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Back at the root of Network history is a man named Kenneth Richter, who tried to found a station in December of 1939. After floundering around without funds or University approval for several months, he went to the Crimson, interested President Spencer Klaw '41 in the project, and then vanished mysteriously from recorded history. The daily was interested in fathering the Network chiefly to keep possible advertising and news gathering competition in hand...

Author: By Paul Sack, | Title: Network, Founded by Crimson, Finds Sex Has Radio Appeal, Severs Link to Breakfast Daily by Name Change to W HRV | 4/25/1947 | See Source »

Members of the Graduate Council representing all University and Radcliffe students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences last night at the Appian Way Club overwhelmingly elected Melvin Richter 1G to be president of the group next year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grad Council Picks Richter As President | 4/22/1947 | See Source »

...Paul E. Richter, who helped Jack Frye put T.W.A. on the air map, quit as T.W.A.'s executive vice president with some harsh words: "I cannot agree with the policies, the programs, or the procedures proposed by the controlling stockholder" (i.e., Howard Hughes). The fourth top man to quit this year, Richter's departure left T.W.A. with little airwise talent on the executive committee temporarily running the line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out of the Swim | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

Elected from the area of Social Sciences were Mary Lou Bensley 2G, Shreekant A. Palekar 1G, Andrew E. Rice 1G, and Richard N. Swift 1G. Those appointed were Munro S. Edmonson 1G, Florence K. Nierman 2G, Melvin Richter 1G, O. Glenn Saxon 1G, and W. P. Snavely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Graduate Advisory Group Elections Name Twelve as Nine Are Appointed | 4/8/1947 | See Source »

Lucy became a rich spinster and a legend in the town, a legend that eventually woke up to itself and had the shakes. Richter's quiet sketching of the period after the Spanish-American War, and the life of the "better families" might seem merely nostalgic in intent, if it were not for the touches that finally bring bitter horror out of Lucy's narcissistic dream. At that point Richter actually makes a ghost (Lucy's dead father) walk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Two Short Ones | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

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