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THOMAS K. MANNION...
...drifted into college dramatics, then dropped out of school in 1955 to take a crack at the New York theater. A few TV tidbits, supplemented by washing dishes at Schrafft's and bouncing drunks at Roseland, kept him afloat for two years until he won the part of Mannion in a revival of Mister Roberts. That, and a contract with Universal, propelled him into twelve years of lucrative mediocrity: "I was a well-known unknown...
...Anything worked." said quarterback Steve Mannion. "We swept easily, and would have scored three more touchdowns if the passing hadn't been so lousy," he added...
...Charles Doyle was put on the copy desk, and aging (72) City Editor Eddie Dunn turned down a lesser job, quit. Sunday Editor John Griffin, 53, moved in as editor-in-chief and named tough-talking Assistant City Editor J. J. (Joe) McManus, 55, managing editor. Star Reporter John Mannion, 43, became city editor. Fox promised that the Post would become a "lively, aggressive newspaper devoted to the public interest," and the new Postmen quickly made good on his promise. The Post's confusing "shotgun" makeup, which crowded a score or more stories on Page One by running only...
...Chaplain Mannion, once seagoing (aboard the aircraft carrier Saratoga, the cruiser Brooklyn), now carries a pack. When he jumps, it rides with him: a Mass kit, holy oils...