Oldest heart transplant patient improves in Houston
John M. Stuckwish and Everett C. Thomas show progress after recent surgeries in Houston and Phoenix as doctors report increased strength and walking brief steps. West in London and Reynes in Montpellier also noted as recovering or deceased across international transplant cases.
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United Press International
St. Luke's Hospital
Houston
John M. Stuckwish
Alpine
Tex
Everett C. Thomas
Phoenix
Aziz
Thomas
Ing
London
National Heart Hospital
Frederick West
Britain
West
Stuckwish
Elie - Joseph Reynes
Montpellier
France
Suits Filed Over Silver Bridge Disaster Deaths
Four new personal-damage suits totaling 8 million dollars were filed in Kanawha County, naming U S Steel American Bridge and Greiner Co as defendants for deaths in the Silver Bridge collapse at Point Pleasant on December 15. An additional 2 million suit is pending, all allege negligence by designers and builders. Forty six people died in the disaster.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Point Pleasant
Kanawha County
Leo Blackman
Richmond
Harold D. Cundiff
Winston-Salem
N. C
Oliver Bennett
Walnut Grove
Gene Harold Mabe
Highpoint
Robert E. Towe
Canada
Blackman
U. S. Steel Corp
American Bridge Co
J. E. Greiner Co
John J. Jenkins
Greiner
Three Generations Of Johnsons Meet On Mother's Day
UPI reports three generations of the Johnson family gathering at the Texas ranch for Mother's Day as two sons in law serve in Vietnam. Lynda Bird Robb and Luci Nugent join Mrs. Johnson with young Patrick Lyndon as Arma Nugent and Charles St Robb fight or support troops overseas.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Texas
Vietnam
Luci
Lyn
White House
Cam Ranh Bay
Pat
Lynda
Charles St. Robb
da Nang
Rebekah Baines Johnson
Prospector Finds Gold and Silver in Fly Ash
Washington UPI reports chemist Carl Rampacek of the Interior Department Bureau of Mines led a team that found gold and silver in fly ash from seven Washington area incinerators. Analyses at the University of Maryland showed 2 to 9 ounces of silver and 0.2 to 0.5 ounces of gold per ton, suggesting a potential value of up to $14 per ton. The team works mainly in labs in College Park and at the university.
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Michael Anders Washington
UPI
Carl Rampacek
Rampacek
Interior Department
Bureau of Mines
Washington Area
University of Maryland
Walter Hibbard Rampacek
Bureau
College Park
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Dallas
Virgil
Sam) Henderson
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R. P. Lilly
Democratic
Monongalia County
Chicago
The
National Geographic
Johnsons
Helen Thomas
Layton School of Art
Milwaukee
C. Donald Robertson
West Virginia
Don Robertson
Robertson-for-Governor Committee
Arden Curry
Hibbard
Hotel Morgan
Federal
Anne Hearst
Democratic State Executive Committee
Democratic Committee
Monongahela Power
Allegheny Power System
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