Football lassitude and showy quarterbacks critique
A columnist dismisses pro football as less American than baseball, lampoons star names like Fran Tarkenton and Joe Namath, and condemns penalties and sensationalism. He mocks broadcast clichés and appetites for big plays while mocking ghostwritten sports books and flashy players.
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Ernie Banks
Ron Santo
Mets
Ralph Henry Barbour
John Tunis
Gale Sayers
Monickers
Bart Starr
John Unitas
Virgil Carter
Terry Hanratty
Roman Gabriel
Fran Tarkenton
Dick Schaap
Gabriel
University of Chicago to broadcast 70s forecast program
The University of Chicago Office of Radio and Television will air The 70s: A Forecast from the Midway on more than 125 stations. WFMT and WAIT will carry it locally on Jan 1 and Jan 3 with over 20 participants including Saul Bellow Bruno Bettelheim Ramsey Clark and Studs Terkel narrating. The program covers politics international affairs law urban issues drugs media film religion economics and morality.
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United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Midway
University of Chicago Office of Radio and Television
Canadian Broadcasting Company
WFMT
WAIT
Saul Bellow
E. 59Th
Committee On
Social Thought
Bruno Bettelheim
Kenwood
Stella M. Rowley
Sonia Shankman
Carl Charnett
Dorchester
Gateway House
Park District to flood basin for ice skating rink
On Alderman Leon Despres suggestion the Park District will flood the small boat area north of the 53rd Street tennis courts along the Outer Drive. The basin will be sealed at the drain and filled with 24 inches of water to form a rink about 100 feet in diameter after a solid freeze.
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Leon Despres
Park District
53Rd Street
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Oglinsky
Hyacinth Ringrose
Barney Google
Manny Schmalts
Nebraska College of Pediatrics
Oakland
Evan Frumkin
U. of C
Ramsey Clark
Robert S. Daniels
Division
Biological Sciences
Pritzker School of Medicine
Marshall Field
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Sun-Times
John Hope Franklin
Blackstone
John Matthews Danly
Milton Friedman
Paul Snowden Russell
Andrew M. Greeley
Kimbark
Division of the
Social Sciences
National Opinion Research Center
Philip Hauser
Population Research Center
Chicago
Center For Urban Studies
Patrick H. Hughes
Tom Seaver
Donn Clendennon
Tommy Agee
Cleon Jones
Ron Swoboda
al Wes
Baltimore
Gil Hodges
Leo
P.S
Bears
Jesse Jackson
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Jerome H. Jaffee
Philip Kurland
Norval R. Morris
E. 50Th
Julius Kreeger
Center For Studies In Criminal Justice
William R. Polk
Greenwood
Adlai Stevenson Institute
William Randall
Illinois State Youth Commission
Sterling Silliphant
Richard G. Stern
University. Louis
Studs
Studs Terkel
Glorious One
Campagne
Kimbark Liquors Inc
E. 53Rd ST
Kimbark Plaza
Sun
LORDS
Guckenheimer
ST. Pierre
New York State
Pink Burg
Miller’s
Tia Llnion Beng
IMPC
Hannah & HC Scotch
Harper Court
S. Harper
Hyde Park
Diana
S. Michigan
Hoo
Children’s Theatre
S. Columbus
Goodman Professional Company
Moss Hart
G. S. Kaufman
Columbus
Hyde Park Theatre
Alice's
Arlo Guthrie
DeLuxe
United Artists
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