DeRudder Dies After Artificial Heart Surgery
Marcel DeRudder dies at 2 04 a.m. CST five days after receiving a partial artificial heart at Methodist Hospital. Autopsy cites pulmonary rupture and left middle cerebral artery clot. DeBakey attended, wife Edna present at a hotel. The device had taken 40 to 75 percent of the left ventricle’s workload and had shown normal operation until death.
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Houston
Marcel DeRudder
Methodist Hospital
Edna DeRudder
DeRudder
DeBakey
Texas Medical Center
de Rudder
Adrian Kantrowitz
Maimonides Hospital
Brooklyn
N.Y
Assembly Demos Set to OK 22 Million School Aid Hike
Democratic Assembly leaders moved a 22 million dollar school aid increase toward swift passage as the GOP Senate prepared a competing bill. The ethics code dispute hung over the floor amid maneuvers to derail stricter reforms. Senator Hughes criticized both chambers for obstructing ethics efforts.
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Albany
N.Y
Senate
Rules Committee
Anthony J. Travia
GOP
John H. Hughes
Syracuse
Hughes
Quake Strikes Old Asian City Four Die in Tashkent
Moscow reports the worst earthquake in 98 years hits Tashkent. Four people killed and about 150 injured as many homes and public buildings are destroyed. Brezhnev and Kosygin rush to oversee relief efforts amid extensive damage.
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Moscow
Tashkent
Soviet Union
Tass
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Space Center Strikers Vote 30 Day Truce
Cape Kennedy workers vote to uphold a 30 day truce in the 8 day UTC strike after federal mediators secure an interim agreement in San Francisco. Pickets at Cape Kennedy entrances withdrawn as 116 of 1150 construction workers join the agreement and minor slowdowns noted.
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Fla
United Technology Center
International Union of Electrical Workers
San Francisco
UTC
This Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
California
Sunnyvale
Redwood City
Coyote
California Electricians
New Graduated Withholding Begins May 1
Washington reports the first graduated withholding system in U.S. history starts May 1 to adjust paychecks toward actual taxes. Six rates will apply 14, 15, 17, 20, 25 and 30 percent, with split-income provisions benefiting married couples and low income earners. The change aims to curb inflation and reduce take-home pay less for some, offset by a steady annual tax bill.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
U.S
Sister Clarence Paul To Lead College of St. Rose
Sister Clarence Paul, chair of the graduate biology department, will become president of the College of St. Rose in Albany upon Sister Catherine Francis retirement in June. Named by the Provincial House of the Sisters of St. Joseph, the women's college has about 800 students.
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Sister Paul
College OF ST. Rose Albany
N.Y
Clarence Paul
College of St. Rose
Catherine Francis
Sisters of St. Joseph
Valenti Named Hollywood Czar In Move From White House
Jack Valenti, long time advisor to President Johnson, resigns from the White House to become president and chief executive of the Motion Picture Producers Association of America. The 44 year old will command a higher salary and leave a void in Johnson's inner circle.
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Washington
Hollywood
Johnson
Jack J. Valenti
Motion Picture Producers Association of America
Texas
John F. Kennedy
Valenti
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Lost Boy Found Safe in Catskills
Seven year old Ross Davis was found safe after 48 hours lost in the Catskill mountains near Liberty New York. He was located by a rescue party behind a resort hotel about 500 yards from his grandparents home. He was taken to Maimonides Hospital in Liberty in good shape but hungry. Police volunteers and airmen from Stewart Air Force Base aided the search.
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Fallsburgh
N.Y
Ross Davis
Catskill Mountains
Liberty
Devine Corners
Ben McDole
Roscoe Davis
Maimonides Hospital
West Point
Stewart Air Force Base
Twine Loop Causes Boy's Fatal Neck Injury
James D. Gracey eight died after his neck entangled in a loop of twine hanging from a barn second floor on his family's farm near Watertown New York. Deputies said the boy ran down stairs and the accident caused a broken neck.
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Watertown
N.Y
James D. Gracey
New York City
John B. Gracey
Meteor fireball lights Eastern Seaboard amid skywatch
A bright meteor, described as a rare fireball, flashed from the Carolinas to Toronto, with experts saying it was a large meteor not a satellite. Observers reported glowing vapor trails and a loud finale as it likely disintegrated over the Atlantic. Police received hundreds of calls. no confirmed wreckage.
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New York
Seaboard
Ohio
Thomas C. Nicholson
Hayden Platetarium
Carolinas
Toronto
Nicholson
Fred L. Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
U. S. Naval Observatory
Washington
Auto Industry Now Favors Federal Safety Standards
The auto industry switches to supporting strong national vehicle safety rules with federal guidance. Ford VP John S. Bugas told a House committee that U.S. cars are safest yet calls for uniform standards and government authority to set and enforce them nationwide.
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Washington
John S. Bugas
Ford Motor Co
House
Congress
House Commerce Committee
Bugas
Canadian freighter freed after grounding in St. Lawrence
The 500 foot Sir Thomas Shaugnessy was freed by two tugs and moved toward Sorel Quebec after being aground for over a day near Clayton New York. No injuries reported and damage described as light. Reloading began once the ship was released.
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N.Y
St. Lawrence
Sorel
Que
Sir Thomas Shaugnessy
Watertown
Cancer-Swap Patient Griffith Dies After Experimental Operation
Harry T. Griffith, 63, of Flourtown Pennsylvania, former pro baseball player, died after an experimental cancer swap at Roswell Park Memorial Institute. He underwent osteogenic sarcoma cell exchange and blood exchange with Robert F. Allen to prolong life.
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Philadelphia
Harry T. Griffith
Griffith
Flourtown
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Buffalo
New York State
Cancer Research and Treatment Center
Robert F. Allen
Tucson
Ariz
U.S. Mediators Enter Talks On Paper Strike
Federal Mediation Service steps in as talks begin between the Newspaper Guild of New York and the newly merged World Journal Tribune. Leaders express cautious optimism while disputes over severance pay and strike actions linger amid a shutdown before first editions.
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Federal Mediation Service Today
Newspaper Guild of
World Journal Tribune
Matt Meyer
Meyer
Bertram A. Powers
International Typographical Union
Powers
Afl-Cio
Guild
New Corporation
Journal-American
the World-Telegram & Sun
The
Herald Tribune
Twenty Freight Cars Derail on Same Poughkeepsie Curve
Twenty cars of a New Haven Railroad freight train derailed at 6 30 am on the same curve near Poughkeepsie NY as an earlier April derailment. No injuries were reported and the one track line from Danbury to Maybrook was blocked while investigators sought the cause.
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
New Haven Railroad
Danbury
Conn
Maystook
Orange County
N. Y
Hudson River
Red Ball Airlift Delivers Vital Supplies to Viet Nam
About 3,000 tons of spare parts and vital military cargo have been flown to South Viet Nam under the Red Ball Express airlift system. McNamara ordered the program last November to speed urgent needs, with deliveries averaging five days and a maximum of 11 days, marked by a red ball for priority cargo.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
Pentagon
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
France
Viet Nam
McNamara
IBM to issue 50 percent stock split for shareholders
IBM shareholders will receive one half of an extra share for each share held as of May 3. The split, approved at the Southwest meeting, increases authorized shares from 37,262,625 to 55,898,438. Chairman Thomas J. Watson Jr. said directors plan to raise $350 million by offering discounted additional shares.
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Houston, Tex
International Business Machine Corp
Southwest
Thomas J. Watson Jr
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