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Kicked out of school for fighting a guidance counselor in what he calls a "temper blackout," Bob was sent to Bellevue Hospital for a psychiatric examination. "At the nut house they told me I wasn't an alcoholic because of my age. I was told that if I handled my emotional problems, I would be able to drink normally." Bob nonetheless tried A.A., not once but three times between binges. "I just hadn't decided that I wouldn't drink any more...
Berrigan is "a complete stone nut. He got me in trouble for trying to help him and got himself in trouble because he wouldn't recognize the fact that he was a prisoner...
...seems to have been accepted. Wallace launches his candidacy for a third term as Governor this week, and he is considered a shoo-in. Only one serious Democratic candidate has filed against him for the primary this spring; no Republican has yet declared. "Anyone would have to be a nut to run against Wallace this year," concedes former U.S. Postmaster General Winton M. Blount, who was considered to be the most likely G.O.P. candidate. Wallace has not only the white vote; he is also expected to win at least half the black ballots-an astounding turnabout...
...Imagine that, a 68-year-old lady, and she still gets her nut. They say it's all in your mind and that you can go till 90 if you want to--Jesus, I know I will. I'd like to die in the saddle; old people have to have something to do besides play bridge and watch TV--you know what I mean...
Shockley could, if he had picked a different cause, have been just an amusing nut. All of his crazy side effects--the incessant tape-recording, the impromptu I.Q. tests given over the phone--might have been funny. But because of his racism, he has to be seen in a far different light. He's not harmless. He's not just "controversial" or "provoking". He is, instead, a destructive force who should not be lent respectability by colleges and television stations that allow him to speak. His Nobel prize and pseudo-scientific trappings don't make him any different from...