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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1962

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Cedar Rapids Performs First Local Corneal Transplant

Raymond Knight underwent the first complete corneal transplant in Cedar Rapids, performed by Dr. Clifford Hendricks and Dr. Thomas Sawyer. The operation used donor eyes from the Iowa Lions Eye Bank, with Knight regaining sight in three weeks and the doctors making medical history in the region.

Cedar Rapids Raymond E. Knight Cedar Rapids Iowa Universty Iowa City Iowa Lions St. Luke’s Spain Gazette L. W. Ward MR. Knight Hendricks DR. Sawyer Medical History Makers of

Austrian Education Minister Urges Fight Against Nazi Return

Education Minister Heinrich Drimmel calls on Vienna University professors to combat a Nazi revival. He cites alarming signs of neo Nazi influence in Austrian universities including right wing students' actions such as bombs at U S and Italian embassies and gunfire at the parliament building.

Vienna Heinrich Drimmel Drimmel U. S

Will Man on the Moon See the Great Wall of China

A historical overview describes the Great Wall as a vast, largely continuous fortress built under Emperor Ch'in Shu Ruang ti and maintained across centuries. It notes its 1,500 to 2,000 mile span, labor of over a million workers, and its role as a deterrent to northern invasions.

China Washington Great Wall Svar North China Shanhaikwan Yellow Sea Kiayukwan Walt National Geographic Society Ch'in Shu Ruang Ti Ch’ia

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