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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1968

Page

7

Rockefeller Targets Southern States for Delegates Support

New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller seeks Southern delegates to cut into Nixon’s lead at the Republican National Convention. Rockefeller’s aides say Reagan could draw votes in Texas North and South Carolina Florida Mississippi Alabama Louisiana and Tennessee if Reagan appears viable. Campaign manager Robert Douglass stresses the first ballot as crucial for momentum and notes potential Reagan defections from Nixon.

New York Nelson A Rockefeller South Richard M. Nixon Nixon Ronald Reagan California Robert Douglass Sr Rockefeller Reagan Texas North Carolina Florida Mississippi Alabama Louisiana Tennessee Douglass Niow Georgia Issippi Lew Rckefeller

Contenders Plan Social Events At GOP Convention

Washington AP reports social events will decorate the Republican convention with party symbols and receptions. Perle Mesta leads hospitality at Miami Beach, while Patricia Reilly Hitt and Bertha Adkins host dinners and meet delegates. Host committees plan beachfront, club, and boat events for 1666 delegates and alternates, with GOP sponsorship adding further festivities.

Washington Party Perle Nixon John F. Kennedy Richard Nixon Patricia Reilly Hitt San Francisco Nelson A. Rockefeller Bertha Adkins Oxford Eisenhower

Heart transplant patient improves after surgery in Houston

The first woman to woman heart transplant recipient Mrs. Allen H. Brunk, 49, of Houston, steadies after surgery at St Luke's Episcopal Hospital. Donor Mrs. Alvie Neal, 46, Corsicana, died of a brain tumor. Brunk drank liquid nourishment and received IV meds as a surgical team led by Dr Denton A. Cooley reported a lung clot would have been fatal hours after surgery. Six of eight recipients survive. two discharged.

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