Doctors perform heart transplant in Cape Town operation
The five hour surgery ends with Louis Washkansky conscious and grateful as hospital spokesmen report progress. A team of 30 specialists overseen the transplant, hoping to prove heart grafts from one human to another will be accepted, while a kidney recipient, Jonathan Van Wyk, ages ten, also advances well at Karls Remer Hospital near Cape Town.
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Iowa GOP Chairman Robert Ray resigns from post
DES MOINES UPI Robert Ray 39 resigned as Iowa Republican Party chairman citing concern that ongoing gubernatorial speculation could compromise his impartiality. He said he may consider running for governor and will step aside to assess the future while party efforts continue. Ray noted his health improves and emphasized leadership unmired by personal campaign plans.
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Journal Host At Party Wins 60th Carrier Boy Watch
Gale Brown aged 15 wins the 60th Journal Watch award for outstanding carrier boy of the year at a Saturday turkey dinner hosted by the Journal for carriers and parents. Kevin Fort of Wayland takes first in neighboring towns. John Simmering places second with other prizes to Connelly Graber and others. The event included a yearlong eligibility rule, special prizes for new carriers, and Bingo after a long dinner at the Y M C A.
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Cardinal Spellman Laid In State At St Patrick’s Cathedral
Cardinal Spellman dies at 78 after a stroke and a Solemn Requiem Mass is held at St Patrick’s Cathedral. Thousands of mourners including parochial school children, officials, and clergy file past the casket as burial plans unfold under the cathedral’s Gothic arches. Cardinal O’Boyle and five other cardinals will preside at the Thursday interment with potential attendance by President Johnson. Spellman led over two million Catholics in New York and served as a national church figure.
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Saigon battle as U S forces rout Viet Cong line attack
U S Infantry supported by Navy and Air Force units smashed a Viet Cong attempt to cut Saigon’s food supply and hunted hundreds in a swamp fight that became one of the Mekong Delta’s largest battles. Spokesmen said at least 187 Communists were killed as dawn battle raged into night. Guerrillas also hit Long Binh base in a separate action.
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Americans to depart Cuba on repatriation flight
A plane chartered by the Mexican government will fly from Cuba to pick up 71 American citizens who requested repatriation to the United States. The State Department announced the plan on Monday.
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Supreme Court Upholds Alabama School Desegregation Order
The Supreme Court affirmed a state wide desegregation order against Alabama Governor Lurleen Wallace and state education officials. The three judge panel in Montgomery issued a model plan guiding 99 local systems on desegregation, funding, construction, transportation, and faculty integration, deeming the tuition grant law unconstitutional.
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Death Comes in New York Bert Lahr Dies at 72
Comedian Bert Lahr, famed for his cowards lion in The Wizard of Oz, died at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital at age 72 from a massive intestinal hemorrhage while filming The Night They Raided Minsky's. Born Irving Lahrheim in New York, he left home at 15 for vaudeville, rose to Broadway, and became a staple of American entertainment from burlesque to film and television.
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Thirteen youths questioned in Cedar Rapids counterfeit case
Thirteen youths, including 10 juveniles, were being questioned by federal agents in Cedar Rapids after arrest on counterfeit money charges. One suspect, Robert Linn, 19, allegedly found and used $9,700 in bogus bills at a print shop linked to Lee Grant, who faced prior counterfeiting charges.
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Cable car crash on rainy San Francisco hillside
A cable car on a rainy Sunday night in San Francisco plunged down a steep hill crashing into parked cars. The wreck set ablaze a car with seven family members, injuring two. Five more cars were damaged and forty three people, including six children, were injured with four of twelve hospitalized in critical condition.
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Weather forecast for Iowa from UPI
United Press International reports in Iowa a generally fair outlook with temperatures dipping to the upper 20s to mid 30s tonight. Tuesday brings milder highs in the 50s and continued fair skies.
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