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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1968
Page
1
A panel of doctors debates the advisability of heart transplants amid concerns over tissue typing and the body's rejection of foreign tissue. Canadian Dr J C Callaghan calls transplants premature while Dr Christian Barnard defends progress and cites kidney transplant gains as a sign of advancing knowledge.
A Morgan County coroner's jury heard 11 witnesses this morning in the death of Mary Faye Hunter and weighed whether the remains are hers and if death was natural or unnatural. Testimony included state toxicologist Vann Pruitt and details from investigators and observers.
The Morgan County Heart Fund campaign starts February 1 with a $6 072 goal. Co Chairmen C Bennett McRae and Guy Roberts announced plans to about 15 committee chairs at a Crescent Motel breakfast. Ralph Jones of Decatur, Alabama Heart Association director, gave a history of the group. Betty Vautier from Birmingham attended. The drive runs through February with February 25 Heart Fund Sunday. McRae is county judge and Roberts heads the Board of Revenue and Control.
Health officer Dr. Betty Vaughn says Asian flu spread is leveling off in Morgan County. About 15 percent of the 9 750 students were absent Tuesday with Falkville High hardest hit at 150 to 160 out. County schools report gradual impact while Decatur City shows continued effects.
Mount Tobin wreckage found after Marine plane crash with 18 aboard in heavy snow near Battle Mountain Nevada. Sheriff party reaches 10 000 foot peak at dawn and reports no signs of life. Wreckage seen by Swanson and Corbridge. plane hit mountain and slid into a canyon.
Prince Norodom Sihanouk and Chester Bowles met to bolster the International Control Commission to police Cambodia borders and curb Viet Cong incursions. The U S will not pursue hot pursuit. information will be shared with Cambodia which will act to expel infiltrating forces.
AP reports markets at a glance with stocks higher and cotton lower. Chicago grain futures show wheat mixed, corn and soybeans higher with strong demand, and oats up with corn. Hog prices steady to 2 lower with 4,500 receipts, top 20.50. Slaughter steer prices steady, receipts 500, top 26.50.
A 72 year old retired farmer died in a fatal fire at his three room frame house on Frazier Street in Athens Limestone County's first fire fatality of 1968. Coroner Orlie Sammet reported the man died from asphyxiation as the blaze swept through a living din room combination. The victim, a Tennessee native, was identified as Thomas Paul McCluskey. Fire Chief A E Bumler commented on the incident. See page A 9.
Ad lists used furniture and related items with a phone number 353-2370. Appears as a brief classifieds note from a local newspaper page.
A reader poll asks whether families should authorize transplantation of the heart and other organs after death. Yesterday results show 564 YES and 258 NO with calls to dial 353-5112 for YES and 353-5113 for NO.
Morgan County officers and Decatur Police seized seven pills from Paradise Trailer Court No 1 on U S 31 South last Saturday night. Lab tests by Vann Pruitt confirmed they were amphetamines or a drug of that class. Nine of ten detained in the joint raid face county court Feb 21 before Judge C Bennett McRae. one 12 year old Decatur boy goes to juvenile court on delinquency charges at a later date.
Cloudy cold weather continues with more rain expected Friday afternoon and night. Daytime highs will stay in the low 40s, with a freeze tonight around 30 degrees. The weekend brings continued cold and occasional rain as a ridge eases the rain. Temperature variations Wednesday floated from 38 degrees at Muscle See.
Washington The Post Office Department will end air mail as a separate service and mail all first class letters by air at a six cent rate. Postmaster General Lawrence F O’Brien announced today. Stanford Mike Kasperak survived a near death heart operation and sent a note to his wife saying I love you. Tusumbia Ala A portion of US 43 over a deep fill dropped several feet due to heavy rains closing the highway to traffic.
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