Dream of mechanical heart for humans nearing reality
A $100 million program pushes toward a partial LVAD breakthrough to support the left ventricle. Calves at institutions including Boston Children’s Hospital show artificial heart activity, while researchers caution only gradual progress toward a total artificial heart.
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Warren Leary
Washington
Boston Children’s Hospital Center
Michael G. DeBakey
Baylor University
Texas Heart
National Heart and Lung Institute
Peter L. Frommer
Institute
Frommer
C. Grant LaFarge
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Boston
Thermo Electron Corp
Waltham, Mass
Senior Citizen's Day Planned at Los Arcos Mall
The third annual Senior Citizen's Day set for May 14 at Los Arcos Mall will feature about 50 booths for hobbies crafts and clubs with displays of baked goods jewelry needlework paintings ceramics and small antiques. Geri Lowry handles entries by May 1.
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Maxine Marshall
Los Arcos Mall
Geri Lowry
Social Security questions address widow benefits and retirement timing
A reader asks about widow benefits and a working spouse’s rights while noting unequal treatment. Answers explain Social Security vs SSI, how earnings affect benefits, and why reduced early retirement benefits caveat remain, with guidance from the Social Security Office in San Diego.
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SSI
C.E.D. A
Copley News Service
Social Security Office
San Diego
Calif
Light Side Laughs and Civic Notes From Across Iowa
A mixed slate of lighthearted and civic items. Harry Horton in Cleveland regrets sending a provocative horse card to the Ohio Liquor Control Department yet bungles the reason for his firing. In Russell, Mona Coop downplays missing ordinances as borrowing. In Des Moines, pages endure yellow uniforms amid a bloom of debate over value and fit before new outfits arrive.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Harry
Horton
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
George R. Schoeffel
Liquor Department
Schoeffel
Columbus
Russell
Iowa
Mona Coop
Des Moines
Iowa House
Chaparral Band and Choir Free Mall Concert
The Chaparral High School concert band 65 members and a 46 member choir perform at noon Wednesday at Scottsdale Mall north of the Center for the Arts. Band tunes and marches run 30 minutes with a jazz ensemble and soloists. choir sings modern and pop songs. Directed by Bill Mitchell. the event supports spring activities for workers shoppers and visitors.
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Chaparral
Scottsdale Mall
Center For the Arts
Thomas Mall
Fifth Avenue
Bill Mitchell
The
Arizona panels back laetrile legalization bill
Two committees in Phoenix unanimously approve a bill to legalize laetrile manufacture as a cancer treatment in Arizona. The measure would set standards by the State Health Department and University of Arizona, prompting health officials to seek expertise. A separate push aims to override Gov. Castro with a two thirds vote on Medicaid repeal.
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Phoenix
House
Arizona
State Health Department
University of Arizona
Health Department
Mexico
Herb Everett
Youngtown
Burton Barr
Raul Castro
Barr
Paradise Valley reviews Camelhead Estates III cluster plans
The town planning commission will meet at 7:45 p m at Town Hall to review John Martin’s Camelhead Estates III cluster on roughly 34 acres at McDonald Drive and Tatum Boulevard. The panel will also hear a request for Casa Verde Resort improvements and a replat near Tatum Canyon, combining four lots into three.
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Paradise Valley
McDonald Drive
Tatum Boulevard
Town Planning and Zoning Commission
Town Hall
Lincoln Drive
Invergordon Road
John Martin
Camelhead Estates III
Martin More
Casa Verde
E. McDonald Drive
Tatum Canyon
Tatum
Foothills Drive
Dave Hansen
VFW Poppy Sale Planned for Scottsdale Event
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold its annual poppy sale on March 18 and 19 in Scottsdale. Proceeds support disabled and needy veterans and the widows and orphans of deceased veterans, with the sale conducted by veterans groups across all 50 states.
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Scottsdale
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William F. Bernhard
St. Patrick’s Day
Scottsdale Senior Center
Second St
Mary McCormick
Scottsdale Senior Citizen Center
Carolyn Flowers
University of Arizona Extension Service
Flowers
Algiers
E. Indian School
Scott Newhard
Dinamosa
Newhard
James Wells
Cedar Rapids
House Administration Committee
Wells
Commerce Committee
Jim Skelly
House Health Committee
United States
Food and Drug Administration
Dick Hannan
Dan Peaches
Window Rock
VFW
Doug Allard
N. Scottsdale Rd
Savi
Peridot
Jade
Taiwan
Lotatima Hills
Tanzania
Africa
Germany
E. Main
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