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...Chafee (H) 1:56.3; 2. Swenson (P) 1:57.0; 3. Lawrence (Y) 1:57.5; 4. Ward...
When the Greens refused to resume chemotherapy, despite warnings from Truman that Chad would die without it, a legal battle began. Chad was declared a ward of the state for medical purposes only. The parents retained custody, but chemotherapy was administered at state expense. Chad's health improved. When the Greens asked the state courts for permission to give their son Laetrile as well, it was denied. Last month the Greens fled to Tijuana with Chad, placing him in a clinic headed by Dr. Ernesto Contreras, who advocates Laetrile for its psychological benefits, rather than as a cure...
...markedly older in appearance now, his wispy, blown-dry hair a shade grayer than it was a year ago. The sagging skin around his neck adds years to his appearance and is accentuated by a recent loss of weight, the result of his 30 miles of weekly jogging to ward off the fatigue of his job. Much of the freshness is gone, washed away by criticism, defeats, frustration and the cacophony of demands aimed...
...Survivors, meaning that no institution came out of the '60s intact. After gloomily surveying the current cultural barrenness, he speaks of the Decade with No Audience and concludes even more gloomily with the Decade of No Nation. For this contribution, Fairlie deserves the Deep Thumb a ward-of the decade, or at least of the year...
...Chicago's Johnson frets that Congress's move to defer mandatory retirement age to 70, beginning in 1982, will prevent Chicago from hiring 100 new assistant professors during the following five years. Says he: "It's going to turn every school into more of a geriatric ward, and that is not good for higher education...