43 year old New Jersey man dies after multi organ transplant
Edward Falk of Newton New Jersey died at New York General Hospital after receiving a heart and both lungs from a donor. The heart functioned well but the transplanted lungs were rejected despite an artificial lung treatment. Falk was the hospital's 10th heart transplant patient and led by Dr C Walton Lillehei with a 14 surgeon team.
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Smokers Kick Habit After Surgeon General Report
Americans are quitting smoking in record numbers after the surgeon general’s cancer risk link. The National Clearinghouse for Smoking and Health notes a 1968 decline, acceleration in 1969, and estimates of seven million quitting in two years. Advertising bans on radio and TV likely start Jan 1 as Congress moves to outlaw the ads.
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Pope denounces arms trade in World Day of Peace sermon
Pope Paul VI denounces giant industries selling arms to poor nations lacking hospitals and schools. He warns that weapons keep nations rich through death and calls for peace guiding all humankind, delivering one of his strongest antiwar appeals at a World Day of Peace mass in Rome. The sermon targets armed conflict and economic systems benefiting war.
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Tots found dead near Athens after mother’s drive
Two missing boys, Bryan McBride age 3 and his three month old brother Chris, were found dead in snow near Athens Ohio after authorities followed leads from their mother Barbara McBride 23 who slept at the wheel and claimed she smothered one child and tossed the other from a car. Autopsies were planned.
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Perot Returns From POW Christmas Mission Frustrated but Resolute
Dallas billionaire H Ross Perot celebrated Christmas at home after his Peace on Earth jet carried 1400 dinners and presents for prisoners of war in North Vietnam. The trip covered 35000 miles in 12 days across 16 states and countries but failed to deliver the gifts amid Communist government barriers. Perot urged a letter-writing campaign to mobilize world opinion and stated he cannot complete the task alone.
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Nixon chides Ziegler over Wall Street Journal piece
President Nixon told his press secretary Ronald Ziegler not to trust newspaper reports saying Ziegler was upset by a WSJ story. Nixon recalled the paper's past coverage of him and advised reading with skepticism.
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