Barnard Performs Second Heart Transplant in Cape Town
Dr Christian Barnard and team conducted a five hour operation at Groote Schuur Hospital replacing a 58 year old Cape Town dentist’s damaged heart with that of a man who died from a brain hemorrhage. The hospital called the transplant successful with the patient in satisfactory condition.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Christian N. Barnard
Groote Schuur Hospital
Barnard
Louis Washkansky
Philip Blaiberg
Blaiberg
Washkansky
Haupt
Fish Hook Beach
Jill
Israel
Haifa
Brooklyn
N.Y
Adrian Kantrowitz
Eileen
United States
Johnson weighs Hanoi peace talks amid bombing pause
President Johnson said the administration is evaluating reports that North Vietnam would enter peace talks if bombing ends. He noted Hanoi Radio's claim and urged careful study while focusing on budget, HEW issues, and Social Security reforms poised to aid 24 million people. He cited plans to cut U.S. spending abroad and balance payments, and discussed Cambodia talks and a leadership shift replacing Reinhardt with Gardner Ackley as Ambassador to Italy.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
North Vietnam
United States
LBJ
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Hanoi
U.S
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
John Gardner
Charles Schultze
Douglass Cater
Congress
Texas
Vietnam
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Gifted dollar bill found in court rulings
A $1 bill meant for Christine Ehman on her sixth birthday, lost ten years ago, is set to be delivered today. The bill was found inside a volume of Pennsylvania State Supreme Court rulings consulted by Judge Samuel Strauss for a case, with an uncancelled three-cent stamp. Strauss added a two-cent stamp and dispatched the mail.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Christine Ehman
Pennsylvania
South Side Wood & Coal Firm Is Sold In Oshkosh
Wayne Grunewald becomes owner and manager of South Side Wood and Coal Company at 529 W Sixth Ave Oshkosh after buying from Edwin and Bernard Serwas. Grunewald, an Oshkosh native with 21 years in building trades, plans to expand building materials while continuing coal and wood operations. The firm, a longtime local supplier with a large coal yard, has been in the Serwas family for 61 years.
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Oshkosh
South Side Wood & Coal Company
Sixth Ave
Edwin and
Bernard Servas
Wayne Grunewald
Waldwick la
Grunewald
Marquart Millwork Co
Plywood Oshkosh, Inc
Plywood Oshkosh
Edwin Serwas
Serwas
Anton Serwas
Edwin
Bernard
Anthony Serwas
Jan
Ear-Bending Ban London Pub Resolution Limit
In a London pub a notice says staff shortages limit New Year’s resolutions to one per customer. The quirky rule reflects beverage service pressures as workers cope with crowd demands. No names or dates provided.
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London
UPI
Wisconsin Toll Sees New Year Fatalities Rise in 1967
The Associated Press reports Wisconsin closed 1967 with a record 1,147 road deaths, topping 1966’s 1,126. The New Year began with five fatalities in two days and ten over the holiday weekend. Notable deaths include Donald Roland, 23, of Madison, whose car left Dane County Highway AB and struck a tree, and Donald Kuhlow, 45, of Waterloo, whose vehicle failed to negotiate a curve on Dodge County Trunk BB near Portland.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Donald Roland
Madison
Dane County
Dunn
Roland C. Kuhlow
Route 1
Waterloo
Dodge County
Portland
Johnson Launches Strict Money Policy
The Johnson administration unveils a two year travel moratorium outside the Western Hemisphere and a 500 million dollar cut in private foreign loans and government overseas spending to reduce the 1967 balance of payments deficit estimated at 3.5 to 4 billion dollars. Presidential missions will promote the plan in Europe and Asia while urging Americans to limit dollars abroad and postpone overseas travel. The moves aim to avert a dollar devaluation and stabilize the economy with firm actions and possible further banking enforcement.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Europe
Asia
Texas Ranch
United States
U.S
Western Hemisphere
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
NATO
First New Year baby born in Oshkosh at Mercy Hospital
Master Russell Fisher Williams II weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces and 20 and 3/4 inches long crowned Oshkosh’s first New Year baby, born at 12:59 a.m. January 1, 1968 at Mercy Hospital. He and his parents receive numerous Stork Derby gifts from local merchants, including a Penn Mutual life policy, savings bonds, gift certificates, and various goods.
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Russell
Mercy Hospital
Russell Fisher Williams II
Jon
Russell Fisher Williams
Menominee
Oshkosh
Atty
Williams
Carolyn
Chuck
Nancy
Susan
Winnebago County
Northwestern
Penn Mutual
James H. Harwell Agency, Inc
Johnson Hill
City View Dairy
Oshkosh National Bank
Rodat Jewelers
Wisconsin Fires Kill Three In Bitter Cold Night
Three people die in Wisconsin fires during a subzero cold snap. Billy Hall 32 and his wife Joyce 25 perished in a Lake Beulah cottage fire near East Troy Walworth County as their children stayed with relatives in Waukesha. Wayne Clements 20 of La Crosse died in a two family home blaze while guests Gerald Clemment 30 and Dorothy Clemment 20 suffered burns. Fireman Ken Barrett 39 was briefly hospitalized for burns. Fire causes were under investigation. Additional blazes destroyed a Portage County home at Junction City while a TV repair crew saved a Mather house. A Tomahawk Lincoln County fire destroyed a seven room house. no injuries. An unoccupied Merrill area home burned. Lee Hodgson injured. A Harvey farm barn silo and 17 cattle burned near Hazel Green. Harvey home spared.
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Wisconsin
Billy Hall
Joyce
Lake Beulah
East
Troy
Walworth County
Waukesha
Wayne Clements
la Crosse
Gerald Clemment
Dorothy
Ken Barrett
Fred Brown
Junction City
Portage County
Brown
Daisy Churchill
Mather
Juneau County
Alden Winrich
Oakdale
Tomahawk
Lincoln County
Frank Goodfellow
Jerry Mickovich
Goodfellow
Inlaw
Einar Ingman
Rock Falls
Merrill
Lee Hodgson
Merrill Rural Fire Department
Thomas Harvey Sr
Hazel Green
Grant County
Harvey
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Lyndon Johnson
Mercy
Jess & Nick’s Pizza
Peoples Beer
The
Peoples Brewing Company
Rothenbach Bros
Sterling Gardens
Hoffmann Firestone Store Inc
0. A. Haase
Piggly Wiggly
Society
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