NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
Literature: Samuel Beckett, Ireland
Peace: International Labor Organization
MISS AMERICA WINNER
Judith Anne Ford - Illinois
TONY AWARDS
Play: The Great White Hope
Musical: 1776
EMMY AWARDS
Comedy: Get Smart, NBC
Drama: NET Playhouse, NET
GRAMMY AWARDS
Record of the Year: 5th Dimension, "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
Album of the Year: Blood, Sweat and Tears, "Blood Sweat and Tears"
ACADEMY AWARDS
Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy
Actor: John Wayne, True Grit
Actress: Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Supporting Actor: Gig Young, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Supporting Actress: Goldie Hawn, Cactus Flower
Director: John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy
TELEVISION
Top-rated TV program - Rowan-Martin Laugh-In
WORLD SERIES
New York Mets over Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 1
SUPERBOWL III
New York Jets, 16; Baltimore Colts, 7
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Boston Celtics
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
National Champions: Texas
Heisman Trophy: Steve Owens, Oklahoma RB
Arkansas beats Georgia 16 - 2 in the Sugar Bowl
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
National Champions: Who else???? UCLA
INDIANAPOLIS 500
Mario Andretti
HORSE RACING
Kentucky Derby - Majestic Prince
Preakness Stakes - Majestic Prince
Belmont Stakes - Arts and Letters
GOLF
Masters - George Archer
Ladies Professional Golf Association Championship - Betsy Rawls
HOCKEY
Stanley Cup - Montreal Canadians
BEST SELLING BOOKS
Fiction
1. Portnoy's Complaint, Philip Roth
2. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
3. The Love Machine, Jacqueline Susann
4. The Inheritors, Harold Robbins
5. The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton
Nonfiction
1. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, William Morris, editor
2. In Someone's Shadow, Rod McKuen
3. The Peter Principle, Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull
4. Between Parent and Teenager, Dr. Haim G. Ginott
5. The Graham Kerr Cookbook, the Galloping Gourmet