[T1S1] family background; early life in Braddock, PA; early schooling in Braddock; sportswriter for school paper; other high school activities; writer for "Pittsburgh Press" and "Pittsburgh Sun"; thirteen days employment at a steel mill; women in his family; education at Roanoke College and Shenandoah College; employment as sports publicity director at University of Richmond; becomes promotion agent for the University of Pittsburgh's 150th Anniversary; father's beer distributorship; a trip to California with high school friends to audition for movies.