Bob Scobey Dies of Cancer in Montreal at 46
Renowned Dixieland trumpeter Bob Scobey died in Montreal of stomach cancer at age 46 after eight days in Canada. He led Bourbon Street Night Club in Chicago before relocating, with his band Bob Scobey's Dixie Stars continuing under a new director. He is survived by three children and his second wife Jeannette.
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Bob Scobey
Canada
Montreal
UPI
Scobey
Alex Arlatescu
Doctors’ Hospital
Tie
Bourbon Street
Charley Mi
Larry Leverett
Leverett
San Fran
Kyle
Adrian
Bob III
Jeannette
Highland Park
Negro pastor to lead Methodist Southwest delegation
Dr. Roy E. Nichols of Oakland was elected head of a 14 member California Nevada Conference delegation to the General Conference of Methodism in Pittsburgh next April. Others on the delegation include Marvin Stuart and Kenneth Adams with six lay delegates, representing 327 churches in northern California and Nevada. The regional conference meets through Sunday as part of its annual session.
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Stockton
Calif
Roy E. Nichols
Downs Memorial Church
Oakland
California - Nevada
The
Methodist Church
General Conference of Methodism
Pittsburgh
Nichols
Berkeley Board of Education
Marvin Stuart
Palo Alto
Kenneth Adams
Sacramento
John Wilkins
New York City
Robert Moon
Fresno
Carl Stocking
Burlingame
Frank Webber
Mill Valley
Clifford Pettygrove
Berkeley
Clare Pettit
Parker
Robert E. Burns
George Atkinson
San Mateo
Ted F. Baun
California
Nevada
Elliott Fisher
Evanston
United States
Yemen Seeks Admission to Proposed United Arab Republic
Yemen urged admission as the fourth member of the planned United Arab Republic with Syria, Iraq, and Egypt. Algeria showed little interest. A communique from Abdul lah Al Sallal’s visit called for a meeting of the three founding members to arrange Yemen's entry before September.
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Syria
UPS
Yemen
United Arab Republic
Iraq
Egypt
Arab Federation
Algeria
Abdullah al Sallal
U.A.R
New Steel Contract Near Agreement
Washington reports indicate major steel firms and the United Steelworkers union near a revised contract. A extended vacation plan may be approved next week, avoiding a reopening and potential strike, with a possible one to two year extension. Continuous consultation by a human relations commission marks a new bargaining approach.
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Washington
UPI
United Steelworkers Union
Ballyhoo
Birch Society Denies Involvement in School Leaflets
John Rousselot, former congressman and John Birch Society staffer, denies Birch ties to pamphlets found in lockers at Earl Warren High Downey and other local schools. He says members were told to avoid such actions and suggests outsiders or a discrediting plot may be responsible while confirming support for impeaching Chief Justice Warren.
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Huntington Park
Calif
UPI
John Rousselot
John Birch Society
Birch Society
Earl Warren
Downey
Downey High School
Woodruff Junior
Congressional Record
Rousselot
Warren High School
First lung transplant performed at University Medical Center
A 58-year-old man in Jackson underwent what doctors consider the first lung transplant of its kind. Surgeons replaced his cancerous left lung with a healthy donor lung in a three hour operation. The center notes seven years of animal studies and Army Surgeon General funding.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
University Medical Center
Mississippi
Surgeon General
Department of the Army
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