Barnard's Second Heart Transplant Successful
Cape Town South Africa Dr Christian N Barnard and a surgical team performed a second heart transplant replacing a 58 year old dentist’s damaged heart with that of a man who collapsed from a brain hemorrhage Doctors announced the five hour operation was successful and the patient was in satisfactory condition The donor came from a 25 year old woman who died in a traffic accident and the operation followed Barnard’s historic first heart transplant in December The hospital noted Blaiberg the third patient awaiting a donor heart was also in good spirits and hoped for a successful outcome
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South Africa
Christian N. Barnard
Groote Schuur Hospital
Bernard
Louis Washkansky
Philip Blaiberg
Clive Haupt
Haupt
Barnard
Blaiberg
Washkansky
Fish Hook Beach
Jill
Israel
Haifa
Eileen
United States
Oudtshoorn
Rondesboshch
London
Royal Dental College
Ethiopia
Brooklyn
Washxansky
Adrian Kantrowitz
Parow
Groote Schuur
False Bay Hospital
Victoria Hospital
Wynberg
Coert Venter
Venter
Taft to Seek Re election to U S House from Ohio
Congress man Robert Taft Jr. announced in Cincinnati that he will seek re election to the U S House from Ohio's First District and will not run for the U S Senate against Senator Frank J. Lausche. Taft noted personal reasons guide his decision after defeating John J. Gilligan in 1966. Gilligan, now a Cincinnati councilman, has been mentioned as a possible Lausche opponent.
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Cincinnati
Robert Taft Jr
U.S. House of Representatives
Ohio
Taft
U.S. Senate
Frank J. Lausche
John J. Gilligan
U.S
Stephen Young
Gilligan
Lausche
Viet Cong break Tet truce. bloodiest cease-fire so far
U S officials call the New Year cease-fire the bloodiest yet as a Viet Cong force of 2500 attacked an American outpost near Black Virgin Mountain 62 miles northwest of Saigon. The clash left 23 U S infantrymen dead and 153 wounded, with the VC division losing 348 men. The fighting followed a 36 hour allied truce that ended at 6 a.m. Saigon time as U S bombers resumed activity over North Vietnam. Hanoi accused U S raids on populated areas during the truce. Casualties from ground fighting cited as at least 72 dead and 337 wounded for the allies based on incomplete communiques.
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Saigon
U. S
Black Virgin Mountain
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
New Year Holiday Traffic Toll Falls Short Of Estimates
The New Year weekend traffic toll reached 355, below the National Safety Council’s 460 to 540 projection. A council spokesman credited bad weather and better driving for the lower figure, noting changes in driver behavior but lacking a clear explanation. Thirteen deaths occurred in Ohio.
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National Safety Council
Safety Council
Ohio
Rioting at California center. buildings burned amid clash
About 1,800 residents rioted at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco for more than five hours. Two were shot as 175 officers moved in. Four to five buildings burned including the firehouse, landscaping center, and canteen before 5 a.m.
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Norco
Calif
California Rehabilitation Center
Corona Fire Department
ITT Board Cancels $2.8B ABN Merger Deal
Directors of International Telephone and Telegraph Corp vote unanimously to cancel ITT’s $2.8 billion merger agreement with American Broadcasting Companies Inc. in a surprising corporate development.
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New York
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
ITT
American Broadcasting Companies Inc
Johnson says Hanoi talks studied amid peace report
President Johnson said the administration is examining reports that North Vietnam would engage in talks if bombing ended. Hanoi Radio claimed talks would start once all war acts cease. Johnson tied the issue to economic aims and a new Social Security expansion, outlining domestic and foreign policy notes at a Texas news conference.
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San Antonio, Tex
Johnson
United States
LBJ
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Hanoi
North Vietnam
U.S
Trains Hit Trigger Mass Evacuation in Dunreith Indiana
Ammonia tanker explosions after a westbound freight derailed and struck an eastbound unit led to a night fire destroying Butterfield Canning Co. and a service station. All 236 residents were evacuated safely. three firefighters and a police officer were mildly injured.
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Dunreith
Ind
Indiana
Butterfield Canning Co
Pennsylvania Railroad
W.R. Sheets
Zionsville
Johnson proposes new tax and controls to curb dollar drain
President Johnson unveils a plan to slash the dollar drain by 13 billion through mandatory investment controls abroad, travel limits, and a 10 percent income tax surcharge. Officials say travel abroad may face new taxes or limits, with Congress to reconsider the tax and spending measures. The plan targets a 3.5 to 4 billion dollar drain this year, the highest in seven years, and expects higher Vietnam costs and reduced travel spending abroad.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
U.S
Johnson City
Tex
Rhodes outlines 1968 goals for jobs and highways
Governor Rhodes pledges to create 62,000 new jobs for Ohio youths and to use a $700 million highway bond issue to speed up construction, finish the Appalachian system, fund a transportation research center, and open access roads to 150,000 acres of recreation land, all without new taxes.
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Ohio
Rhodes
Richard L. Krabach
Department of Highways
Transportation Research and Development Center
Bellefontaine
Frigid Air Spreads Across East Forming Snow and Ice
Frigid air is spreading from the northern Rockies to the Dixie states with freezing rain drizzle snow or sleet slicking highways as sub zero readings become widespread. An 11 state hazard warning covers Wyoming to North Carolina while New England endures bitter cold and a New Year snowstorm deposits about four inches.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Dixie
Midwest
Wyoming
North Carolina
New England
Logan Burr Oak Vie For State Cold Mark
Logan claimed Ohio’s coldest city with 11 degrees below zero as a cold wave grips the state. Lake Burr Oak hit 16 below, Athens 8 below, and a four below zero official low marked the New Year. Weather Bureau notes cloud cover kept readings higher. Zanesville reported nine below before Logan’s reading. Snow measured 6 inches near Athens. eight accidents reported. Alexander Schools closed and some bus service cut. Forecast calls for cloudy west to east with intermittent light snow, possible sleet or freezing drizzle.
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Ohio
Lake Burr Oak
Athens
C. L. Colmer
U. S
Weather Bureau
Columbus
Zanesville
Alexander
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