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...producers. In any case, Lowe noted, it is "ridiculous and incredible to believe that Carol Channing should need any help," because in both the Nielsen and Arbitron ratings, her special outdrew the second-place show in the time slot by millions of viewers. And even if somebody wished to rig the ratings, it would seem ridiculous for him to pay by check...
...that Tyonek elders have put on education and jobs. The village council authorized a $5,000 grant for everybody on the tribal roll, specified that most of it had to be applied toward home construction-except when invested in schooling. Already three Tyonek Indians have enrolled to study oil-rig work in California, another has learned diesel engineering in Chicago. Moreover, every construction contract entered into by the village provides for the hiring of local residents, many of whom are thereby learning to be carpenters, plumbers and electricians...
...discomfort, and on the second day no pain at all. Within ten days he was walking to the barber shop, several blocks away; the next week the surgeons removed the stitches and snapped a new socket snugly to the stump, which had never been appreciably swollen. With this temporary rig, Myers went dancing. Last week orthopedic engineers machined a permanent artificial leg on which Myers wears an ordinary shoe, and he walks well without canes...
...Hope's Christmas TV special from Viet Nam was a heartwarming show, but it wasn't all that great: Nielsen ratings scored it as one of history's most popular specials on the tube. Now Nielsen may know why. Gathering material for his book, How to Rig TV Ratings for Fun and Profit, former Congressional Investigator Rex Sparger had mailed out phony questionnaires to the A. C. Nielsen Co.'s normally top-secret sample viewers, designed to ensure that they would watch Bob's performance. "I chose his show to rig because he is such...
...Occidental plans to drill 29 wells on its 513-acre Pico property, and with each new start, not only derrick and drilling rig will be moved, but so will the shell that looks like a skyscraper. At dedication ceremonies last week, Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty presented a commendatory scroll to Occidental's chairman and president, Armand Hammer, who proclaimed: "The largest pool of oil in the world lies under Los Angeles. We believe that the Los Angeles fields can be developed to the profit of the city and its people. The problem is one of doing it without...