Heart Pump Performs Satisfactorily But Temporary Brain Damage Feared
Houston AP reports Marcel De Rudder 65 remains unconscious after a six hour operation involving a partial artificial heart. Doctors say temporary brain edema and damage are possible but not certain, while the pump handles about 75 percent of the left ventricle's workload.
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Houston
Tex
Marcel de Rudder
Methodist Hospital
DeRudder
Edna DeRudder
Westville
Ill
Michael E. DeBakey
Michael DeBakey
DeBakey
Estes Brazen Liar Denied New Trial by U S Judge
U S District Judge Leo Brewster derided Billie Sol Estes as a brazen perjurer while denying a new trial. Estes had testified about selling worthless fertilizer tanks to major finance firms for about 25 million dollars and faces a renewed 15 year prison term for fraud and conspiracy. A U S attorney said the case remains under investigation as testimony from Hilbert Kreeger Jr. was contradicted.
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EL Paso
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
U. S
Leo Brewster
Estes
Brewster
Estes’ S
Asst
U.S. Atty
Harry Lee Hudspeth
Leavenworth
Kan
Federal Penitentiary
Chicago
Norman H. Schreiber
Walter E. Heiler Co
Schreiber
Hilbert Kreeger Jr
Heller
Kreeger
Estes Associates
Ramp Festival at Spanishburg Supports Local Causes
Spanishburg High School hosts the Annual Ramp Festival from 5 30 to 8 P M. Proceeds benefit the Mercer County Heart Campaign and Cancer Crusade. Meals feature Casserole El Rampo along with baked ham green ramp dishes and desserts. Adults pay 1 50 and students 75 cents.
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Spanishburg
Spanishburg High School
Mercer County Heart Campaign
Mercer County Cancer Crusade
Two Die In West Virginia Turnpike Crash
A one car crash on the West Virginia Turnpike about 15 miles north of Beckley killed two people and injured another. Victims include Mary Lillian Nekarda 54 of Canton Ohio and John Nekarda 67 native of Czechoslovakia visiting West Virginia. Joseph Frank Nekarda 70 of Canton husband of the dead woman was hospitalized. Driver Joseph Nekarda reportedly skidded across the centerline and went down an embankment.
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Beckley
West Virginia Turnpike
Here
J. E. Asbury
Mary Lillian Nekarda
Canton
Ohio
John Nekarda
Czechoslovakia
West Virginia
Joseph Frank Nekarda
Beckley Hospital
Asbury
Joseph Nekarda
KKK Groups Denied State Incorporation in West Virginia
West Virginia Secretary of State Robert D. Bailey refused to issue corporate charters to two Ku Klux Klan groups after being advised both are listed as subversive by the U.S. attorney general. The Knights of the Green Forest and the West Virginia Virginia branch based in Hinton had applied but did not complete forms. Bailey said the inquiries appeared publicity driven.
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Charleston
Robert D. Bailey
West Virginia
U. S
Knights of the Green Forest
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc
Tupelo Miss
West Virginia - Virginia
National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Hinton
Bailey
Three Virginia Counties Win Temporary School Funding Break
The State Board of Education allows Lee, Tazewell, and Wise Counties to fund less than 30 percent of public school operating costs for the current fiscal year. The concession is temporary, with a July 1 start for the next fiscal year requiring the statewide 30 percent minimum. The board also approved summer school aid rules, 12 month principals, sick leave, driver education, sex education film clearance, and pilot quantum physics teaching projects. It endorsed moving the State Department of Education into Hotel Richmond when the state buys and consolidates the building.
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Richmond
State Board of Education
Lee, Tazewell
Wise Counties
Southwest
Virginia
Education Board
Waynesboro
Chesapeake
Newport News
Roanoke City
York County
Duke University
State Department of Education
Hanover County
Elmont
Pulaski County
Oceana Airman Burned At Station
A 22 year old airman 1C Robert M. Roach of Oceana West Virginia was burned while helping extinguish a fuel leak and fire at Pete s Esso station 103 Atlantic Street Southeast in Washington He suffered second and third degree burns over 15 percent of his body and was treated at Andrews Air Force Base Hospital in satisfactory condition. The blaze started after a motorist left a gas trail and sparks ignited it as Roach and others tried to stop the leak and extinguish the fire
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Washington
Robert M. Roach
Oceana
W. Va
Andrews Air Force Base Hospital
Air Police
Bolling Air Force Base
Pete’s Esso
Atlantic St. SE
Roach
FBI Asked To Check On Ballot
CHARLESTON AP Secre stated he requested the FBI investigate the early availability of an official Raleigh County ballot ahead of the May 10 primary. The move followed a Huntington resident’s call to halt what was described as unlawful circulation of Raleigh ballots.
