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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1968
Page
3
A week after his mild heart attack while playing golf near Palm Desert California former President Dwight D Eisenhower at 77 continues to progress satisfactorily. Hospital spokesmen say he spent another good 24 hours at March Air Force Base California base hospital.
House committee report to curb urban guerrilla warfare by Communist and Black nationalist groups calls for detention centers under the McCarran Act and census cards with photos to track slum dwellers. The document cites RAM leader Robert Williams and SDS figures Hayden and others.
The new Superslide craze sweeps California with riders reaching speeds up to 25 miles per hour on a 165 foot ride.
Surgeons in Houston carry out their second heart transplant in under three days. James Cobb, 48, receives a heart from a 15-year-old donor, while Everett Thomas, 47, gets the heart of a 15-year-old bride. Joseph Rizer, 8th patient, dies at Stanford 62 hours after transplant due to oxygen shortage affecting his damaged lungs.
North Carolina's first Black gubernatorial hopeful Dr. Reginald A Hawkins won 124 558 votes from 2 153 precincts and said the race marks a political shift. Lt Gov Bob Scott led with 325 510 votes 46.1 percent as Mel Broughton came in second with 225 583 33.4 percent and may call for a runoff.
In Edwards Mississippi the Poor People’s Campaign begins its first poverty caravan with a guaranteed annual wage as a goal. Rev Ralph Abernathy leads a premarch rally and six buses carry participants toward Washington where the caravan will arrive May 19. Selma Alabama is to be the first stop with a short five mile march into town.
In Seattle Mimi Schmidt, a 19 year old co ed from the city, is named top scholar in the University of Washington College of Fisheries, highlighting a shift as women enter a formerly male dominated field.
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