Taussig the Heart Doctor Who Won Many Firsts
Baltimore physician Helen Brooke Taussig 66 retired from Johns Hopkins after 33 years as head of the cardiac clinic. She won the Medal of Freedom and will be American Heart Association president next year. Taussig helped develop the blue baby operation and now tracks long term outcomes. She advocates federal cooperation in medicine and leads a local fight against a trolley museum near Lake Roland.
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Baltimore
Helen Brooke Taussig
Harriet Lane
Johns Hopkins Hospital
American Heart Association
American Medical Association
Thomas Rivers Memorial
Taussig
Alfred Blalock
City of
Lake Roland
AMA
Excise Tax Cuts and 1965 Budget Outlook
AP reports that 1965 excise tax reductions face pressure from Congress with estimates ranging from 500 million to 4 billion. Officials warn a large cut could boost stimulus but hurt consumer purchases, while a minimal cut targets only ten percent retail taxes on furs and cosmetics. The article previews a near 100 billion budget goal and potentialDeficit in fiscal 1966, with revenue trends and withholding effects for upper middle income taxpayers noted.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Johnson
Defense Department
Peace Corps Talks At Western Tuesday
Peace Corps volunteer Dudley Weeks will speak at Western College for Women in Kumler Chapel at 9 a.m. He will meet informally at the Lodge after the chapel talk and discuss factors for applying to the Peace Corps. Weeks, a 1962 Southern Methodist University graduate, taught in North Borneo and helped organize a Boy Scout troop. Several Western graduates and students have served or been accepted by the Peace Corps.
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Oxford
Dudley Weeks
Western College For Women
Kumler Chapel
Lodge
Susan Baarsch
Western College
Assembly
Philippines
Weeks
Peace Corps
Baarsch
Southern Methodist University
North Borneo
Donna Shalala
Sebald Self-Reliance Preparations Begin for Awards
The 11th annual W. W. Sebald Self-Reliance Awards offer 1500 dollars in cash prizes sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce founder W. W. Sebald. Competing are senior students from Middletown Lemon-Monroe and Fenwick high schools.
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W. W. Sebald Self-Reliance
W. W. Sebald
Armco Steel Corp
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tom Wiley
Linden Ave
Middletown
Lemon-Monroe
Fenwick
Fred Sander
Don Keffer
J. B. Gividen
Larry Black
Gividen
Middletown High
Keffer
Sander
Wiley
Boy and Dog Die As Lightning Strikes Shelter
In South Africa 13-year-old Anton Misela died while trying to comfort his frightened dog during a thunderstorm. He fled to a school for shelter with the dog close behind, but a teacher kept the dog outside. The dog’s yelping drew Anton back just as a lightning bolt struck, killing both instantly.
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Ermelo
South Africa
Anton Misela
Anton
St John’s University Studies Dirt Based Heart Therapy
Researchers at St. John’s University in New York explore common soil products as potential therapy for heart attack victims. The study investigates how dirt derived compounds might aid recovery or reduce damage after cardiac events.
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St. John’s University
New York
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Lady With Heart
Cambridge, Mass
Radcliffe
University of California
Boston University School of Medicine
the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Metfpis
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Coats
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