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    • Oct 9, 1973
    Elvis Presley and Priscilla are granted a divorce in Santa Monica. He pays $725,000 cash, plus $6,000 monthly for 10 years and $4,000 monthly in child support
    Dec 13, 1973
    The Associated Press reports Lester Flatt has filed suit against Esquire magazine, seeking $500,000 for what he claims is career damage created when the publication portrayed him as "the late" Lester Flatt
    Jan 7, 1974
    Bass player Hawk Hawkins and steel guitarist Charlie Owens quit Jerry Lee Lewis' band and file an $8,000 suit against him for payment of back wages
    Mar 2, 1974
    A Nashville judge approves a $3,400 settlement between Faron Young and the parents of a six-year-old girl the singer spanked during a concert in 1972. Young admits no wrongdoing, saying he wants to avoid being tied up in court
    Apr 23, 1974
    A Memphis judge awards $1,000 to plaintiff Ann McMahon, who had charged Jerry Lee Lewis slapped her and humiliated her over the sound system during a performance in July 1971
    May 15, 1974
    Spokane declares Tom T. Hall Day as Hall donates $5,000 to the Sierra Club and gives a free performance. It's Hall's first Spokane appearance since he angered the city with his song "Spokane Motel Blues," written on Thanksgiving in 1972
    Jul 30, 1974
    B.J. Thomas is fined $50 in a Nashville court for assaulting a police officer three weeks earlier. Thomas tells the court he'd been drinking brandy and that his actions were entirely wrong
    Aug 17, 1974
    John Denver raises $23,412 for congressional candidate Wayne Owens with a concert in Salt Lake City, Utah
    Oct 10, 1974
    MCA Records throws a party in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Tanya Tucker's 16th birthday to celebrate her signing with the label for $1.5 million
    Jan 22, 1975
    The King of the Road Motor Inn files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Among its debts: $86,649 owed to Roger Miller, whose song gave the hotel its name



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