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Rain, Snow Showers turning to snow and colder tonight and Friday. Low in 20s, still cold Today's History In 1898. radium was discovered hy F'iorrc and Marie Curie. Devoted to the Best Interests of Fremont and Sandusky County Merged VOL. 112, NO.

212 FREMONT, OHIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 19(57 Frmnt Newt Founded 1M7 Fremont Messenger Founded 115 TEN CENTS 28 PAGES wT- lUV if i ''J I At 1 WASHKANSKY'S LUNGS FAIL First Heart Transplant Patient Lives 18 Days Russ SAMs Fail To Hit B52 Jets Attack Near DMZ Brings Attempt To Down Bombers SAIGON (AP) Communist gunners fired three SAM missiles Wednesday night at a flight of U.S. B52 bombers attacking the demilitarized zone, but all three of the Soviet -built rockets missed, the U.S. Command reported. It was the first time the U.S. Command has made a combat report of Red efforts to get the high-flying, eight-engine Superfortresses with the Russian surface-to-air missiles.

Washington reported earlier Communist ef heart transplant of Louis Wash- kansky Dec. 3, said a post-mor tem produced no clinical evi dence that rejection played a CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) Prof. Christian N. Barnard said today the death of the world's first heart transplant patient left no evidence that heart transferrals should be discontinued. Barnard, who performed the In cases of heart disease there were changes in the liver, but the post-mortem on Washkansky showed the new heart had restored his liver to normal.

The post-mortem examination had been largely a visual one and more tests would be made lo examine all Washkansky's organs microscopically, the doctors said. Prof. Schrire told the news conference there had been no circulatory trouble. The heart stood up remarkably well until (Continued on Page 22, Col. 3) part in the patient's death.

As soon as the occasion arises he will do the next heart transplant, Barnard told a news conference less than eicht hours HUNGRY CATTLE FIND FRIEND These find an Army National Guard friend who -i, vnm broke through drifts to deliver hay to strand-cattle on a snow choked ranch near Raman pd livestock. Similar efforts are under way on in western New Mexico where a week-long nearby Navajo Reservation. (AP Wire-storm dumped more than 20 inches of snow photo) after Washkansky, 53, died in Groote Schuur Hospital. Aussies Pledge Heart Works Well Earlier Washkansky's anes To Continue Aid forts in September and October, thetist reported that the transplanted heart worked well until the very end and that the postmortem indicated the patient died of a severe localized infection of the lungs. without giving details, when the Pentagon denied a Russian In Viet Strife claim that SAMs had downed NO CASES OF STARVATION DISCOVERED Help Reaches 60,000 Navajos Snowbound Without Fuel, Food one of the American high-alti Dr.

Marthinus C. Botha, a tude bombers. pathologist, also said at this stage there is no clear evidence The Communist forces are that rejection played a part in the outcome of the operation. known to have long yearned for a crack at the strategic bombers with the high-altitude SAMs the missiles that downed an American U2 over the Soviet J. Barnard and Botha appeared CANBERRA, Australia (AP)-PrcsIdent Nguyen Van Thlen of South Vietnam met here tonight with President Johnson and publicly agreed that Johnson's latest suggestions for promoting peace In Vietnam "were fully consistent" with the policy or his government.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) at the news conference with cardiologist Prof. Velva Schrire, pathologist R.J.G. Thomson and cardiologist Dr. A. Forder.

A statement issued to the press shortly before the news drops to the remote sections of the reservation which extends in'o New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. Surplus food, blankets and cots were being airlifted from Phoenix. However, a convoy of trucks bringing 60 tons of surplus food from Phoenix Wednesday was turned back by huge snow drifts and clogged highways. Navajo tribal pojice Asst. Supt.

Frank Chambers said four tons of that food would be airlifted to Wins-low for distribution. move in snow-removal equipment. He said some pieces wer? expected to reach the reservation late today. Nakai and Holmes said the Navajos are losing a lot of livestock. Hay drops by CI 19s working out of Phoenix were scheduled for the second straight day in the western part of the reservation which Nakai said has been haidest hit by the thigh-high snow.

Air Force rescue helicopters went forth again with more food conference said: "Clinically the President Johnson received cause of death was respiratory failure due to bilateral pneumonia. This was confirmed at post-mortem by Prof. J. G. Thomson." Union and they have repeatedly attempted to slip the missiles far enough south.

