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Loathsome Disease. Though Gessner was indicted for espionage in March 1962, his trial was delayed until last month by four hearings on his mental competence. During the 14-day trial, Gessner's attorneys summoned psychiatrists and former barracksmates to testify that he was a heavy drinker and an unstable character. But psychiatrists called by the Government said he was capable of controlling his conduct. Declared Justice Department Attorney Paul C. Vincent, "I agree he was sick. He was suffering from the most loathsome disease-disloyalty. He betrayed his country...
...Nymph & Satyr. To the casual eye, this dog walker, churchgoer and drinker of neighborly gins could be just another exurbanite worried about taxes and with strong views on zoning. But this is an obsessed man. Re-created in his novels and stories as Shady Hill, Bullet Park or Proxmire Manor, the suburban region is subjected to terrible metamorphosis. It is not Sing Sing Prison straddling the New York Central tracks by the Hudson shore that is the worst destination of the inhabitants, but a netherworld of damnation. In Metamorphoses, one neighbor has suffered a magical transformation into Actaeon, torn...
Ruby's parents were separated when he was twelve. His father was a "heavy drinker"; his mother was committed to a mental hospital. In brawls, he twice received severe head injuries, once from a pistol handle. He lost the tip of his left index finger after somebody bit it to the bone. "He thinks he's tough," said Bromberg. "He is a fighter-geared to attack all his life." But he is also subject to "basic emotional instability so severe that occasionally he breaks out crying for no apparent reason...
...likes golf, swimming, tennis, bowling, cooking, baking, painting, and she is looking for a man "who will share my interest in drama and the arts as well as a man with whom I can enjoy outdoor activities I find so necessary for relaxation." Sounds like a beer drinker, all right...
...with a strong streak of stubbornness has a greater than average chance of becoming a delinquent if his father is an alcoholic and is unacceptable for emulation; this same stubborn youngster, however, would not necessarily be as likely to become a delinquent if his father were not a drinker...