First Woman To Woman Heart Transplant In Texas
A 49 year old Houston grandmother receives the first woman to woman heart transplant in Texas at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital. Donor Betty O'Neal 40 from Corsicana died after a brain hemorrhage. Surgeon team led by Dr. Denton A. Cooley completed the two hour operation.
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Houston, Tex
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Beth White Brunk
Houston
Corsicana
Tex
Betty O’neal
Denton A. Cooley
Cooley
Brunk
Robert D. Bone
O’neal
Episcopal Bishop Endorses Birth Control At Lambeth
The Rt. Rev. John E. Hines affirmed support for family planning by medical means as essential to healthy marriage and poverty relief. The Lambeth Conference discussed the Pope's Vatican veto while a steering committee met and bishops formed 32 subcommittees on church renewal.
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Godfrey Anderson London
John E. Hines
Episcopal Church
United States
Pope Paul
Hines
Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Dublin
George Simms
London
Exeter
Gibraltar
Stephen F. Bayne
Protestant Episcopal Church of the
Ralph Dean
Episcopal
Conference
Anglican Communion
Sparta Soldier Wounded In Vietnam
Pfc. Nelvin Johnson 21 son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Johnson Sparta was wounded by mortar fire July 28 near Hue Vietnam He suffered facial and arm wounds and was taken to a hospital ship Johnson from Sparta serves in 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry 1st Cavalry Division entered Army August 1967 stationed in Vietnam since March 23.
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Sparta
Wis
Nelvin Johnson
Kenneth Johnson
Hue
Vietnam
Johnson
7Th Calvary
1St Calvary
Weather Across The Upper Midwest And Dakotas
Thunder showers likely tonight with near sixty degree low. Wednesday brings variable clouds and cooler conditions with lower seventies in some areas. Wisconsin sees showers and warmer southern areas with cooler statewide Wednesday. Minnesota reports scattered showers and cooler trends. Iowa expects thunderstorms and heavy rains tonight with northwest winds and cooler temperatures. Sunrise Wednesday at 5 52 a m and sunset at 8 30 p m. Moon in First Quarter.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
June Imports Top Exports In U S
The Commerce Department reports June imports exceeded exports for the third time this year, with a seasonally adjusted deficit of 87.2 million dollars. January through June exports totaled 16.4 billion, imports 16.1 billion, a 318 million surplus but no path to a 1968 surplus.
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Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
Department
Johnson
Peanut crop in 60 Texas counties tops 44 million in 1966
The 1966 peanut harvest covered 60 Texas counties and reached a value of 44.3 million dollars, reflecting strong crop health. Farmers reported large yields across the state, with consistent demand driving prices higher.
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Texas
Postal Service Bill Averts Early Cutbacks in Committee
A House Senate conference resolves a bill to exempt the Post Office from manpower reductions tied to the 1966 tax surge. Senate exemptions include FBI agents and assistant U.S. attorneys, while Post Office cuts risk weekend hours and street-corner collections if not approved.
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Washington
House- Senate
House
Senate
FBI
U.S
John D. McClellan
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
W. Marvin Watson
Congress
Johnson
Post Office
Dr Charles Mayo dies after car crash in Rochester
Dr Charles W Mayo a longtime Mayo Clinic surgeon and leader died from chest injuries after an overturned car crash in Rochester Minnesota. Tributes came from President Johnson Vice President Humphrey and Gov LeVander as Mayo noted for public service education and medical leadership. He headed Mayo Clinic surgery and served as a regent of the University of Minnesota and advisor to veterans groups. Burial at Mayowood estate. private funeral Wednesday.
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Chuck
Mayo
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Charles William Mayo
Johnson
University of Minnesota Board of Regents
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Princeton University
Princeton, N.J
Minnesota
Hubert H.humphrey
Charles Mayo
Humphrey
State of
Mayo Clinic
University of Minnesota
American Legion
Veterans Administration
United Nations
Harold LeVander
Elmer L. Andersen
Mayowood
William H. Mayo
William W. Mayo
Charles H. Mayo II
Joseph
Minneapolis
Edward
Alexander
Rochester
Donald Sones
Hugo Torres
Mexico City
University of Pennsylvania
Mayo Foundation
Gen Bruce Palmer Receives Fourth Star at Pentagon
General Bruce Palmer, a former Vietnam deputy commander, was promoted to a four star general and sworn in as the Army’s No. 2 officer at the Pentagon. He returned from Vietnam to join the Westmoreland team and succeeds General Ralph E. Haines Jr., reassigned to the Pacific.
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Washington
Bruce Palmer
Vietnam
Army
Pentagon
Palmer
Westmoreland
Ralph E. Haines Jr
Pacific
Milwaukee Couple Mourn Word of Son Killed in Vietnam
Pentagon said on Monday that Army Cpl. Ted S Ferguson son of Mr and Mrs Francis W Ferguson of Milwaukee has been killed in action in Vietnam after being listed as missing
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
Ted S. Ferguson
Francis W. Fergusson
Milwaukee
Vietnam
Powder Keg Explosion Claims Second Victim
A second man died from burns after a powder keg exploded during a Civil War cannon firing demonstration at the Heritage Muzzleloaders Festival in Somerset Center Hillsdale County. Gary R. Defendorf 23 of Clarkston died at the University of Michigan Hospital burn center in Ann Arbor and Walter Sins 37 of Davisburg had died earlier. One man remained critical and another in fair condition.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Somerset Center
Hillsdale County
Gary R. Defendorf
Clarkston
University of Michigan
Man Killed by Train in Minnesota Crash
Florian Busch aged 73 of New Prague Minnesota died when his car collided with a Chicago and North Western Railway train at the tracks intersecting Highway 21 on the south edge of Montgomery in LeSueur County. Minnesota’s traffic toll for the year rose to 527 from 500 a year earlier.
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Montgomery
Minn
Florian Busch
New Prague
Chicago and North Western Railway
LeSueur County
Minnesota
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