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...trivia: "What was the third television show he appeared on?" Everyone seems to know: "The Ed Sullivan Show!" Diane asks another: "What was the song Elvis sang at a state fair in Tupelo in 1946 to win second prize?" Nancy Jones, 13, who has come all the way from Tulsa with her grandmother, knows right off. Old Shep, she says...
More devoted types might want to head out to Schaefer Stadium early next week to watch the Tea Men, currently fighting for second place in the American Conference of the North American Soccer League, do battle with somnambulent Tulsa (on Sunday) and Detroit (on Wednesday). The Detroit tilt will be the next-to-last game of the season for the booters, and a lot should be on the line--a favored spot for the playoffs, Mike Flanigan's chances of edging New York Cosmo Giorgio Chinaglia for the league scoring crown, and lots of pride. But we suspect the Yankee...
...ordered by HEW to answer a five-page questionnaire dealing with two applicants for teaching jobs. After the entire central office staff spent three days wrestling with the forms, the board decided to give up $150,000 in federal aid rather than waste any more time. A Tulsa...
...Tulsa Hospital Council fought the project, arguing that the city already had a surplus of 1.000 hospital beds. Grumbled State Representative Mandell Matheson: "We are not talking about man building a monument to God, but man building a monument to man." The Oklahoma Health Planning Agency, a federal advisory board, recommended disapproval of Roberts' application. But after an intensive nationwide letter-writing campaign by the evangelist's supporters and lobbying by political friends, the state's health planning commission last week gave Roberts a go-ahead to begin building. Still, God's plans were somewhat modified...
This year's crop of American rookies is the finest in the league's history. Greg Makowski, 21, is a rugged fullback for the Caribous, and Billy Gazonas is a fleet, slick and tiny (5 ft. 5 in., 135 lbs.) playmaker at midfield for the Tulsa Roughnecks. The new American kids do not stand in awe of most of the Europeans. Says 20-year-old Gary Etherington, a Cosmos forward: "I don't see that much difference between us and them, except for the big stars." And Big Star Chinaglia is a fan of the young Americans...