World’s 13th heart transplant performed in Houston
Houston medical team led by Dr. Denton A. Cooley performed the world’s 13th heart transplant at St. Luke’s Hospital. The recipient was a 65 year old man in Montpellier, France, donor from a car crash. Several patients in Houston and London were reported in satisfactory condition as doctors discussed evolving anti rejection drugs and future heart preservation.
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Houston, Tex
James B. Cobb
Alexandria
St. Luke’s
Eric Negre
Montpellier University
Frederick West
Britain
Denton A. Cooley
St. Luke’s Hospital
Houston
Cobb
Cooley
Everett C. Thomas Jr
Phoenix
Ariz
John M. Stockwish
Alpine
Tex
Thomas
Stockwish
Stuckwish
Nebraska Primary Faces Kennedy McCarthy Clash
United Press International reports in Nebraska that Kennedy and McCarthy renew their duel as McCarthy returns from Indiana amid family concerns. Rockefeller urges draft reform and 18-year vote age, while Nixon highlights crime as a top federal issue. Humphrey and Wallace also feature in the evolving 1968 presidential contest.
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Nebraska
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Kennedy
Indiana
Washington
Minnesota
Abigail
Kenneth B. Keating
New York
Richard Nixon
Lincoln
KOLN
Hubert H
Vietnam
University of Minnesota
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
United Auto Workers
Atlantic City
America
George A. Wallace
Oklahoma
John Rogers
Alabama
American Party
Wallace
Poverty of Negro Dramatized By Mule Drawn Wagon Train
The marked wagon train of 15 to 17 mules and wagons rolls from Marks Mississippi on the first leg of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. last dream march toward Washington to dramatize Negro poverty. Led by Rev. Andrew Young the group aims to reach Batesville then Atlanta in eight days before shipping to Virginia for a Washington entry. The journey faces mule and wagon shortages and a slow 20 mile first day as leaders insist on honoring the dream and maintaining momentum toward the capital.
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Marks
Miss
Martin Luther King Jr
Washington
Mississippi
Batesville
Andrew Young
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Atlanta
Virginia
Boston
Brunswick
Maine
Chicago
King
Ralph Abernathy
Abernathy
Birmingham
God
Solidarity Pledged By Five Red Nations
Five Communist states led by the Soviet Union pledged to maintain a united ideological front at a Moscow summit without Czechoslovakia and Romania. Poland Bulgaria Hungary and East Germany joined, vowing to advance friendship and cooperation amid concerns over Prague’s liberalization and the bloc’s future.
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Moscow
UPI
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Tass
Soviet Union
Poland
Bulgaria
Hungary
East Germany
Kremlin
Prague
Jan Masaryk
Rudolph Slansky
Literaturna Gazeta
Czech Writers Union
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Todor Zhivkov
Janos Kadar
Walter Ulbricht
Nicolae Ceausescu
Alexander Dubcek
Czech Communist Party
West Germany
Polar bears to get heated home at Dudley Zoo
Dudley England officials say the polar bears have not produced offspring because their den is too cold. The zoo will install central heating in the bears’ cavern to improve conditions and encourage breeding.
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Dudley
England
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France
Paris
Christiaan Barnard
United Press International
Bennington Banner
Bennington
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Banner Publishing Corporation
Vermont
U.S
Bennington, Viesel
SCLC
Bradford
Mon. Plaza Shopping Center
Mother
Hallmark
Main Street
Tel
Caen
Burlington Savings Bank
North
Burlington
Ethan Allen
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Vermont National Bank
Gray
Vreen soTu
B .Ck
DIAL
Bennington, VT
Nichols
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