Heart transplant patient cheers doctors amid moral debate
Prof. Christian Barnard leads a 30 member team in Cape Town as the patient Washkansky recuperates after the operation seen as aligning with faith and human life. The druggist potential recipient is mentioned while staff work through sleepless nights. Washkansky and family are Cape Town residents with Lithuanian roots and a 15 year old son Michael.
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Christian Barnard
Cape Town
Banard
Washkansky
South Africa
Lithuania
Washkanskys
Michael
Robber Trio Flees With Injured Man in Roslyn
Three men armed with shotguns burst into Norman Kauffman’s home in Roslyn New York. They struck maid Maryanne Bradshaw on the head and fired a shotgun injuring one intruder. The trio fled in a station wagon with the wounded man. the Kauffmans and the maid were unharmed or lightly hurt.
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Kauffmans
Haight-Ashbury Power Outage Douses Hippie Occupants
A snapped power line blacked out 1 000 buildings in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury for 45 minutes. Fire crews extinguished seven trash can fires sparked by residents seeking warmth, briefly soaking several hippies with water.
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San Francisco
UPI
Haight-Ashbury
Viet Cong raid near Dakson leaves civilians dead
South Vietnamese and U.S. reports outline a Viet Cong raid on the Dakson hamlet 12 miles southwest of Bu Dop killing 47 civilians and seven militiamen with 20 wounded and three missing. Initial tallies fluctuated from 300 to 1 before government figures settled. 40 to 50 burn cases were treated in Song Be hospital.
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Dakson
Bu Dop
Robert French
U.S
Song Be
Saigon
North Vietnam
U S Pilots Hit Hanoi Area As Weather Hinders Damage Check
The article notes a limit of 89 missions for U S pilots on Tuesday with most in South North Vietnam. Marine A6 Intruders using radar attacked an army barracks 47 miles northwest of Hanoi but bad weather prevented damage assessment.
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Soons
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Dem Chiefs Push for Change in Vigo County Leadership
A letter signed by Judge H. Ralph Johnston and multiple county officials urges change at Vigo County party leadership and targets Sheriff Kelly ahead of the May convention. St Angelo hints at leadership shakeup as pressure mounts amid 56,000 license tag buyers and upcoming January sales.
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Kelly
H. Ralph Johnston
Vigo
Superior Court
Charles McCrory
Harold Bitzegaio
Harry Brentlinger
Kermit Nees
Joseph Silcock
Leonard Conrad
Sam Crandell
Harrison Township
Herman “Lefty” Compton
William Cox
Ralph Berry
Claude Reese
Lee Easton
Roger Branigin
Gordon St. Angelo
Democrat
St. Angelo
Vigo County
28 000 Police Alerted for Demonstrators
A New York antiwar protest during Stop the Draft Week drew 264 arrests, 93 women and 171 men, with leaders praising symbolic aims despite police handling. Demonstrations spread to Buffalo and California with campus and city actions and counterpickets.
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David McReynolds
War Resisters League
New York
Monay
Committee
O’brien
New York University
United Nations
The
Congo
John V. Lindsay
Police
Women Strike For Peace
Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom
Resistance
Student Mobilization Committee
Wertnam
Breakthrough on Battle Against TB
The American Thoracic Society committee on therapy invites clinical investigators to January meetings to delineate a promising new TB drug used with isoniazid. The drug shows potential to improve treatment for resistant TB and in patients who fail prior therapy. Lederle and researchers note few side effects, tracing its origin to a rubber additive found useless for that use.
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Anderson
Committee On
American ‘Thoracic Society
Tuberculosis Society
Shirley Ferrebee
TB Research Division
U.S. Public Health Service
Lederele
Lederle
Stamford, Conn
American Cyanamid Co
Lederle Laboratories
Lederlemar
Indiana Crashes Kill Two More in Heavy Rain
Two motorists died in separate Indiana crashes. A head on collision on Ind. 15 in heavy rain killed Douglas W. Smith 23 North Manchester injuring three others. William Eden 48 of Indianapolis was killed when his car hit a utility pole on the southeast side of Indianapolis.
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Indiana
Wabash
Douglas W. Smith
Manchester
William Eden
Indianapolis
UN General Assembly backs Latin America nuclear ban
The General Assembly endorsed a treaty barring nuclear weapons from Latin America with a vote of 86 for, 0 against, and 28 abstentions. The resolution urges nuclear powers to respect the ban and uphold regional nonproliferation efforts.
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United Nations
UPI
General Assembly
Latin America
Hold my mail card hints at Lansing worker’s return
A Lansing resident received a keepsake card from a vacationing friend bearing the message Hold my mail, will be back to work on the 18th. The note reflects personal routine during a short absence and illustrates small town social exchange.
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Lansing, Mich
Josephine Pomancik
Lansing
Pratt College trustees duel over shared tea bag
Pratt Kansas Dr. F. P. Wolff and Bruce Benson are clock watchers at Pratt Junior College Board meetings. They share a single tea bag to save costs while the other trustees watch, and the race to use the bag is described as a humorous, almost scientific contest.
Cardinals Tribute Highlights Spellman Devotion To Armed Forces
The cardinal favored his role as military vicar over archbishop and prayed for aid to Asia as the war drew praise and controversy. Cardinal Spellman lies in state at St Patrick's Cathedral as Arch bishop Iakovos conducts a funeral mass, with 1500 general public and 1000 relatives to attend a 90 minute pontifical requiem before burial below St Patrick's altar.
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Col
Chmielewski
New York
Spellman
Asia
Saigon
United States
Vatican
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Iakovos
Cardinal Spellman
St. Patrick’s Altar
Army settles case of Smith discharge and back pay
The Army discharged Gl Joe, ending a dispute led by the ACLU over his wife’s allotment and back pay. Smith, promoted to private first class, was a Presidio runner as the court sought an order for his release. Rebecca Latimer Felton became the first woman in the Senate, serving two sessions after appointment.
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U.S
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Smith
ACLU
6Th Army
Presidio
Robert C. Pelham
U.S. Senate
Rebecca Latimer Felton
Long Runway for Summer at Palam Airport
The main runway at Palam International Airport is being lengthened by 2,000 feet to 12,500 feet to cope with extreme heat and high-temperature days. Aviation officials said current length can hamper safe landings and takeoffs for large jetliners when temperatures exceed 100 degrees.
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New Delhi
Palam International Airport
William Walmsley
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