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Jesse Unruh, who sports the longest sideburns in the game, is the old pro converted to the new politics. Once the literal Big Daddy of California's Democratic machine, Unruh has shed 90 lbs. since he fell in love with dissent; he now chairs the 172-member delegation that won a three-cornered primary contest in support of Robert Kennedy against groups committed to McCarthy and to Humphrey. Unruh is uncommitted and angry. Through cigar smoke: "The gap between political leadership and the people is widening at the very time it ought to be narrowing...
...operation was performed in March 1963 by the University of Colorado's Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, remains the liver-transplant capital of the world, with six recipients surviving. The early operations five years ago, says Starzl, were tragic. Although surgeons were sure that the procedure would work, the longest survival among the first patients was 23 days. In most cases, death resulted from infection, to which the patients were especially susceptible because of generous use of drugs to suppress the mechanism by which the body rejects foreign protein...
Actually, the Korean War-or "conflict," because no one ever officially declared war-has never legally ended. The armistice that the combatants signed 15 years ago led to one of the longest truces in the modern history of warfare. Since its signing, the Military Armistice Commission, composed of U.N. observers and U.S. and North Korean officials, has met 273 times at Panmunjom, right in the middle of the Demilitarized Zone set up by the truce. The meetings have always been bitter and hostile, but lately they have taken on an even harsher tone as the result of North Korea...
Elliott, a worker for the New England Resistance, now boasts the longest prison term of the three N. E. Resistance members who have been convicted...
...Kennedy's deductions are the most truthful, amusing and amazing I've learned in the longest time. At many points, I actually laughed aloud. Bravo...