Houston teams perform four organ transplants in one operation
In Houston, Mrs. Hernandez died after organ donation enabled a heart to go to William C. Carroll of Scottsdale, a left lung to William J. Whaley of Fort Lauderdale, and kidneys to William C. Kaiser of Odessa and Thomas A. Stevenson of Houston. The procedure marked the 36th heart transplant and sixth lung transplant worldwide, with rapid implantation times and praise for anti lymphocyte serum.
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Houston
Paul C. Sharkey
Fondren and Brown Cardiovascular Research Center
Methodist
Fondren
Brown
DeBaker
John Trentin
Kremlin Purge Aims Liberal Reformers Amid Party Overhaul
National Assembly President Josef Smrkovsky urged reform at a meeting led by Premier Oldrich Cernik as the Kremlin signals a leadership purge. The party praised Pavel for restoring public confidence in security forces while Cisar and Sacek faced uncertain fates. Slovak and Czech councils debated a federal split excluding the two reformers who could not perform their duties.
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National Assembly
Josef Smrkovsky
Oldrich Cernik
Prague Radio
Pavel
Cesimir Cisar
Josef Sacek
Liquidation orders hit 40000 Czech counter revolutionaries
Moscow reported 40000 counter revolutionaries in Czechoslovakia must be liquidated and admitted some resisters fired on a Soviet officer. Pravda claimed normalization while noting airport staff resisted occupation and more protests by workers and semi legal broadcasts persist. Izvestia and Krasnaya Zvesda echoed attempts to sow distrust but unity among allied forces held. Neues Deutschland described rising counterrevolutionary activity aimed at stirring nationalism.
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UPI
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Pravda
Izvestia
Bratislava
Slavin
Prague
Wenceslaus Square
Krasnaya Zvesda
Neues Deutschland
Rain Deluge Hits Florida and Midwest Regions
Rain fell across Florida with record August totals in Jacksonville driving evacuations as creeks overflowed. Scattered showers dotted the Midwest and southern states, while the Northeast and West enjoyed warm, clear conditions and cool Pacific mornings.
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United Press International
Sunshine
Florida
Jacksonville
Midwest
New Mexico
Mississippi Valley
Georgia
South Carolina
Baltimore
Pacific
California
Imperial
Calif
Duluth
Minn
Lone Gunman Robs Henderson Texaco Station
A lone gunman in his 20s robbed a Texaco gas station at Water Street and Highway 41 in Henderson of cash receipts last night. He fled on foot. police swarmed the scene but no arrests were reported at presstime.
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Texaco
Water Street
Highway 41
Henderson
SUN
Fire Rips Indiana Tavern Killing Several in Early Morning Blaze
Eugene Armstrong testified an eye witness saw an explosion just before the 4 a.m. fire at a Gary tavern in a predominantly Negro district. Authorities explored arson and a possible fire bomb. Fourteen Gary and nearby fire units fought the blaze as residents fled and a barber college adjoining the tavern was destroyed.
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Eugene Armstrong
Armstrong
Lowell Barber College
Gary
Chicago
Ind
Gerald Evans
Yanks Overwhelm Communist Hill in Vietnam Action
U S forces stormed a strategic hill near Quang Ngai as jets bombed with napalm and rockets. U S troops reported air losses and rescued a downed pilot while Viet Cong risks and National Day tensions colored the Mekong Delta frontline.
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Green Beret
Quang Ngai
North Vietnam
Mekong
Vinh
Cmr
Harvey A. Eikel
New Braunfels
Saigon
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Turmoil Across Three States as Riots Erupt
Violent protests break out in Lima Ohio Springfield Ohio and St Paul Minnesota with cars overturned set on fire and police attacked. In Berkeley California tear gas dispersed a 1000 strong crowd as banks and campus property were targeted. Six Negroes arrested in Lima and two police officers injured in St Paul and Berkeley.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Lima
St. Paul
Chicago
Johnson Resting at Ranch on Labor Day Holiday
President Johnson remained at his Texas ranch with top advisors discussing Eastern Europe and the threat of a new Russian invasion. He warned against unbridled aggression and cautioned against appeasement while avoiding a travel return to Washington.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Johnson
Europe
Washington
George Christian
U. S
San Antonio
America
Humphrey Defends Daley Police Amid Street Riots
Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey defended Chicago Mayor Daley and the city police over actions against demonstrators at the Democratic National Convention. He cited intelligence of planned assassinations and described provocation and overreaction, noting officers were spat upon and attacked while rioters used obscene language and filth outside hotels.
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New York
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Chicago
Richard Daley
Humphrey
Charles Boone
Roger Ericson
WCCO
Minneapolis
Minn
CBS Radio News
Conrad Hilton
NATO Review of European Troops Acknowledges Czechoslovakia Crisis
The State Department signaled allies to assess implications for security after the Czechoslovak crisis and urged the USSR and East Bloc to withdraw. Officials monitored Soviet troop concentrations on the Soviet Romanian border but saw no firm invasion plans against Romania.
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Czechoslovakia
State Department
Soviet Union
U.S
Romania
Friedman To Take Stand Again In Friars Hearing
Friedman testifies he did not need the money won in the Friars Club rigged gin rummy games. Government records show his net income $6,046 in 1961 and zero taxable income in 1962 1963 and 1964, while the cheating scheme allegedly netted millions.
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Friedman
Friars
Friars Club
Asst
U.S. Atty
David R. Nissen
Voter Apathy Expected in Tuesday Elections Across District 3
Registrar of Voters predicts 63 percent turnout on Tuesday in district three. Incumbents Helen Herr and Floyd Lamb battle to keep Assemblywoman Flora Dungan from unseating one of them. County Commission features James Brenan versus Paul Price. Statewide, Ed Fike and William Baggio seek GOP nomination to oppose Alan Bible who is unopposed in the primary. Congress sees Walter Baring facing Richard Ham in a Nevada contest.
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Helen Herr
Floyd Lamb
Washoe County
Alan Bible
U. S. Senate
Bible
1962 Iran earthquake devastates large triangle area
The tremor struck a triangle area from Karvin to Hamadan to Saveh and Kazvin harming 40,000 residents. Over 10,000 were seriously injured and more than a quarter of the population died.
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Karvin
Tahran
Hamadan
Saveh
Tehran
Kazvin
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