Greater Egypt plans new regional planning group
Five counties Jackson Williamson Perry Franklin and Jefferson may form a Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission. A TAP state meeting in Springfield will hear the commissions case for a five county rural body and a proposed Metro Lakeland area includes four counties. Wesley McCommons of Benton promoted to sergeant first class and due home in March.
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Greater Egypt
Jackson
Williamson
Perry
Franklin
Jefferson
Metro-Lakeland
Wesley McCommons
Benton
U.S. Air Force
Okinawa
van McCommons
Lois Docherty
Coello
Christina
Sgt. McCommons
Heart transplant patient near death improves in Stanford
Mike Kasperak, once near death after a newborn heart implant, shows improvement and writes to his wife Ferne I love you. Doctors caution that rejection remains a major risk as the world’s fourth heart transplant patient faces ongoing challenges.
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Stanford
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Ferne
New York
Louis Block
Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Stanford Medical Center
Kasperak
Local charity funds aid Harrisburg center and statewide drive
A.L. Bowen Children's Center in Harrisburg received a 4000 check from Chicago's Forgotten Children's fund as part of a 71000 plus drive led by Jack Mabley to help retarded children with Christmas toys. The Bowen gift funds monthly snack bar cards for a year. In Marion Circuit Court Robert Strunk of Johnston City was sentenced to four months at the state penal farm in Vandalia after pleading guilty to resisting arrest before Judge Lan Haney.
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A.L. Bowen Children’s Center
Harrisburg
Chicago
Jack Mabley
Bowen
Robert Strunk
Johnston City
Vandalia
Marion
Strunk
Tom Kirkpatrick
Lan Haney
Lunar Module Launch Delayed To January 21
Cape Kennedy AP reports the Apollo Lunar Module maiden launch postponed at least three days to January 21 due to minor fueling problems. No official NASA statement expected until fueling is further completed. Roy Reuther dies in Detroit aged 58, a key UAW organizer and brother of Walter P. Reuther.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Roy Reuther
Detroit
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter P .Reuther
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