Heart transplant patient dies but idea lives on
A 53 year old South African grocer died 15 days after a pioneering heart transplant. The AP reports doctors faced rejection and infection uncertainties as they vow to try again, driven by the desperate need to save a dying man. Louis Washkansky’s brief survival prompted renewed medical interest and cautious optimism.
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John Barbour
Louis Washkansky
Washkansky
Denise Ann Darvall
Adrian Kantrowitz
Brooklyn
Golden Rule Class Holds Christmas Party
The Golden Rule Class of Spangler Chapel Methodist Church met Tuesday evening for their annual Christmas party and pot luck supper. Officers were elected: Delmar Nussbaum president, MecConnaha vice president, Luedtke secretary, Schweitzer treasurer. Twenty three attended. January hosts named. Christmas readings and songs shared. gift exchange concluded.
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Bloomington
Spangler Chapel Methodist Church
L.E. Windman
J.J. Hoeksemna
Delmar Nussbaum
W.C. MecConnaha
Vernon Luedtke
Harry Schweitzer
Joan McConnaha
Vernon Luedike
Lester Windman
Norman’ Vincent Peale
W.C. McConnaha
Young Boy Wins Poker Debt Settlement in St Petersbu
Mayor Don Jones of St Petersbu repaid a debt to 8 year old Patrick J. Egan of Florissant Mo after losing a poker wager of 16000 matchsticks during a World Series trip to St Louis. The mayor later learned matches cannot be mailed and mailed 16000 matches worth about 5 dollars. He credited the boy for teaching him not to gamble with a young Irishman.
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ST. Petersburg
Don Jones
Missouri
Jones
Patrick J. Egan
Florissant
James Egan
St. Louis
Conesville Club Women Host Christmas Party
The Conesville Double Eight Club women held a Christmas gathering at Mrs. Winifred Maxwell’s home with nine members present. Prizes went to Neva Maxwell, Catharine Gipple, and Adeline Crawford. A gift exchange and refreshments followed. Next meeting set for January 17 at Mrs. Pearl Adams’s home.
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Conesville
Double Eight
Winifred Maxwell
Neva Maxwell
Catharine Gipple
Adeline Crawford
Pearl Adams
Police Station Robbery Victim
Plantation Florida police report a theft at the station lobby a gaily wrapped electric shoeshine kit was the sole gift under the tree the missing package shook the force Des Moines Iowa plans bids next month for a governor plane using 150000 appropriation after attorney general found 202000 for the plane illegal and bidding limits debated
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Des Moines
Iowa
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