Barnard implants chimpanzee heart in human patient
Cape Town doctors report Christiaan Barnard performed a four hour chimpanzee heart implant on a 60 year old patient at Groote Schuur hospital. The donor organ was used as a temporary aid while awaiting a human donor, with the patient recovering and Barnard exhausted but hopeful. Jacques Losman assisted in the procedure.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Christiaan Barnard
Barnard
Groote Schuur
Jacques Losman
Nude Playgirl centerfold triggers teacher’s career fight
Lou Zivkovich, a 35 year old high school gym teacher in Apple Valley California, faced dismissal after posing nude for Playgirl in 1974. He claims $8,000 in back pay and an $2 million lawsuit while fighting the school board in Superior Court. The case drew offers of roles and media attention but ended with a 1975 ruling upholding his fitness to teach.
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Playgirl Magazine
Playgirl
Superior Court
School Board
Apple Valley
Mojave Desert
Los Angeles
Zivkovich
Apple Valley High School
Hawaii
San Francisco
UPI
Shirley Ellenburg
Donald Constine
Gary
Hosital
Ellenburg
Bandits Kidnap Elephant From Munford Inc in Thailand
Armed bandits abduct a six ton elephant used by Munford Inc of Atlanta to haul rattan in southern Thailand. The animal, bought for $3,000 two months ago, is held for a $1,500 ransom as Thai police and Bangkok papers report. The camp was in Chumphol Province near Bangkok.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Toda
Munford Inc
Atlanta
Chumphol
Hell's Angels member says violence beats football
Richard LaFrentz, a former undercover informant, says Hell's Angels enjoy killing and torturing, and that violence offers more thrill than watching football. He helped prosecutors arrest 21 members in a major operation in San Diego and lives under U.S. Marshals protection after the interview.
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San Diego
UPI
Hell’s Angels
Richard LaFrentz
LaFrentz
The
Farmers vent inflation fears at Panhandle rally in Texas
About 15,000 farmers from 30 states gather in Amarillo for a national rally organized by American Agriculture to protest high crop prices. Speakers warn of a potential strike if parity prices of 5.03 per bushel by December 14 are not guaranteed, contrasting with current 2.90 per bushel.
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Amarillo
Tex
UPI
Panhandle
American Agriculture
Springfield
Colo
Forrest
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O. B. Robertson
Richard C. Lewis
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