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DeFORD, by David Shetzline. In this sensitive first novel, an aging carpenter hangs on to his dignity and memories amidst the defeat and depravity of Skid...
DeFORD, by David Shetzline. In this sensitive first novel, an aging carpenter hangs on to his dignity and memories amidst the defeat and depravity of Skid...
...impulsive Vail reaction to a story well done: "Terrific, just terrific!" Investigative reporting became the order of the day. Lawyers were shown to be collecting large fees from estates without heirs. Wretched conditions at children's welfare homes were exposed. One reporter posed as a Skid Row bum in order to find out who was stealing food from state-supported shelters. Vail created a department of urban affairs, sent its editor to study at Northwestern University for three months. He hired a fashion reporter from the defunct New York World Journal Tribune to "dress up Cleveland's women...
...staff, many of whom could earn far more in commercial broadcasting. Top man is General Manager James Day, who dates back to the 1953 beginnings, when KQED was headquartered in the back seat of a station wagon. Today, the channel's offices are three splintering wooden warehouses near Skid Row. The studios are not even soundproof (fire engines offer contrapuntal competition...
...parts alone a prototype of a plastic-covered, steel-bodied car called the Ostentatienne Opera Sedan. It boasts a 270° windshield visibility, hidden rails in the sides to protect its four passengers (who enter through a single swing-up rear door), cantilevered roof beams that act as skid rails in case of a rollover, and seats that swing in a collision, placing body weight against the seat instead of a narrow seat belt. Mohs, who claims that the sedan is the first big U.S. car built since the Duesenberg was last made in 1937, invited Ford...