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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1967
Page
7
Louis Washkansky 55, on day ten after receiving a heart from a young woman who died in a car crash, is progressing well at Groote Schuur Hospital. Doctors report satisfactory condition and say he may sit up soon. His humor remains macabre with quips about Dracula as nurses note his resilience.
In Amarillo Texas the Secret Service seized a money tree display after 23 Christmas seasons in a local finance firm window. The tree featured one third size play money imprinted with a fake George Washington and the line this certificate is not worth a cent. It bore signatures Oscar Zilch and Harry T Zilch. Dallas Secret Service said the piece was a reproduction of legal tender and part of counterfeiting prevention efforts.
At the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Chicago about 5,000 farmers from 49 states and Puerto Rico heard Roger Fleming report membership rose to 1,753,532 in 1967, up 49,624. He cited Rep. Joseph Resnick’s hearings attack as a publicity campaign that boosted enrollment.
The House votes to authorize $4.16 billion over two years for anti poverty programs led by Sargent Shriver but final funding may be less. Washington coverage notes the bill was sent to Congress on Monday.
Mrs. Loren Weiss of Sun Prairie sat tentatively on a Circuit Court jury in Madison amid six UW antiwar protestors charged with disorderly conduct. She said nothing she read would influence her, but conceded the defendants could influence her, noting her husband is a barber.
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