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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1968
Page
1
A seven member panel of physicians and surgeons defended heart transplants while cautioning against mass adoption and urging attention to ethical issues. The American Heart Association plans a ethics committee to guide restrictions and patient protections amid ongoing uncertainties.
Palo Alto California UPI reports Mike Kasperak aged 54 who received a housewife's heart last week in America's first adult heart transplant and fourth worldwide lapsed into a semi coma. Doctors cite liver failure due to excessive bilirubin as the cause and describe his condition as critical.
Saigon police used armed force to regain power plant operation, arresting six union leaders after an inconclusive bargaining session. The six leaders face inciting a strike while other workers and dock employees joined in sympathy actions.
Clark County officers held Vern Ray Boley his wife Onita Nadine Boley and William George Carnie on charges they ran a school for slot machine cheaters and skimmed earnings. Investigators say several strip hotel machines were tampered with and up to 15 others may be involved. A cheater using spoons and gafts could earn about 400 dollars daily.
Surveyor 7 on the moon near Tycho crater digs a one foot furrow with its steel tipped claw and gathers rock samples. The craft’s television camera takes more than 6,000 pictures as the gold plated chemical soil analyzer operates. Scientists at JPL report smooth performance as they monitor data from the solar powered lander ahead of manned lunar missions by late 1969.
U S troops report first major contact in a two pronged Saigon drive as 9th Infantry Division units engage near Saigon. American air strikes hit targets from Hanoi to the China border and near Hoa Binh and Hoa Lee bases as part of coordinated offenses against Viet Cong sanctuaries.
In Chadbourn North Carolina about 1500 residents evacuated when 12 boxcars with explosives derailed one mile north of town. Army demolition experts set a 4000 foot clearance zone while police reported calm, no panic, as the damaged train traveled with a 100 car consist and three diesel engines nearby.
The second session of the 90th Congress convenes with a hostile mood toward the LBS program. The agenda includes a looming fiscal crisis, the Vietnam War, crime, riots and urban blight amid an election year.
President Johnson prepares for a tough year in the capital as he negotiates tax increases and budget plans, fights to stabilize the economy, and presses domestic and foreign policy amid a wary Congress and Vietnam war challenges. He will deliver the state of the union at 9 p.m. Wednesday and seek new fiscal measures to curb inflation and deficit.
Six college students who were blinded after staring at the sun during an LSD trip declined to discuss the incident. State officials and the FDA probe the case as Pennsylvania lawmakers say drug use on campuses is widespread, with calls to reveal the school involved.
A Wall Street Journal note says setbacks can pave the way for comebacks, urging readers to stay positive and persistent as markets adjust after losses.
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