Heart Transplant Patient Gains Ground In Cape Town
Louis Washkansky, 55, continues a light diet after receiving Denise Darvall's heart in a five hour operation at Groote Schuur Hospital. Doctors report improved breathing, first words since surgery, and caution about bodily rejection risks occurring near week’s end.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
S. C. W. Bosman
Groote Schuur Hospital
Denise Ann Darvall
Washkansky
Jacobus Burger
Groote Schuur
Miss Darvall
Jan. H. Louw
Burger
Detroit man holds police at bay for 16 hours
Eugene Ector, 62, a Ford steamfitter, holed up in a boarded Detroit home with up to nine people for 16 hours after a drunken spree and grief over a riot death. Police surrounded the house as Ector fired inside, then surrendered with two guns unused.
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Detroit
Eugene Ector
Ford Motor Co
Charles Gentry
Ector
Unions May Hire Lawyers for Member Injury Claims
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that unions may employ lawyers to represent members in compensation cases without violating professional conduct rules. The decision, rooted in First and Fourteenth Amendment protections, upholds the United Mine Workers plan in Illinois and Iowa and could encourage similar setups among unions and associations nationwide.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Black
High Court
Ilinois
Illinois Supreme Court
State Bar Association
UMW
Weather Forecast: Mild Week Ahead With Clouds
The U S Weather Bureau says mostly cloudy tonight with a low near 40. Wednesday and Thursday bring partial to full cloud cover and mild highs in the 50s, with a chance of rain Thursday. Collins station logged 45 high and 36 low Monday, 39 at 9 today, 43 downtown Morris at 11. Sunrise Wednesday 7 05 a m, sunset 4 23 p m.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Godley Trio Hit With Fines On Prostitution Charges
State's Attorney Richard Wilder urged maximum fines in Grundy County for Lori Merle Claudia Machazal and Charles De Vino after a Godley raid on the Trophy Inn. Merle and Machazal were fined 200 each with 500 for keeping a disorderly house and soliciting. De Vino fined 200 and 500 as well. All posted 1000 bonds and must appear in magistrate court.
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Grundy County
Richard Wilder
Wilder
Chester P. Winsor
Lori A. Merle
Oak Lawn
Claudia L. Machazal
Chicago
Charles L. DeVino
Chicago Heights
Winsor
DeVino
Illinois District 5
Godley
Miss Merle
Miss Machazal
DeVivio
Grundy
Mothers protest at Madison Selective Service HQ
About 100 mothers with children marched to the Selective Service headquarters in Madison to protest the Vietnam war. Police denied entry. after two hours the women departed with no arrests.
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Madison, Wis
Madison
Selective Service
Fire destroys shed at Kay Coal and Trucking Co
An unidentified woman called Morris Fire Department at about 8:30 a.m. to report a shed fire at Kay Coal and Trucking Co. 401 W. Illinois. Firefighters found owner Earl Kay had set the shed ablaze intentionally. the blaze was under control.
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Morris Fire Department
Kay Coal and Trucking Co
Illinois
Earl Kay
GM UAW Agree to News Blackout on Talks
Detroit AP reports GM and the United Auto Workers imposed a news blackout on negotiations. Both sides will refrain from public discussion while aiming for a national agreement by December 14, with top negotiators Walter P. and Louis Seaton leading the talks after subcommittee work and earlier offers aligned with Ford and Chrysler deals.
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Detroit
General Motors
United Autoworkers Union
UAW
Walter Peather
Louis Seaton
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Supreme Court strengthens worker right to file NLRB charges
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 0 that states may not disqualify laid off workers from unemployment benefits for filing unfair labor practice charges with the NLRB. Justice Black cited Congress intent to protect reporting of such practices, citing Minnie E. Nash of Miami as the case’s key example.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Florida
NLRB
Congress
Hugo L. Black
Black
Minnie E. Nash
Stanley Building Specialties Co
Miami
United Steelworkers Union
Nash
State Industrial Commission of
Musial resigns as Cardinals GM after World Series build
Stan Musial stepped down as general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals after a title winning first year. He is replaced by Bing Devine, who had left the club to pursue other baseball opportunities.
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ST. Louis
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Bing Devine
Cardinals
New Yorkers March on Draft Center
More than 1,000 antiwar demonstrators marched on the Whitehall induction center in Lower Manhattan demanding peace but failed to shut it down. Police arrested about a third, including Dr. Benjamin Spock and poet Allen Ginsberg, as the five-hour protest ended with continued demonstrations planned.
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New York
Whitehall
Lower Manhattan
Benjamin Spock
Allen Ginsberg
Criminal Courts
James J. McPoland
Financial District
Staten Island
Battery Park
Manhattan
Whitehall St
Bridge Pearl
Broad Streets
Water
Bridge Streets
Spock
Homes Burned In Rampage By Viet Cong Attack
Hundreds of Viet Cong raided Dak Song village near the Cambodian border. about 20 killed and 30 wounded, with 30 to 40 homes burned and an estimated 400 guerrillas involved. U.S. officials noted uncertainty over motives while air and ground operations continued in the region.
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U.S
Dak Song
Saigon
Wilbur Wilson
Wilson
Loc Ninh
Bu Dop
U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
Vinh
Hanoi
Ranger
U.S. 7Th Air Force
Thai Nguyen
Yen Pai
U.S. Marine
A&é
Kien An
Haiphong
Nam Dinh
Mekong Delta
Delta
Police Search for Truck After Crash Near Union City
State Troopers seek a pickup truck after a crash on US 51 four miles north of Union City that killed Olive D. Gerstenecker 64 of Centralia Illinois and injured her husband James 84 who was listed in satisfactory condition. The Illinois couple were traveling to Florida when the truck allegedly crossed the center line.
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Union City
Armco Announces Steel Price Increases
Armco Steel Corp. raises prices by five dollars per ton for cold rolled steel and four dollars per ton for hot rolled steel sheet and strip, following U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel. The increases take effect December 15, and come from Middletown Ohio.
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New York
Armco Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Middletown
Ohio
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Rt. 2
E.J. and
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Herald
Alfonzo Campbell
Campbell
Hicks
Joanne
William
Bridgette
Rodney
Helene
Walter
William Watson
Ecto
Godley Trio
Ment
Musial
Draft Center
Armco Price
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