European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes four deaths these family picture show from left air Force m. Sgt. Doug Las Biden his wife Ursula and two of the couple s four children Catherine 8, and Sharon 9, All of whom were found slain in their apartment near Sembach air base Germany police said Biden,34, apparently shot the woman and Chil Dren and was fatally stabbed by Bis estranged wife 27, before she died. Ger Man police said they Learned that bide had threatened to kill his photo Houston grandmother satisfactory after woman to woman heart graft Houston Tex. A Doc tors at St. Luke s episcopal Hospital monday night trans planted the heart of one woman into the Chest of a second a operation a spokesman called the first woman to woman transferor the Organ. The recipient was reported Tobe in satisfactory condition tues surgery by a team headed by or. Denton a. Cooley be Gan at 8 . Cd and was completed about two hours later. The recipient was mrs. Bet White Brunk of Houston a 49 year old grandmother. Mrs. Bet to o Neal 40, of Corsicana Tex., was the . Luke s spokesmen said mrs. O Neal entered the Hospi Tal monday and died shortly be fore the operation . Brunk had suffered Sev eral heart attacks before shews admitted to the Hospital july 22, a spokesman donor was brought to Houston by ambulance suffer ing a brain Haemorrhage. Mrs. O Neal s physician d. Bone of Corsicana said she had a brain tumor. A autopsy will be performed to de Termine the Type of growth he said. The decision was made this morning after it was obvious that she was dead except former heart or. Bone said. All vital signs were gone except for the heart beat. She was transferred to Houston with the assistance of a mechanical Respirator he Hospital spokesman said the donor was in a coma 24 hour before a three Man team of physicians declared her dead shortly before the operation. V corps i Dies of brain tumor Frankfurt is a 17-year-old Soldier has died of a brain tumor at the medical Center v corps he disclosed Here . Truman l. Neal or. Of Btry a 6th in 9th arty was participating in a Field exercise with his unit at the Center when he became ill and complained of headache son july 17, a spokesman said. He was first taken to the 547thgeneral dispensary there then transferred to the Nuernber Garmy Hospital and later evacuated to Lan Stuhl where he die Friday. Surviving is his father Truman. Neal or. Of Jeffersonville ind. Allen Brunk the patient s Hus band admitted after the opera Tion he was scared to he was not sorry they had chosen the talked with Beth about the transplant he said. She was real serious about it. I did not expect it to happen this Quick,though." he said the operation was his wife s own Choice. Or. Cooley and his team of surgeons performed their seventh transplant on june 23 when they implanted the heart of a 16-year old Accident victim inthe Chest of Henry w. Jurgens. Jurgens 57, of Beatrice neb., Union claims graft in Viet troop shows los Angeles up musicians Union official has charged that some entertainers performing in Vietnam have been victimized by unscrupulous promoters. John v. Tranchitella president of musicians Union local 4 in los Angeles monday urged parents of entertainers who Are minors not to be blinded by promises of a great Chance for your child in signing contract for Vietnam shows for gis. Someone s been making Money off these shows in Vietnam and it s not the performers he said. He said some Young musical groups who visited Saigon have been stranded without transportation Home. Others have arrived and found no hotel accommodations. Others have been unable to collect their wages or have been paid with bad checks he said. Tour cancelled one musical group got As Faras Hawaii found its tour had been cancelled and had to comeback at its own expense the Union Leader said performers should insist on receiving a least enough Money in Advance for round trip tickets to Saigon and Cash Bonds insuring they will be of the recruitment of entertainers for Vietnam has been Rife in Southern California since the fatal shooting by Cheviet Cong of two members of an act called Brandi Perry an the Bubble machine. Was listed in satisfactory Condi Tion several hours after the operation and continues to recuperate. Three Days earlier Fred , 58, a retired Alexan Dria va., Barber received anew heart and was Able to walk about his Hospital room 36 hour Slater. Physicians at Parkland Hospi Tal in Dallas performed the first Man to woman heart transplant surgery on june 7. The recipient a 41-year-old Dallas housewife died about five hours after the surgery John Fierro 54, who received a new heart May 21 atthe Hospital was dismissed Mon Day. He will move to Houston for checkups said. The spokesman the first heart recipient Here Everett c. Thomas 47, left s july 29 and took a Job As a Trust consultant at a hous ton Bank. Thomas underwent surgery May 3.another recipient continues to Progress at the Hospital. He i George Henry Debord 46, who underwent surgery july 2. Volcano erupts 15 dead san Jose Costa Rica a the Arenal Volcano continued its fiercest eruption in 500 year tuesday with a toll of at least 15 dead and hundreds of injured. More than 4,000 persons had to be evacuated from the towns of Pueblo Nuevo and enormous Quantity of vol Canic ashes incandescent Rock Sand lava streaming out of the Volcano s Crater covered the Cen trial Region of Tho Wanching and farming District of Guanaco Stewich a Blanket of ashes eight inches grasslands and the Cotton and Rice crops were being destroyed by the eruption which according to experts is the firs the Arenal Volcano has has had in approximately 500 eruption started before Dawn monday when a Gigantic loud of ashes covered the sky. The ashes rocks and Lav dammed up Rivers and Brooks and Many of these overflowed and flooded the country. 24 gis die in pc traps Saigon up the u
