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Died. Dr. Forrest C. ("Phog") Allen, 88, outspoken master basketball coach whose foghorn voice won him his nickname, and whose dedication to the sport won him the honorary title of Mr. Basketball; in Lawrence, Kans. Allen's basketball career began while he was an undergraduate at the U. of Kansas, where he played for the inventor of the game, Dr. James Naismith. After medical school (osteopathy) and several years of coaching other Midwestern teams, Allen returned to Kansas and guided the Jayhawks to 24 conference championships. He retired in 1956, leaving a record (771 games won, 233 lost...
...eleven children, Troy, 40 (whose real first name is Forrest), grew up in the poor, populist-leaning "Little Dixie" section of southeastern Oklahoma. He dropped out of college to become a newsman. After 17 years of experience, including two stints as the Tulsa Tribune's Washington bureau chief, Troy quit in 1970 and bought the Observer from a priest, who had earlier taken it over from its founder, the Oklahoma City Roman Catholic diocese. Troy readily paid the asking price of $1 for the money-losing enterprise...
...There is blood already on his expert hands. An earlier surveillance operation resulted in the murder of an accountant, his wife and kids. Harry begins to see their specters in his new assignment: to record an apparently innocuous conversation between a young woman (Cindy Williams) and a man (Frederic Forrest) in a busy San Francisco park. As Caul plays and replays the conversation, he hears intimations of threat, nuances of violence, and he starts to fear for the couple's safety...
...FORREST N. SHUMWAY...
...share. Some Signal directors were reluctant to team up with United; the firm took a $44 million loss in 1971 because of difficulties in making the Boeing 747 engines. But United Aircraft's juicy dividend and Gray's indefatigable energy won them over. Signal President Forrest N. Shumway and Chairman William E. Walkup will join the United board. Harry Gray, who continues as chief executive, will remain in the driver's seat...