Apollo 8 Near Lunar Orbit Just 60 Miles Out
Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman and crew Lovell and Anders report good health and expect lunar orbit at 69 miles. Lunney notes a minor cooling issue but no serious problems as midcourse correction is cancelled. The trio endured illness Sunday but expect to reach the moon and begin Christmas Eve orbit.
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Space Center
Houston
Frank Borman
Moon
Lunney
Lunar
Borman
Michael Collins
Mission Control Center
Air Force
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Lovell
Anders
Earth
Pueblo Crew Freed After 11 Months Captivity
North Korea released 82 surviving Pueblo crewmen after 11 months in captivity. Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher described brutal abuse and malnutrition but said no crewman sailed within 13 miles of North Korea. The men were flown to Ascom City hospital near Seoul for medical checks before possible departure for California.
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North Korea
U.S
Pueblo
San Degio
Calif
Lloyd M. Bucher
Bucher
United States
Korea
Panmunjom
Pueblo A jet transport heads to Hawaii and San Diego
At Osan Air Base a jet transport waits for the flight to Honolulu and San Diego while families of many crew members are flown to San Diego for a Christmas reunion. Questioning of the crew may continue for weeks. A coffin bearing Fireman Duane H. Hodges, 22, Creswell Oregon, is carried from the area near the demilitarized zone after Hodges died in North Korea following the ship's capture off Wonsan on January 23.
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Osan Air Base
Honolulu
San Diego
Bucher
Demilitarized Zone
Duane H. Hodges
Creswell
Ore
North Korea
Wonsan
Julie Nixon and Eisenhower II wed in private ceremony
Julie Nixon 20 and Dwight David Eisenhower II 20 married Sunday at Marble Collegiate Church New York in a brief private Protestant ceremony. They kept newsmen away from the reception at the Hotel Plaza and plan a short trip before returning to college. David is Amherst junior. Julie Smith College junior.
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New York
Julie Nixon
Nixon
Dwight David Eisenhower II
Julie
Reformed Church of America
Nixons
David
John Eisenhower
Norman Vincent Peale
Pueblo
Hotel Plaza
Mrs. Eisenhower
Amherst College
Amherst
Mass
Smith College
Northhampton
Father pays ransom for Barbara Mackle in kidnapping case
Barbara Jane Mackle was rescued after 80 hours buried in a coffin like box in Georgia. Her father Robert Mackle said faith sustained the family as he paid 500000 to kidnappers. Gary Krist, 23, was captured on Hog Island and charged with kidnapping after $500000 in ransom money was found.
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Miami Beach
Fila
Barbara Jane Mackle
Robert Mackle
Miami Heart Institute
Barbara
Mackle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Atlanta
North Georgia
Gary Steven Krist
Dade County
Miami
Krist
Florida
Gulf Coast
FBI
Fort Myers
Reds Begin Attacks On South Viet Ahead Of Truce
Communist forces launched heavy weekend offensives across South Vietnam ahead of a three day Christmas cease fire. American troops faced mortars and rockets as battles raged near the truce site. North Vietnamese units from Cambodia attacked a patrol base 44 miles northwest of Saigon, leaving at least 103 dead and capturing a large quantity of weapons.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Ohio weekend traffic deaths exceed yearly average
A Columbus report notes 20 fatalities over the weekend, with 3 Friday, 11 Saturday and the rest Sunday, pushing the toll above the annual average of 15. The tally reflects a deadly two days across the state.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bridge material return urged by officials
Springfield officials press for return of bridge materials as commissioners face no obligation to retain them. A separate feature notes a local man recounting his Cambodian prisoner experiences as cautionary reading.
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Springfield
Cambodia
Santa Claus
Ohio University Bobcats
Sunny
Yes
Cccaka
Delscate
Peiteens
Johnson
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Fieria
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Peter Fuller
Arthur Grafton
Fuller
Warren
Cuyahoga County
Mary J. Pringle
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Here
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Nancy Moore
Aiken
S.C
Thurmond
South Carolina
Aiken Presbyterian Church
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