Brooklyn heart transplant patient dies after second failure
Louis Block 57 a Brooklyn resident and former Bronx fireman died at Maimonides Medical Centre ten hours after a heart transplant. The fifth such operation in 37 days by Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, Block weighed 170 pounds and received a small donor heart from a 29 year old woman with an auxiliary balloon pump used during surgery.
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Man No 4 Improves After World’s Fourth Heart Transplant
Mike Kasperak, 59, the world’s fourth heart transplant patient, sat up and dangled his legs at Stanford Medical Centre. Doctors said his condition was critical but improving on day four after surgery despite internal bleeding and a six pint blood transfusion. He has a history of smoking and liver and lung troubles along with a worn heart.
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Stanford Medical Centre
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South Africa's Blaiberg in good shape after heart transplant
CAPE TOWN AP The second heart transplant patient in South Africa, 58-year-old retired dentist Philip Blaiberg, shows no infection or rejection eight days after the graft at Groote Schuur Hospital. His wife reports he is energetic, able to feed himself, and plans a beer shandy soon as he recovers.
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Mind went on to kill people Hoffman jury hears on tape
A police witness identified a tape voice as Victor Hoffman describing the Aug nine murders of Mr and Mrs James Peterson and others at Shell Lake Saskatchewan The speaker recalls moving toward a house near Highway 3 then says his mind was away and he began shooting in a recorded confession-like account
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Kierans enters leadership race in Liberal bid
Eric Kierans, 53, former Quebec minister, announced his candidacy for prime minister at a televised press conference beginning a national Liberal leadership bid. He resigned as president of the Quebec Liberal Federation and outlined a plan for a new federalism and closer Franco English unity.
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Creek Blizzard Impacts Maple Creek After Warming Day
Southern Alberta faced unexpected blizzard conditions as Maple Creek suffered heavy winds and buses moved students to billets. Medicine Hat Bow Island Empress and Elkwater reported gusty late afternoon winds with a warming trend overnight. Maple Creek schools prepared to feed and ship out over 300 children as buses dropped students at prearranged billets.
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Gorton Sworn Australia Prime Minister Amid Shakeup Hints
John Grey Gorton was sworn in as Australia’s 18th prime minister after Holt’s disappearance. He faces a likely cabinet shakeup, with William Wentworth among the first new ministers. Gorton will move from the Senate to the House of Representatives and contest Higgins in a by election.
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Unemployment increases in Canada amid December rise
Ottawa reports a December jump in unemployment to 353,000 mid month from 289,000 a month earlier, or 4.7 percent after seasonal adjustment. December 1966 unemployment was 266,000, with nonfarm job declines led by agriculture, construction, and manufacturing, offset by a 47,000 rise in pre Christmas trade.
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Alberta surgeon warns on heart transplant viability
Edmonton reports Dr. J. C. Callaghan, a cardiovascular surgeon, says Barnard’s heart transplant patients have no chance to live without a full proto-plasmic typing ability to match proteins in heart tissue and blood components before attempting a human transplant.
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J. C. Callaghan
Christiaan Barnard
Transplant pioneer Barnard mulls move to United States
London reports Dr. Christiaan Barnard, who led the team that performed the first human heart transplant, is considering job offers in the United States after the December operation on Louis Washkansky and the January heart transplant on Dr. Philip Blaiberg. He says he is not actively leaving South Africa but cites isolation as a factor and notes a rejected London hospital post.
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Humphrey signals possible halt to bombing Vietnam talks push
Vice-President Humphrey said the United States is prepared to stop bombing North Vietnam if such action aids talks toward a final settlement. Other items note an Israeli calf heart valve replacement, Britain blizzards delaying trains and court hearings, President Johnson urging dollar strength, and Pope Paul meeting Yugoslav Premier Spiljak calling for Vietnam talks.
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