Brooklyn Man Dies After Heart Transplant At 4:35 AM
Louis Block a 57 year old Brooklyn retiree and fifth heart transplant recipient died ten hours after a woman's heart was implanted at Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn The hospital cited pumping capacity and long term lung disease as the cause and praised the medical team led by Dr Adrian Kantrowitz in the second transplant this team has performed in 37 days
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New York
Louis Block
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn
Block
Adrian Kantrowitz
Kantrowitz
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma City
Daily Oklahoman
Christiaan N. Barnard
Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
Barnard
Philip Blaiberg
Clive Haupt
Blaiberg
Kasperak Shows Improvement After Transplant
In Stanford California Dr Norman Shumway transplanted a heart from a 43 year old woman to 54 year old steelworker Mike Kasperak. Kasperak’s condition remains critical but improving as doctors manage blood loss and support circulation with a balloon pump.
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Stanford
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Stanford Medical Center
Kasperak
Maimonides Hospital
Brooklyn
N.Y
Virginia White
Palo Alto
Watten R. Cheatham
Church of Christ
Helen Krouch
East Peterson
N.J
Kantrowitz
Stanford University
Norman Shumway
Nine Die As Blast Shatters Two Homes in Reading
In Reading Pennsylvania an explosion destroyed two attached houses killing nine people. The victims include Mrs Frank Stanislaw and her children Robert 17 and Linda 12 and Robert Geiser his wife Shirley his mother Ethel 64 and three children Robert 15 Bonnie 5 and Karen 3. Frank Stanislaw survived and was treated for shock as firefighters investigated a possible gasline hit.
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Reading
Frank Stanislaw
Robert
Linda
Robert Geiser
Shirley
Ethel
Bonnie
Karen
Russell Bowers
Bowers
Powell Walks Watts as Black Revolution Sparks UCLA Lectures
Ex congressman Adam Powell, amid rioting memories in Watts, pledges unity and faith while touring riot-torn neighborhoods. He plans 14 college talks on the black revolution from UCLA, calling August 1965’s violence a birth of a new era. Powell, exiled from Congress, critiques Reagan and urges solidarity with soul brothers and sisters.
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Los Angeles
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Watts
Bahamas
Ucla
Congress
John Jones
Black Students Association
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Ex Judge Roy H Proctor Dies in Madison at 76
Roy H Proctor a long serving Dane County judge who retired in 1961 after 29 years on the bench died Tuesday in Madison at age 76 His tenure was the longest among Dane County judges and he presided over criminal and traffic cases in the former Superior Court.
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Madison
Roy H. Proctor
Dane County
Gorton Takes Oath As Aussie Prime Minister
John Grey Gorton was sworn in as Australia’s 19th prime minister after Holt’s disappearance. The 56-year-old fighter pilot inherits a likely cabinet shakeup and will appoint William C. Wentworth among new ministers. The ceremony was private at Government House after McEwen’s resignation.
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Canberra
Australia
John Grey Gorton
Australia Today
Harold E. Holt
Holt
William C. Wentworth
Gorton
Lord Casey
Government House
John McEwen
Liberal Party
Liberal- Country Party
Drunken bulldozer driver crashes into building
A 29 year old man in Houston was arrested after his vehicle, a bulldozer, struck an air conditioning unit and the side of a building. He faced a drunken driving charge related to operating the bulldozer.
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Houston, Tex
Defective Transmission Line Triggers Wisconsin Blackout
A 90 minute statewide power outage struck southern and central Wisconsin after a faulty 138000 volt transmission line owned by Wisconsin Electric Power Co failed. The Madison area and 35 counties faced overloads as six substations shifted loads, cutting power to towns like Tomah Moulton Prairie du Chien and disrupting radio service. Power was gradually restored as lines were rerouted and generators resumed output.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Electric Power Co
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Power and Electric Co
Wisconsin Power and Light
Sheboygan
Beloit
Fond du Lac
Tomah
Oakdale Electric Cooperative
Maulton
Prairie DU Chien
West Bend
Young
Wisconsin Power and Light System
Nelson Dewey
Mrs. Romney Visits La Crosse For City Coffee
Mrs George Romney wife of Michigan governor and presidential hopeful arrived by charter flight to La Crosse State University to address 300 women at a coffee. She urged women to take a firm stand for children and urged creative efforts to improve guidance and education.
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George Romney
Michigan
GOP
la Crosse
Hall of Presidents
la Crosse State University Student Union
Romney
Elly M. Peterson
Republican
Cathryn Turner
Romney For President
George W. Romney
la Crosse State University
James E. Erickson
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