motorized scooter: 01/07/2007

NEW YORK -- Dr. Michael DeBakey says he was reluctant to undergo the heart operation he pioneered because, at his age, he feared it might leave him mentally or physically crippled.

Simplot conscious and responsive Wednesday after fall...
AP-NDSimplot Fall,0089 Simplot conscious and responsive Wednesday after fall BOISE, Idaho (AP) J.R. Simplot regained consciousness and was in stable condition today after undergoing surgery at a Phoenix hospital for a head injury.

Idahos J.R. Simplot hurt in fall
Forbes magazines 2006 list of the richest Americans estimated the fortune of Simplot and his family at $3.2 billion. Simplot was resting in the intensive care unit at St. Josephs Hospital after undergoing surgery earlier Tuesday, company spokesman Fred Zerza said.

Simplot conscious and responsive after fall
PHOENIX (AP) -- Billionaire J.R. Simplot has regained consciousness and is in stable condition today after undergoing surgery at a Phoenix hospital. The billionaire, who turns 98 on Thursday, fell from his motorized scooter as he was leaving the Fiesta Bowl Monday night.

O* most days, 75-year-old Terry Couture is as active as a soccer mom, coasting over to Vinoy Park on his motorized scooter to meet friends and running errands around downtown St. Petersburg.

Houston's DeBakey talks about undergoing operation he developed
NEW YORK -- Dr. Michael DeBakey says he was reluctant to undergo the very heart operation he pioneered because, at his age, he feared it might leave him mentally or physically crippled,...

Simplot recovering after fall
The surgery was to relieve pressure from a large bump on Simplots head after the fall. Simplot was leaving the stadium after Boise States Monday night victory over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl when his motorized scooter flipped in the parking lot and Simplot struck his head.

Billionaire injured after game
BOISE, Idaho - J.R. Simplot, Idaho's wealthiest man, was recovering Tuesday in the intensive care unit of a Phoenix hospital after undergoing surgery for a head injury the elderly billionaire sustained when he fell from a motorized wheelchair scooter as he was leaving the Fiesta Bowl.

BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) - J.R. Simplot, the 97-year-old Idaho billionaire whose firm created frozen French fries and is McDonald's main fry supplier, is unconscious and in intensive care after a fall, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

Ashland Police & Fire Reports
Monday 6:46 p.m. A male juvenile was cited for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana on Enders Alley. Monday 2:59 p.m. The glass front door of Liquid Assets was smashed with a clay pot.

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New York - Dr. Michael DeBakey says he was reluctant to undergo the very heart operation he pioneered because, at his age, he feared it might leave him mentally or physically crippled, if he survived it.

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NEW YORK -- Dr. Michael DeBakey says he was reluctant to undergo the very heart operation he pioneered because, at his age, he feared it might leave him mentally or physically crippled, if he survived it.

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