Heart Transplants Raise Question Of Ethics And Goals
Danville 1968 report on audacious heart transplants from deceased donors, highlighting ethical, moral, and medical debates. Notes Phillip Billsberg’s Jan. 2 surgery and the urgent questions about tissue rejection, future genetic engineering, and who should set human-prescription rules. The National Academy of Sciences board urges prompt handling of new, complex issues as public stake grows.
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the Register
Danville, Va
Alton Blakeslee
Phillip Billsberg
Burgery
Board On Medicine
The
National Academy of Sciences
Brian Whitlow
Christ Church Cathedral
Victoria
Canada
Journal of
American Medical Association
George Pickering
Oxford University
England
Pickering
U.S. Public Health Service
Beecher
In Attendance On Science Of Heart Transplants
A panel outlines guidelines for heart transplantation research and patient selection. Experts urge independent review to balance donor limits, ethical concerns, and patient rights while exploring artificial hearts and organ viability amid debates on euthanasia and life prolongation.
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U.S. Budget Bureau
Carl W. Gottschalk
University of North Carolina
Michael E. DeBakey
Baylor University
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Tex
DeBakey
Granger E. Westberg
Institute of Religion
Texas Medical Center
Henry K. Beecher
Harvard
William P. Williamson
Kansas City
Dr. DeBakey
How Virginia and North Carolina Legislators Voted In Congress
Virginia members on major roll calls this week show votes on a bill to increase U S participation in the Inter American Development Bank and on Senate financial disclosure amendments. North Carolina lawmakers also appear on roll calls with mixed positions and several nonvotes.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Washington
Congress
Bouse
U.S
Inter-American Development Bank
Abbitt
Downing
Marsh
Wampler R
Tuck
Wampler
Nagainst
Broyhill
Hardy
Valing — Sat
Senate
Spong
Jordan
Ergin
Ervin
House
Auto Sales Jump In March Strong Early Surge
Auto sales in the nation soared in the second ten days of March, up 32 percent from the first ten days. American Motors Corp led with a 71 percent gain, followed by Chrysler up 34 percent, Ford 24 percent, and General Motors 22 percent. AMC also reported a ratified contract with the UAW covering 14,500 workers.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
William S. Pickett
AMC
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
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Blairs
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J. WM. Clement
Shields Auction and Realty Co., Inc
N. Union Street
Danville
Willard N. Adkins
Callands
Tabernacle Church
Sailor's Creek
Mr. Adkins
Overbey Real Estate
R. V. Overbey, Auctioneer
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Laos
Ambodia
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Saigon
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Chryss
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Airtemp
Zenith
Lynn
Loyal
Fedders Homelite
Dial
Kelvinator Airtemp
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Fedders
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