Prisoner Christmas Parcels Returned by North Vietnam
North Vietnam refused 231 Christmas packages sent to American prisoners of war and returned them through international postal channels. Pentagon officials called Hanoi’s action a violation of the Geneva Convention and noted similar returns last year.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Pentagon
Daniel Z. Henkin
Defense Department
Prisoner of War Policy Committee
Henkin
Deaths-Funerals Robert D. Rood and Ida Bryant
Robert D. Rood age 58 died last Thursday in Colorado Springs. Memorial services were held Sunday at the First Church of Religious Science in Colorado Springs. Burleigh B. Rood, formerly of Lawrence, and the Broadhead family are listed as relatives. Ida Bryant, 83 of 1042 N. Y. St., funeral Friday at 2 p.m. at 9th Street Baptist Church with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Burial planning and viewing details noted.
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Justice Wesley Wright
Wesley Wright
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
Salvation Army
Alice Wright
Richard Wesley Wright
Lincoln
Neb
Justice E. Wright
Richard Wright
Kansas City
Robert Jordan
Hillsdale
N.Y
W. F. Danenbarger
Concordia
Mr. Wright
Okarche
Oklo
Fairbanks-Morse
Robert D. Rood Ward
Robert D. Rood
Colorado Springs
First Church of Religious Science
Burleigh B. Rood
Lawrence
Ross Broadhead
Ida Bryant
N. Y. St
9Th Street Baptist Church
Junius Hambrick
Oak Hill Cemetery
William S Bowersox dies at 92 in Tonganoxie
William Sharon Bowersox 92 of Tonganoxie died Wednesday at Fairview Nursing Home in Oskaloosa. Funeral services are set for 3 p m Saturday at the Methodist Church in Tonganoxie under Rev Jack Mathis. Burial follows at Hubbel Hill Cemetery with Masonic graveside services. Friends may call after 1 p.m.
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William Sharon Bowersox
Tonganoxie
Fairview
Oskaloosa
Jack Mathis
Hubbel Hill
Missing art object theft at KU display
A 16 by 6% inch sculpture insured for 4500 dollars disappeared from a granite pedestal at KU. Authorities say a crowbar or similar tool was used to detach it from the pedestal. The piece, part of Arthur D. Weaver Court gifts from Lawrence and Kansas City donors, remains unclaimed in the reward update.
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Waller
Arthur D. Weaver
Arthur B. Weaver
Lawrence
N. T. Veatch
Kansas City
La Crosse Woman Fatally Struck by Freight Train
An 86-year-old La Crosse resident, Mrs. Alva Murphy, was killed when she walked into the path of a Missouri Pacific freight train on Wednesday. Engineer Lee Bembow of La Crosse said she appeared unable to move out of the way as the train approached.
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LA Crosse, Kan
la Crosse
Missouri Pacific
Alva Murphy
Lee Bembow
Folk Singer Baez Faces Jail Time Over Protest
Folk singer Joan Baez pleads no contest to disturbing the peace after a Vietnam protest at the Oakland Induction Center. She receives 90 days in jail with 45 days suspended and one year probation.
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Oakland
Calif
Joan Baez
Oakland Induction Center
Miss Baez
Transplant Patient Washkansky Ends Battle After Night
Doctors report that Washkansky remained conscious most of Wednesday night and had a strong pulse until near death. Ozinsky says the post mortem supports heart transplant as a principle while the anesthetist notes the bedside effort with an air bag and machine throughout the night.
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Washkansky
Ozinsky
Washkansky dies after historic Cape Town heart transplant
The patient Muhammad Washkansky dies after the first human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital. The donor was Denise Darvall, whose heart is linked to the operation. Kantrowitz performed a later infant transplant, a heart failing after six hours. Edward Darvall mourns his daughter and praises the procedure’s impact despite tragedy.
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Cape Town
Groote Schuol Hospital
Washkansky
Brooklyn
N.Y
Adrian Kantrowitz
Kantrowitz
Edward Darvall
Mr. Washkansky
Denise Ann
Darvall
Washkan
Sky
Ann
Sally Sklar
Tevin
Prof. Barnard
Barnard
Miss Darvall
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Center County
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AF & AM
Rhinda
Order of the Eastern Star
Roberts
Baez
John Haddock Ford
Shulton
Friendship Garden
Pangburn
Timex
Yardley
London
Coty
DuBarry
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St. Johns
Currier & Ives
Eee
Regord
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Morman Tabernacle Choir
Rogers International
Silver Club
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Enncciossea
Lawrence Savings Association
Massachusetts
Remington
CLOAN
Your Family Drug
Rankins
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Rani
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