Cancer Kills Heart Transplant Patient in South Africa
Cape Town AP report says Pieter Johannes Smith died at Groote Schuur Hospital at 53 from stomach cancer. He had lived 200 months after receiving a heart from an African woman on Sept 7, 1968, as Christiaan Barnard’s third transplant patient. Dorothy Fisher, 39, South Africa’s first nonwhite heart recipient, was hospitalized for routine tests.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Pieter Johannes Smith
Groote Schuur Hospital
Smith
Christiaan
Barnard
Philip Blaiberg
Dorothy Fisher
19 Year Old Draft Card Causes Trouble at Store
A 17 year old was arrested at Rink's Department Store for shoplifting a $5.97 pair of sandals and found with an illegal draft card belonging to a 19 year old Hammond Indiana youth. He was taken to the Butler County Juvenile Center in Hamilton.
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Rink’s
Hammond
Butler County
Hamilton
Education Commissioner Allen Breaks Ranks Over Cambodia War
James E. Allen Jr the education commissioner and Nixon appointee publicly disagreed with the administration on Cambodia and Vietnam policy. He criticized the war’s effects on education and reaffirmed support for desegregation and busing for integration.
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G. C. Thelen JR
Washington
James E. Allen Jr
Nixon
Cambodia
Allen
Indochina
Office of Education
White House
New York
Vietnam
Robert H
Senate Mail Box Cleared Of War Mail
Washington AP reports three weeks after Nixon action the senate mail box is cleared of war mail as the White House weighs new measures on correspondence from the public.
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Senate
Washington
Nixon
U.S
Cambodia
Senate Post Office
Gordon R. Olson
George McGovern
D.M.D
J. William Fulbright
Doty House Hosts Big Summer Birthday Party
About 50 Doty House children enjoyed a single large birthday celebration this afternoon. The party, organized by Wives Who Wait on base, marks summer birthdays and missed celebrations. The group also donated a $100 check from bake sales and an art fair, while each child received a cupcake hat gift and treat.
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Doty House
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