PRIVATE PARTIES
AVAILABLE ON SUNDAYS alw
6199 ORCHARD LAKE RD.
ao 1/4 MILE NORTH OF MAPLE
North of Orchard Mall &
Sugar Tree
OPEN 7 DAYS
PER WEEK
539-3290
GREAT NORTHERN
ENJOY THE TASTES & SIGHTS OF THE
NORTHWOODS WITHOUT THE 3-HOUR DRIVE
DRY, WARM & TASTY
THERE'S NO BETTER REFUGE FROM A MICHIGAN
WINTER THAN THIS COMFORTABLE RESTAURANT WITH HONEST FOOD
Specializing In Michigan's Finest Products
Featuring Fresh Seafood Daily
SPECIALS
Jan. 9...Coke Day, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Games & Prizes For Kids Under 14.
Jan. 12...Budweiser Night, Fun and Prizes.
Jan. 21...Free Wine Tasting 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Babies
Don't Thrive
in
Smoke-filled
Wombs
Fine Catering
for all occasions
One of Metropolitan Detroit's Most
Beautiful and Exciting Restaurants
Wonderfully Prepared Catering
in Your Home, Office or at Our Restaurant
Fine Dining and Live Entertainment
When You're
Pregnant,
NOW APPEARING TUES. THRU SAT.
Don't Smoke!
SUZI
MARSH
AND
DAN
WARREN
For Your Listening and Dancing Pleasure
28875 FRANKLIN RD. at Northwestern Hwy. & 12 Mile
Southfield
358-3355
1,k
THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY THE PUBLISHER
ct
r
I
11-1
i c __ I
uj
•••• ddysBar-B-Que •
TWO
FOR ONE
MONDAY THRU THURSDAY
I BAR-13.Q CHICKEN
iE I
02
too••••••; —
IND
( I
TDDICI nrch GOOD 06000
- 1 7-
,c,',
"
WALKY TALKY page 61
DINNER
IWITH COTTAGE FRIES, COLE SLAW & GARLIC BREAD
E76 ORCHARD LAKE RD., West Bloomfield Plaza, West of Maple
ow servin
I
I
I
$095 I
■ ily FOR 2
I
851-4zuvi I
breakfast' • French Toast
■ Belgian Wattles
Prittatas
Olga's
a
12 Mile & Southfield
01 15 Mile & Orchard Lake
855-3630
138 S. Woodward/S. of Maple
647-2760
of connection that we can
foster gives me a real
warm feeling.
"I tear up a lot because
family is so important in
my life — I grew up in a
rather traditional family
home and was never
exposed to the upheaval
and chaos that many fami-
lies go through."
Born in Washington,
D.C., he was the second
son of three children to
Shirley and Ethel Povich.
His father, now 87, was
the sports editor for the
Washington Post, and
after 70 years continues to
write for the Post. From
the age of 5, Maury would
sit in the press box and
watch his father at work,
and he claims before he
could read he knew what
he wanted to do with his
life.
"I was weaned on my
father's knee," laughed
Mr. Povich, who is 53. "I
never wanted to be any-
thing else. Much of
my family is in the news
business. My sister is edi-
tor-in-chief of Working
Woman magazine and my
sister's husband is the
editor-in-chief of Business
Week."
After graduation from
the University of Penn-
sylvania he pursued a
career in television news.
His first big break came in
1966 when he landed the
job as news reporter and
sportscaster at WTTG-TV
in Washington, D.C. The
following year he became
the first host of the mid-
day talk show "Pano-
rama."
It was his work on
"Panorama" that brought
him national acclaim.
During the latter days of
the Vietnam War and the
unfolding events of the
Watergate scandal, the
country turned to
Washington, and Wash-
ington turned to Mr.
Povich's show. He refers
to it as "a 1970s version of
CNN," since he featured
Watergate witnesses and
was closely watched by
those working on Capitol
Hill.
In 1973, Mr. Povich
began anchoring WTTG's
weekend news in addition
to "Panorama," and in
1977 he left Washington
to anchor the news and
host a local talk show in
Chicago. He moved on to
be a newscaster in Los
Angeles and anchored the
news and hosted local talk
shows in both San
Francisco and Phila-
delphia.
In 1983, he returned to
Washington, resuming his
duties as anchorman and
host on "Panorama,"
where he earned an Emmy
award as best co-anchor.
A big break came in
1986 when he was hand-
picked by media mogul
Rupert Murdock to pre-
side over "A Current
Affair." But what started
off as a television show
with a news magazine for-
mat ended up as contro-
versial tabloid TV. While
the ratings soared, Mr.
Povich became concerned
about exploitation.
"We starting off by
doing some really great
work on 'A Current
Affair," recalled Mr.
Povich, who hosted the
show for five years. "We
had broken down some
barriers and I think that
we had taken TV news
magazines to another
level. I didn't mind having
fun and I didn't mind hav-
ing a heart, which we did.
"But after a while there
was an exploitive nature,
particularly since a lot of
competitive shows were
His marriage
to Connie Chung
drew headlines.
launched. We found we
couldn't really round off
stories and do our best
work, since we had to rush
and put them on the air in
fear that another show
would air our story first."
It was at that point Mr.
Povich hooked up with
Paramount Domestic
Television to create his
own talk show.
Just as his professional
life had ups and downs, so
did his personal life. At
23, he married Phyllis
Minkoff, his college sweet-
heart. They had two
daughters, Susan, now 29
and a University of
Michigan and Harvard
Law School graduate, and
Amy, now 25 and a gradu-
ate of Yale Drama School.
But his marriage fell
apart, which he attributed
to putting his budding
career ahead of his family.
It was in 1969 that he
met Connie Chung, now
one of CBS's top anchor-
women. At the time, she
was a recent college grad
working as a copy girl for
"Panorama." But he was
still married and their
paths hardly crossed
socially until nine years
later, after his marriage