Apollo 8 Astronaut Debriefing Underway at NASA Center
Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders began debriefings at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center Houston detailing the flight from launch to earth reentry. The sessions aim to inform future moon missions while public appearances are curtailed amid the review.
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Ace British Sleuth Retires After Great Train Robbery
London detective Chief Superintendent Thomas Butler retires after 34 years with the flying squad. The head of the unit who helped nab Bruce Reynolds in the 1963 Great Train Robbery leaves the force for a security post with a London bank.
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U S Forces Ignore New Year s Truce in Vietnam
U S troops and jets ignored the Communist New Year truce with raids from the Mekong Delta to the DMZ. Four guerrilla arms caches were found, B52 strikes produced multiple fireballs, and helicopters were downed. One American was killed and four wounded as U S forces pressed operations north of Saigon.
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PuebloCrewmen Beaten For Gestures Of Contempt
San Diego based report details two Pueblo crewmen Charles B. Law Jr. and Lee R. Hayes recounting brutal beatings by North Korean captors after a gesture in a propaganda photo. Law described being struck with 2 by 4s and a 4 by 4, plus extensive kicks and punches, while Hayes said beatings were among the worst endured in 11 months of captivity. Navy initially barred discussion, later sought volunteers to share stories, with public details of seizure and escape plans still restricted.
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Reprisal Actions Increase In New Middle East Crisis
Five men in a Jordanian police car were reported missing after Israeli air units attacked near Wadi Araba south of the Dead Sea. The car carrying women was machine gunned and set on fire, according to a Jordanian military spokesman in Amman. Uncertainty surrounded the fate of those in the vehicle.
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el Fatah
Tipsy Czechs Celebrate New Year Amid Soviet Presence
Prague revelers bought out city liquor stores and sang folk songs to forget 1968. Signs featured a boy shot by Russian invaders and messages from U S students. Russians kept a low profile as Israelis and Arabs clashed in the region with Beirut airport attacked and responses across Cairo and Athens. UN Security Council planned a condemnation resolution.
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