Surgeons turn a toe into a thumb for girl eight
In a 14 hour operation at Duke Medical Center, six plastic surgeons transplanted the second toe from Trudy Howie’s left foot to create a functional right thumb for the eight year old from Gastonia. The complex microsurgical procedure connected tiny arteries and nerves, with the toe bone capped to form the thumb, and it should grow with her hand. Trudy can now touch her right thumb to her little finger and expects improved grip for writing and drawing as healing continues.
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Durham
N.C
Trudy Howie
Gastonia
Duke Medical Center
Trudy
Donald Serafin
Carter narrows gap on gas deregulation bill
The Senate moved toward debate on a seven year phase out of price controls for natural gas with broad support from Muskie and 14 other senators. The AP survey shows 38 for or leaning for, 29 against or leaning against, with 24 still undecided as debate nears.
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Washington
Carter
Senate
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Associated Press
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Robert
White House
U.S
Betsy Zmuda Sketches SIU Carbondale Pastels
Betsy Zmuda a senior art major at Southern Illinois University Carbondale works on a pastel landscape on Chautauqua Road in Moline. She plans an October art display featuring Southern Illinois landscapes at the university.
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Chautauqua Road
Betsy Zmuda
Moline
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Humidity to stay high as heat continues through week
National Weather Service in Cairo reports heat and humidity persisting with highs in the lower 90s today and near 90 Tuesday. Isolated thundershowers today, increasing rain chances tonight and Tuesday. Through Wednesday to Friday, forecasters expect upper 80s with widely scattered showers and humid mornings. An ozone alert in Northern Illinois does not affect Southern Illinois.
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National Weather Service
Cairo
Don Semancik
Illinois
Semancik
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Assassination panel questions Warren Commission on shots
The House assassinations committee opened hearings questioning whether acoustics tests confirm the Warren Commission’s conclusion of three shots at President Kennedy. Chairman Louis Stokes warned against quick sensational judgments as acoustics experts Bolt Beranek and Newman present findings amid debate over a possible fourth shot and conspiracy claims.
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Washington
House
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Louis F. Stokes
Dohio
Harvey Oswald
Stokes
Dallas
Bolt, Beranek and Newman
Cam
Southern Illinois laborers end 41 day strike with pact
About 4,000 Southern Illinois laborers on a 41 day strike began returning to work after union officials said the new contract offer from builders passed with no problems. Delegates met to vote, with locals in Alton Belleville and Waterloo yet to vote. The walkout idled 8,000 workers from other unions and halted roughly $200 million in projects across 12 counties.
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Edwardsville
Southern Illinois
Alton
Belleville
Waterloo
Bruning
Illinois
Randolph County
FBI agent hints at explosive revelations on Kennedy case
Dallas Morning News reports that FBI agent James P. Hosty Jr. says he has explosive revelations about the Kennedy assassination. Hosty, now in Kansas City, says the House committee aims to avoid summoning him, while officials deny new information.
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Dallas
FBI
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Dallas Morning News
James P. Hosty Jr
Kansas City
House Assassination Committee
Hosty
Church
Senate Intelligence) Committee
Warren Commission
Oswald
House Committee
Department of Justice
John C. Lawn
Senate Committee
Jack Revill
Jesse Curry
Revill
Kennedy
J. Edgar Hoover
The
Commission
Summit in sixth day with no breakthrough at Camp David
The Mideast summit enters its sixth day with no sign of a major breakthrough between Israel and Egypt. Carter, Begin, and Sadat met briefly after tours of Gettysburg, while Weizman warned progress is slow. Carter also spoke by phone with Iran's Shah, urging political liberalization amid protests against arms shipments.
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Mideast
Israel
Egypt
Carter
Menachem Begin
Anwar Sadat
Begin
Ezer Weizman
Sadat
Gettysburg
Camp David
Iran
Middle East
Persian Gulf
Shah
U.S
Thurmont
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