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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1969
Page
12
Television writer Rick DuBrow argues about television violence versus artful storytelling. He notes NBC reruns The Wizard of Oz show complex taste, condemns blanket bans, and cites industry shifts away from action adventure to curb overt physical mayhem.
CBS-TV substituted a rerun for Smothers Sunday night because the new program tape arrived too late for preview by affiliates. Stations require advance screenings due to sensitive material. An aide said the tape was late to preview but not too late to air if the network ignored station concerns.
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A Washington physician describes two profiles for heart attack risk. The likely victim is a middle aged, overweight executive with high blood pressure who smokes and eats fatty foods. The least likely is a physically fit but underachieving worker who eats fruits and vegetables and exercises vigorously. Hearing loss and early balding may indicate heart disease, while researchers note a potential link between hearing loss and coronary artery disease.
Six year old Christine Corlin, the nation’s youngest heart transplant patient, died at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital after receiving William Michael Becker’s heart in a nine and a half hour operation on February 8. It was Cincinnati’s first child heart transplant and she surpassed the survival of the other four child recipients.
A Lenten devotional series titled Lift High the Cross runs Monday through Friday. It airs at 4 55 PM on KCRG TV 9 and at 10 30 PM on KCRG Radio 1600.
Striking coal miners agree to return to work once Gov. Arch Moore signs a black lung compensation bill. The three week walkout halted WV coal production. 41 000 miners affected. Delegates debated ending the strike and noted food and coal shortages while the bill expands workers' pneumoconiosis benefits and eases diagnosis. Moore expected to sign Tuesday.
Lt Gen Ralph Cinine longtime director of the National Security Agency from 1951 to 1957 died Saturday after a long illness. He led NSA through its early years and helped shape U S intelligence operations during the 1950s.
Washington reports a nationwide surge in serious crime for 1968 with violence up 19 percent and overall offenses 17 percent above 1967. Core cities over 250000 population and suburbs show the steepest 18 percent rise, rural areas 12 percent.
Washington AP reports Dr. Jack Masur 59 assistant surgeon general of the US Public Health Service died Saturday after an apparent heart attack.
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