A 17-man medical and cultural mission left yesterday-from N£w Orleans International Airport headed for a 12-day goodwill tojur to Central America. ■
i The trip is being sponsored jointly by International House arid Louisiana-State University/
JAccoMing to Dr. John A. I Hunter, ESU president, the trip' is! the first of its kind with which the university has been associated.
it is also the 46th mission of
International House.
br. Rufus Craig of Alexandria1 said the trip is being made to make possible, doctor-to-doctor contact between Central American physicians and their North American counterparts. Aid in Problems
" We 're going to try to make friends with Central American doctors and assist them with any of their problems in which we can be of service,'' Dr. Craig said.
This will include accompanying doctors on hospital rounds and possibly assisting in surgery, he said.
Cehtral Amencan interests in the United States.
The mission's itinerary includes Panama City, San J6se,
