Lowell Sun (Newspaper) - December 27, 1968, Lowell, Massachusetts Astros splash back to earth Contend by ll THE LOWELL SUN Mass. FRIDAY DECEMBER 27, 1968 30 10 Cents cloudy Metro 90th Year Serving Northern Middlesex County SEE PAGE 2Z EDITION AP AP AP Jet with 62 aboard crashes But snow prevents disaster SIOUX Iowa An toark Air Lines jet with 62 passengers crashed into heavy snow in a grove of trees on take-off from the Sioux City Airport Friday but no one was killed or seriously in- snow is what saved said a Airman Larry Corn 22' Neb. was a soft There no real hard Just a The airplane on flight No. 932 from Sioux City to landed on its after its right wing dipped as i witnesses The plane's right wing was off. Ambulances rushed at least 32 many of them return ing home from Christmas holi day to where spokesmen said most of the in juries consisted of bruises am Closed Istanbul University wa today on the order of university after a group of students over administrative office last Earlier one police man was beaten up when stu dents and police clashed at protest meeting in Unrest at the university 01 curred after a Doctorate thesis by a girl assistant professor was APOLLO 8 SPLASHDOWN AM Maj. William Anders Capt. Frank Borman Capt. James Jr. 8 mission ends fantastic moon voyage ABOARD USS YORKTOWN Climaxing a magnificent space sey the Apollo 8 moon explorers came home from the heavens blazing back through the atmosphere to a parachute landing in a darkened Pacific America's newest space heroes ended man's greatest space adventure and one of history's most momentous explorations when their six-ton spaceship dropped into a gently rolling sea about miles southwest of Like everything else on his in- credible the landing was almost estimated yards from the main re- covery the Mission Control said the town had confirmed the yard distance and that the ship reported receiving radio sages from the astronauts as they bobbed in the THE from Air Force Col. Frank was mainly concerned with the check The astronauts hit the water i at a.m. EST. Lh They are the first U.S. to land in lo's velocity gradually increased until it reached a breath-taking as it slammed into the outer boundary of the atmosphere feet above the Pacific That's miles faster than any pre- vious Friction immediately built up and the craft's heat shield was blistered by temperatures of more than degrees But the temperature in the cabin remained a was a.m. local about cabin lhe jettisoned h d a.m. oca it b d A hour before dawn and 45 cnn UPI Egyptian report U.S. and Russia will try to force Israel to withdrawal United Press International The United States and the Soviets will shortly try to force Israel to withdraw from seized Arab Egyptian pers said In officials said Arab guerrillas damaged the monastery of John the An Arab commando attack on I jn Israeli airliner strained relations between Jerusalem and Arab nations even more today and Israel said it might strike The new attempt In find peace in the Middle East was the result of last week's visit to by Soviet Foreign er Andrei A. Cairo newspaper Israel bides its time on airliner revenge TEL AVIV Rage gripped Israel today at the Arab guerrilla attack on an Israeli airliner in Athens and the Israeli press warned that the Jerusalem government would decide on suitable re- in due The semiofficial newspaper Davar cautioned the public not to demand retaliatory attacks on Arab good time we win decide with a clear mind on a suitable which will not age our im- the paper Israel would give tiny to the practical steps il must take to prevent a tion of such Two Arab terrorists sprayed the New El Al jet liner with automatic rifles and threw hand grenades under it a it taxied down an Athens run ay with 43 passengers and 10 rew members One of e passengers was Athens police seized the two Arabs immediately after the at- ack hut said today they will not ile charges until they complete heir They said he two men were Mahmoud 27, and Maher Hussein 19, who came o Athens from Issa and Yamani are bers of the Popular Front for the Liberation of the organization which jacked another El Al jet last THERE WAS speculation in Athens that Greece's military dictatorship would not bring the two Arabs to trial so as to mar its relations with Arab Although the regime has good relations with Israel and the Arab it has only In Israeli officials said Arab guerrillas blew up one wall of the Monastery of The newspapers said John the Baptist It is ko told Egypt that the Soviets would keep working for The reports said the United Stales will not take part in the I the place Christians believe John baptized Jesus and is one of Christianity's most revered minutes before first light Unless there were an frogmen did not plan to deploy from the helicopters un- til first leaving the astro- to wait out the recovery in their floating The astronauts had away from earth exactly six days three hours on a dramatic sion that thrilled the world anc gave man his first closeup loot at the mysterious celestia neighbor that has intrigued mans since the They traveled 69 hours ward to the circled it 10 times in 20 hours at an altitude of 70 miles and then raced home along a 58-hour logged about perfec de facto recognition to Israel to appease the As a the Greek j government posted policemen armed with outside the Israel mission and several Arab embassies and the authoritative Cairo newspaper Al ya said today that Soviet For- eign Minister Andrei Gromyko made plans with Egyptian ers during his visit to Cairo last weekend for a new political campaign to push for a Middle East settlement on Arab The newspaper said the ed Stales would be among those contacted in the drive to build up international pressure for implementation of the U.N. curity resolution calling for Israel to relinquish all the territory it occupied after the June 1967 attempt to pressure Israel into withdrawing from Arab ry until President-elect Richard M. Nixon takes office next When Gromyko visited Israeli expressed con- cern that the Soviets and Egyptians were trying to involve the United Stales in a scheme that would ultimately be at the expense of Israeli officials said they were that U.S. policy under