Word: landreth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Smith was brought into Eden Hospital in nearby Castro Valley, Dr. Stephen Landreth, 37, an orthopedic surgeon, prepared for a standard amputation. Then he had a thought: "This is too good a leg to throw away." He got on the telephone to Dr. Alan Gathright, 38, a vascular surgeon, 20 miles away in Oakland. Asked Dr. Landreth: "You want to try for a miracle?" Gathright did, and he sped to the hospital...
During Taft's visit, a newsman asked Delegation Chairman Floyd Landreth if the Virginia delegates were getting to like Ike better. "That might well be true," he replied. "If Eisenhower were nominated and the Democrats muffed it, Ike might win. If Taft were nominated, I don't know, but they would have to muff it pretty keen...