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...left lung. Because of Slayton's age and past history as a chain smoker, a better than 50-50 chance of malignancy was predicted. "He's an extremely lucky man," said Dr. Charles Berry after announcing that Slayton's tumor was benign. Not only will Deke regain his flight status, predicted doctors, but America's oldest active astronaut should be well enough to join Stafford and Brand on a tour of the Soviet Union later this month...
...been kidnaped for ransom or had vanished of his own accord. It seemed increasingly certain he was dead and would never be found-like countless Mafia victims before him. Hoffa had been warned by St. Louis Teamsters that he might be murdered if he continued to try to regain control of the union. But cocky as always, he had not taken any precautions to guard himself. In one last chat with a friend, he declared: "Everybody knows where I am. I never had bodyguards and I always drive myself. If anybody wants to get me, they know where...
...considering Hoffa's criminal record, which he once boasted was "as long as your arm," and his activities in recent months. As usual, Hoffa was again in the middle of a Teamster battle, only this time he was starting as the underdog. His eventual goal was to regain the presidency of the Teamsters union, which he had first won in 1957. Jailed in 1967 on a 13-year sentence for jury tampering, fraud and conspiracy, he clung to his title until June 1971. Six months later, President Richard Nixon -whom Hoffa had supported in the past -commuted his sentence...
Uphill Struggles. Yet Nixon is neither continually depressed nor a beaten man. He is determined to regain his health and vindicate his presidency. Both may be uphill struggles, but friends and associates who have visited Nixon's San Clemente estate or talked to him by telephone praise his scrappy spirit. "There's no hangdog attitude about him," reports Harry Dent, one of Nixon's past political advisers. "He sounds like the old Nixon-still interested in politics and everything that's going on." Adds Louisiana Congressman Otto Passman, who often gets phone calls from Nixon...
Breaking Connors' serve five times, Ashe glided through the first two sets, then ran into trouble in the third as Connors appeared to regain his previously invincible form. In the fourth set, the Connors comeback continued, as he took a 3-0 lead. But Ashe fought back to break Connors' serve twice more for set, match and title...