Bone marrow transplant makes merry Christmas
Hector Martinez, a 20 year old leukemia patient from San Antonio, returns home for Christmas four months after a $30,000 bone marrow transplant. Donor was his brother Roger. The drive to fund the operation raised over $33,000 led by Bishop Patrick Flores and Sister Margarite Hill. Martinez will stay in near isolation for six months and plans to resume art and guitar while continuing treatment.
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San Antonio
Tex
Hector Martinez
Martinez
Catholic Church
Patrick Flores
Margarite Hill
Seattle
Roger
Flores
Noon market slump and livestock roundup report
The markets turn lower as profit taking dominates at noon with the Dow down 6.48 to 977.31 amid cooling hopes on OPEC. Americans Telecommunication leads losses while volume eases on the NYSE before livestock summaries from Fort Worth and grain quotes from Chicago conclude the briefing.
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New York
Wall Street
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
American Telephone & Telegraph
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Fort Worth
Tex
New drug offers hope for Parkinson patients in tests
Doctors at New York University Medical School report a new drug based on bromocriptine shows promise against Parkinsons symptoms even when L dopa fails. One test patient regained ability to talk eat and sit up. Study led by Dr Abraham Lieberman notes the therapy could take years before general use and cites NIH researcher Dr Donald Caine in ongoing work.
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Boston
Abraham Lieberman
Liberman
New York University Medical School
New England Journal of Medicine
Donald Caine
National Institutes of Health
Death of Brewster County official Hilario Hernandez
Hilario Hernandez 68 longtime Brewster County commissioner and Alpine city councilman died Monday in Memorial Hospital Eagle Pass after an illness. Services were at Our Lady of Peace Alpine with burial Holy Angels Cemetery. He was born October 21 1908 in Terlingua and resided in Alpine most of his life. He was survived by his wife Eustasia Ramos and several siblings and children.
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Hilario
Federal jury convicts Cruz Jaquez in Odessa drug case
Cruz Jaquez of Monahans was found guilty by a federal jury at 1:43 p.m. Wednesday of distributing 2.3 grams of heroin. He, 39, was arrested June 24 in Odessa, jailed, released on bond, and faces sentencing. Earlier, a separate Pecos court case saw Rodney Ransome receive a five-year sentence for marijuana conspiracy. Other notes include car theft attempt near Earl Bell Elementary and federal court actions against Joaquin Villareal Hernandez Martinez and others for possession with intent to distribute.
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Cruz Jaquez
Monahans
Jaquez
Odessa
Middle City
Robert Acosta
Theresa Pinter
M.E. Johnson
John Sanders
Russell Stocks
David Wylie
Lee W. Elms
J.R. Carr
N.E. Johnson
Delbert Hare
Brian Edmiston
Rodney Ransome
Vicksburg
Miss
Pecos
Balmorhea
Alvaro Estrella
510 S. Sycamore
Earl Bell Elementary School
Jesus Ybarra Villareal
Abundio Hernandez Martinez
Daniel Torrez
S.H. 118
Alpine
Border
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83Rd Judicial District
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