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Doctors and lifesaving manuals have long repeated that few drowning victims are likely to survive more than four to six minutes under water. Chances are that anyone who does will have irreparable brain damage from lack of oxygen. But consider the case of Brian Cunningham, 18, of Jackson, Mich. In March 1975 Cunningham's car plunged through the ice of a frozen pond; when rescuers hauled him out 38 minutes later, his body was blue. He had no pulse, his breathing had stopped, and his eyes were fixed in a dilated, glassy stare. Cunningham, in fact, was declared dead...
...Cunningham's story is unusual, but it is not unique. Dr. Martin Nemiroff, 36, of the University of Michigan Medical Center, has documented about a dozen similar cases, in which apparently drowned victims recovered from cold waters have been successfully revived. His amazing findings not only offer new hope to those who may share Cunningham's rare experience, but they also impose new responsibilities on the rescuers...
Some affiliate stations are worried. Says Don Cunningham, program director of WOWK-TV in Huntington, W.Va.: "If you want to see Shampoo, that's your choice, but we are concerned about family viewing." In the Midwest, ABC is allowing reluctant managers to air Soap later than the network time of 8:30. (Elsewhere, it goes...
...lanky 6-ft. 4-in. plastics manufacturer, Cunningham scored his upset in a traditionally liberal Democratic district that had been represented for twelve years by Brock Adams, Carter's Secretary of Transportation. Among its 243,000 voters are heavy concentrations of minorities and blue collar workers. Though a staunch conservative, Cunningham made unemployment his top issue. He labeled his opponent an "environmental extremist" whose no-growth policies would cost the state jobs. He argued that, by proposing to cut defense spending, Durning would eliminate still more employment...
...Cunningham had obviously found the right issue, and the G.O.P., still outgunned 290 to 145 in the House, had found a winner. Just over 24 hours after his victory, Cunningham was whisked off to Washington, D.C., to be the star at a Republican Party fund raiser...