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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1986

Page

3

Baby dies during liver transplant in Boston

Nine month old Alex Kevin Girard died during a liver transplant at Children's Hospital Boston after his condition worsened requiring heart lung bypass. Doctors called the surgery a desperate attempt under almost impossible circumstances as a donor liver was found in Texas, with Nancy Reagan offering support to the family.

Boston Nancy Reagan Alex Kevin Girard Children’s Hospital Hardy Hendren Reagan Paul Ellen Girard Air Force Girards Houston

Edwards and co defendants acquitted in hospital and nursing home case

In New Orleans the governor Edwin Edwards and four co defendants were found not guilty on all charges in a federal racketeering and fraud case over state approvals for 10 million dollars in hospital and nursing home projects. The Amtrak strike vote was decided in Trenton with a Monday walkout looming, and a consumer group urged banning three livestock drugs amid cancer fears.

New Orleans Edwin Edwards Marion

Tax plan gains momentum in Congress for sweeping reform

Washington backers push a broad tax overhaul with lower rates and expanded corporate burdens. The final bill will be shaped behind closed doors by a conference of House and Senate writers from hundreds of provisions. If passed this year, it could reach President Reagan for signature by early August.

Washington Senate House David Berenson Ernst and Whitney Accountants Congress Bob Packwood R-Ore Finance Committee Reagan

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