Heart Transplant Considered for Eisenhower Rejected
Doctors at Walter Reed disclosed they once seriously considered a heart transplant for Dwight D. Eisenhower but rejected it due to his age and other major medical conditions. The 77 year old former president remained critically ill after his seventh heart attack, with reports of improving ventricular irregularity and a lingering risk from prior electrical treatment attempts. President Johnson urged a prayer for Eisenhower at a Veterans of Foreign Wars event in Detroit before returning to Washington.
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Allies Struggle in Vietnam As Attack Pace Rises Near Border
Allied forces report over 700 enemy dead in three days of attacks and counterthrusts from Cambodia to Tay Ninh and Da Nang. A unit was overrun near Da Nang with 34 defenders killed. relief efforts failed to reach them amid explosions. In Saigon, air and artillery pressure continued as U.S. and South Vietnamese troops concluded a Valley operation with casualties and large enemy losses.
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Apollo 8 mission plans pared to Saturn 5 flight
NASA and Apollo program chief Maj. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips said the December Saturn 5 launch will carry a three man command ship with Frank Borman William Anders and James Lovell in low earth orbit. A lunar module test is omitted as crews study alternatives and circumlunar options.
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Soviets Hint At Building Orbiting Space Stations
Vienna AP report notes Soviet space scientist Raushenbakh suggested developing small unmanned rockets to assemble large cosmic stations in orbit as a cheaper alternative to giant boosters. He cited past unmanned docking missions Cosmos 186 188 212 and 213 and the idea of using stations as a moon springboard.
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Johnson Resists Vietnam De escalation In Detroit
President Johnson rejects a total bombing halt and de escalation while saying the next move must come from Hanoi. He defends U S war policy, taunts critics in his party, and warns against political pressure as he campaigns in Detroit before the 1968 election.
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Middletown Miami Valley Forecast Sees Rain Likely
The Middletown Miami Valley forecast calls for variable cloudiness and warm, humid conditions tonight and Wednesday with a chance of showers and thundershowers later in the evening. Lows rise into the upper S.
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Nine Guards Taken Hostage at Ohio Penitentiary
One guard injured and nine held as hostages after inmates seized control of cell blocks C and D at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. About 55 prisoners were released from their cells but none escaped. the blocks housed inmates tied to a June 24 riot and fire.
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