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...talking 90 minutes nonstop on camera in November 1960 while he and the rest of the national press waited for John Kennedy to arrive at the Hyannis armory to make the presidential-election victory statement. During the 1964 Republican Convention, he was hustled bodily off the floor by a sergeant at arms attempting to clear the aisles. "It's awfully hard to remain dignified at a time like this," Chancellor ad-libbed. As he faded from the screen, he solemnly intoned: "This is John Chancellor, somewhere in custody...
...Unofficial Conversion. Miller also decided to return to Esalen, where the residents had taken over the maintenance and service chores to offset the center's financial deficit. He pitched in as a combination waiter, bartender and supply sergeant with the exalted title of "wine steward." Team spirit worked miracles. So did the New Testament, which he began to read regularly, eventually undergoing an intense-though unofficial -conversion to Christianity...
...18th green, he putted to within 18 in. of the cup and holed out a birdie four to win with four consecutive sub-par rounds: 69, 70, 69 and 70. In the short span of one month, Lee Buck Trevino?Mexican-American, grade-school dropout, ex-Marine sergeant and all-round hustler?had become the first golfer in history to win the British, Canadian and U.S. Opens in the same year. "Now," he cried, "maybe they'll consider me a good international player...
...Among the first nation menders into Hoke County were a doctor, Captain George Reavell, and five medics, including Green Beret Master Sergeant Jesse Black, a career soldier with 19 years in the service, including four in Viet Nam. The ground rules were strict: the medics could not act as doctors, even though Special Forces medics are so highly trained that they can perform amputations. All medical equipment was supplied by state, local and private agencies...
...last month, a detachment of Israeli soldiers and police surrounded Kanj's spacious villa and took him into custody. Also arrested was a sergeant-major in the Syrian army, reportedly a frequent visitor to the house. Last week Israeli officials revealed that Kanj and four others, all Druse, will be tried next month on charges of collecting military information for Syria...