Open-heart pioneer Daniel Williams heals patient in 1893
In Chicago 1893 the first open-heart surgery saves a patient with a knife wound to the heart. Dr Daniel Williams repairs the heart membrane and the patient recovers for years. Williams founded Provident Hospital the U S first interracial hospital and trained black nurses and interns.
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Chicago
Daniel Williams
Williams
Hollidays
Chicago Medical College
Northwestern University
Provident Hospital
United States
Freedman’s Hospital
Washington
D.C
Meharry Medical College
Nashville
Tenn
World Almanac of Presidential Campaigns review
A brief assessment notes entertaining facts and anecdotes in Eileen Shields West’s World Almanac volume. It mentions Taft’s girth influencing 1908, Lincoln and McClellan not campaigning in 1864, and a contested Kennedy enthusiasm remark by the author.
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William Howard Taft
Abraham Lincoln
George McClellan
Shields-West
John F. Kennedy
Theaters and Meetings in Iowa City Area Schedule
University Theatres present Snatched By the Gods and Broken Strings at Mabie Theatre with $11.50 admission. Mock Caucuses at Gage Memorial Union feature party chairs and redistricting talk. How ard Rogovin exhibit talk at U of I Museum of Art. Hexagon concert at Clapp Recital Hall. Cedar Rapids and area recycling, council meetings, and board sessions listed with times and locations.
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Theater University Theatres
Param Vir
Mabie Theatre
U of I
Hancer Auditorium
Gage Memorial Union
Coe College
Linn County
Linda Langenberg
League of Women Voters
CITYLINE Calendar Details For Cedar Rapids Iowa City
Cityline announces ongoing events calendar with contact numbers for Cedar Rapids 363 7000 and Iowa City 337 7000 seeking further information on listings and schedules.
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Cityline
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Freshmen favor liberal views and medicine over business
The 26th American Freshman Survey shows 210,000 freshmen at 430 colleges are more likely to call themselves politically liberal or far left, with 26 percent doing so, up from 24 percent. They favor medical careers over business or law and plan to work while in school.
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Washington
Ies
Waltons and Simpsons in the State of the Union critique
Ellen Goodman critiques George Bush's budget speech linking the Waltons to moral values and noting a gap between rhetoric and reality. She argues tax cuts favor the wealthy, harm middle class families, and fail to strengthen American morals in hard economic times.
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Oston
George Bush
Waltons
Simpsons
Barbara
George
Bart Simpson
Beverly Hills
New Hampshire
America
Walton Mountain
State of the Union
George-boy
Gazette promotes agriculture with soybean ink and recycling drive
The Gazette publicizes use of soybean ink and recycled newsprint to support farming. Readers are urged to recycle papers at City Carton in Cedar Rapids locations and Hy-Vee in Marion while continuing daily print editions from Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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The
Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Econofoods
51St St
Seventh Ave
Marion
Cedar E
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
AP News
P.O
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Blacksee
Eileen Shields-West
World Alamanac-Phares
Charles Solomon
Los Angeles Times
ART Museum
Howard Rogovin
Wallace Tomasini
U of I School of Art and Art History
U of I Museum of Art
Clapp Recital Hall
Sycamore
G.S. Marine Inc
Randall Foods Store
Edgewood Rd
Earth Savers
Nameneen
Sierra Club
Tribune Media Service
Karen Marie
Guaranty Bank
Ellen Goodman
SEARS
CowiTon
the Gazette
Pierson
Zazza’s
3Rd Ave
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