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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
3
About $15,000 had been pledged or donated by Wednesday in a drive led by the San Diego Chamber of Commerce to cover food and lodging costs for visiting Pueblo crewmen families. Some 200 relatives flew in at U.S. expense and at least 200 more paid their own way, with government covering round trip transport.
St John Terrell reenacted Washington’s 1776 crossing on Christmas Day at Washington Crossing State Park Pennsylvania. He sailed a 40 foot boat with three troopers while New Jersey Marine Patrol and Pennsylvania Fish Commission boats escorted in 22 degree cold. Thousands watched along the river banks as a peaceful, eventful crossing marked another annual tribute.
Bishop Zygmunt Choromanski a top Polish Roman Catholic leader died at 76. He served as secretary of the episcopate since 1946 and defended church rights as a member of the episcopate state joint commission in Communist Poland.
Navy defers intensive questioning of 82 USS Pueblo crew to Friday after a day of medical exams. Crews, restricted to two buildings at San Diego Naval Hospital, will be questioned on all phases of the capture and release from Jan. 23. Families note high spirits but physical toll shows as men lost 20 to 40 pounds and report beatings or torture.
Charles Partin and Guy Huntley, both of Randolph, who escaped the Orange County jail the night before Thanksgiving and were recaptured, escaped again on Christmas Eve using a hacksaw blade to cut through. Police say both remain at large today. Partin had a prior conviction for breaking and entering while Huntley awaited trial on the same charge.
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