Regents Accord Sets Three New Board Appointments
In Topeka three appointments to the state Board of Regents were agreed by Gov. Docking and successor Bennett. Prudence Hutton will be reappointed. Carl Courter and Robert Helman will not. The three likely Republicans shift the board toward the GOP and align with Senate confirmation in 1975.
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Topeka
Kan
State Board of Regents
Robert Docking
Robert F. Bennett
Associated Press
Docking
Prudence Hutton
Newton
Carl L. Courter
Wichita
Robert Helman
Goodland
Bennett
Senate
News Re
Hutton
Courter
Helman
Mrs. Hutton
Year’s Top Movies Mostly Bandwagon Type
The 1974 Oscar race is seen as copycat driven with big budget repeats of past hits like Air port Earthquake and The Towering Inferno drawing attention mainly for special effects. Contenders such as Godfather Part II face a sequel stigma while Lenny Chinatown and Young Frankenstein show derivative roots. Nominations were to be announced by Feb 24 with 3,000 Academy voters watching screenings across major cities.
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Los Angeles
Marlon Brando
Lenny
Orson Wells
MGM
Columbia
Paramount
Chinatown
Orient Express
Young Frankenstein
Dustin Hoff
Ex-con finds place and family after leatherwork bond
Morgan Leach, 55, freed after nearly a decade in Folsom Prison for voluntary manslaughter, forms a life with 10-year-old Keary Allison in Oakland. Leach teaches leathercraft and helped build a deerskin brace for Keary’s facial burns. The two hike regional park trails together as Keary learns about trust and craft, and Leach envisions a home near the Allison family while selling his leatherwork.
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Oakland
Calif
Morgan Leach
Keary Allison
Redwood
Leach
Keary
Folsom
Baxter
Allison
Roberts
George Allison
Morgan
Allisons
Gold Rush That Wasn't Topped Business Week
New York AP report notes Americans bought and sold gold bullion legally for the first week since the ban lifted. Retail demand was weak while futures volumes fell, with prices dropping from 194 to 173 per ounce. Analysts expect a slow domestic pickup and watch the upcoming Treasury gold auction for impact.
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NEW York
U.S
Republic National
Chicago Board of Trade
James E. Sinclair
Wall Street
Vilas & Hickey
Europe
Long-Standing Soap Opera Gets Longer
NBC expands Another World from 30 to 60 minutes five days a week starting Jan 6. Lin Bolen, NBC daytime VP, says the move aims to deepen storylines and bridge station breaks, betting viewers will commit to an hour. If successful, NBC may extend more serials and CBS ABC may follow. Also notes NBC game shows shifts and CBS lineup remains, then PGA names Johnny Miller 1974 Golfer of the Year with eight co sponsored wins and $351,321 money list lead.
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Los Angeles
Another World
NBC
Lin Bolen
Ms. Bolen
ABC
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Judy Pall
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John Rodgers
Taylor Custom Building
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N. Main
Bob Luce
Johnson Motors
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Chiropractic
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