Paul Weeks:
CLASS OF 1937
Albuquerque High SchoolClass of 1937
Albuquerque, NM
University of New MexicoClass of 1941
Albuquerque, NM
Mott Lincoln High SchoolClass of 1937
Mott, ND
Mott Elementary SchoolClass of 1932
Mott, ND
Paul's Story
Life
Elementary school, Mott ND; high school, Albuquerque NM; Grad UNM 1942; post grad,Univ SoCal;
newspaper reporter, writer, in Albuquerque, Los Angeles, Washington DC,
1937-1967;government and corporate public relations until retirement, 1988.now columnist, freelance writer.mnarried 1941,two children. Second marriage 1990.
School
Left Mott (ND)High, 1933; played drums in band and worked on school newspaper in Albuquerque (NM), led walkout of students in 1937 "Strike for Peace."
College
Entered UNM in 1937. Worked my way through school,as sports editor of Albuquerue Journal. Majored in English Lit and Government. Got more education from Drs Wynn and White than from others. Accompanied Ted Shipkey's football teams to many games, and moved on with him into the USAAC in WWII.
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Workplace
Albuq.Jnl, spts editor, '37-'42; '45-46;Los Angeles Daily News writer and asst city editor, '46-'54; LA Mirror, '54-'62(Washington bureau,'60-'62; writer/reporter civil rights, Los Angeles Times,'62-'67;US Office of Economic Opportunity ("war on poverty"), regional information director for Western States, '67-'69;director of public affairs, RAND Corp.,"think tank," Santa Monica, '69-'88. Newspaper columnist, freelance writer in retirement.
Military
All stateside, mostly at one post, 1942-1945 -- writing sports, hometown releases, combat returnee propaganda, column for airbase magazine, traveling with athletic teams, designing an obstacle course, eating at best mess hall in the Air Corps, avoiding transfer to the infantry, successfully dodging post-war overseas assignment.
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