Penthouse to outhouse Fambrough fired at Kansas
Editorial argues University of Kansas football coach Don Fambrough lost a once bright year as injuries and NCAA penalties crippled the team. It notes poor discipline and off field issues with Kerwin Bell, plus lingering questions about management, loyalty, and the coach’s two remaining years on a $49,680 yearly contract despite unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Fambrough
University of Kansas
Kerwin Bell
Jayhawks
Bell
Lawrence
Wichita
Fambrough
Wichita Eagle
Chicago
California
Penthouse
Outhouse
Jesus
Distaff side: Activities in schools split opinions
Dolores Hope reports on a Kansas Association of School Boards panel in Topeka debating whether activities enhance or harm education. Karleen O'Brien argues activities distract from academics, citing time and resource drain, while others defend activities as part of education. She urges focus on curriculum and academic mastery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Association of School Boards
Topeka
Karleen O’brien
Emporia
Kansas State High School Activities Association
O’brien
Boxing ban debate by James Kilpatrick in Washington
Kilpatrick argues boxing should be outlawed across the states, calling it uniquely brutal and counter to civilized values. He cites Duk Koo Kim's death and a culture hungry for blood, urging society to reject sanctioned brutality and defend humane standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Duk Koo Kim
Larry Holmes
Randy Cobb
Holmes
B.C
New York
Joe Louis
Sugar Ray Leonard
Cobb
Art Buchwald on lie detectors for Pentagon testing
A Buchwald column satirically envisions the Pentagon adopting polygraph tests for all 3 million employees and contractors to probe truthfulness on military costs. It mocks high level officials resisting exposure while debating B 1 and C 5A plane prices, revealing flaws and budget overruns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentagon
Air Force
The Weird World of Weirdoes on Broadway and Beyond
A columnist muses on eccentric figures from backstage editors to scientific oddballs and sensational pyramid schemes. Vignettes cover a toga wearing caller, a builder who misses a curved staircase, a defamed colonel, and a parade of proposed scams from lamping lights to sassafras ear oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Frank
Julian
Black Lindbergh
Polo Grounds
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Distaff
By Dolores Hope
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell Senate
Wasington
D.C
Garden City
Kansas
James Kilpatrick
Doonesbury
Art Buchwald
Weinberger
House
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congressional Committee
United States Air Force
Defense Department
Jim Bishop
Mt. St. Helens
Kingdom Come
Texas
Jersey
Boss Hague
Aimee Semple McPherson
Pacific Ocean
Desert
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