Second heart transplant at Houston hospital in three days
Surgeons at St Luke's Hospital in Houston performed the world's 11th and a second in three days, transplanting James Cobb's heart from a 15 year old donor while concurrently kidney transplants were done. The donor is Conroe Texas youth William Brannon, 15, who died in a cycle accident.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Joseph Rizor
Stanford
Calif
London
National Heart Hospital
Frederick West
St. Luke’s Hospital
James B. Cobb
Cobb
Everett Claire Thomas
Thomas
Stanford Medical Center
Rizer
Rizor
Salinas
Alexandria
William Joseph Brannon
Conroe
Brannon
William C. Kaiser
Odessa
Russell Scott
George C. Morris
Denton A. Cooley
Phoenix, Ariz
Kathleen Martin
Police Chief Injured In Park Accident
Police Chief Donald Ward of Morris at 1034 Kiersted Street will be out for six weeks after breaking bones in his foot when a merry go round platform toppled during a park incident at Chapin Park around 5 30 p m He and Officer Glenn Anderson were removing the platform when it tilted and struck Ward’s foot and arm His doctor estimated a six week rehabilitation period.
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Ward
Accident Kills Ex Seneca Man
Peoria Illinois AP reports Leroy Bennett 23 of Peoria died after a wire from a coiling machine whipped around his neck at Keystone Steel and Wire Co. The accident occurred Saturday night. Bennett formerly lived in Seneca.
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Peoria, Ill
Leroy Bennett
Peoria
Keystone Steel and Wire Co
Bennett
Seneca
Seneca Youth Killed in Crash
Richard E. Foehringer 20 of Seneca died when a 1967 Chevelle driven by Gary Mann 20 of Ottawa left Illinois 71 two miles southwest of Ottawa. Mann survived with injuries and was cited for failure to reduce speed. Funeral services set for Richard Foehringer at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Seneca.
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Richard E. Foehringer
Ottawa
Illinois
Gary Mann
Englewood Drive
Foehringer
Morris
LaSalle County
Ottawa Civil Defense Rescue Squad
James Thompson
Mann
Ryburn Hospital
Sheriff's
Walnut St
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Seneca
Kenneth W. West
MCHS Board to Consider Bids
The Morris Community High School Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. in the high school administration office to review life safety work bids and discuss graduation plans. The agenda also includes a guidance proposal on junior college attendance for seniors and the tax money problem.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
Weather drift brings warmer spell across Grundy County
A Canadian cold front gave way to southerly winds and temperatures in the 60s in Grundy County. The U. S. Weather Bureau East reports partly cloudy skies and a mid 40s night, with Tuesday turning cloudy and warm and a chance of showers.
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Grundy
U. S
East
Collins
Morris
Teachers Suspend Kankakee Classes
In Kankakee Illinois members of the Federation of Teachers AFL CIO planned to suspend classes to rally opposition to school budget cuts. President John M Kennedy said referenda to raise educational taxes failed, prompting layoffs and a threatened future shutdown if jobs are not restored.
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Kankakee
Kankakee Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
John M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Eight Killed In Fire At Texas Tavern
A disturbance with a waitress at The Grave nightclub sparked a blaze in Fort Worth Texas. Eight people died from smoke inhalation as others fled burning furniture and curtains, with 25 escaping to safety. Victims include Lacy White Jr Willis Davis Samuel Jenkins George Johnson Roy Dillard Kenneth Simpson Jewelene Prince and Carroll Penigar.
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Fort Worth
Tex
West Side
L.V. le Fils
Lacy White Jr
Willis Davis
Samuel T. Jenkins
George M. Johnson
Roy Clayton Dillard
Kenneth Simpson
Jewelene Prince
Carroll Jo Penigar
Dillard
Judy Andbrook
Rainbow Council Camp under construction near Morris
Contractors and unions in Will Grundy and Kankakee counties donated 87 467 84 in labor and materials for the Rainbow Council Boy Scout Camp southeast of Morris. Work on the central lodge and dining hall began Saturday with six more buildings completed and several facilities still to finish.
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Cement Masons Union
Will Grundy
Morris
Grundy
Will
Kankakee
Rainbow Council
Gifts
Brick Masons
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
General Laborers Local
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Painters Local
Plumbers & Pipe Fitters
Teamsters Union
Folger Adams
Rockdale
Adler
Brown and Lambrecht
Caterpillar
Kemlite
Grundy County
Anderson Well Drilling
Lehon Carey Co
Wilmington
Beatty Lumber
Cooper Gravel Pit
Murphy Sept
O’brien
Eisenhower Improves After Mild Heart Attack at 77
At March Air Force Base California doctors report former President Dwight D Eisenhower who suffered a mild heart attack after golf near Palm Desert is progressing satisfactorily. A hospital bulletin says he spent another good 24 hours.
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March Air Force Base
Calif
Palm Desert
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Northwestern Negroes win after 38 hour sit in
Northwestern University ends a 38 hour sit in with an agreement to create separate Negro living quarters and boost black enrollment. Ten students and ten officials negotiated a plan including housing, an orientation program, and a black student advisory committee while preserving faculty prerogatives on curriculum and appointments.
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Evanston, Ill
Northwestern University
Theniversity
Evanston
Kathryn M. Ogletree
Northwestern
University
Northwest
Ern
Big Ten
Roland J. Hinz
Bell System workers ratify three year wage pact ending strike
Bell telephone workers nationwide approve a three year contract by a 54 680 to 30 721 vote ending an 18 day walkout. The pact raises wages and fringe benefits by about 20 percent and may influence rates for customers as AT T cites costs of about 2 billion. Most workers are set to return to work though some locals in Detroit New York St Louis and Baltimore rejected the agreement.
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Washington
Voice
Bell Telephone System
Communications Workers of America
Ben S. Gilmer
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bell
CWA
Bell System
Michigan Bell System
Western Electric
New England
Detroit
Michigan Bell
New York
St. Louis
Baltimore
Explosion in Saigon as enemy attacks center of city
SAIGON AP The enemy assault presses into the capital with a major blast near the U S C and International House. US officials report heavy fighting around Tan Son Nhut airport and Saigon remains under curfew as pre talks pressure continues.
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Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
U.S.C
International House
U.S.O
U.S
South Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
NAACP Protest Quietly Opposes Pittsburgh Courier Editor
About 20 protesters gathered outside Aurora West High School for the Ameri ca Speaks forum as George Schuyler editor of the Pittsburgh Courier spoke to roughly 400 attendees. NAACP leader Mrs. Emily Gibson criticized the event as inflammatory and urged cancellation. Police reported no incidents.
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Aurora, Ill
Aurora
NAACP
Aurora West High School
America Speaks
George Schuyler
Pittsburgh Courier
Schuyler
Emily Gibson
Vandals Set Second Fire At Area Farm
Vandals started a second blaze in three weeks at a farm west of the Dresden nuclear station near Coal City. A crib with 600 bales of hay and part of an elevator owned by Robert Pogliano was destroyed. loss partially insured. Firefighters from Coal City responded at 10:30 p m. A prior April 14 fire destroyed a steel barn with farm equipment and grain. A second farm near Coal City lost a corn crib and elevator to fire. both structures were destroyed. Investigations underway by Grundy County sheriff.
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Dresden
Coal City
Commonwealth Edison
Robert Pogliano
Pogliano
Joe
John Macketta
Grundy County
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Homestead Lumber and Supply Co
Kankakee Nursery Co
Lehigh Stone Co
International Association Machinists Local 1212
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Leach Lumber
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Hinz
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Columbia University
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