Word: sun
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sun first rose in the fertile imagination of Martin Umansky, 58, KAKE's president and general manager. A New Yorker who has been a fixture in Wichita since he became a radio newsman there 34 years ago, Umansky has propelled KAKE to top ratings among Wichita's TV stations. He enjoys exposes (unhygienic restaurants and price fixing by pharmacies have been among KAKE's targets) and has long believed that Wichita's papers lack zeal...
...Republican, Umansky was Wichita's Advertising Man of the Year in 1967 and professes "twinges of conservatism." His solid reputation as an executive enabled him to land a $276,000 grubstake from KAKE'S board of directors, which represents some of Wichita's first families. The Sun's advertisers include many mainstays of the business community, who agree that the Eagle and Beacon have grown flabby...
...publisher's sober side appealed to Wichita's pillars, it was his maverick streak that helped attract a young and capable staff to the Sun. Editorial Consultant Richard Crocker, 36, who oversees a stable of seven reporters, is on leave from his editing job at the Washington Post. Investigative Reporter Randy Brown, 34, contributed to the Omaha Sun's Pulitzer-prizewinning exposé of Boys' Town. Former Beacon Copy Chief Les Anderson, 25, was lured away from the Ridder operation along with other talented but disgruntled writers. "I was turning into a vegetable," he says. "There...
...Sun's first issues were as promising as its personnel. Free of the puffery that usually fills throwaways, the paper included well-reported pieces on campaign funding in Kansas' Senate race and on the ways Wichitans are coping with inflation, as well as a frontpage article on the severe pollution of the Arkansas River. Along with the mandatory laundry list of community news, enlivened by creative layouts and graphics, the weekly carries syndicated columns by George Will and Jack Anderson...
...Water. After working long morning hours under a high desert sun Wayne would retire to his mobile-home dressing room for a siesta. Kate dunked herself in the icy water of a nearby mountain stream. "Spencer Tracy and John Ford also took lunchtime naps," she said. "My God, it must be exhausting being a strong man." Apparently it is not exhausting being Kate Hepburn. The grips, sound men and other technicians on the set have been doing Wayne pictures for years and are devoted to their man. Most of them display bumper stickers on their cars reading: GOD BLESS JOHN...