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Compared to the confused negotiations that have taken place in other prisoner-hostage situations, the discussions between Gorham and Wilkerson and federal authorities were surprisingly calm and cool. It helped matters considerably that the cell block telephone was in good working order. As the ordeal continued, both captors and hostages talked freely to newsmen, relatives and negotiators. The hostages' fears were eased somewhat by this link with the outside world. At one point Gorham's mother Velma and sister Ena showed up outside the courthouse, and while there they talked to Gorham by telephone...
Smuggled Key. The situation, however, remained tense. Inexplicably, eleven hours after the ordeal began the two prisoners released one of the four marshals, later did the same for 14 of the 15 inmates holed up with them (one woman inmate was asked to stay). By Sunday morning both men were exhausted, and their attention began to waver, giving the remaining seven hostages a chance to escape. In a carefully devised scheme that had been prearranged by telephone with authorities outside, the lone woman hostage, Debra Collins, told the two men that she needed a sanitary napkin. Officials sent...
...number of hospitals and from a more intensive study in one of the institutions associated with the University of Alabama's medical center. He found that hospitals and doctors frequently slight nutritional needs. Some institutions allow surgery to be performed without first building patients up for the ordeal, then compound the error after the operation by ignoring good nutrition and relying solely on antibiotics to guard against infection. All too often, the postoperative neglect continues until the patient reaches an advanced state of malnutrition. Of 80 patients studied at the University of Alabama, 14 were hospitalized for more than...
...week's end it was still uncertain how soon, if ever, the Prices would recover from their ordeal. Or whether, even if their flirtation with martyrdom has been happily aborted, they will be able to retain their heroine status once they are no longer a political cause celebre...
...constrained, frequently frustrating lives of politicians' wives were emphasized last week by Joan Kennedy's latest ordeal. As heiress to the pressures and drama of being wife to the Kennedy dynasty's surviving star, Joan has openly acknowledged her feelings of inadequacy. A friend explained: "She is just not tough enough." Joan's troubles climaxed when Teddy Jr. fell ill last fall with bone cancer. At one point, she collapsed under the strain, and Senator Edward Kennedy was left to cope. After an exhausting trip to the U.S.S.R. this spring with Ted, Joan on her doctor...