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Heritage was founded with a grant of $250,000 from Joseph Coors, the Colorado brewing magnate and backer of conservative causes. Today it receives about a third of its $ 10 million annual budget from foundations, many of them begun by ideological sympathizers like Pittsburgh Moneyman Richard Mellon Scaife and Industrialist John Olin. Another third is contributed by business corporations, though Heritage's rigid opposition to Government regulation and protectionism has angered executives of some major corporations that profit from such measures. The final third comes from 130,000 individual donors...
Houston 23, Pittsburgh...
They won't see the number 12 being worn in Dallas, Miami, Pittsburgh or New York, either because the numbers will not likely be worn there again out of respect for the men who made them famous, or because the replacements for Messrs. Staubach, Bradshaw, Griese and Namath arrived on the scene while these greats were still occupying their jerseys...
...four TD passes by the second-year quarterback from Pittsburgh gave him 36 in 13 games, tying him with Y.A. Tittle of the 1963 New York Giants and George Blanda, who accomplished the feat with the Houston Oilers of the American Football League in 1961. Both Tittle and Blanda did it in 14 games. AFL records are recognized as officials NFL marks...
Taylor's new gold trunks and shoes, smack with tassels, gave contrast to the faded green trunks of Luke Lecce, the opponent. A part-time pro for four years, he is more properly a sales rep for 7-Up in Pittsburgh, a graduate of Duquesne, age 23. Taylor is just 18 but approves of higher education and has been accepted at Philadelphia's Temple University. "I'm going to start with three courses, if I can handle it. Business administration," he said, a useful major. The four golden stars, plus one other celebrity practically as good...