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When 1,200 medical researchers assembled at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria hotel last week for the Sixth International Congress of the Transplantation Society, some of the loudest applause was given not to a physician but to a philosophy professor from Indianapolis. In 1959 the man, John Riteris, now in his early 40s, was stricken by severe kidney disease. Faced with the prospect of imminent death-or dismal years on a kidney machine-he agreed to what was then still a highly experimental treatment: replacement of his dying kidneys with one donated by his twin brother. Now, 17 years later...
...Plains (see color facing page) to a busy round of highly successful fund-raising affairs. They included a $1,000-per-couple lawn buffet in a tent in Asheville, N.C.; a $250-per-plate breakfast in Milwaukee; a $100-per-person cocktail party in New York's Waldorf-Astoria. He made similar stops in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington, Houston and Chicago. The net result: Carter wiped out his remaining $400,000 primary campaign deficit and expects to go into the convention with an extra $400,000 to cover expenses there...
...called him "the only chairman of the board who isn't giving me trouble these days." In fact, Frank Sinatra, 60, had no reason to give anyone trouble during last week's Friars Roast in Manhattan. With 1,000 guests crammed into the grand ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria, the singer ego-tripped through 4½ hours of praise and put-downs from Comedian Don Rickles, New York Governor Hugh Carey and a dais full of old chums. The $200-and $500-a-plate dinner also brought a visit from one hardy Sinatra pal: former Vice President Spiro...
With the Washington ceremonies behind them, the imperial couple will fly to Cape Cod, where Hirohito, a respected marine biologist, will spend an afternoon at the famed Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Next stop: New York City. The Emperor and his wife will stay in the Waldorf-Astoria's eight-room presidential suite and hold court in a gold-screened "throne room" set up in the Waldorf s grand ballroom. Also on their calendar: a meeting with General Douglas MacArthur's widow Jean, who lives at the Waldorf...
...popular than it is today. Though his artistic, almost romantic style of play drew awards for "brilliancy" and won him the U.S. Open Championship in 1955, he was never able to make a living from the game and supplemented his tournament and chess-studio earnings by working as a Waldorf-Astoria busboy and a New York cabby...