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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1968
Page
1
Palo Alto California widow Mrs Ferne Kasperak, wife of Mike Kasperak the first American adult heart transplant recipient, was placed under a physician care yesterday after her husband’s death.
Charles W White husband of Virginia Mae White 45 expresses gratitude for the heart transplant work of Dr Norman Shumway and other doctors. Mrs Kasperak longtime patient under Dr Harry Mason has endured heart troubles with repeated hospital stays as condolence messages arrive.
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces stepped up major offensives against American defenders along the DMZ and in the Central Highlands as 15 000 red troops massed near the frontier. In California, Mike Kasperak died after a record cardiac transplant series with no rejection despite massive complications.
An overloaded Cuernavaca city bus without brakes slams into a wall on a main street killing 18 and injuring 45. Police say the bus, carrying nearly 70, descended a steep hill when brakes failed. many victims were women and children from outlying districts. The driver faces negligence charges.
North Vietnam, via Nhan Dan, rejected peace talks with the United States until Washington ends air raids on North Vietnamese targets. The stance ends three weeks of peace-talk speculation following Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh’s Dec. 30 speech that had suggested talks could begin after a bombing pause.
The Las Vegas coroner reported the death of 24 year old Sando r Karl, owner of Quality Camera Repair, as an overdose of heroin. Detectives had initially suspected homicide or manslaughter before toxicology and autopsy clarified the cause.
The Harris poll shows 41 percent negative rating for the recently reconvened 90th Congress versus 59 percent positive. Johnson registers 43 percent approval, while voters fault gun control delay, open housing, poverty funding cuts, and city aid reductions amid Vietnam tensions, domestic unrest, and rising living costs.
Cape Kennedy CAPE KENNEDY UPS countdown hums as Apollo 5 lunar module ready for 2 PM EST launch atop Saturn 1 booster. The unmanned mission tests lunar landing capability in earth orbit. Saturn 1 carries a history of the Apollo program with the 1967 fire tragedy.
The forecast calls for sunny weather today with gentle winds. Today's high near 68 degrees and low around 35. Noontime humidity at 27 percent. Sunrise at 6 48 and sunset at 4 57.
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