Kansas topeka Welcomes Engle Homecoming Hero at Capitol
Nearly 1000 cheering residents and three high school bands gather as Col Joe Henry Engle is honored on the Kansas Capitol steps. Gov Carlin proclaims it Joe Engle Day and notes his Columbia shuttle mission. Engle is a Chapman native and visited KU earlier this month.
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Million Dollar Prize Offered for Cancer Cure
Oil billionaire Armand Hammer, 83, proposes a $1 million award for a cancer cure as comprehensive as the Polio vaccine. The Armand Hammer Foundation will fund $2 million over 10 years to spur research toward a cure, with a main $1 million prize for a cure applying to multiple cancers. Hammer spoke at a cancer panel meeting amid protests over Occidental’s Hooker Chemical ties.
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Brown to bear second test tube baby twins hoped from two eggs
London reports Lesley Brown mother of the world’s first test tube baby may carry a second child conceived outside the womb. The Daily Mail says two eggs were implanted raising the possibility of twins with birth seen around July 4, Louisa’s birthday.
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