Landmark heart transplant performed in Cape Town
A landmark heart transplant in Cape Town leaves Louis Washkansky, 55, alive with Denise Darvall's heart beating in his chest. Surgeons, led by Dr. Jan Louw and Prof. Chris Barnard, describe the operation as a turning on of a car ignition and warn the body may yet reject the donor heart.
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Groote Shuur Hospital
Washkansky
Denise Ann Darvall
Jacobus G. Brovisor
Burger
Jan H. Louw
Chris Barnard
Miss Darvall
pip
Washkcansky
Dr. Louw
Denise
Jonathan Van Wyk
South Africa
Norman E. Shimway
Stanford University Medical Centre
California
Stanford
Shumway
Michael DeBakey
Houston
Kenneth Sell
U.S. Naval Medical Research Institute
University of Mississippi
Louw
Go Slow Railway Strike Threatens U K Economy
London reports a go slow rail strike by engineers crippling British railways and delaying commuters. Train crews refuse to ride in rear cabs, leading to mass cancellations and a potential hit to the economy amid government work-habit reforms.
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U.K
LONDON
British railways
peer een
Ray Gunter
nationalized Rail Board
National Union of Railwaymen
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
Five Die In Road Mishaps Across Prairies Weekend
At least nine people died in traffic accidents across the Prairies during the weekend. Alberta reported five deaths including Robert Wolftale 2 percent of the Peigan Reserve near Pincher Creek and Douglas Loney 17 of Lisburn near Edmonton. Manitoba and Saskatchewan records include other victims. Franco Dead at 75 in Madrid.
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Prairies
Alberta
Saskatcheewan
Manitoba
Robert Wolftale
Peigan Indian Reserve
Pincher Creek
Lethbridge
Douglas Loney
Lisburn
Edmonton
John Hite
William Ferguson
Sundre
Calgary
Mary Louise Ghostkeeper
Paddle Prairie
Leukemia Drug Shows Rapid Patient Improvement
Toronto report says eight of 14 leukemia patients improved after treatment with L-asparaginase produced by gut bacteria Escherichia coli. Doctors from Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Sloan-Kettering Institute noted bone marrow remission in three children for nine weeks to three months, mainly in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cases.
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TORONTO
New York
Herbert F. Oettgen
Memorial Hospital for Cancer
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
American Association of Hematology
Oecttgen
Oettgen
Papers Banned in Athens Over Caramanlis Attack Stand
The Greek government bans two Athens newspapers for refusing to carry a government attack on former premier Constantine Caramanlis, marking a rare move against the press.
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ATHENS
Reuters
today
Constantine Caramanlis
Cup of Milk Fund Faces Short Campaign Window
Time runs short with only about three weeks left and donations at 742.60 toward a 7200 target to buy two boxcars of milk for hungry children in Hong Kong India and Korea. The Herald notes USC oversight from Ottawa will issue receipts for tax purposes while funds stay in Canada.
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Lethbridge
Hong Kong
India
Korea
Herald
USC
Unitarian Church of Canada
The
Ottawa
Canada
Medicine Hat Man Charged In Shooting
Samuel Retelbach of Medicine Hat was charged with non capital murder in the Sunday shooting death of 25 year old Raymond Moser. Moser was found in a kitchen with a head and neck wound from a single gunshot.
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Medicine Hat
Samuel Retelbach
Raymond Moser
Moser
Sam Drader
Ramona Sinks Off Bermuda Amid Casualties on Reef
The Canadian owned schooner Ramona ran onto reefs seven miles off Bermuda on Saturday night. Ten aboard. five dead including Dr Kenneth McIntyre of Montague Prince Edward Island. Survivors include Halifax widow Penny Gudgeon and skipper William McKay. West Indian crew from St Lucia perished.
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Halifax
Lunenburg
N.S
St. Lucia
West Indies
Ramona
Vagabond Cruises Ltd
Walter Boudreau
Sydney
Moncton
N.B
North
Kenneth McIntyre
Montague
P.E.I
Joseph Modeste
Louis Martin Francis
Hendrickson Rene
Thomas Simon
Penny Gudgeon
William McKay
Pictou
Bernard Beaupre
King City
Ont
Joel Dressel
York
Harold Rosemond
Cyprus Leader Welcomes Thants Peace Proposals
Cyprus President Makarios welcomed UN Secretary General Thants peace proposals for Cyprus and urged the withdrawal of all non Cypriot armed forces except the UN. He called for guarantees against military intervention and endorsed as a first step the removal of excess Greek and Turkish troops.
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Makarios
Cyprus
U Thant
Mediterranean
Thant
Greece
Turkey
SAL
Thalet
UN Security Council
Meany urges labor to back Johnson in 1968 race
AFL-CIO leader George Meany called for labor union support for Lyndon Johnson in the 1968 presidential contest. He cited backing for Johnson’s war policies and domestic programs despite the unpopular Vietnam War, arguing the labor movement must protect American interests. Humphrey echoed that labor support is vital for Democrats.
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MIAMI BEACH
Fla
George Meany
AFL-CIO
labor movement
Lyndon
Johnson
U.S
Vietnam
Meany
labor federation
Lyndon Johnson
Show Boat star stages chaotic display in window
Seen and Heard ABOUT TOWN notes DE and Maureen Stuckey drew curious passers by as they projected a movie on a front room window screen, visible to sidewalk viewers but reversed. Jack Warburton, in a melodramatic subplay, acted vigorously as Frank, striking his own mouth and causing a smash.
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Maureen Stuckey
Jack Warburton
Frank
Cash Register Robbery At Edmonton Jewelry Counter
Two men posing as cash register repairmen in Edmonton asked a clerk to open the till at a department store jewelry counter. She complied, then they fled with 145 dollars. The incident is under investigation.
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EDMONTON
Phyllis Tayuk
Protest War Week Rally Hits New York Streets
More than 50 groups oppose U S involvement in Vietnam launching a draft ending campaign in New York. The movement unfolds with marches and demonstrations across the city today.
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NEW YORK
Reuters
Protest at Hamilton College as Dow Napalm Interview Carried On
University and city police guarded Hamilton Teachers College while a Dow Chemical Canada recruiter interviewed applicants for summer jobs. About 30 placards from McMaster University circled the scene in a silent protest against napalm production by Dow’s U S parent for use in Vietnam.
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Hamilton Teachers College
Dow Chemical of Canada Ltd
McMaster University
Dow
Vietnam
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