By Wednesday night they had a missile site secretly in operation about 10 miles nortn of the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam. When their radar scopes picked up the bombers, the Red pnners unloaded three SAMs. Need 30 Seconds U.S. officers said the 500-mile-an-hour bombers, flying about six miles up, had about 30 seconds to complete evasive ac assurances today from Australia's interim prime minister that its pro-American Vietnam Asked if he considered Wash policy won't change, then pre kansky's death "negated the experiment" Barnard replied, pared for a long working dinner tonight with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. Johnson set aside nearly two tion after their own radar hours for the dinner meeting at picked up the missiles streaking "Firstly, I would not consider it an experiment it was a treatment for a sick patient.

"The problem of infection was loaded against the surgical team," he said. Washkansky had an infected leg and diabetes. Thomson said that had pneu the U.S. Embassy with Tnieu who, like Johnson and leaders of DIES 18 DAYS AFTER HEART TR AN SPL ANT Louis Washkansky sits up in his bed last week in Groote Schuur hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Washkansky, 53, died today, 18 days after the heart of a 25-year-old woman killed in an was transplanted into him.

His condition worsened last weekend and lung complications continued until his death. (AP Wirephoto) 40 MORE INJURED Missouri Twister Leaves Three Dead up at them. other nations allied in the Viet A'INDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) Navajo officials saw a ray of optimism today in their battle to stave off starvation and illness among tribal members hit by a ser.es of severe snow storms. But.

the weather remained the key item. If it snows and blows, all predictions are off," said Graham Holmes, Bureau of Indian Affairs area director. Many Navajos were being ad-nrited to hospitals on or near the reservation suffering from pneumonia, exposure and respiratory ailments brought on by the cold weather. A U.S. Public Health Service official said most of the hospitals were at near capacity.

"We're able to move the ones who are less ill," said Dr. George Bock, PHS facilities director, "and the more severly ill can be flown out to peripheral hospitals if need be." Holmes said the "death rate has held remarkably well," considering the conditions. Officials said there had been only three deaths attributable to the storms which first struck the nation's largest Indian reservation Dec. 13. Both tribal Chairman Raymond Nakai and Holmes said there has been no reported cases of starvation among the estimated 110,000 Navajos living on the reservation, which is the size of West Virginia.

Officials added, however, upwards of 60,000 Navajos are in need of food and fuel. Holmes said several federal agencies, including the Department of the Interior, the National Parks Service and the U.S. Forest Service are helping to Beyond saying that none of the planes was damaged, the Air Force did not disclose what happened next in the skies over the DMZ. Normally the huge jets would have little chance to escape the darting missiles. But POTOSI, Mo.

(AP) Three persons were killed and 40 injured early today by tornadoes which struck Potosi and other monia not played a part there was the possibility Washkansky would have lived for a few years. Heavy Pneumonia Attack The post-mortem showed Washkansky had sustained an southeastern Missouri towns, in-1 the United States has developed new tactics and electric coun-termeasures to foil the SAMs in the more than two years since (Continued on Page 22, Col. 6) unusually heavy attack on pneu monia, he said. about midnight. The office said it damaged outbuildings and trees, but there were no injuries.

The tornado struck as thunderstorms and high winds lashed widely scattered sections. The patrol said a tornado damaged 15 to 18 homes, destroyed several barns and other farm buildings and knocked down power and telephone lines late Wednesday night between Willow Springs and Burnham in extreme southern Missouri. Several persons were reported injured, none seriously. Today a tornado hit near the communities of Viburnum and nam war, came to Australia for services Friday memorializing Prime Minister Harold E. Holt.

Holt vanished Sunday while swimming off the southeast coast. A certain topic of discussion between Johnson and Thieu was the U.S. President's call before he left Washington for informal talks between the Thieu regime and the Viet Cong's National Liberation Front of the Viet Cong. Thieu as he left Saigon said he would talk with representatives of the Communist Front only if they defected and gave their allegiance to his government. Johnson was to fly to Melbourne Friday morning for the memorial service in the Anglican cathedral there, talk afterward with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and leave Australia Friday afternoon.

Aiding heavy damage. The Missouri Highway Patrol reported that the dead were from the Potosi area and that at least 30 other injuries were reported there. Three injuries also were reported at Bixby. In Potosi, the City Hall, power plant, a shopping center and 10 to 20 homes were damaged. The injured were taken to Washington County Memorial Hospital.

