After High School What Happens To High School Stars
Capsule reviews from the American Library Association discuss books by Ralph Keyes Michael Medved and David Wallechinsky and Esquire editors on life after high school. They note winners were often losers then and that success stems from high school traits rather than adult values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Keyes
Richard Nixon
Mia Farrow
Ali McGraw
Vogue
Lauren Hutton
Charles Schultz
Keyes
Janis Joplin
Sam Keen
Bell Telephone
Mike Nichols
Michael Medved
David Wallechinsky
Random House
Nichols
Innies
Medved and
Wallechinsky
Time Magazine
Palisades High
Los Angeles
Time
America
Watts
Vietnam
Newsweek
Paradise
Hollywood
Wilds
Berkeley Street
Esquire
Lure of the Land shaping Platte County history
Francis M. Vischner recounts how Nebraska Territory began with Burt County in 1854 and later split into Platte Monroe and Colfax, driven by settlement booms and railroad rumors. The piece notes Platte’s complex boundaries, 1860 census revelations of foreign born majority, and German heritage shaping Platte County through 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tales of
Platte County
Francis M. Vischner
Thomas B. Cuming
Nebraska Territory
Cuming
Burt
Francis Burt
Nebraska
Platte
Monroe
Thirtythird Avenue
Columbus
Monroe County
Genoa
Schuyler
Platte River
Missouri River
Omaha
Fremont
Platte and Monroe
Dodge County
Colfax
Platte-Nance
Colfax County
Platte Monroe
Kansas Territory
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Missouri
Ford Sees Most Veto Overrides Since Andrew Johnson
United Press International reports that President Gerald Ford has had his vetoes overridden by Congress more frequently than any president since Andrew Johnson, highlighting a turbulent early term in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Gerald Ford
Congress
Andrew Johnson
Reading picks highlight American themes and figures
A brief list of books available with prices includes What Americans Are Reading from Quadrangle at 12.50 dollars and Chosen Books at 8.95 dollars. Doris Kearns Goodwin's Son and the American Dream is priced at 12.50 from Harper and Row. Lillian Hellman's Scoundrel Time is 7.95 at Little, Brown, and Surgeon Under the Knife by William A. Nolen costs 8.95 from Coward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quadrangle
Chosen Books
Doris Kearns
Harper & Row
Lillian Hellman
Little, Brown
William A. Nolen
Coward
Fire captain builds wood carvings at home in San Diego
Paul Doman a San Diego Fire Department captain uses evenings to carve furniture and decorations. He made a living room table rolltop desk and bed headboards costing modest wood purchases, and he expects store prices to be much higher. He credits the California Carver's Guild for guidance and notes myrtle wood and walnut as top choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig MacDonald Copley
Paul Doman
San Diego
Calif
Lusk
Wyo
Doman
California Carver's Guild
Guaymas
Mexico
Domans
Pope John the 23Rd
Oregon
Helen Reddy's Rise From Stage Parents to Global Star
A profile of Helen Reddy detailing her Australian vaudeville parents pushing her from childhood, her rebellious teens, move to New York with $200, and marriage to manager Jeff Wald that propelled her into worldwide fame with I Am Woman. Includes brief mentions of Bachman Turner Overdrive and Christine Perfect’s Christine Perfect Album.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Helen Reddy
Helen
Traci
New York
Manag
Jeff Wald
Woman
Reddy
B.T.O
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Mercury
Christine
Christine Perfect
Sire
Yes
John McVie
Fleetwood Mac
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The
American Library Assn
By Carol Felsenthal
Doubleday
Jean Stafford
Coca Cola
Joan Didion
Tom Wicker
Max Apple
Art Buchwald
Allas Americanas
Wolf Trap
Andre Kostelanetz
National Symphony Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin
Channel 12
Atlantic Richfield Company
PBS
WETA
Washington, D.C
Ralph Keys
Bobby Trapp
St. Petersburg
Fla
Trinity
Leon Uris
Mary Stewart
Morrow
Dolores
Jacqueline Susann
Crowned Heads
Thomas Tryon
Knopf
Lonely Lady
Harold Robbins
Simon & Schuster
Woodward & Bernstein
Doris Day
H.E. Hotchner
Gail Sheehy
Vidal Sassoon
William Stevenson
Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich
Hedrick Smith
Charlies Colso
Lyndon John
Allied Thi & Travel, Inc
U.S. Hwy
KCAU
Sioux City
KMTV
KTIV
KHAS
Hastings
WOW
KETV
KCNA
Albion
KOLN
Lincoln
Columbus Weather
KUON
12Th St
Bob
Emily
Bob Newhart
Suzanne Pleshette
Carol
Marcia Wallace
SARGZ
Alradill
Theatre VaneFotel
Firestone
Handy Furniture Mfg
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