Heart patient may go home in 3 weeks
Cape Town surgeon Dr. Christiaan Barnard says heart transplant patient Philip Blaiberg, recovering well with no infection or rejection signs, could be discharged in about three weeks and resume normal activity within months. He notes improvements in kidneys and liver and states the patient is euphoric.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Christiaan N. Barnard
Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Barnard
Louis Washkansky
Washkansky
U S Probes North Vietnam Talks Move on Peace Talks
President Johnson seeks foreign input on whether Hanoi would agree to prompt talks if U S bombing ends. Secretary Rusk notes Trinh statement may reflect a split in Hanoi and watches fighting for policy signals while Bowles heads to see Prince Sihanouk about excluding Communist forces from Cambodian border.
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Washington
Johnson
North Vietnam
United States
North
Dean Rusk
Hanoi
Rusk
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Trinh
Vietnam
Sihanouk
Chester Bowles
India
Bowles
Fluoridation Advisory Referendum Favored
The article reports on wartime dispatches detailing U S air raids near Hanoi Haiphong and the Soviet claim of damage to the Soviet freighter Pereslav Zalessky with a delayed action bomb. it also notes weather easing allowing possible extended air operations and fierce ground fighting along the Cambodian border near Saigon with rising U S plane losses.
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Saigon
USS
Red China
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
Pereslav Zalessky
North Vietnam
Lee
Fairchild Osseo approve merger
Electors of the Osseo and Fairchild School districts voted 553 to 172 in favor of consolidating the districts. Osseo backed the merger 402 to 25, while Fairchild favored 15 to 147 against. A total of 725 ballots were cast in village halls.
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Whitehall
Wis
Osseo
Fairchild
New nodule detected in Gov. Wallace wife cancer fight
Alabama Governor Lurleen Wallace has a thumbnail-size pelvic nodule possibly malignant. She will begin a three to four week radiation treatment at M D Anderson Hospital in Houston after returning from Alabama. Her husband George Wallace supports his campaign plans while postponing a televised speech.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
Wallace
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
Tex
George Wallace
Capitol
Ed Ewing
California
American Independent Party
Ewing
Florida
Lurleen B. Wallace
Foes Pledge Hot Battle on City Water Fluoridation
La Crosse Common Council Judiciary Committee votes three to nine to back an advisory referendum on fluoridation for April 2. Supporters urge public choice despite opponents calling fluoridation mass medication and a potential violation of constitutional rights.
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la Crosse Common Council Judiciary Committee
Fred H. Barge
la Crosse
Joseph W. Gohres
Ferry St
Harborview Plaza
James F. Shoger
6Th Ward
Donald Medinger
Harold H. Otto
Shoger
Medinger
Kenneth Niedbalski
Otto
City Eyes 70000 Dollar Loan for Coleman Institute
Coleman Technical Institute seeks a 70000 loan from the city to cover 1968 operations without new taxes. The Finance Committee chair proposed a loan with a flexible repayment to avoid immediate budget impact. The move follows a two mill levy restriction on assessed value, reducing needed funds and prompting testimonies from local business leaders.
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Coleman Technical Institute
L. Peter Groves
13Th Ward
Common Council
Council Judiciary Committee
Charles G. Richardson
Groves
Judiciary Committee
Finance and Judiciary Committees
James F. Shoger
6Th Ward
Gloves in Short Supply in Bitterly Cold Siberia
Pravda reports a glove shortage across Siberia as temperatures reach 60 below zero. The Moscow area clothing department says they have few gloves for workers and students. The Ministry of Trade cites 120 million pairs ordered but only 48 million delivered.
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Moscow
Siberia
Pravda
Area Clothing Department
Ministry of Trade
Ministry of Light Industry
Communist Party
Negotiations Resume Between A C and U A W in Milwaukee
Allis Chalmers and United Auto Workers resumed talks on replacing the piecework plan with a new standard incentive system. The discussions are the first since a recess on December 14, with contracts for 11,600 workers in four states extended past the November expiration date pending six days’ notice to cancel.
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Milwaukee
Allis- Chalmers
United Auto Workers Union
Israeli Jordanian Clash Across Jordan River
Israeli and Jordanian troops exchanged fire for over two hours near Umm Shart and south of the Allenby Bridge. Three Israeli soldiers were wounded as artillery and reinforcements arrived, with the front quiet by 11 a.m. after the clash began in the same area as the Nov. 21 fighting.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan River
Umm- Shart
Sea of Galilee
Allenby Bridge
New Cold Wave Drenches North to Midwest
Winter storms blanket the Rockies to New England with 2 inches or more of snow and subzero temperatures. Blizzards lash the plains as winds gust to 50 mph drive very cold air into Montana Wyoming and the Dakotas. Devils Lake North Dakota reports 28 below zero with International Falls Minnesota down to 34 below and a forecast of 40 below in the storm area.
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Wyoming
Dakotas
Minnesota
Devils Lake
N.D
International Falls
Minn
North Dakota-Minnesota
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N.C
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Mont
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Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
Utica
Syracuse
N.Y
Booneville
Kentucky
Tennessee
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Roy E. Kumm
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Coleman Technical
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Alex Skover
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Trane Co
David Nudd
Gateway Foods Inc
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