A New Jersey narcotics agent calls him "a miracle man." A mother whose son was still an addict after thousands of dollars worth of psychiatry says. "Dr. Baird wouldnt take a cent. But he gave me back my boy." Adds a 56yearold addict who has been clean for three years. "The man saved my life. I love him." Handsome. blondhaired Robert Baird was born 49 years ago in Newark. N.J.. the son of immigrant parents. Raised in Brooklyn tenements. he financed his first year of college by washing dishes at the WaldorfAstoria Hotel. When war broke out. he enlisted in the Navy. made officer. and saw action in the South Pacific.
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