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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1969
Page
1
Deward Knoblock, 52, a Rosamond, California miner, was alone at a Nevada silver mine when a blasting error left him with a crushed right leg. He crawled to his truck, drove three miles on U S Route 95 to flag down help, then collapsed in the desert hospital in Las Vegas.
Doctors at Walter Reed Army Hospital report former President Dwight D. Eisenhower shows continued improvement with no fever and stable heart action. He remains weak and will need time to regain strength, though pneumonia is clearing and his diet is increasing. The hospital bulletin notes high patient census and ongoing care, including Vietnam evacuees and several surgical cases. Jacqueline Grennan announces marriage plans and Webster College transition. Judy Carne returns to England preparing for marriage. A Queens high school girl wins right to abstain from the pledge of allegiance at Ja watca High School daily recitals.
Saigon dispatch says U S warplanes repelled a dual column of at least 106 Communist tanks advancing on a Green Beret camp near the Cambodian border. It marks a rare guerrilla use of tanks in the war, last seen February 7, 1968 at Lang Vei. U S spokesmen report 30 tanks negated.
A Sacramento panel on Monday approved a 906000 compromise bill to fund spring over enrollment at state colleges. The measure, to resolve funding after earlier House disagreement, would return 325000 of 400000 to cover instructional costs and enable admission of as many qualified students as feasible. About 4875 extra students would be covered.
A 56 year old retired Canadian businessman received the heart of an unidentified donor in the Texas Heart Institute in Houston. It was the first transplant there in almost four months, performed by Dr. Denton A. Cooley’s team. The patient, Mary Alberta, was reported in satisfactory condition at St Luke’s Hospital. This marked Cooley’s 19th transplant and his 118th worldwide. Cooley had not conducted a transplant since November. One patient, Jerome Decker of Los Angeles, died Friday. Survivors include Fredey Eyman, 58, the longest living transplant recipient, at home in Arlington, Virginia, and Leo A. Boyd, 50, hospitalized in Staffordsville, Canada.
A large bear escaped its cage at an airport in Dallas prompting an emergency landing clearance at Love Field. Airport workers and sheriff deputies corralled the animal for about ninety minutes with no injuries reported.
Clay Shaw and his lawyer denounce a perjury indictment as a stunt visant to undermine the jury system. District Attorney Jim Garrison accuses Shaw of lying under oath about Oswald and Ferrie in the conspiracy inquiry that led to his acquittal. Shaw posted $1,000 bond and awaits further action.
The record notes a public notice dated December 4 showing a court matter in the Superior Court. It lists agency references and a docket number 378512 along with related archival identifiers and publication details.
In Paris UPI reports Chief U.S. peace negotiator Henry Cabot Lodge held a routine 30 minute talk with South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky amid rising Allied concern over Communist offensives in South Vietnam. They discussed attacks on population centers and possible effects on stalled Paris peace talks.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth O Day Ridder 81 longtime Home News Publishing Co New Brunswick will be Wednesday at 11 am in St Josephs Church New York City She died Monday after a long illness Widow of Victor F Ridder former Ridder Publications VP writer and musician Survivors include son Hugh N Boyd daughter Ruth Boyd Talbot Princeton and grandson Wilim N Boyd all linked to the paper
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