Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON STATE : Civil Rights Figure Has Heart Surgery
From Times staff and wire reports
Arthur A. Fletcher, President Bush’s choice to head the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, was in satisfactory condition following triple-bypass heart surgery in Yakima. A nursing supervisor at St. Elizabeth Medical Center said Fletcher, 64, remained in the intensive-care unit. The operation was performed a week after Fletcher suffered a mild heart attack while in town for a conference.
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