Four Recipients Progress After Historic Quadruple Transplant
Four recipients in a landmark multiple organ transplant at Methodist Hospital in Houston were reported in good condition. Heart recipient William Carroll sat up and ate soft foods, lung recipient William Whaley also sat up with a soft diet, and kidney recipients Thomas Stevenson and William Kaiser were recovering well. The donor was Nelva Hernandez, 20, of Houston, who shot herself after a domestic dispute. Dr. Michael DeBakey led five surgical teams. corneas were placed in an eye bank for later use.
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Methodist Hospital
William J. Whaley
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Thomas Stevenson
Houston
William C. Kaiser
Odessa
Tex
Nelva Lou Hernandez
Arthur
Michael E. Debakey
Hernandez
AMC Poised to Enter Minicar Market in 1968
A high ranking AMC source confirms AMC plans a new minicar to debut about one year from now. The vehicle would use a 100 inch wheelbase, seat four, and target a price of 1800 to 1900 dollars as Ford counters with a subcompact program.
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Detroit
American Motors
AMC
American
Volkswagen
Ford
Delta
Dave Smith
Detroit Free Press
Body Of Drowned Man Recovered From River
Peter Melchiors, 69, of Kaukauna, drowned after apparently falling from a boat while fishing on Friday. His body was found Saturday afternoon in eight feet of water about 150 feet from shore along the Chippewa River, seven miles north of Chippewa Falls. Coroner C. T. Bowe confirmed the death.
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Peter Melchiors
Kaukauna
Chippewa River
Here
Melchiors
Chippewa County
C. T. Bowe
Minnesota Tops Nation in Turkey Production for Year
Minnesota remains the leading turkey producer with 16.1 million birds raised this year. The state reports a 9 percent drop from last year while the national turkey crop falls 16 percent. California Missouri and North Carolina follow as the next largest producers with Iowa seventh and Wisconsin ninth.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
California
Missouri
North Carolina
Iowa
Wisconsin
Doctor Promotes Impact Therapy With Sandbag Treatment
London based Dr. John Tracy argues in the Practitioner Medical Journal that striking patients with a 20-pound sandbag can induce pressure waves through joints to cure aches and pains. He describes timing and precision as key to the method.
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London
John Tracy
Tracy
The
Practitioner Medical Journal
Man Sought In Woman's Fatal Plunge
Milwaukee police hunted a man after a 33 year old housewife Doris A Sprague was found at the foot of basement stairs and died in hospital from multiple skull fractures authorities said she was struck with a wood plank during an argument over money The 11 year old daughter said her mother and the man argued before the incident.
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Milwaukee
Doris A. Sprague
Today in History highlights Sept 3 1968 events
Chronology of notable dates includes 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War, Cromwell's death in 1658, Britain protectorate over Gilbert Islands in 1892, Verdun 1916, WWII declarations in 1939, Allied invasion of Italy 1943, Singapore return to Britain 1945, and recent Cold War and Vietnam notes.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States
Britain
Oliver Cromwell
England
Gilbert Islands
Central Pacific
Verdun
France
Germany
Singapore
Soviet Union
U.S
Soviet Armenia
U.N. Security Council
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
City Fogging Route Planned from Cass to Zeisler Streets
Tuesday night fogging will be conducted along Cass Street to Zeisler Street between the east and west city limits. The operation focuses on suppressing pests and reducing public health risks across the specified corridor.
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Cass
Zeisler
Franklin’s Bifo Cal Lenses End Double Sight Burden
Benjamin Franklin devised the first bifocal lenses to relieve the need for two pairs of spectacles. The invention merged two focal lengths into one eyeglass design, simplifying vision correction for readers and wearers.
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Benjamin Franklin
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