Global heart transplant week marks hopeful signs and tense wait
London reports a hopeful thumbs up from heart recipient Frederick West and rapid donor heart success in London and Palo Alto. Rizor in California remains in critical recovery as surgeons advise on life saving donor organs. Istanbul prepares for a possible first heart transplant.
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Houston
Stanford
Cape Town
South Africa
Christiaan Barnard
Joseph Rizor
Salinas
Calif
Frederick West
Patrick Ryan
Thomas
Texas
Rizer
Shumway
Paris
California
New York
Bombay
India
West
Rizor
Philip Blaiberg
Istanbul
Moorer Seen as 1969 Joint Chiefs Chairman Candidate
Pentagon sources indicate Adm. Thomas H. Moorer chief of naval operations, age 56 from Mount Willing Alabama, is being groomed to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1969. If appointed, a sailor would lead the U S military for the first time in over a decade.
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Thomas H. Moorer
Naval Operations
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mount Willing
Ala
Johnson
Earle G. Wheeler
Wheeler
Congress
Moorer
Harold K. Johnson
Army
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Vanished Navy Man Defects to Moscow Film Reveals
Philip Callicoat, 19, disappeared in Yokosuka Japan after borrowing $50 on Feb 8. His family learned that he deserted the U S Navy and defected to Moscow with five other sailors, appearing in a Moscow television film. His parents, in Canada, are shocked and seek details.
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Philip Callicoat
John
Yokosuka
Japan
Philip
U.S
U.S. Navy
Moscow
Vietnam
Callicoat
Reeves
Willow Brook Junior High Fire Damages Three Classrooms
Arson was suspected after a fire at Willowbrook Junior High School 2601 N Wilmington Ave Compton late Saturday night. No injuries were reported as flames damaged three classrooms before firefighters from six county units and six Compton units commanded by Chief J L Parsons extinguished the blaze about 20 minutes after the alarm.
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Wilmington Ave
Compton
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Too Stout Teacher Returns From Seclusion
Elizabeth Blodgett a 41 year old high school gym teacher who was criticized as a hypocritical subject returned to her Marshall California home after two days in seclusion. The school board hearing on her alleged weight issue was postponed to May 8 by agreement.
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Granada Hills
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Brooklyn
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Terni
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Kettering
Dayton
Ohio
Zerbe C. Bradford
Pop
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Cottage Hills
Ill
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Debra
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Michele
Tammy
San Rafael
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Here
Weather outlook for Long Beach and surrounding regions
Overnight low clouds with sunny afternoons through Monday. High near 74 today. Mountain areas see dense fog and clear nights, turning windy and cooler Monday. Interior and desert regions stay sunny with gusty mountain winds and cooler Monday. Victorville around 85 and Palmdale near 88 with gentle offshore winds and variable overnight clouds.
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Coase Tovermpertel
Coachella
Palm Springs
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