Dr Cooley says heart transplants here to stay
Dr Denton A Cooley, famed Texas surgeon, told a Long Beach audience that heart transplants are here to stay and should no longer be seen as only research. He cited six of eight patients alive and well and discussed donor challenges and the future of transplantation.
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Denton A. Cooley
Texas
Cooley
Long Beach
American College of Cardiology
Memorial Hospital of
Houston
Medical Field Rates Dr Cooley Supersurgeon
A Long Beach writer recalls Denton Cooley as a rising star who later became a famed heart surgeon. He is described as supersonic, performing multiple complex transplants and pioneering bloodless techniques while balancing family life and hobbies.
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Dr. Cooley
Pioneer Heart Surgery
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Devel
L B Sea Festival Opens With Spectacle on Oceanfront
Long Beach hosts the third annual California International Sea Festival with a 6 p.m. start featuring air shows, lighted boat parade, and fireworks. Gov. Reagan proclaims Sea Festival Week through Aug 11. Grand Marshal Capt. J Edward Snyder Jr of USS New Jersey leads opening events including speedboat heats and Navy small-boat contests.
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Long Beach
Ronald Reagan
Marine Stadium
American Boat Association
Ocean Boulevard
Alamitos
Redondo Avenues
J. Edward Snyder Jr
New Jersey
Coast Guard
Oil Islands
Dignitaries to Attend 1968 International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo
Long Beach Mayor Edwin W. Wade and Vice Mayor Robert F. Crow will attend the 1968 International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo with their wives. Accompanied by a Harbor Commission member optional, they will be hosted by Japan Beauty Congress and depart Sept 22 to arrive Oct 23. The entourage includes Miss Welcome to Long Beach Karen MacQuarrie and Miss Kay Matsumoto hosted in Long Beach, with a Japan tour, news conferences, receptions, and parades planned through Oct 10.
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Edwin W. Wade
Robert F. Crow
Tokyo
Japan Beauty Congress
Long Beach Harbor
Long Beach
Karen MacQuarrie
Kay Matsumoto
Japan
Wade
Firebombing Strikes Robbins Interior Carpets in Long Beach
Fire officials investigate a Friday morning firebombing at Robbins Interior Carpets at 1000 E Hill St Long Beach destroying the building and causing 75000 dollars in damage. A Molotov cocktail was thrown through a front window. another aimed at the roof caused less damage. On Wednesday another bombing damaged Acme Auto Headlining Co at 2104 Orange Ave with 90000 dollars in losses.
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Long Beach
Robbins Interior Carpets
1000 E
Hill St
Auto Interior
Leonard V. Foster
Acme Auto Headlining Co
Orange Ave
Long Beach Municipal Band Schedules Two Public Concerts
The Long Beach Municipal Band performs two public concerts at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Lincoln Park. Local residents are invited to enjoy the outdoor concerts featuring band selections and community entertainment.
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Long Beach
Lincoln Park
Deadline approaches for Long Beach Treasure Hunt buttons
Only two days left to buy gold star Treasure Hunt buttons and enter the chest prize. The top prize is 1500 dollars for finding the chest while wearing the button along the beach in Long Beach. Clues begin in the Independent Press Telegram Sunday and a list of selling locations runs in Treasure Hunt ads. Buy now and start the search.
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Long Beach
Independent
Press-Telegram
Saved Neck Anyhow Gold Claim Jumper Gets Off Easy
Gilbert Glenn Cornell, a 48 year old former Knott’s Berry Farm employee, was sentenced in 1968 to 90 days in jail plus probation and restitution after admitting to salt mining in Buena Park’s Knott’s mine. He allegedly took about two ounces of gold daily for two years, totaling over $20,000, while tourists sought to strike it rich. The judge suspended the sentence on condition of jail time served and restitution.
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California
Knott’s
Berry Farm
Buena Park
Cornell
Bellehurst
Howard C. Cameron
Knott
Dean Davisson
Long Beach Woman Plans Talk on U.S. Ghetto Conditions
Mrs. Dale Clinton of Long Beach will speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Bach Branch Library on How It Is in a U.S. Ghetto. The event, sponsored by the Long Beach Black White Dialogue Committee, promotes programs by writing Long Beach P.O. Box 3513.
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Dale Clinton
Long Beach
Augustus F. Hawkins
Congressional Record
Bach
Bellflower
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Smith
St. Stephens Catholic Church
Monterey Park
Nell Kinsey
Gaviota Ave
University of Texas Sports Hall of Fame
Mary
Susan
Louise
Florence
Helen
Cooley Waterskis
Heart Beats
Grady L. Hallman
Medical Tribune
Doctors
Hallman
Ben Zinser
Bob Pierce
L.B. Sea Festival
la Serena
Wes- Mar
Alexander N
Sandy) Kemp
Ralph Wiggins
Skip Walk
Carolyn Salisbury
Frank Tallman
Navy
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Airsea
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Long Beach Area
Brush
Long Beach Naval Station
Gilbert Glenn Cornell
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