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Skin graft saves 8 year old boy as three convicts donate
An eight-year-old boy in Columbus, Ohio, survived serious burns after skin grafts were provided by three convicts in the state penitentiary. One convict was serving for murder, the other two for robbery. The boy, Gordie Bond, was burned Feb. 5 when a kerosene stove exploded.
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Columbus
Ohio
Gordie Bond
Gordi
Elmer Bond
Doris
Penitentiary
Pat McDermott
Don Mellett
Canton
McDermott
Prison Hospital