Young liver transplant patient faces Christmas home hopes
Julie Charle Rodriguez, nearly two, continues a fragile recovery after a July liver transplant. She met her newborn brother John Anthony and may spend Christmas at home in Pueblo, Colorado if her condition stays stable. Two other 16 month olds survive liver transplants but remain in hospital. the center’s team led by Dr. Thomas E. Starzl has vast transplant experience, including kidney survivors.
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Denver, Cola
Julie Charle Rodriguez
Santa’ Claus
Julie
John Rodriguez
Pueblo
Colo
Louise
John Anthony
Baby John
University of Colorado Medical Center
Kerri Lynn Brown
Dale L. Brown
Long Beach
Calif
Candy Barbaree
Albert Barbaree
Orlando Fla
Karri
Thomas E. Starz
Greece Crisis Near Turning Point As King Demands Timetable
Greece faces a political crisis with King Constantine signaling potential return if the junta sets a firm timetable for restoring democracy. The king seeks an acceptable constitution date, a national referendum, and assurances Greeks can elect a new government. The junta plans a new constitution to shrink royal powers and civilize governance, while exiled or resigned officers position to run in promised elections.
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Athens
Greece
Constantine
Junta
Rome
Two Pension Salary Bills Pass House in Harrisburg
A package of two bills passed the House to upgrade salaries and pension benefits for legislative leaders and extend raises to staff. The measures would set higher salaries, new pension formulas, and lower eligibility for retirement, with leaders receiving the largest boosts and staff getting a 10 percent pay rise.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
Robert D. Fleming
Allegheny
Flemming
Kenneth B. Lee
R-Sullivan
Virus Hits Pittsburgh Schools Amid Absence Surge
A flu like illness raised absences 20 to 30 percent across Pittsburgh area schools over the past week. Health officials test ill students to confirm flu while similar outbreaks appear from Oklahoma to New Jersey. Federal health agencies previously forecast flu epidemics nationwide.
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Pittsburgh
Health Department
Oklahoma
New Jersey
Federal
Heart Transplant Patient Louis Washkansky Dies
The 53 year old grocer died after a long battle following the pioneering heart transplant by Prof Christian Barnard in Cape Town. Pneumonia and lung complications led to his death, with doctors noting the transplant had succeeded in many ways despite the fatal outcome.
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J. Ozinsky
Washkansky
Ozinsky
Cape Town
Groote Schuol Hospital
Brooklyn
N.Y
Adrian Kantrowitz
Kantrowitz
New York City
South Africa
Christian Barnard
Edward Darvall
Stroup
Denise Ann
Darvall
Washkan
Christian N. Barnard
Groote
Schuur Hospital
Ann
Michael
Sally Sklar
Tevin
Klugman
R. Sklar
Israel
Louis
Capetown
Legislators Wrapup 67 Sessions and 1968 Start
Legislators wrap up the 1967 sessions with remarks from House Majority Leader Lee A. Donaldson. A two bill mass transit package was held over until next year for study. Senate leaders skipped a three bill labor package amid veto concerns by Shafer. Senate Majority Leader Stanley G. Stroup noted possible work before Jan 1. The 1968 session begins Jan 2. House amendments to unemployment compensation were stripped by a Senate committee.
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House
Lee A. Donaldson
Senate
Shafer
Stanley G. Stroup
Legislature Passes Unemployment, Auto Insurance, and Vietnam Aid
Stroup said three bills move as a unit with key changes. The unemployment bill would raise weekly payments from 445 to 60 dollars. The Senate backed auto insurance cancellation limits and sent it to the House. It also approved $1,000 to the next of kin of Pennsylvanians killed in Vietnam, with a 1.5 million appropriation, then sent the measure to Shafer for concurrence after conservation wrangling.
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Stroup
Senate
House
Vietnam
Clarence D. Bell
Delaware
Shafer
Abe
State considers conservation bonds and labor reforms in Senate action
A constitutional amendment would authorize up to 100 million in conservation bonds for a two year period and create a legislative advisory committee to tour the state and guide conservation projects. A companion unemployment bill would raise maximum benefits to 60 dollars weekly and adjust pension rules. Democratic amendments would liberalize pregnancy provisions and widen deductions and job search requirements. Other labor bills seek higher minimum wage to 1.60 an hour by 1971, raise workers compensation maximum, and lift the minimum rate.
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Ular
Senate
Shafer
Tricky Thief Robs Station Attendant in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh an alleged robber posed as a cigarette buyer at a service station. He asked for a German shepherd in a back room, then produced a knife and stole 43 dollars from attendant Richard Ford. Police seek suspect banners.
