Cape Town heart transplant patient nears release date
Philip Blaiberg 58 remains free of fatal infections after a risky transplant. Dr. Christiaan Barnard said Blaiberg’s heart works well and he may be home by February 8. The operation used Clive Haupt’s heart and Blaiberg has beaten the critical infection window.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Philip Blaiberg
Blaiberg
Christiaan Barnard
Groote Schuur Hospital
Barnard
Louis Washkansky
United States
Puerto Rico
Argentina
Clive Haupt
Chamber Tour Highlights Mesa Community College Visit
The Chamber of Commerce Jr. College Committee toured Mesa Community College this week led by Dr John Prince president of the Maricopa Junior College District. The group examined the campus facilities and curriculum as Scottsdale Community College plans a September 1969 opening.
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Chamber of Commerce Jr. College
Mesa Community College
Maricopa
John Prince
Capeaenee
Bizarre murder plot leads to arrest in Arizona
Phoenix man Billy Gene McKinley, 30, charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Wayne Carlson last August near Queen Creek. Authorities say McKinley also killed George Hatfield to hide Carlson's death, after letters confessing to the crime were mailed.
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Florence
UPI
Phoenix
Billy Gene McKinley
Salt River Project
Sixth Ward
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
McKinley
Wayne D. Carlson
San Tan
Queen Creek
Maricopa
George
N. Hatfield
Chandler
Hinds
Carlson
Mesa
Hatfield
Justice of the Peace -Norman
Apache Junction
Scouts elect eight residents to council posts
The Theodore Roosevelt Boy Scout Council's annual meeting elected three Scottsdale residents to council roles. Douglas He DridgBs and Roland Feltman won national council representative posts, while R Arthur Williams was chosen for the Council Board of Directors. Bill Shover was elected president.
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Scottsdale
Theodore Roosevelt Boy Scout Council
Douglas He
Air Force KC135 crashes at Minot. 12 dead including Maj. Gen Eisenhart
A KC135 tanker crashed on takeoff from a fogbound Minot ND runway killing 12 service members and injuring one survivor, flight steward T Set William G. Wright. Maj. Gen Charles M. Eisenhart, 53, and three colonels were among the victims. the Air Force opened an investigation. The wreck left engine and fuselage trenches, and parts spread along a 40 yard debris trail.
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Minot
N.D
UPI
Air Force
T.set
William G. Wright
Long Beach
Calif
Charles M. Eisenhart
15Th Air Force
Eisenhartz
Culbertson
Ned
Nebraska State College
Minot Air Force Base
Minot Municipal
Massive antiwar protest at Japanese base over Enterprise visit
In Sasebo Japan police clashed with student demonstrators opposing the arrival of the USS Enterprise. Rioters, tear gas, and water hoses wounded 172 people including 38 students and 3 bystanders, with 15 students arrested. The carrier was due to dock as 6,000 riot police kept clashes from the Sailor Town bar district.
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Saserbo
Japan
UPI
Enterprise
Naval Base
Sasebo
Sailor Town
Sasbo
Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
U.S
A. Alexis’ Johnson
Water priority row blocks Arizona governors plan
Two Arizona representatives Morris Udall and John Rhodes rejected California demands to protect 4.4 million acre feet of Colorado River water annually. California warns CAP project could affect southern urban and agricultural needs as Colorado Basin states seek a regional water plan amid Arizona's push to move water to Phoenix and Tucson.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Arizona
California
Colorado
Wesley Steiner
California Department of Water Resources
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
John J. Rhodes
R-Ariz
Colorado Basin
Veteran advisers to meet in Scottsdale post
Veterans of Foreign Wars Stanley A. Crew Post 3513 in Scottsdale hosts a meeting with Arizona State Employment Service to discuss veteran employment. Attendees include federal state and civic employers coordinating activities for veterans. The note cites 750000 anticipated civilian returns next year and 600000 last year.
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Arizona State Employment Service
Stanley A. Crew
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Scottsdale
Armed Forces
Involved Phoenix man hailed by police for quick aid
Jack Moore, 29, arrived at a Phoenix traffic wreck first, aided officers after a paddy wagon was hit, used a citizen band radio to call an ambulance, placed flares and guided traffic. He was commended by the police. In Madrid, twelve University of Madrid students were suspended for rebellion.
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Phoenix
UPI
Jack Moore
Moore
Air Force
Marijuana Safer Than Alcohol Says UC Medical Study
Researchers from the University of California advise aligning marijuana laws with its lower hazard profile. They cite brief action and low potency, urge reclassifying penalties, and propose a public health bureau to study drugs akin to the alcoholism bureau.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
University of California
ULC
Department of Public Health
Woman convicted in synagogue plot
London report says Francois Jordan ex wife of Colin Jordan founder of Britain’s Nazi party was found guilty of conspiring to set fire to synagogues in 1965 and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
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London
UPI
Francois Jordan
Britain
Colin Jordan
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