Ex-Fried Chicken Tycoon Hatches Low-Cal Venture
Trimmed-down former Gov. John Y. Brown Jr., who became a millionaire franchising Kentucky Fried Chicken worldwide, reentered the fast-food industry in low-calorie style. “This is the trend, the mentality of the future,” he said as he dedicated a restaurant emphasizing non-fried items. The former Kentucky governor shed 15 pounds after triple-bypass surgery in mid-1983. Brown, who held office from 1979 to 1983, said in Louisville that the Atlanta-based D’Lites chain reflects his new-found interest in nutritional, lower-calorie food. Brown said the menu, which includes a vegetarian sandwich and low-calorie desserts, appeals to his wife, former Miss America Phyllis George, who will become co-anchor of the “CBS Morning News” on Monday. Brown said he is convinced D’Lites will fill a gap in the nation’s $32-billion fas1949132399than when I got out,” said Brown, who has agreements to open franchises in Kentucky, Indiana and Southern California.
A weeklong celebration to mark the 56th anniversary of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth Jan. 15 will focus on world hunger, King’s widow, Coretta Scott King, said in Atlanta. She said King Week, which began Thursday, will seek “to build a coalition of conscience” to fight hunger.
Michael Jackson and his musical brothers are planning to take their highly successful Victory Tour overseas. To ensure maximum publicity, Michael will sponsor two cars in this year’s Le Mans 24-hour race in France, racing team owner Jean Rondeau announced in Le Mans. He said Jackson will put his money behind two Rondeau-Porsche cars in the classic race planned for June 16-17.
She may move to Denver so she can make easier connections, said Bonita Carroll of Nokesville, Va. The reason: She won two lifetime passes in an airline promotion. “I hope they stay very profitable,” she said of Denver-based Frontier Horizon Airlines and its sister company, Frontier Airlines. Carroll, 23, beat out 80,000 other entrants to rename Frontier Horizon as Frontier Discovery, which offers “comfort, class, economical fares, easy connections!” Now she and a companion can fly free to 60 cities in Canada, the United States and Mexico. “If things get real bad, I guess I can just fly around the rest of my life and let them feed me,” she said.
