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Died. John Chapman, 71, drama critic of the New York Daily News since 1943; of cancer; in Westport, Conn. The son of Poet Arthur Chapman (Out Where the West Begins), John was a photographer in Paris, a newsroom editor and a Hollywood columnist before he started reviewing Broadway productions for the News. Unabashedly proud of his nickname-"Old Frostface"-Chapman once claimed that despite the News's huge daily circulation (now more than 2,000,000), he wrote for a tiny audience: "A tough...
President Nixon last week signaled his approval of that approach. To succeed outgoing General Leonard Chapman Jr. he chose Lieut. General Robert Everton Cushman Jr., the senior three-star general in the Marines, as the 25th commandant in the 196-year history of the corps...
...this year all are Viet Nam veterans. They practice as much as 16 hours a day before the season begins until each maneuver is letter-perfect. Then they practice some more. "Eighth and I is an exhibition of perfection in standard military formations," says Corps Commandant General Leonard Chapman Jr. "It is all by the book. That is what it is all about...
...gives you the feeling that he'd like nothing better than to smash the ball between your eyes." Just 17 months ago, young Zanuck achieved his ambition at 20th Century-Fox, the studio his father helped to found in 1933. After a career as a producer (Compulsion, The Chapman Report) and later 20th Century-Fox's chief of production, he was named president of the company...
WILLOUGHBY R. CHAPMAN Hendersonville...