio St. (NFF-tie), (9-1-0)
Nebraska defeats LSU in the Orange Bowl 17-12.
The victory closes the 1970
season with the Husker's first national
championship.
PGA tour's leading
money winner for the year: Frank Beard -
$164,707
October 10,
1969-
Brett Favre,
American football player born
May 15, 1969 - Emmitt Smith, American football player born
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1970 Potpourri
Deaths; Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Sonny Liston
Nation celebrates "Earth Day"
Penn Central Railroad asks for Bankruptcy Reorganization
Frank Zappa, Miles Davis and Blood Sweat and Tears are top performers
The war movie Patton wins several awards
NFL and AFL merge into the NFL
Boston Bruins player Bobby Orr scores a record 120 points as a defenseman
IBM introduces the "Floppy" disk for storage
Lasers are used in bombing targeting for more accuracy
Young fashion is found in Army Navy surplus stores and thrift shops
New words; preppie, hassle, fast-food, rip-off, blahs, put down
Massive recall of canned Tuna by FDA for possible mercury poisoning
Vassar college admits male students for the first time
Miscellaneous
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A loaf
of bread cost |
$.23 |
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A gallon
milk cost |
$1.10 |
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A dozen
eggs cost |
$.62 |
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A pound
of sugar cost |
$.12 |
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Postage
stamp (per ounce) |
$.06 |
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A new
car cost approximately |
$2,000.00 |
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A gallon
of gasoline cost |
$.32 |
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A new
house cost approximately |
$40,000.00 |
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Minimum
wage |
$1.60
per hour |
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Average
annual income (per person) |
$6,500.00 |
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Population of the United States |
202,677,000 |
Hot Movies
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Midnight Cowboy
Goodbye Columbus 
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Hello, Dolly
The Sterile Cuckoo
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Cactus Flower
Alice's Restaurant
Easy Rider 
Candy - (Who went to see that one???
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Music
1967
To Sir with Love-Lulu
Daydream Believer- The Monkees
Windy- The Association
Ode to Billie Joe-Bobbie Gentry
Somethin' Stupid-Nancy & Frank Sinatra
Groovin'-Young Rascals
The Letter-Box Tops
Light My Fire-Doors
Happy Together-The Turtles
Hello Goodbye-The Beatles
1968
Hey Jude-The Beatles
I Heard It Through the Grapevine-Marvin Gaye
Love Is Blue-Paul Mauriat
Honey-Bobby Goldsboro
People Got to Be Free-Rascals
The Dock of the Bay-Otis Redding
This Guy's In Love with You-Herb Alpert
Mrs. Robinson-Simon & Garfunkel
Love Child-Diana Ross & the Supremes
Tighten Up-Archie Bell & the Drells
1969
Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine
In-Fifth Dimension
In the Year 2525-Zager & Evans
Get Back- The Beatles (with Billy Preston)
Sugar, Sugar- The Archies
Honky Tonk Women- The Rolling Stones
Everyday People-Sly & the Family Stone
Dizzy-Tommy RoeWedding Bell Blues-Fifth
Dimension
I Can't Get Next to You- The Temptations
Crimson & Clover-Tommy James & the Shondells
1970
Bridge
Over Troubled Water-Simon & Garfunkel
I'll Be There- Jackson Five
Raindrops Keep Fallin'On My Head-B.J. Thomas
Close to You- The Carpenters
My Sweet Lord-George Harrison
I Think I Love You-The Partridge Family
Ain't No Mountain High Enough-Diana Ross
American Woman-Guess Who
War-Edwin Starr
Let It Be- The Beatles
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TV Programs
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Do these TV sets look familiar?
  
1961 Magnavox B/W 1965 RCA Color TV
Click to enlarge picture
1969-1970 Television Season Top
Rated Shows
| Ranking |
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| 1 |
Rowan &
Martin's Laugh-In |
| 2 |
Gunsmoke |
| 3 |
Bonanza |
| 4 |
Mayberry
R.F.D. |
| 5 |
Family
Affair |
| 6 |
Here's Lucy |
| 7 |
The Red
Skelton Hour |
| 8 |
Marcus Welby,
M.D. |
| 9 |
Walt
Disney's Wonderful World of Color |
| 10 |
The Doris
Day Show |
| 11 |
The Bill
Cosby Show |
| 12 |
The Jim
Nabors Show |
| 13 |
The Carol
Burnett Show |
| 14 |
The Dean
Martin Show |
| 15 |
My Three
Sons |
| 16 |
Ironside |
| 17 |
The Johnny
Cash Show |
| 18 |
The Beverly
Hillbillies |
| 19 |
Hawaii
Five-O |
| 20 |
The Glen
Campbell Goodtime Hour |
| 21 |
Hee Haw |
| 22 |
ABC Movie of
the Week |
| 23 |
Mod Squad |
| 24 |
NBC Saturday
Night Movie |
| 25 |
Bewitched |
| 26 |
The F.B.I. |
| 27 |
The Ed
Sullivan Show |
| 28 |
Julia |
| 29 |
CBS Thursday
Movie |
| 30 |
Mannix |
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