26 Jul 1971
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1971
Page
1
Medina Jurors are being selected for the trial of Capt. Ernest Medina charged with assault and murder of 102 Vietnamese civilians during the My Lai operation on May 16, 1968. The case, tried noncapital, could yield life imprisonment. Medina has denied ordering killings.
Apollo 15 blasts from Cape Kennedy aboard a Saturn 5 on a mission to the moon. Col. David Scott Lt. Col. James Irwin and Maj. Alfred Worden ride Endeavour to lunar orbit then Falcon to a Hadley Apennine basin, with Rover 1 and a nuclear science station aboard. Worden will map the surface from orbit and perform a spacewalk to recover film.
Dr Christiaan Barnard reports Adrian Herbert 49 is doing as well as can be expected after receiving a heart and two lungs from donor Jackson Gunga who died from injuries after a fight. The operation marks the world’s fourth heart lung transplant and follows previous failures. Rosaline Gunya, donor’s widow, says she was not informed her husband would be a donor. The two week post op period remains most critical due to infection risks and fluid in the lungs.
The article covers the first human heart transplant, led by Barnard, with permission from legal and medical officials, noting donor organ details and patient Herbert. It cites ethical approvals, lengthy preop tests, and cautious optimism amid fears of organ rejection.
In Columbus violence flared Sunday with fire bombs and sniper fire despite a mayoral curfew. Separately Seattle reports 27 injured when a monorail car collided with a steel girder. Cincinnati sees a major narcotics seizure worth 106000 dollars. Ohio highways weekend deaths total 14 with a child among victims. Portsmouth officials say poison in Pond Run Lake remains toxic two weeks after June 3 release.
Washington AP reports Senate Republicans remain gloomy over a quick vote on a bill to aid Lockheed Aircraft Corp and other troubled companies. Senator Tower says two thirds to silence Proxmire and opponents is unlikely in the first debate, with a second try planned for Wednesday.
A December 1963 North Vietnamese Central Committee resolution warned of possible expansion of the war into North Vietnam and anticipated a major US buildup in mid-1965. It outlined conditions under which Washington might escalate and noted such outcomes as remote yet plausible.
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