Little Liver Patient Enjoys Home Christmas Visit
Julie Cherie Rodriguez, near two, marked five months post transplant as she met her new baby brother John Anthony and hoped to go home for Christmas. Parents John and Louise Rodriguez face continued monitoring as Julie’s stable condition allows a brief trip to Pueblo 125 miles away, with a return to hospital soon.
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Denver
Colo
Julie Cherie Rodriguez
Santa Claus
Julie
John Rodriguez
Pueblo, Colo
Louise
John Anthony
Baby John
University of Colorado Medical Center
Kerri Lynn Brown
Dale L. Brown
Long Beach
Calif
Candy Barbaree
Albert Barbaree
Orlando Fla
Kerri
Candy
Washkansky Died From Severe Lung Infection After Transplant
Louis Washkansky, recipient of the world’s first human heart transplant, died in Cape Town after five days of lung complications from a virulent pneumonia. Doctors reported the transplanted heart functioned until near death, while the autopsy confirmed lung infection as the cause.
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Louis Washkansky
Washkansky
Wrld
J. Ozinsky
Cape Town
Groote Schuol Hospital
Brooklyn, N.Y
Christian N. Barnard
Wasikansky
Three Are Dead In Twister's Path
A tornado struck Potosi Missouri killing three and injuring about 40, with damage to city hall power plant a shopping center and several homes. Cadet and Jerseyville areas reported damage as crews restore power and assess casualties.
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Twister
Potosi
Missouri
Missouri Highway Patrol
St. Louis
Highway Patrol
Cadet
Jerseyville
Ill
Christmas season capers and curios in a bustling year
A roundup of holiday twists from the season includes a Caracas shark gift offer for a man with a pool, Santa as bank robbery stooge in Cincinnati, a self decorating lodgepole pine tree from California, a Chanukah wish from a Omaha boy to a Christmas tree, a Santa chimney note from Portland, and a Los Angeles holiday auction of 500 unclaimed stolen items.
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New York
Santa Claus
Omaha
Caracas
Venezuela
Cincinnati
Placerville
Calif
Forest Genetics Institute
U.S. Department
North Vietnam returns 231 Christmas packages to POWs
Washington reports the Pentagon says North Vietnam curtly sent back 231 Christmas packages from wives and parents for American prisoners of war. Daniel Z. Henkin of the Defense Department's POW Policy Committee told newsmen the packages reached North Vietnam and were returned through international postal channels.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Pentagon
Daniel Z. Henkin
Defense Department
Prisoner of War Policy Committee
Australia Keeps Pro American Vietnam Policy Amid Holt Memorial
President Johnson secured assurances from interim Australian Prime Minister that Canberra will maintain its pro American Vietnam stance. He conferred long with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu at the U.S. Embassy and discussed talks with the Viet Cong front. Johnson plans Melbourne memorial service for Harold Holt and meets British Prime Minister Harold Wilson before travel. Australia reaffirmed its 6000 troops in Vietnam and solidarity with allies until a just peace is achieved.
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Canberra
Australia
Johnson
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Thieu
Harold E. Holt
Holt
Washington
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Saigon
Communist Front
Melbourne
Anglican
Harold Wilson
Weather Still Key To Navajos' Survival
Navajo officials report optimism amid storms as food and fuel needs rise. Hospitals near capacity handle pneumonia and exposure while airlifts move the severely ill. Deaths remain low though livestock loss and weather threaten aid efforts across the vast reservation.
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Graham Holmes
Bureau of Indian Affairs
U.S. Public Health Service
George Bock
PHS
Weather outlook for Miami Valley and Southwest Ohio
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with showers or thunderstorms tonight ending Friday morning. It will be windy and colder with a low near 38. Friday remains mostly cloudy and cooler with windy conditions. Yesterday’s high reached 56 and the low 54, with .14 inch of precipitation in the area.
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Miami Valley
Ohio
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Trenton
United States Aircraft Corp
Boston
Toronto
Montreal
Golly
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Eeeeeeeweers
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White House
George Christian
Manila
Austra
Lian
John McEwen
Liberal Party
McEwen
Republic of Vietnam
Lbj and
Window Rock, Ariz
Raymond Nakai
Holmes
West Virginia
Nakai
Department of the Interior
National Parks Service
U.S. Forest Service
Phoenix
Air Force
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
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