Ten business buildings were destroyed. Dead were identified as JuLia Defector Leaves Youth Delegation For Embassy NEW DELHI (AP) The U.S. Embassy today housed a 28-year-old defector from Soviet Asia who broke away from a youth delegation Wednesday night and asked U.S: officials for an immigrant visa to the United States. Soviet officials interviewed the man, Aziz Ouloug-Zade, but an American spokesman said he stood on his request to stay at the embassy. U.S.

officials said they were processing an immigrant visa for the man, who comes from Tadzhik, in Central Asia. He was part of a delegation that arrived in India Dec. 12. Parents Of Viet Soldier Victim Of Cruel Hoax COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -The Army has brought a young soldier home from Vietnam for Christmas in an attempt to make up for what was either a mistake or a cruel hoax aimed at his parents. Folk Singer Joan Baez To Spend Holiday In Jail OAKLAND, Calif.

(AP) -Folk singer Joan Baez is going to spend the holidays in jail. The 26-year-old singer pleaded no contest in Municipal Court Wednesday to a charge of disturbing the peace, in connection with a demonstration in which Vietnam war protesters sat in Tuesday at the Oakland Induction Center. Miss Baez was sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 45 days suspended and a year on probation. Hunter, 9, who lived in a trailer Bixby in the Clark National For- court at Potosi, and Jess Hag est. The patrol said at least four persons were injured, one at gard and his wife, Hester, both about 65, who lived two miles Bixby and three at Viburnum northeast of Potosi on rural Several homes were damaged, Mr.

and Mrs. Jack Wolf of i route E- Mrs. Helen Irvin, former civil defense worker in Washington County, said i hit the east power lines and trees downed. The Weather Bureau said communities suffering damage are located on a line extending from southern Missouri north- Industry Aid Needed In N-M Year-end Story Once again, The News-Messenger Is busy preparing a year-end Industrial round-up. planning to review the year gone by and preview some of the year to come.

Approximately 100 letters and forms were sent to area industries and many have answered with very Interesting and informative reports. However, The News-Messenger still Is anxious to hear from others in Fremont and the area. Some of those who have not responded may have been missed on the mailing list or may have misplaced a form or been unable to find time to answer. Responses are still being accepted and we at the office are hopeful that several more will come In before the feature is completed. Any Industry wishing to be a part of the survey and not having responded can obtain a form at The News-Messenger office.

Those who are still holding on to the forms they have are urged to respond as soon as possible. It is hoped that we can give the residents of the area a complete look at the area's Industry in 1967 and at the hopes of industrial leaders for 1968. The year coming to an end has been a very Interesting one in area industry and we hope to make the year-end feature just as suburban Reynoldsburg were told in a letter last week that their son, Pfc. Thomas Wolf, 20, had been killed in Vietnam. The letter was purportedly signed by the chaplain of his unit.

The grief-stricken parents became suspicious when no offi- end of Potosi, a town of 3,1 There were rumors that the President en route home would stop briefly in Vietnam for a Christmas call on U.S. troops or in Rome for a call on Pope Paul VI. White House Press Secretary George Christian said he would make no advance announcement of the President's travel plans but continued to insist: "We will be back by Christmas." 75 miles southwest of St. Louis. east toward the Missouri-Illinois It destroyed all but one building border.

Potosi is in the center of the largest lead mining district in a shopping center and wrecked four homes on Lilac in the world, about 80 miles LB ASKS BRIDGE SURVEY More Bodies Found In River Dragging I cial word came from the Army. (Through the Red Cross, the I Wolfs learned that the Pentagon Drive, she said. An electric clock at Civil De southwest of St. Louis. The severe weather reached fense Headquarters in Potosi northeast aeross Illinois io Ran- stopped at 1:17 a.m.

toul. High winds or a possible tornado took the roof off a night statement by Johnson, saying Secretary of Transportation A'- had no record of the death of their son, a member Qf the 101st Airborne Division. The chaplain said he did not write the letter. Wolf, granted a special leave by the Army, was met by 100 friends and relatives at Port Columbus Airport Wednesday club and bowling alley near Jer-seyville, about 40 miles northeast of St. Louis.

an Boyd will be in charge White Christmas Odds Are Poor Chances on whether Ohio will have a white Christmas range from 10 to 1 to 5 to 1, against it, the Weather Bureau reported Wednesday. If, by chance, any snow is around for the holiday, it more than likely will fall in Northeast Ohio's snowbelt areas Cleveland, Canton, Youngstown and Akron. The Environment Science Service Administration (ESSA) research arm of the bureau fipres a white Christmas in Ohio's "is going to appear only in the proverbial dream this year." ESSA concluded that the chance for an inch of snow or more on Christmas Day in Ohio, during any year, ranges from about 50 per cent in Northeast Ohio to 10 per cent in the extreme southern sections of the state. of the bridge investigations. He Pay Raises Coming 'If Other Inequities Solved ATHENS, Ohio (AP)-James J.

