Heart Transplant Success Marks Houston Case
Milton Wackstein, 54, in satisfactory condition at St. Luke's after receiving a heart from a 40-year-old donor identified as Franklin C. Hill of Auburn University. The operation, led by Dr. Defiton A. Cooley, was the 26th heart transplant in Houston with 11 survivors. The donor’s brain death and rapid surgery followed the prior recipient’s death in Houston.
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Auburn University
Auburn
Ala
Hill
Defiton A. Cooley
George H. DeBoard 46
Helotes, Tex
St. Luke’s
DeBoard
13 State Alarm For Black Panthers In Jersey City
A 13 state alert was issued Saturday for several men believed to be Black Panthers who sprayed 20 shots at a police station in Jersey City. The attack occurred just before the midnight shift change at the Fifth Police Precinct. No injuries were reported though a bullet tore through a officer hat.
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Jersey City
N.J
Decatur to see major new investment boost city growth
Blackburn described a major new investment in Decatur aimed at drawing conventions and tourism. The plan envisions a family themed park with regional sports events, water shows and exhibitions drawing visitors within 100 miles and beyond. TVA officials praised the project as meeting a critical local need and supporting the city’s recreation goals.
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Decatur Daily
Blackburn
Decatur
TVA
George Schmidt
Recreation Resources Branch
Toll of 22 in Alabama holiday traffic deaths
The holiday travel period ends with a death toll of 22 from traffic crashes across Alabama. Victims include 19 year old Joe L Cook of Elba who died after running off Alabama 189. A helicopter crash near Fort Rucker killed National Guard officer Billie W Budd. Other victims include Stephen A Daggett and James Peridora in separate crashes, and a Birmingham train collision victim Elsie Thrasher.
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Elba
Joe L.cook
Alabama
New Brockton
National Guard
Ft. Rucker
Billie W. Budd
Moors
N.Y
Stephen A. Daggett
Portland
US. 231
Montgomery
James Peridora
Bloomfield Mo
Eutawin Greene County
Robert A. Dawkins
Ivie
Memphis
Tenn
Cherokee
U.S
Birmingham
Elsie Thrasher
Collingsville
Scottsboro
Talladega
Siluria
Gan
Appalachi an funding for hospital application planned
Sandlin says a Appalachian funding request for a hospital project will be filed before year’s end to allow review before the tri county commission’s June funding. The request totals about 250000 dollars. In September county departments of pensions and security cared for 2106 children in licensed boarding homes with an average payment of 46.08 dollars per child.
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Appalachian
Sandlin
Tricounty Commission
County Departments of Pensions and Security
Cotton referendum by mail set for 1969 crop
A 1969 cotton referendum will be conducted by mail by the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. Eligible voters are producers entitled to share in the 1968 cotton crop or its proceeds. Ballots must be postmarked by Friday midnight. If approved, loans and payments may be available. if not, marketing quotas and price supports end.
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Agricultural Stablization and Conservation Service
Hospital Dismissals and Staff Listings in Cullman County
A list documents hospital patients and dismissals across Cullman area towns. Names include Martha Best Zula Cobb Priscella Gray and more with place tags Hanceville Cullman Falkville Crane Hill Garden City Blountsville and Cullman 1 2 4 10 wards. Ernest Tidwell and Walter Makemson appear among staff and patient notes.
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Martha Best
Warrior
Zula Cobb
Hanceville
Priscella Gray
Cullman
Buford Howard
Lela Hyde
Lillie Jewell McCain
Crane Hill
Linda Schnelle
Marcedia Shreve
Falkville
Huston Burney Starnes
Blountsville
Swann
Garden City
Ernest James Ti
IRS Checks on Liquor Payments to State Employees
The IRS is reviewing potential hidden commissions paid to some state employees by liquor interests. The Birmingham News cites Sunday reports of payoffs alleged by liquor agents. Governor Brewer denies knowledge of any payments and says Wallace and Wallace knew nothing of such dealings.
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Birmingham
Ala
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
The
Birmingham News
IRS
Albert Brewer
George Wallace
Lurleen Wallace
Wallace
Alabama pensioners largely double benefited in 1955
More than half of Alabama's elderly recipients, 55.8 percent, also collect old age and survivors insurance. In 1955 only 2.4 percent received both kinds of benefits.
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Alabama
Students Drop Eggs in Helicopter Egg Drop Project
GREELEY Colo ap Students at John Vans Junior High School tested a helicopter egg drop with 260 ninth grade participants. Teams designed packaging to cushion the fall and two weeks of experiments led to 23 broken eggs from a height of 1000 feet two thirds.
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Greeley
John Vans Junior High School
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