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Born: 1924 Died: 1995 Birthplace: Alvarado, Texas Terry Southern's report from the 1968 Democratic Convention: "Witnessed an amusing, and perhaps
historic, confrontation this p.m. when in the lobby
of the Hotel Drake, we chanced across a dramatic encounter between Louis ("I have nothing to hide") Abolafia, the nudist-ticket
candidate, and testy Babe Bushnell who's running on the S.C.U.M. (Society for
Cutting Up Men) ticket, whose founder, it might be recalled,
tried to assassinate Andy Warhol. It was a curious meeting, a
sort of 'battle of the sexes,' you might say. While the Babe shouted her diatribe about the 'cutting up' of men, and where exactly the process should begin, Abolafia attempted to detract from her
remarks by executing what appeared to be a nude dervish or tarantella. Both candidates had to be dragged from the lobby."
Books by Terry Southern: The Magic Christian (1958)
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