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...anatomy of a Post hatchet job can be studied profitably in the paper's recent treatment of Willie Morris, who as editor of Harper's magazine in the 1960s demolition, invited in the New Journalists. To make a target worthy of demolition, first praise him. Reporter James Conaway speaks of Morris' "extraordinary autobiography, North Toward Home," and of his editorship that "many people think was Harper's finest time." But that was years ago; Conaway now finds Morris living in Oxford, Miss., the home town of William Faulkner. At 48, Morris is "drinking bourbon...
...acting is very good, especially by Jeff Conaway as a goodhearted, struggling actor-cabbie and Marilu Henner as the one female driver of the bunch. In more standard comic turns, Saturday Night Live Regular Andy Kaufman brings a saving sweetness to the garage mechanic, who speaks his own variety of fractured English. Danny De Vito barks his way through the role of the dispatcher with a Runyonesque brio. Like the other outstanding show of the new season, WKRP in Cincinnati, Taxi is the handiwork of Mary Tyler Moore alumni. Why doesn't someone give these people a network...
...Beach's pin in the 123-pound class was easily the most surprising win of the day. The Quincy star credited his victory over Winthrop's Mike Conaway to one thing--luck. "When we were rolling around near the end, I just ended up on top," he said...
Winthrop, which finished second in the Harvard league, almost held on long enough to beat Ezra Stiles, but finally fell, 12-7. The Puritans scored first on their pet play of the day: halfback Pat Conaway took a handoff from quarterback Mitch Sikora and passed back to Sikora who had broken downfield and covered 60 yards for the score. Al Liebgott kicked the extra point, which loomed decisive when Stile's two-point conversion try failed after its third-quarter touchdown...
Then came the bomb. On first down Sikora split the right end and put the right halfback in the slot position. He then faked a hand-off and started to roll to his right. But left halfback Conaway had streaked down the left sidelines and had his defender beaten by five yards. Sikora stopped and threw a touchdown strike that covered 45 yards...