Volunteer Seeks Gifts For Transplants
Chicago area transplant coordinator Wesley Dixon talks to families facing death to obtain eye and kidney donations. He drives 1,000 miles weekly, visiting 130 hospitals, and notes 102 awaiting corneas and 1,200 awaiting kidneys in Illinois. Dixon, a Navy vet, averages 10-12 donor pairs weekly and emphasizes diplomacy with grieving relatives. In Illinois, 40,000 donor cards exist for eyes and kidneys. A later New York note reports cities voting mayors, with local issues dominating.
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Chicago
Heaven
Wesley Dixon
Dixon
Ilinois Eye Bank
Ilinois Kidney Disease
Illinois
Navy Hospital
University of Illinois Hospital
Eye and Ear Infirmary
pBeers
Eye Bank
Tinois
Kidney 7 Foundation
Wellsville Ok Halloween Social and R-1 News Highlights
The Wellsville Middletown United Methodist Presbyterian fellowship hall hosted the annual Halloween Social with winners named in children and adult divisions. J.W. Brown returned from Illinois and Wellsville Garden Club promotes a Friday card party with a quilt prize. The Grand Prize Halloween parade winner was Karen Goshorn. The R-1 Student Council held meetings and a suggestion box, and the Wellsville M-M band Twirlers performed at a Saturday concert followed by a chili supper.
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Wellsville- Middletown
United Methodist- Presbyterian Fellowship
UMW
David Oligschlaeger
Stacy Barley
Rusty Smith
Charlotte Gastier
Crystal Angel
Chuck Gastier
F.A. Zimmann
Marilyn Goshorn
Albert Folta, Jr
Lawrence McHoney
Carl Oligschlaeger
Wellsville Garden Club
Senior Citizen Center
Wellsville
Karen Goshorn
David
Daniel Oligschlaeger
Laura Debo
Sherry Krier
Chad Hurshman
Jones
Annette Penrod
Allan Nutter
Brian Snow
Shelly Benskin
Ginger
Dawn Wright
Mary Louise
Corrine Shoup
Sherry Penrod
Brenda Schmidt
Raggedy Ann
Andy
Judy Grossmann
Connie Jacobi
Wendy Spires
Treloar Williams
Joan Lewis
Wellsville Chamber of Commerce
R-1
Wellsville-Middletown
Troy
John Temporiti
Uptown
Tigers
Grand Old Flag
Minnesota Rouser
Notre Dame
Jackie Cooper Fights Critics Over Mobile One Loss
Los Angeles AP Jackie Cooper fumes at TV critics networks and The Family Hour as he fights to save his new series Mobile One. He recalls network moves and tough competition from Sanford and Son Chico and the Man M A S H Rhoda Phyllis All in the Family before a possible preemption. Cooper vents at reckless previews and fears for the crew while defending Webb and the show.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Cooper
Family Hour
Mobile One
Cooper
ABC
Sanford and Son
Chico
Man
Rhoda
Phyllis
Jack Webb
Kojak
Screen Gems
Jack
Boy Found Dead After Eating Halloween Candy
In Independence Missouri 13 year old Kevin W Perry was found dead in the living room early Sunday. A sack of Halloween candy lay nearby and his sister Lisa Ann Perry 15 was the last to see him awake at about 2 am watching TV and eating candy. An autopsy was performed but cause of death was not yet known.
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Independence
Kevin W. Perry
Perry
Clair Eugene Wyman
Lisa Ann Perry
Bonita J. Peterson
Jackson County
Captain Easy artist Melvin Graff dies at 68
Melvin J. Graff, a retired artist who drew the comic Captain Easy, died of a heart attack in Orlando at age 68. Graff began his career as an artist for The Associated Press in New York.
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Orlando, Fla
Melvin J. Graff
Graff
Captain Easy
Associated Press
New York
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Indianapolis
Houston
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Phoenix
Wellsville President
J.W. Brown
Elk Grove Village
Ill
Jim
Arlington Heights
R-1 High School
Montgomery County
Jefferson City High School
Jefferson City High
Rosalie Thorpe
Mary Beth Welschmeyer
Peggy Grossmann
Ralph Folta
Brenda Morris
Martha Kay Christian
A-1
Clapton
Diana Harrington
Donnie Thomas
Varsity
Robyn Leverett
Linda Arens
Clay Boutique
Washington
Cabomba
Daniel
Wilkerson
Aquarium
Labric Lane
Velvet
Strie Denim
Sheen
Gabardine
Fabricland West Plaza
Icorduroy
Onus the
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West Plaza
Mexico, Mo
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Famous Brand
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Mexico
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