Second child receives heart transplant in AP report
An 11-year-old boy receives a heart transplant, becoming the second child to undergo the procedure as reported by AP Wirephoto.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1968
Page
12
An 11-year-old boy receives a heart transplant, becoming the second child to undergo the procedure as reported by AP Wirephoto.
A series of funeral services are announced for Mrs. W. E. McCoy in Monroe, Mrs. Auguste Cahn in Monroe, L. H. Ashcraft in Herbine, Drew E. Strickland in Bernice, and Mrs. Clarence Hicks in Ruston. Details cover ages, burial sites, churches, funeral homes, and surviving relatives across Arkansas and Louisiana communities.
Sun Oil Co. awards two $300 scholarships to petroleum engineering students at Louisiana Tech. Tech officials Rhesa Allen, Robert Caruthers, R. E. Storms, J. J. Thigpen, and Elenora Cawthon received the awards, with Sun Oil reps Cecil Dearman, Robert Matteson, and Walter Sanford presenting. Dearman cited Sun Oil’s support for higher education and the company’s role as a major employer in science and engineering.
Louisiana Education Board member Enoch T. Nix warned of an exodus of doctor’s degree holders to other states if higher education funding remains short. He noted the board sought 66.9 million for 1968-69 but got 51.5 million, with budgets set for Louisiana Tech Northeast Northwestern Grambling and Southern University Shreveport. Tech President F Jay Taylor decried the funding shortfall as probably the most inadequate ever.
A three day Inventory Control workshop at Louisiana Tech runs through Aug. 22. Dr. Bob R. Owens directs with Roland D. Gatlin as lecturer. Sessions run 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the School of Business Administration Building.
Full mail service has been restored to Canada after an embargo announced by Postmasters W. W. Hathorn Monroe and Homer B. Roark West. Partial restoration was earlier noted on August 9 with prints newspapers magazines and samples still withheld.
Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah covers 36 010.38 acres as listed in the regional land records. The figure reflects the park's extensive terrain across high desert plateaus and surrounding public lands.
George Cheeks son of Mr and Mrs John Houston Cheeks of West Monroe passed the Army Band Test in 21s years becoming the first applicant to join without schooling. A West Monroe High School graduate he began band work in Drew Elementary and continued through junior high and high school. He will train at Fort Polk.
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