McKenna Memorial Hospital joins organ donation network
McKenna Memorial Hospital in New Braunfels linked with South Texas Organ Bank after a February 8 kidney donation. A 30-year-old donor suffered a brain hemorrhage and kidneys, eyes, and other organs were recovered for transplant to two Dallas patients who are recovering well. The affiliation aims to boost local organ recovery with trained hospital staff and local doctors handling future cases.
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McKenna
South Texas Organ Bank
Organ Bank
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Hayes
Jud Hunt
San Antonio
Port admits killing Houston mail carrier in police interview
Houston officers testified that David Port admitted to shooting Debora Schatz as he was arrested on June 8. Port described walking her upstairs with a gun, firing several times, and later wrapping the body in trash bags before the trial pre hearing on his murder charge continues.
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Houston
David Port
Debora Sue Schatz
Irma Lares-Sauseda
Port
Bernard
Odette Port
Sauseda
Office seekers enter races for City Council seats
Six local business men vie for two Council seats with filings in Districts 3 and 4. District 4 leads with former mayor George Erben 52 on the Comal Appraisal District board and MBank New Braunfels president. challengers include landlord Rolf Moore 31 and Richard Seidel 33, while District 3 features Edward Sciantarelli 35 dentist, Darrell Sollberger 38 broker CPA, and Yale Simpson 60 Steel Products owner. Incumbent Joe Rogers did not seek re election, now Smithson Valley High principal. 0.A. Stratemann Jr. could not seek Lee ELECTIONS Page 16.
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Richard Seidel
Seidel
Dusty’s Dell
New Braunfels
Edward Sciantarelli
F. Darrell Sollberger
Yale Simpson
Sciantarelli
Sollberger
District 3
Yalé J. Simpson
Simpson
Joe Rogers
Smithson Valley High School
Rogers
A. Stratemann Jr
Texas horse betting bill dies in lopsided House vote
The 1985 measure to legalize pari mutuel horse race betting failed 52 to 96 in the Texas House. Sponsor Hugo Berlanga pledged it may return in a future session, while Gov. White and Speaker Gib Lewis called it dead for the year. Senate sponsor Ike Harris noted it remains alive with other avenues.
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Gib Lewis
Mark White
Senate
Ike Harris
Dallas
Berlanga
House
Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission
Texas
Phil Strickland
Commission
Anti-Crime Council of Texas
Inside Today's Weather It’s Going To Be Cloudy
Weather notes indicate cloudy skies for the day with possible light winds. Forecast calls for mild temperatures and little precipitation, easing into clearer chances by evening.
House votes on HB440 betting referendum split by party lines
The House divided along party lines on HB440, a bill for a binding statewide referendum on legalizing pari mutuel betting on horse racing. The roll call lists numerous lawmakers from both sides, with FDR and GE party designations noted among supporters and opponents.
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Agnich
Arnold
Barton
Blackwood
Blanton
Buchanan
Burnet
Bush
Cain
Campbell
Carriker
Carter
Ceverha
Clark
Clemons
Collazo
Connelly
Craddick
Delco
Denton
Dutton
Edwards
Emmett
C. Evans
L. Evans
Doctors use unapproved artificial heart in Tucson transplant
In Tucson, surgeons transplanted a human heart into a 32 year old after 11 hours on an unapproved artificial heart called the Phoenix Heart. The patient, listed in critical condition, faced complications including congestive heart failure while awaiting a second donor heart.
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Tucson
Ariz
Sharon Kha
University of Arizona
Allan Beigel
Beigel
Jack Copeland
Bergel
Copeland
Wedneday
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Phoenix
Aeere
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