by Beverly A. Brown
IBM introduces a new Selectric typewriter that allows the typist to correct mistakes by backspacing, hitting the correcting key, backspacing, and typing the correct character. The typewriter sells for $620.
Robyn Smith becomes the first woman jockey to win a stakes race.
Scientists report that Saturn's rings are composed of large chunks of orbiting solid matter.
At the Grammy Awards, Helen Reddy is named Best Female Vocalist; Harry Nilsson is named Best Male Vocalist. Record of the Year is "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack.
Nixon reimposes price controls on oil and gas.
Pearl S. Buck, author of The Good Earth, dies.
In her first pro tennis match, Chris Evert beats Virginia Wade.
Queen Elizabeth opens the new London Bridge (the old one found a new home in Arizona).
Chic Young, cartoonist of Blondie, dies at the age of 72.
Playwright and actor Noel Coward, 73, dies at his Jamaican villa.
The Godfather wins the Academy Award for Best Picture. Liza Minnelli wins as Best Actress for her role in Cabaret. Marlon Brando wins an Oscar as Best Actor for his role in The Godfather but he sends Maria Cruz, also known as Sacheen Littlefeather, to refuse the award on his behalf.
UCLA wins its 7th straight National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball title.
Nixon calls for an immediate ceiling on beef, pork, and lamb prices.
The Vatican gives formal permission for lay persons to distribute communion in circumstances where priests are absent or in short supply.
James McCord, Jr., testifies that John Mitchell had prior knowledge of the break-in at Democratic Headquarters last June.
The last American POW held in North Vietnam is free. The last American POW released is the last American captured: Lt. Cmdr. Alfred Agnew who was taken prisoner in 1972.
The Defense Department reports that 595 POWs were released, 1,328 remain Missing In Action, and 1,100 were killed in action but their bodies were never recovered.
US troops withdraw from Vietnam.
Mrs. Frances Leavenworth of Apalachin is unanimously elected chairman of the Tioga County Republican Committee. She is the first woman chairman in Tioga County Republican history.
The Tioga Theater in Owego closes. The Tioga Center for the Performing Arts is negotiating to buy the 65-year-old theater.
The Tioga County Legislature approves the county's first "work-release" program for inmates of the county jail.
The Annual Policeman's Ball is held at the VFW Hall in Owego.
The bank at Choconut, Pennsylvania is robbed just before closing for the day. An armed man takes off with $5,121.
The Owego-Apalachin School Board approves increasing the number of high school elective courses from 15 to 22. The new electives are Psychology, Ethics, Sculpture, Printmaking, Sociology, Textiles, Child Development, Ceramics, Environmental Science, and consumer Education.
As meat prices soar, many local residents boycott meat.
Thursday night TV shows include Flip Wilson, The Waltons, Ironside, Kung Fu, and the Dean Martin Show.
The soap opera The Young and the Restless and the game show The $10,000 Pyramid debut on CBS.
Movies playing at local theaters include Travels with My Aunt, Sounder, Dirty Harry, Disney's The World's Greatest Athlete, and Barbra Streisand's What's Up, Doc?