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Charleston
Robert D. Bailey
FBI
Raleigh
Bailey
John Callebs
Huntington
Callebs
Marshall University
Beckley
Raleigh County
MSU Denies Fronting For CIA In Viet Nam
Michigan State University president John Hannah denied charges that the university acted as a CIA front during its Viet Nam project from 1954 to 1962. He said some staff had intelligence backgrounds but no known CIA connections and that the university offered to exit the counter subversive program when suspicions arose.
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MSU
CIA
Viet
East Lansing
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Nam
Hannah
Michigan State
Diem
Ralph Smuckler
International Control Commission
Geneva
CTA
Warren Hinkle
Taylor County Deputy Indicted for Manslaughter
A Taylor County grand jury indicted Chief Deputy Herbert E. Lawson on voluntary manslaughter charges in the death of Adair R. Kennedy, 48. Indicted with Lawson are Gary Wade of Grafton and Frank Surina Jr. of Philippi on aiding and abetting counts. Kennedy was found shot near the Grafton incinerator.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Herbert E. Lawson
Lawson
Adair R. Kennedy
Gary Wade
Frank Surina Jr
Philippi
State Conservation Officers
Kennedy
David F. Lucas
Wade
Surina
90 Feared Dead In Oklahoma Military Air Crash
A Lockheed Electra chartered by American Flyers crashed on the Goddard Ranch near Ardmore Oklahoma. Deputy reports no survivors among about nine aboard, believed military personnel en route from Monterey California to Columbus Georgia. Ambulances dispatched, plane struck a hill but reportedly did not burn.
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Oklahoma
Ardmore
Okla
Oklahoma City
Elmer Winton
Goddard Ranch
American Flyers
Winton
Monterey
Calif
Columbus
Debated Course Levels For Political Science And Sex Ed
A Illinois student at Niles Township East High School challenged the move to drop political science as a required course and offer it only as an elective alongside sex education. He argued government instruction should be mandatory, while officials noted existing mandates and the schools role in sex education.
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Chicago
Illinois
James B. Hirsh
Niles Township East
Hirsh
Ray Page
United States of America
Paul Elward
Dchicago
Niles Township
John Harris
Skokie
Ill
Bobbe
Northfork Driver Critically Injured in Route 52 Crash
Oscar W. Hanlin Jr. of Northfork is in critical condition at Bluefield Sanitarium after a 9 p.m. crash on U S Route 52 north of Bramwell. A 16 year old passenger, Mike C. Brooks of Keystone, suffered a severe leg laceration while a third rider, William Seahen of Northfork, had minor injuries.
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McDowell County
Oscar W. Hanlin Jr
Northfork
Bluefield
Bramwell
Hanlin
Mike C. Brooks
Keystone
William Seahen
Steers Rampage Through Hialeah and Miami Springs
Fifty eight steers escaped from a packing house corral igniting a stampede through Hialeah and nearby Miami Springs. Bullets whizzed as residents and police fired. more than 20 steers were shot. Steers roamed streets damaging lawns fences and shrubbery while tranquilizers were used to subdue them.
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Hialeah
Fla
Miami Springs
Woman Strangled and Beaten Found in Petersburg
The State Medical Examiner's office says the Peters burg woman Lillie Mae Buford, 46, was beaten and strangled. Her body was found behind a hedge in a near downtown residential area on Thursday.
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Petersburg
State Medical Examiner
Richmond
Lillie Mae Bufford
Witness in Brady Hindley case admits vested interest
Chester England AP The star witness David Smith 18 admits he stands to gain financially from a conviction He is married to Hindley sister and says he could be paid by a newspaper for his revelations The defendants Ian Brady 28 and Myra Hindley 23 deny a triple murder claim involving Edward Evans 17 and two children The state has promised him immunity from prosecution if needed
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Chester
England
David Smith
Chester Castle
Emlyn Hooson
Ian Brady
Myra Hindley
Edward Evans
Smith
Brady Hack Evans
Hooson
Evans
Air Pollution Devices Ordered For State Vehicles
Gov. Hulett Smith announced on Friday that air pollution control devices will be required on the exhausts of all state bought motor vehicles. He said California already requires them and federal legislation will make them mandatory nationwide for 1968 models.
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Charleston
Hulett Smith
Smith
California
Weekend Rain and Warmer Weather Forecast
Forecast calls for temperatures average slightly above normal through Wednesday with highs around 70 in the south and 66 in the north and lows near 47 south and 39 north. Cool Saturday followed by a warmer week. Rain this weekend totals about half an inch.
Inside Abby 10 Movies 3 Add Years
A fragment from a newspaper page references entertainment items including Abby and a list of films and dates. It mentions Princeton and a classified section with sports and editorial notes.
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Abby
Princeton
Geretc
Wetv Serace Se
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U.S
Firm
Norman Stark
Turnpike
KKK
General Assembly
Magazine
Taylor Grand Jury
D. M. Shade
U. S. Rt. 52
Shade
Brooks
Miami
Frank Wiberg
State Department of Agriculture
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