Jixon might beyond and favor the A hangup England Three truck drivers finally tired of tapping politely on a telephone booth where two young men were their girl The truckers tightly bound a length of rope round and round the trapping the weight from to about To reduce the effect of gravity Apollo 8 skipped like a stone off the atmosphere at bouncing back out feet before making the During the fastest two youths They finally got out by ir polic friends ing up on their dialing One Israel soldier was killed Thursday by a Jordanian sniper near the Israeli officials In Israel warned it might retaliate against the Arabs for the attack on an El Al Israeli jetliner at the Athens Airport Lindsay may seek reelection NEW YORK Mayor John V. Lindsay has left New York with his family for a vacation after hinting that he is at least considering seeking The dapper left or the Bahamas quitting a city in a of brought on by a lu epidemic and cold wave that were complicated by a shortage of fuel oil for mayor hopes to get re- TO reach their landing jjQ jj in the ill me A Capt. James A. Lovell Jr. and Air Force Maj. William A. An- ders survived man's hottest and fastest re-entry through the at- part of radio cations were cut off from the spacecraft about The first word that Apollo 8 survived the blazing dash came from who in. real good The crew reported they hac powered through a during the critical Ships quickly picked up the descending spaceship on The atmosphere braked the speed of the for small para- chutes to pop out to stabilize it. 9th graf original lead At feet the three main chues blossomed and lhe astro- floated gently downward into the traveling at a Apollo 8 slammed into the out- j comparative snail's pace of 22 er limits of the atmosphere at miles an was ished by forces nearly seven times the pull of gravity and was blistered by heat of more than degrees The astronauts had been on a perfect course since they fired themselves out of moon orbit early Wednesday and started their 58-hour, ward So accurate was the path that three planned mid- course corrections were First word that the astronauts were down came from a copter that reported seeing flashing and added the dramatic have voice Within minutes after the a helicopter was over the illuminating the area with a giant HANSCOM was a sense of awe this morning that governed the reactions of at Hanscom Field's the news came that the Apollo 8 touched Leslie at the ESD information was a feeling of it was the knowledge was unfolding around would walk into our office and listen in silence to the radios or watch the intently awaiting the news the Apollo was down and it was would stand there and listen and then they would leave and another group would enter the room and cluster around the gave a sigh of relief and broad when it hit the wa- ter we were proud God vas riding with Avco Corp. in Lowell which developed the heat shield which prevented the in- cineration of the Apollo 8 craft during its re-entry this Dr. C. J. eral said the ment was at the of the heat entry He greater than any speed yet tested and we were absolutely delighted that our part came off so Dr. Burton added that mission was incredible in its complexity and its success was tribute to the many that worked on tiie Vice President of ion and Arnold son told The Sun that Avco agement watched the Apollo re- on television this morning and were that the heat shield performed lo have been living with the project for four he we were not too prised that all went was a great adventure and we look forward to tional flights and landing on the was part of the tion of four years he Avco officials reported that employees watched the Apollo return on television and said that they were sure that all employees were Like a speeding Ironies Systems Division when Bob Hope tired of Viet war but will keep entertaining troops Vietnam Hope today indicated he is tired of the Vietnam but will keep entertaining the troops no matter what happens agree it was important stop the sion but it seems to have dragged on and he want to do some nice peaceful Potomac fever WASHINGTON Postmaster General Watson gave Red Blount the new 12 volumes of information and next week he may hand over me zip shows without the sound of topical jokes and a lot artillery in the combat told Hope made the remark in an j their boots still stained with I decide to run interview with VI backstage blood acquainted with his of whom he saw very little during long school crisis when he was putting in an 18-hour an aide The school in which three strikes left 1.1 million schoolchildren out of was one link in a chain of labor and social crises that have wrecked New York during the first three years of Lindsay's four-year Bui in his Cily Hall office this I'll at this Mekong Delta combat for up lo 18 hours lo await his didn't as the air vibrated with the roar of helicopter gunships and the thunder of Vietnam lew of the war was not and he was settled and it was is one settled in the right by lhe soldier makes coming use of collective bargaining visibly exhausted by his I lo Vietnam seem a little cesses with third party all He said his respect me o' me troops serving in the war had i sistance It v as of to tcpp J. Hoover on the job sure of staying on the most wanted somehow seem to be in ion nuns much better this i he Hope's weariness from 15- hour days was not in the he presented in the I Most men view him as I Vietnam's answer lo Santa is looking for someone lo be liis special on Claus and he did nol such for a good reliable num. JACK appeared before the INSIDE THE SUN President Johnson like lo have a summit before Jan. 20. He's a man who always wants the last Tlic 's KiOn just j to inflation official 4 Business 15, 20, 21 Classified 23, 24, 25, 26 Comics 27. 28 Deaths 22 Editorial 7 Focus 29 Metro 9, 10 People fn The Sun 8 17, 18, 19 Suburban AP TV 18 Women's News 12, 13, 14 mer appeared me with en ever-changing routine of I To reach WANT AD of The Sun GLENVIEW 8-3311 All Other Departments 5-5671 Recovered the Apollo 8 The aircraft carrier above was the primary recovery sel after splashdown of the Apollo 8 spacecraft in 'the Pacific Ocean i miles southwest of the Hawaiian
