From Chicken Flicker to Paramount Chief Frank Yablans Rise
Hal Boyle profiles Frank Yablans at 37 as the youngest major studio head in Hollywood history. Born in the lower East Side he moved from newspaper routes to Warner Bros and then Paramount, building success on attitude and smart distribution. He recalls early dreams of chicken flicking and jokes he can always return to flicking for money.
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McGovern Deploys Two Special 727 Jets for Campaign
Sen. George McGovern travels in two specially outfitted Boeing 727 jets costing over 70 thousand dollars weekly in campaign service. The Dakota Queen I and II host staff and press crews with a third identical plane for overflow. United Air Lines outfits the interiors at sixty one thousand dollars. reporters pay their own way.
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First Modern Electric Car Registered in Connecticut
Connecticut registers its first modern electric car at the Motor Vehicles Department. Joseph F. Galasso of Wilton owns the 16 battery Dat sun, converted by C H Waterman Industries, with license EL 79 and a 75 mile range. Commissioner Leuba envisions a pollution free auto era ahead.
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Air Force nurse part of unit earning Outstanding Unit Award
First Lt. Donna L. Hutchins and the Strategic Air Command 35th Strategic Missile Wing at Whiteman AFB Missouri received the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for meritorious service from July 1969 through June 1971. The wing was praised for leadership initiative professionalism and performance gains. Hutchins is a Cape Porpoise Maine native and Kennebunk High School alum.
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