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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1968
Page
6
Cape Town doctors say fluid around Philip Blaiberg’s transplanted heart was not removed and does not signal danger. The 58 year old, world’s only surviving heart transplant patient, remains in hospital with discharge expected in two to three weeks and ongoing daily visits after release.
Ed Wellman, 40, of Reedsport paid a $100 fine after pleading guilty to drag racing while driving a school bus full of children. Cecil Lane, 59, of Gardiner, to appear in Municipal Court Wednesday. Police said the buses rode side by side on U S 101 in a bid to pull ahead.
The Israeli Treasury Ministry announced a ban on Egyptian currency use in the occupied Gaza Strip and northern Sinai. Those convicted after February 17 face up to five years in prison.
County chair Henry Hugh Boyce announced Douglas County contributed 627 to the Kansas 4-H Foundation, third in the district while the northeast district totaled 4 980.46 from 4-H clubs and private donors. The district’s 12 388.94 statewide total came from six districts.
Lawrence Adult Education program starts Tuesday evenings at Lawrence High School and nearby sites. Classes run 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. with options including Accounting, Cake Decoration, Ceramics, English Literature, Computer Programming, Oil Painting, Sewing, Welding, and more. The Sewing II class meets Wednesday afternoon, and Horseback Riding class had a morning session. Wise Buyers Read the Classifieds.
Neighbors doubt Alice Crownfield fits CIA operative image as Izvestia accuses her of luring a Soviet scientist to defect. Fred Crownfield Jr. calls charges a Russian misunderstanding while Frederick Crownfield Sr. outlines a timeline from Yugoslavia to Vienna and Moscow. The couple reportedly met the physicist at international meetings, then assisted his return to Moscow.
Miami Police Chief Walter Headley announced a sharp January drop in violent crime in Miami Negro areas, with violent crimes down more than 60 percent. He reported 178 robberies and one murder citywide in January versus 303 robberies and eight homicides in December. He called the early figures pleasing though preliminary.
U S soldiers comb Mac Dinh Chi Cemetery in Saigon for snipers amid shelling from the cemetery area. They guard the embassy zone where shots have been fired. Grieving families bury Lt Colonel Nguyen Tuan and relatives killed by guerrillas as 101st Airborne units search for weapons and tunnels with no finds.
Czechoslovakia shattered a late second period tie and rolled to a 5-1 victory over the United States in the Olympic ice hockey opener. The game was played in Greenoble France with AP reporting.
Sugar Creek Marshal Mike Onka died from shotgun wounds after a disturbance call at a Sugar Creek tavern. Patrolman Anthony Bokarae was wounded. suspect Jerald R. Fizer, a former officer, was arrested after a confrontation that left him with wounds. Witnesses described Fizer demanding money and forcing patrons to the basement.
Ottawa AP Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson plans a counterattack against opposition to his two nation idea. He argues Quebec is the homeland of the French Canadian nation as premiers clash over constitutional status and bilingualism amid separatist pressures.
The Teamsters Union and publishers of Detroit News and Detroit Free Press reached a contract on an 83 day shutdown with a $30 weekly wage and fringe benefits raise over three years. Ratification by about 1,000 Teamsters is required though a vote date was not set.
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