Stanford Heart Transplant Breakthrough Signals New Era
Stanford surgeon Dr. Shumway led a 15 member team in a groundbreaking heart transplant using a donated heart one third the size of the removed one. Kasperak survived after heart-lung machine support, with immune suppression drugs to curb rejection. The operation followed cautious ethical guidelines and highlighted ongoing post operative monitoring and long term prognosis.
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Shumway
South Africa
Kasperak
Wounded Tennis Star Slain In Home Invasion
In Miami a famed former professional tennis player Ike Macy and his wife Mary Belle were attacked by masked gunmen during a home invasion. Macy was shot at least four times and died. Mary Belle was injured with chest and arm gunshot wounds. Neighbors reported a hurried getaway car, while Macy and his wife were well known as tennis enthusiasts at the Royal Palm Tennis Club. Associates included author James Michener actor Kirk Douglas and singer Dinah Shore.
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Miami
UPI
Ike Macy
Mary Belle
Macy
Clarence A. Vicklund
Vicklund
Wicklund
Mrs. Macy
Royal Palm Tennis Club
Macy’s
James Michener
Kirk Douglas
Dinah Shore
Sew Back Maimed Boy's Hand in Four-Hour Operation
In Concord Massachusetts a 16 year old boy named Richard Kricki nearly lost his hand when it was caught in a snow blower. Fire Captain Matthew Cullinane and a hospital team at Emerson Hospital performed a four hour operation to reattach the hand and forearm. Doctors Dr Joseph Winston Dr Paul L Norton and Dr Seymour Audimare praised the crew for steady handling and the captain for maintaining calm during the hazardous extraction. The hand was reattached using a live graft and cautions remain about full recovery.
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Concord
Mass
UPI
Matthew Cullinane
Richard’ Kricki
Anson “Kricki
Joseph Winston
Paul L. Norton
Skin Transplant From Deceased Teen Sparks Gift Request
In San Diego a deceased 17 year old girl Nancy Stangel donated skin to Nancy Sisson of Santee after burning incidents. Stangel died from flame and smoke inhalation at Grassmont Hospital. Sisson, 23, burned in garage fire December 28, delivered a healthy baby next day. The teen’s donation arrived as Sisson’s burn injury covered about half her body. The mother and baby remained in satisfactory condition.
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San Diego
Nancy Stangel
Grassmont Hospital
Frank G. Stangel
Nancy Sisson
Santee
Sisson
Kirschke Trial Remains Focused Amid Deliberations
Kirschke defends himself as trial pauses for motions after an unsettled jury. Judge Parker awaits a juror’s doctor verdict while Harris argues substitutions are too late. The penalty phase could decide life imprisonment or death for the slayings connected to the designer wife Elaine Terry Kirschke and her lover Orville William Drankaan.
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Parker
Kirschke
Elaine Terry Kirsehe
Orville William Drankaan
Rush-Hour Trains Collide in Boston Mess
At 3:30 am two rush hour trains in Boston rammed, derailed four cars. Passengers aided by rescuers and buses replaced trains to Boston hospitals for injuries amid knee deep snow near North Station. Quebec prime minister Louis St Laurent listed in satisfactory condition after a hip fracture.
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Revere
Roslyn Shore
Rovers
William Fitzgerald
Lines Board of Directors
Pitzgerald
Boston
Lo Aimort Station
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston City Hospital
Quebec
Loiutis St. Laurent
Archerd Trial Delayed to February Fifth
Archerd murder trial again postponed to February fifth after judge granted a four week continuance. The 15 year old defendant, hospitalized with a coronary thrombosis since December, remains under care for at least four weeks. Archerd is accused in the deaths of three persons by insulin overdoses including two wives and a nephew, with suspicions tied to three more killings in Fontana and Las Vegas.
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Insu
William Dale Archerd
Los Angeles
Adolph Alexander
Archerd
Long Beach
Fontana
Las Vegas
Mount Etna crater vents steam and lava amid snow
A new crater on Etna's eastern flank released steam and lava today, but snow and poor visibility prevented officials from inspecting the fissure.
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Catania
Sicily
UPI
Mount
Eina
Cong Seize Key City Near Saigon
Viet Cong attacked Tan Uyen and nearby Duc Hoa in a five hour assault halting at the Vietnamese militia and American advisers compound. Casualties included 3 Americans killed, 15 wounded, and multiple South Vietnamese forces and civilians hurt or killed. Viet Cong captured and later fled, burning houses and raising a flag before retreat.
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Agency of Civil Operations and
Revolutionary Develoment Support
Cords
Ared
Lee Khiem Cuong
Invantry
Duc Hoa
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Margaret McCarron
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