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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1968
Page
1
Doctors at St Luke's Episcopal Hospital tried to save a dying 47 year old man by transplanting a sheep heart after human donor options were unavailable. The procedure began at 1115 p.m. but the patient died at 1 2 a.m. despite the plan to bridge to a human donor.
London AP reports the United States moves to extradite James Earl Ray and Britain authorizes proceedings to begin. The formal extradition process is set in motion as authorities cooperate on the case.
Reports recount a chimpanzee heart briefly sustaining a human recipient at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1964 and note two St Luke’s patients alive after heart transplants. Also cited are early primate kidney transplants and baboon kidney procedures with mixed outcomes.
East Germany imposes visa fees and travel taxes for West Berlin access, delaying drivers and trucks at border points. West and allied officials condemn the measures as illegal and provocative, fearing increased division of Germany and Europe. Chancellor Kiesinger arrives in West Berlin to discuss aid.
A Pan American Boeing 707 crashed while landing in monsoon rain at Dum Dum Airport Calcutta. Six of 63 aboard died and 56 were injured. Five passengers including a child and three women and a stewardess were killed. Surviving passengers numbered 48 and nine crew.
Marine Private Gary Walton Boyd, 19, former Wossman High School student and son of Cov A Boyd Sr., is spending a 20 day leave at home in Monroe. After leave ends on June 27 he will report for further training at Camp Pendleton California.
Mrs Olive Mies secretary for the Ouachita Parish District Attorney's Office returns from two weeks away and says she enjoyed the trip and looks forward to next year's leave.
The Evening Standard reports an unnamed Arab government has evidence Sirhan Bishara Sirhan traveled to the Middle East in 1964 and 1966. It cites Damascus and Cairo visits and a 1957 Jordan marriage, suggesting new lines of inquiry into Kennedy’s Los Angeles shooting. The findings await FBI confirmation.
In Baton Rouge AP says the 1.2 billion general appropriation bill will move to final passage in the House early next week. Representative Robert Munson of Cheneyville noted he may seek it set as a special order for Monday or Tuesday. The Appropriations Committee reported favorably with amendments, including dropping a 50 thousand dollar request for Gov. McKeithen’s Washington office. The budget totals 1.36 billion, with reductions from automatic appropriations. The House also approved bills to rename Northwestern State College to university and to raise the state college bond interest rate to six percent.
Partly cloudy with warm temperatures and a few afternoon thundershowers in Northeast Louisiana. Highs 88 to 94, lows 66 to 72. In Monroe no rain, Selman Field 96/69, winds 5 to 15 mph veering calm tonight. Drying conditions good by day, fair to poor at night. dewpoints upper 60s to low 70s. Sunshine around 60 percent today, 50 percent Friday. rain chance 10 percent in afternoons, modest rainfall possible locally.
In Baton Rouge Rep Edward Booker sought to introduce a gun control bill modeled on Massachusetts law requiring permits, fees and firearm registrations. The motion failed after opposition from many lawmakers as the deadline neared, with support from Rigby Fulco and Wall and opposition from Aulds Branton and others. Ouachita Sheriff Bailey Grant opposed expanding department funding for gun control.
U S military reports 380 Americans killed in Vietnam last week, the smallest weekly toll in five weeks, with 2,739 wounded and 1,360 hospitalizations. South Vietnamese losses were 392 dead and 1,156 wounded, while allied commands reported 2,134 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong deaths as monsoon weather slowed fighting.
A lighthearted note observes that ongoing investigations in Congress reduce the chance of enacting additional giveaway laws, offering a small consolation amid political maneuvering.
Washington announces congressional hearings on gasoline giveaway games launched by Rep. John D. Dingell. The House small business subcommittee will investigate whether prizes are actually awarded as advertised and if winner selection is manipulated amid antitrust complaints.
River stage measurements show Camden not listed while Monroe records a height of 4043.9 with a 3 fall. Location field presence is inconsistent across stations.
AP dispatch from Amman notes unconfirmed reports of a large Israeli force massing near the Jordan River. Al Nahar says reserves mobilized and helicopters warned Salt residents to stay indoors as about 40,600 troops concentrate on the west bank. Israeli artillery replied to a Jordanian mortar strike near Geshe.
May employment in the Monroe area totaled about 47 950, down modestly from April but roughly 900 higher than a year earlier. Unemployment rose to about 2 050, 43 percent of the labor force, with manufacturing down about 25 workers and furniture postings the heaviest losses. Seasonal shifts in the summer and weather conditions expected to influence next month’s figures.
Washington CAP GOP leaders urge President Johnson to act on the crime control bill. Ford says if he vetoes, Congress can reenact. cites FBI crime statistics and calls for broader gun sale restrictions. Dirksen backs testing on the bill and supports handgun coverage.
The Louisiana Coordinating Council for Higher Education kept its voice in name-change decisions after the Senate defeated Sen. Charles Barham’s amendment to strip the council from approving changes to college names. The amendment targeted a bill renaming Louisiana Polytechnic Institute to Louisiana State Technological University, removing council final say.
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