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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1972
Page
9
A six year old, Anthony Bernardino, was pulled to safety in El Monte California after spending nearly seven hours stuck 27 feet down a narrow hole. Rescuers and family described as dirt caked and pale the boy whispered to his parents, Hi Mommy, hi Daddy, upon reaching the surface.
University of Chicago physician Dr. George Leroy says he found no evidence that patients died from Dr. Ricardo Munoz-Valez's care at Elgin State Hospital. Leroy degraded Munoz's methods as inadequate and medically unsound but concluded criminal liability is unlikely.
The Senate passed a 9 billion housing bill aiming to curb closing costs on home mortgages and subsidize mass transit deficits. It consolidates federal housing programs and aligns with some of President Nixon's proposals, though House action is unlikely before Easter.
The Heart and Lung Institute announced the first use of a nuclear powered artificial heart pump in a living calf at Boston City Hospital on Valentine’s Day. A Har vard Medical School team and Thermo Electron developed a compact plutonium 238 powered steam engine to drive the pump. The device replaces the left ventricle for about five hours, with four engine designs explored and future size reductions planned.
Muhammad Ali must explain to a Chicago judge why he has not posted $44,000 with a local bank to guarantee continuing $1,250 monthly alimony to his ex wife. Ali's attorney said the cash lacks ready availability and will be put up when funds are obtained.
William H. Lawrence, national affairs editor for ABC, died in Bedford New Hampshire from a heart attack while covering the opening round of the 1972 presidential campaign at a primary event. He was 56. Lawrence had a 40 year career spanning ABC and the New York Times and predicted Johnson would not seek reelection in 1966. He won the Peabody Award in 1965 and authored Six Presidents Too Many Wars. He began in 1932 with the Lincoln Star.
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