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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1967
Page
1
The administration pushes a 4.1 billion spending cut plan despite a stalled 10 percent income tax surcharge, with tax revision prospects likely delayed into 1969 as Congress stalls on the tax program.
Firemen battled a seven story brick warehouse in Cincinnati that burned Sunday afternoon in a five alarm blaze. Fire Chief Bert Lugannani said the loss reached 150000 dollars, with the century old building housing two produce firms and causing damage to two nearby structures.
Gov James A Rhodes was chosen as vocational education Man of the Year by the Ohio Vocational Association at the American Vocational Association convention in Cleveland. The award cites notable growth in Ohio vocational and technical education during his administration.
Mount St. Mary Hospital in Nelsonville names John Lill as personnel director. Santa Claus arrives in Pomeroy by boat to take part in a parade. more details on page 12.
A 55 year old Lithuanian born businessman, Louis Washkansky, received the heart of 25 year old Denise Ann Darvall in a five hour operation at Groote Schuur Hospital. Surgeons led by Dr Jan H Louw and Prof Chris Barnard transplanted the donor heart and kept it alive with a mechanical pump. Washkansky remains in satisfactory condition though conscious only via a breathing tube. Medical experts in the United States predict rapid future progress in heart transplantation and potential increases in survival years.
In the Mekong Delta American infantrymen and South Vietnamese Marines boxed in a Viet Cong battalion and reported about 200 enemy fighters killed after a day-long battle that stretched into the night. U.S. casualties were initially four dead and 38 wounded.
In the delta clash, U S troops of the 9th Infantry and the 6th Vietnamese Marine battalion faced heavy fire as Navy carriers landed them for a sweep. The daylong fighting left 15 killed and 50 wounded, with prisoners and weapons seized, while other strikes and attacks affected Long Binh and Phu Bai areas and an Air Force crash killed 26 aboard.
United Nations Cyprus crisis report shows President Makarios delaying his reply to U Thant's peace proposals as Greece and Turkey accept the terms with Turkish reservations over two dropped provisions. Cyrus Vance, after talks in Nicosia, travels to Athens then Washington, noting tension ebb but no full agreement.
A Hyde Street cable car ran out of control in heavy rain, smashing into a car and crashing into nine others. Ambulances took 27 people to hospitals with burns and bruises, including critically burned James Van Baalen, 30, as onlookers recalled passengers leaping free and a gas tank explosion igniting flames.
New York witness Bert Lahr famed as the Cowardly Lion of The Wizard of Oz died at 72 at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center after an internal hemorrhage. He had been treated since November for a back ailment and pneumonia, with a career spanning about 50 years from vaudeville to stage and film appearances.
London AP report details a go slow by engine drivers crippling British railways and clogging roads as freight and passenger services fall back. Up to 25 percent of passenger runs may be canceled, with traffic 50 percent above normal in London. Prime Minister Wilson weighs emergency measures including army trucks and RAF airlift for essential goods.
Senate sponsors of a 14.2 billion federal education aid plan seek assurances from HEW to ease Southern fears about possible funding cuts over desegregation. Morse and others avoid floor amendments that would weaken the 1964 Civil Rights Act while hoping for statements on future desegregation cases. Georgia’s Russell backs an amendment to bar HEW from cutting aid midyear as Southerners resist House desegregation provisions.
Washington AP report notes President Johnson will not have his name on New Hampshire’s presidential primary ballot but will be represented by a slate of Democratic National Convention delegates. Sen. Thomas J. McIntyre says Johnson wishes secrecy in March and will not be entered on the ballot, while Wisconsin could force a filing later. The piece mentions pressure from Kennedy supporters and potential write-in moves, with McIntyre predicting opposition to Johnson’s Vietnam policy may focus on the state’s balloting.
An avowed Democratic candidate announces entry into the race. McCarthy remains little known in the state, with McIntyre or Gov John W. King likely to run as a Johnson stand in if he trails. Johnson, speaking by telephone to a six state regional conference in Charleston West Virginia, pledged support for the 1968 Democratic nominee but would not commit to becoming that nominee.
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