07 May 1968
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Newspaper
Pontiac Daily Leader
Location
Pontiac, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1968
Page
1
Editorial argues heart transplants raise ethical and medical questions. It notes immunosuppression flaws and determining donor death, citing Forssman and Barnard while stressing that early trials carry unproven risks yet save some patients. It emphasizes doctors’ duty to treat patients until no options remain and to separate donor care from transplant teams.
The Pontiac Daily Leader lists Elizabeth Harris as managing editor and John Plesko as general manager with Jerome Pearks as business manager. The publication promotes itself as Livingston County's most widely read newspaper and notes its mailing and postage details.
Emington notes list local club meetings and social visits. Campus Lions Club will meet Thursday evening in Fuzzy's and Mamie's dining room. Various local groups including Women's Club Alpha Mu Chapter and Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament hold events May 7 to Sunday.
A coroner's jury ruled Michael D. Lynn of Bloomington died in an April automobile crash on a gravel road east of Pontiac as an accident. Livingston County Coroner Vernon Van Qualen, Dwight, led the inquest at Behrendt Funeral Home with jurors G. H. Pletz foreman E. L. Eskridge Robert E. Kridner James C. Edinger K. Mark Walker and Tim Linskey.
A medical discussion questions whether physicians may continue using all available means, including stopping heart-lung machines, to treat the sick. It frames the essential issue as a duty of doctors to act in the patient’s best interest within evolving transplant practices.
New York AFP reports Knight Newspapers earned three Pulitzer Prizes in journalism and arts for 1967-68 achievements. William S. Knight editorial prize, Detroit Free Press staff for local Detroit riots coverage, and Riverside Press-Enterprise for court corruption exposure led a landmark multi-prize year.
Notice by publication in Circuit Court Livingston County Illinois Joseph O Turner plaintiff seeks divorce from Evelyn Turner defendant case CH 68 482 unless Evelyn Turner answers by May 31 1968 a default judgment may be entered clerk John Bradshaw Bank of Pontiac Building Pontiac Fellheimer Fellheimer attorneys for plaintiff電話 842 1136
Tokyo sources report Ten of Japan's motor-vehicle makers produce passenger cars but industry chatter points to consolidation. Analysts expect the talks could yield three strong firms as the outcome of mergers.
McDowell residents gathered for council meetings at Evenglow Lodge and meals at Fairbury McDonalds Cafe while others hosted guests at homes. Several members visited Minn ie Tinges and Everett, and a Florida trip by Ed Kramer and spouse ended recently. Lett ie Ruff suffered a heart attack and was taken to Fairbury Hospital by Ruth Wilven and sister. True Blues Sunday school class members attended the Passion Play in Bloomington.
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