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1966 2007 $4 a gallon When Dave Kaczynski turned in the Unabomber, he lost his only sibling. not the end Today he has a new kinship with a man his of rising brother almost killed. gas prices Dave (left) and Ted Kaczynski Dave (right) with Gary Wright AP ‘It’s not going to be a 1-year blip and go away’

By Joshua Boak A brother lost, and Greg Burns TRIBUNE REPORTERS

Drivers will likely need to become comfortable with gas at $4 a gallon as oil experts say an era of historic pain at the pump will endure well a brotherhood found beyond the Memorial Day weekend, when prices traditionally peak. By Robert K. Elder You might trade in that GMC TRIBUNE REPORTER 1952 Yukon for a Honda Civic, skip the highway for the bike lane and re- The two brothers hiked high into the define that time-honored tradition Montana wilderness, cooked beans be- neath the stars and talked like they hadn’t in years. IN BUSINESS By a campfire outside his one-room Station owner says he makes more cabin, Ted read to his younger brother on a can of soda than a tank of gas. from a book on Roman history. For a time, they were just kids again, Teddy and Davy Kaczynski from Evergreen Park. of the road-trip. Americans are al- Gone was Ted’s long-festering animosi- ready reordering their Memorial ty toward their parents, or at least any Day weekends, with AAA reporting mention of it. He had sent venomous a decrease in travel for the first time letters accusing them of not loving him, since 2002. blaming them for his social awkward- But those changes might not be ness. enough to immediately pull down a But his brother’s visit had gone so well gasoline market that now follows that Ted even considered traveling to the whims of the world economy. Dave’s own retreat in southwest Texas. Newfound wealth fills pockets of the On their last day together in the fall of globe once known for overwhelming 1986, though, Ted poverty, and for the first time prices declined. are responding to their thirst for “I just really fuel as much as demand in America. don’t have the time The new world order for petro- to come and visit leum markets has some analysts you, Dave,” he predicting far higher prices ahead. remembers Ted Gas at the pump in the U.S. could telling him. “I have reach $7 a gallon because more driv- too much to do.” ers in India and China will hit the Dave was per- road even as American oil consump- plexed. Ted’s life tion retreats, the Canadian Imperial in the woods didn’t Bank of Commerce predicts. 1996 appear to hold “Millions of new households will AP many obligations. What Dave PLEASE SEE GASOLINE » PAGE 24 didn’t know was that his brother, from his remote cabin near the Continental Divide, had been waging a bizarre eight- year campaign of terror. Constructing CAMPAIGN 2008 bombs from fertilizer, razors and screws, the man dubbed the Unabomber had already killed one person and injured 27 more. Obama courts Ted’s rebuff of Dave would mark the beginning of the end of their brother- hood. Not long after Dave’s visit, in his Jewish vote as next brutal attack, Ted would unwittingly spark the beginning of a new bond. Through an improbable chain of Ted (left) and Dave were close growing up in Evergreen Park. Photos provided by Dave Kaczynski doubts persist events, that victim, Gary Wright, would forge a lasting connection to Dave, be- By Naftali Bendavid coming his confessor, friend and ally. WASHINGTON BUREAU Interviews, rare access to letters and Ted Kaczynski’s unpublished writings WASHINGTON — Two days after offer a new perspective on the Una- seemingly locking up the Demo- bomber and his relationship with his cratic nomination for president family, including the sibling who turned with impressive performances in him in. Thirty years after Ted planted his North Carolina and Indiana, Sen. first bomb in Chicago, a story emerges of ■ PHOTOS ■ VIDEO ■ AUDIO DOCUMENTS Barack Obama took time out from brotherhood lost and found. courting party leaders to speak at a 50 years of unseen Bombing victim The Unabomber’s Ted’s handwritten 60th birthday celebration for Israel family photos revisits the site mother interviewed letters and journals at the gilded, classical Andrew W. PLEASE SEE UNABOMBER » PAGE 14 Visit chicagotribune.com/unabomber Mellon Auditorium. Stepping up to a microphone, flanked by Israeli and American flags, Obama sounded notes care- fully tailored to the crowd of 1,200. With a practiced deftness, he praised Zionist leaders Theodor Kind of like Second City, Herzl and David Ben-Gurion, cited the Holocaust and recalled an Israe- li helicopter ride that reaffirmed for except with body slams him “the dangers faced by this par- ticularly narrow strip of land.” By Oscar Avila who rubs her hands in anticipation Obama was rewarded with sev- TRIBUNE CORRESPONDENT of a brawl. eral ovations and even a hug from Is- Nope, nothing unusual here. raeli Ambassador Sallai Meridor. CITY — A band of As over-the-top as this scene But the event could not entirely masked musicians is channeling sounds, it is standard fare in the mask the fact that doubts remain group Black Sabbath iconic Mexican art of about the Illinois senator among as a shirtless man enters the arena wrestling, where the battle between some quarters of the Jewish com- with his face painted like Satan. good and evil is taken to outlandish Raging beside him is a woman in fi- extremes. PLEASE SEE OBAMA » PAGE 8 ery red hair, wearing a miniskirt But this match takes a turn when and a scowl. the bell rings and the devilish duo The fist-pumping couple enters known as the “Highest of the Low” the wrestling ring to do battle with starts acting a scene set in a depart- WEATHER Photo for the Tribune by Sarah Meghan Lee what appears to be an effete butler ment store. This isn’t wrestling but Chance of showers. Performers Lady Veneno (Lady Venom) and her partner Lord Perron (Lord in a black vest and bow tie. His part- High 61, low 48. Big Dog) mix lucha libre wrestling and improv in . ner is a woman dressed as a maid PLEASE SEE LUCHA LIBRE » PAGE 21 METRO, PAGE 9