Groveton town fooled by false doctor Freddie Brant
In Groveton Texas a 1 300 resident town learned its sole doctor was a con man posing as a psychiatrist and a licensed physician. Freddie Brant used Reed L Brown s name from Chattanooga Tennessee and worked as a lab technician. He faced forgery and perjury charges in Kaufman County with bond set at 25000 but could not post. Local pharmacist editor nurse and patient described his trusted care and misleading prescriptions before suspicions arose from a pharmaceutical firm about drug shipments to the Groveton Medical Clinic.
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Groveton, Tex
Louisiana
Texas State
State of
Texas
Dist. Atty
Harold Hollngsworth
Freddie Brant
Chattanooga
Tenn
Reed L. Brown
Hollingsworth
Brent
Brown
Brant
Kaufman County
Kaufman
William Bock
Groveton
P. M. Johnson
Groveton News
Trinity Memorial Hospital
Ninth US Astronaut is Killed in Jet Crash at Edwards
Mary Robert H. Lawrence Jr., Chicago born ninth U.S. astronaut to die, was killed when an F104 Starfighter crashed on landing at Edwards Air Force Base California during a routine training flight. Maj Harvey J. Royer was injured. Lawrence, 31, was planning a two man Space laboratory orbit project for 1970 with Barbara his widow and 8 year old son Tracy at the base.
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Lawrence
Defense Department
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Edwards Air Force Base
Air Force
Many-Hued Pinatas Display Brought From Mexico
Raul Flores showcased seven pinatas purchased in Guadalajara at Personal Thrift Co. in Poplar. The colorful piñatas, hung for Christmas and other celebrations, will be broken at Boys' Club nights. contributions of candy nuts and fruit are sought. Remaining pinatas include a white hen, a fish, a ship and two large star arrangements.
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Falow
Personal Thrift Co
Flores
Ottawa
Rosie
Raul Flores
Mexico
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Don Woodward
Woodward
Weather County Forecast: Snow ends tonight. cool Sunday
Tonight remains cloudy and colder with a snowy ending late tonight. Snow accumulation 1 to 2 inches. Low tonight in the upper 20s. Sunday partly cloudy and cool with highs in the 30s. Friday high 63, today’s low 41. Record highs and lows dated. Precipitation trace in past 24 hours ending 7 am. Hourly temps listed through the day with mixed readings and barometer near 29.78 inches.
Heart transplants from chimpanzees to humans discussed
London report quotes Dr William Cleland, a leading heart surgeon, stating there is no objection to transplanting a chimpanzee heart into a human. He notes ongoing use of animal parts in surgery, such as valves from pigs and calves, and envisions future full organ transplants with timely availability.
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London
Wiliam Cleland
Britain
Cleland
Lynda Bird Johnson Weds Marine Captain at White House
Johnson walks his daughter Lynda Bird down the red marble halls for a historic 44th White House wedding. The East Room glowed with candles and flowers as Lynda, 23, married Marine Captain Charles Robb, 28, in a private ceremony watched by staff and reporters.
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Washington
Johnson
Lynda Bird
White House
Lyne da
Marine Cant
Charles 5
Lynde
Chuck
Robb
Planning Session Friday For A Library System
Representatives from seven libraries attended a Northeast Kansas Libraries workshop in Ottawa to plan for library service in northeast Kansas. The session aimed to craft a coordinated program across Brown Jefferson Franklin Leavenworth Douglas Miami and Johnson counties with workshops designed so no attendee travels more than 30 miles.
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Northeast
Library Service
LeRoy Fox
Johnson County
Otto Wans
Harold Gashagan
NEEL
Alan Loyd Jr
Mulo ‘Hewitt
B. “Wellington
Albramah
Nell Barnsaby
Allernoon
Mar
NE KL
Lawe
Rence
Johnson County Lirary
Midewest Research Institute
Kanesas City
Baldwin
Lawrence
Wellsville
Richemond
Osawatomie
Louisburg
Ottawa
Rockefeller under pressure to run for president
Palm Beach AP Governor Nelson Rockefeller faces increased push from GOP leaders at the governors conference to consider a presidential bid. Governor Tom McCall proposes a petition drive to draft him, while Rockefeller maintains he has not changed his stance against entering the race. Other governors caution against organizing a draft, noting the nomination would hinge on party dynamics and potential delegate support.
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GOP
New York
McCall
Rockefeller
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryl J
New Yorker
Agnew
John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
Heart transplant patient shows no rejection signs
In Cape Town, Louis Washkansky displayed only minimal hints of heart rejection after a transplant two weeks earlier. Doctors, led by Dr Christian Barnard, intensified treatment and cobalt therapy, and tests today found the rejection indicators disappeared. Washkansky’s condition remains stable and improving, with possible discharge in about three weeks if trends continue.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
T. O’donovan
Washkansky
O'Donovan
Christian Barnard
Barnard
Donovan
Local Couple Slightly Injured In Train Collision
Ottawa couple Mr and Mrs Bob Robbins escaped serious injury when their train to New Orleans collided with a freight train near Baton Rouge. Mrs Robbins suffered injuries, treated and released. he was kept overnight for observation. The couple, traveling with Farm Bureau Insurance salesmen to Chicago for the annual convention, were to rejoin the group in New Orleans.
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Ottawa
Bob Robbins
S. Willow
New Orleans
Baton’ Rouge
Russell Nordyke
Robbins Insurance Agency
Home Office
Robbins
Baton Rouge
Nordyke
Louisiana
Collison
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Harvey J. Royer
Royer
Aerospace Research Pilot School
Injueries
Air. Force
Detalia
Barbara
Tras Cey
Franklin County Court House
Don Buf
Carol Lawrence
Gordon MacRae
Lynda
Georgetown
Miss Lawrence
Lke
Ae “Punt
Rockey
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