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Pittsburgh
Richard Ford
Ford
Navajo Officials Optimistic Amid Snow Storm Hunger Fight
Navajo leaders report optimism in efforts to stave off starvation and illness after severe snowstorms. Hospitals near capacity, with pneumonia and exposure rise. weather remains the关键 factor. Federal aid moves in as rescue flights and snow removal gear arrive. 60,000 in need of food and fuel while only a few deaths reported.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Graham Holmes
Bureau of Indian Affairs
U.S. Public Health Service
George Bock
PHS
Raymond ‘Nakai
Holmes
West Virginia
Nakai
Department of the Interior
National Parks Service
Forest Service
Phoenix
Air Force
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Frank Chambers
Maine
Tuba City
Johnson Thieu Discuss Viet Plan Amid Canberra Visit
President Johnson and South Vietnamese leader Thieu held talks in Canberra as allied plans for Vietnam continued. The trip included meetings with Australian leaders and discussions on troop support while reporting details of battlefield actions near Saigon and Da Nang.
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Thieu
South Vietnam
Johnson
Vietnam
United States
Melbourne
Anglican
Harold Wilson
Australia
U.S
Rome
Pope Paul VI
White House
George Christian
Manila
John McEwen
Holt
Liberal Party
McEwen
Republic of Vietnam
Parliament House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Washington (C
Tran van Do
Canberra
Trucker Killed In Crash Of Rigs
Washington AP report says four tractor trailer rigs collided on Interstate 70 at 3 15 am killing one driver and injuring another.
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Washington, Pa
Tragic Crashes and Firearm Incident Reported Across Regions
A 10 year old girl Debra Lynn Miller died after being struck by a car on Pennsylvania 8 near Butler. Kennett Haning 29 of Columbus Ohio died when his truck rammed a rear vehicle seven miles east of Washington. Mark R Bucher 25 of Medford Oregon survived with a head injury. Jinn Thomas E Savehala 28 of Maywood California was arrested in Lomita after taking arsenic from a drugstore at gunpoint and swallowing it. Highway patrol Sgt Merle Andrews 39 was shot and died in Ya hospital. Spychala a neighbor with five guns led to a daylong manhunt and car theft.
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Butler, Pa
Debra Lynn Miller
Butler Memorial Hospital
Pennsylvania
Butler
Urs
Kennett Haning
Columbus
Ohio
Washington
Mark R. Bucher
Medford
Ore
Washington Hospital
Maywood
Calif
Lomita
Los Angeles
Highway Patrol
Merle Andrews
Spychala
Obituaries and wartime notes from Indiana area
Obituaries list Albert Myers 76 of Clymer and Frances Falsetti 79 of Homer City dying in Indiana Hospital. The report mixes obituary notices with wartime dispatches about B52 raids and SAM threats near the DMZ, citing Soviet and North Vietnamese actions and US responses. Also notes Anna Pauline Brown 91 of Indiana and funeral arrangements in Homer City and Lucernemines for St Louis Church relics.
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Albert Myers
Clyemer
Indiana Hospital
Bence
Clymer
U.S
Indiana
Lnferno
Saigon
Dmz
United States
Soviet Union
Pentagon
Frances Falsetti
Homer City
Ia Fallata
Italy
Natale
Mary Concilia Maruca
Anthony
Kathryn) Carruba
Mentele
Dominic
Theresa) Facile
Frank
Mary) Presti
Charles
Detroit
Mich
Ross
Dearborn
Joseph
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Gasper
John
Askew
St. Louis
Lucernemines
H. A. Podowski
St. Bernard Cemetery
Graceton
hig’Society
Funeral Home
North Vietnam
Hanoi
North Vietnam returns 231 Christmas parcels to U S prisoners
Washington AP reports North Vietnam curtly returned 231 Christmas packages sent by wives and parents to American POWs held by Hanoi. Defense official Daniel Henkin blasted Hanoi’s action as a Geneva Convention violation and noted similar refusals last year. Some packages were missing items like cigarettes and gum. others are likely to be returned as well.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Pentagon
Daniel Z. ‘Henkin
Defense Department
Prisoner of War Policy Committee
Henkin
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Richard McGee
Robert Martin
Indiana High School
Booster Club
Saul Waxler
Nap Patti
Mike Wida
Cochairman
Bill Steiner
Bechtel
Tricky Thief
Doggone
LBJ
Keith Holyoake
New Zealand
Cobra
Yoodhana
William C. Westmoreland
Maj
da Nang
Ellsworth Bunker
Southman
Thay
Thomas E. ‘Savehala
Anna’. Pauline Brown
College Ave
Robinson- Lytle
R. J.byron Crozier
Oakland Cemetery
North Viet
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