Whalen, vice president of Ohio University, has agreed that the school's nonteaching employes would get their long sought pay raise if "inequities" among employes of state-supported schools are eliminated. Two homes were reported destroyed at Rover, south and east of Willow Springs at about the same time. The Hunter girl's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hunter and two other Hunter children, Joyce, 6, and Kim, 5, were injured and taken to the Washington County Hospital.

Another tornado touched down six miles south of Gainesville in Ozark County southwest of Potosi near the Arkansas line night. will work within the office of Emergency Planning, the secretary of the Army and the governors of West Virginia and Ohio. Kanawha Opened He has now been assigned to POINT PLEASANT, W. Va. (AP) President Johnson has ordered a national survey of bridge safety and a detailed investigation of the Silver Bridge collapse here as searchers continue to find bodies in the murky waters of the Ohio River.

The river gave up two more bodies Wednesday night and early today, raising the toll from the bridge collapse to 30. State Police have reports of 20 to 25 missing persons in connection with the disaster iast Friday. The number changes as the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg. N.C., after five months in Vietnam.

Whalen referred Wednesday to comments of CXscar McGee, The Coast Guard has opened the Kanawha River, which flows into the Ohio one-third of a mile south of the collapsed bridge, to try and alleviate the shipping jam created by the dis president of Local 1966, Ameri can Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employes, after the State Compensation police receive missing persons Bulletin aster. Officials estimate about 60,000 tons of shipping is tied up. But the Ohio River re reports and bodies are found. Seven victims were identified. The last body, recovered late Board approved several demands which led to a striks at the school last March.

Comedienne Wins Battle To Save Trees From Ax PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. (AP) Comedienne Nanelte Fabray has won a stay of the woodman's ax in a neighborhood battle to save a picturesque stand of trees near her home. As honorary mayor, she spearheaded a drive to protect the trees, some of them oaks. A land developer who planned main closed at least until Saturday, and maybe lunger. Divers and 100-ton floau.ig derricks JkLJ "Inequities among the state Wednesday night, was not.

supported universities with res-1 The most recent victims were pert to nonacademic personnel I Julius 0. Bennett of Walnut will accomplish the wage in-, Cove, N.C.; Gene Mabe, High crease." Whalen said, noting Point, N.C.; James R. Max- are trying to clear a 250-foot channel for through the STEL'BENVILLE, Ohio (AP) A blast of carbon monoxide fumes overcame three workers at a Wheeling Steel Corp. plant near here Thursday. Two died and the third was sickened.

The three men were removing a door to an antipollution device outside the No. 3 blast fumance when a cloud of carbon monoxide fumes apparently escaped, a company spokesman said. well, 20, Gallipolis. Ohio; Ronnie Safe In Florida Marvin Vitte, manager of the Idle-aWhile truck stop at Ris-ingsun has received a telephone call from Delbert Goon of Ris-ingsun, dismissing fears that he and Mrs. Goon might have been victims of the Silver Bridge collapse Friday.

Goon stated that he and his wife crossed the Ohio river at Cincinnati and arrived safely at his daughter's home in Orlando, Fla. 1 bridge debris. However, the Coast Guard said all vessels which will be permitted to travel on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers must have special crews to watch for bodies. that the board called for an investigation. Those items approved by the board for Ohio University employes included paid hospital insurance and a 15-cent meal froe for cafeteria employes.

G. Moore, 23, Gallipolis; Leo Sanders, 41, Point Pleasant; Donna Jean Casey, 27, Gallipolis, and James Hawkins, 33, of Westerville, Ohio. The White House issued a ACTOR DIES Veteran film and television actor Stuart Er-win, above, died today in his Beverly Hills, home of an apparent heart attack. (AP Wirephoto). to clear the area to build 10 estate-type homes agreed Wednesday to an alternative development to spare the trees.

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