Medicare and Social Security series opens on Page 9
Bruce Biossat kicks off a 15 part series on Medicare and Social Security benefits. The package notes changes from the latest Congress session and promotes a 96 page illustrated book by Biossat and John Troan for $1, with a coupon on Page 9.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Biossat
John Troan
Pittsburgh Press
Barnard's Team Performs Second Heart Transplant
Cape Town doctors led by Dr. Christian Barnard completed a five hour operation replacing a 58 year old dentist's failing heart with a donor heart from a man who collapsed on a beach. The patient Blaiberg is conscious and in very good condition.
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South Africa
Christian N. Barnard
Groote Schuur Hospital
Barnard
Louis Washkansky
Washkansky
Philip Blaiberg
Blaiberg
Clive Haupt
Haupt
Fish Hoek Beach
Groote Schuur
Jill
Israel
Haifa
Brooklyn
N.Y
Adrian Kantrowitz
Bloodiest cease fire in Vietnam war ends with Viet Cong attack
The Viet Cong launched a 2 500 strong assault on a U S outpost near Dau Tieng, killing 23 American soldiers and wounding 153. The clash near Black Virgin Mountain in Tay Ninh Province occurred as a 48 hour truce for Tet expired and American planes resumed bombing North Vietnam. Estimates list at least 72 allied dead and 237 wounded from the wider fighting.
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Saigon
U.S
Black Virgin Mountain
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Dau Tieng
Johnson outlines programs to curb dollar drain and raise taxes
President Johnson unveiled a plan to shrink the balance of payments deficit by about 3 billion dollars, including mandatory abroad investment controls, travel limits, a 10 percent income tax surcharge, and calls for wage price restraint. Officials said the measures aim to slash the dollar drain, with Congress weighing tax and travel restrictions and new government spending cuts.
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U.S
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Henry H. Fowler
Secretary of the Treasury
Johnson City
Tex
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate House Economic Committee
W. Willard Wirtz
Federal Reserve Board
Commerce Department
Lavvie Dilweg, Packer Great, Dies at 64
Lavvie Dilweg former Green Bay Packer end and Wisconsin congressman died at 64 after months of illness. A Milwaukee native, he played for Washington High School Marquette University and the Packers from 1926 to 1934. Survived by his wife and three sons, his body to be returned to Washington for services with burial in Green Bay. He had been a member of the Foreign Claims Commission since 1961 and was a 1968 inductee into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame.
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Washington, D.C
Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame
Disney
Vern Lewellen
Arnie Herbert
Joe (Unser Choe) Hauser
Joey Sanger
Alan
Dr. Jay Kettner 51 Dies in Gays Mills
Dr Jay Kettner an osteopath in Gays Mills for 16 years died Sunday December 31 at his home after months of illness He born May 4 1916 in Milwaukee was director of Crawford County Civil Defense at death a Masonic Lodge member Survived by widow Lois three sons James Milwaukee Rick La Crosse Danny at home three daughters Toni Susan Peggy one brother Dr Earl Kettner Janesville and one grandchild Services were held January 2 at the Gays Mills Methodist Church burial in Gays Mills Cemetery
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Milwaukee
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Toni
Susan
Peggy
Earl Kettner
Janesville
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Richard Alger
Gays Mills Ceme
Young La Crosse Man Dies In Fire At 923 Winneshiek Road
Wayne J. Clements 20 died in a Monday morning fire at a duplex at 923 Winneshiek Road La Crosse. Gerald 30 and Dorothy 20 Clemment were treated for serious burns while Kenneth Barrett 39 received minor injuries. The fire started in the living room and firefighters and investigators worked to determine the cause with no immediate report Tuesday.
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Wayne J. Clements
Paul Clements
Arnold Clemment
Paul Place
Clemment
Winneshiek Road
Fire Department
Westby
la Crosse City
Gerald
Dorothy
Lutheran
Kenneth Barrett
George St
St. Francis Hospital
Eau Claire
Wisconsin Fire Marshal’s Office
Jesse Whitewater
Avon St
Gerald Clemment
Four year old Ricky Connor dies in Lansing area fire
A four year old boy, Ricky Connor, died in a farm house fire two miles north of Lansing Iowa on New Year’s Day. His parents and several siblings were visiting relatives in Wisconsin. Neighbors and passersby aided in rescuing other children but the brick and frame house burned, with Christmas tree possibly involved.
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Iowa
Ricky Connor
Glen Connor
Wisconsin
Levi Swett
Clifford Gruber
McKee
Rumf
Wisconsin ends 1967 with record 1148 traffic deaths
Wisconsin closed 1967 with a statewide traffic death total of at least 1148, surpassing the 1966 record. The new year opened with five fatalities in two days, with ten during the holiday weekend. Names and locations of the six weekend fatalities are listed, including Madison, Waterloo, Milwaukee, Elkhart Lake, Cameron, and Green Bay victims.
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Wisconsin
Donald Ruland
Madison
Dane County
Dunn
Rohland C. Kuhlow
Route 1
Waterloo
Dodge County
Portland
Kuhlow
Watertown
James Gaunt
Milwaukee
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