Plane crash in Bradford kills 20 relatives of Christmas victims
Rescue teams searched snowbound marshes after Allegheny Airlines Convair 580 crashed near Bradford Regional Airport. Twenty passengers and relatives died, 27 were injured. Crew included Capt. Gary Mull and First Officer Richard Gardner. Rita Boylen survived.
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Allegheny Airlines
Detroit
Washington
Hos
Tel
Cyclone
Allegheny Flight 736
Erie
Harrisburg
Allegheny
Gary L. Mull
Fairfax
Richard B. Gardner
Springfield
Rita Boylen
Alexandria
Gregory Toin
Pottsville
U.S. Fails To Gain Release Of POWs In Christmas Meeting
In a Texas Saigon area rice paddy, five U S officers and five National Liberation Front reps held a cordial yet unproductive briefing on Christmas Day. The Viet Cong did not agree to release the three American prisoners, and no date or place was set for their return. A three day Viet Cong cease-fire runs to Friday morning while South Vietnam and allies declared a 24 hour halt earlier.
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United States
U.S
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
John. V. Gibney
Clearwater
Fla
U. S
NLF
Pueblo Crewmen Enjoy Christmas
The USS Pueblo crew and families celebrated Christmas in San Diego after their return from North Korea. The day included a Post Exchange visit, religious services, and a large Christmas feast at the naval hospital. Families shared mixed talk about captivity, while quick personal stories emerged, including a planned rapid wedding at the hospital chapel and a guard’s taunt about cars during captivity.
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Calif
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Pueblo
Naval Hospital
Travis Dodd
C. Angelo S§. Strano
Hartford
Conn
Edward
Russell
Glendale
Seaman Edward S. Russell Jr
Young Russell
Johnson
Sharon McCartney
la Canada
Rodney H. Duke
Frederick Duke
Fayette
Miss
North Korea
Cal
Abduction of Pamela Powers Shocks Des Moines YMCA
Pamela Powers a 10 year old Des Moines girl was abducted from a YMCA lobby Christmas Eve as her family watched a junior high match. Authorities linked the suspect Anthony Erthell Williams alias Robert Anthony Williams to the crime and earlier offenses. Police pursued leads including a sighting with a wrapped bundle and Williams’ departure in a car. The case connects to prior Missouri arrests and a Fulton State Hospital commitment.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Pamela Powers
YMCA
Merlin Powers
Powers
Missouri State Hospital
John Knapp
Anthony Erthell Williams
Associated Press
Robert Anthony
Robert Anthony Williams
Robert Gene Anthony
Anthony
Kansas City
Jackson County
Williams
Fulton
State Hospital
Apollo 8 crew shows festive earthward view during TV broadcast
Apollo 8 astronauts treated viewers to a Christmas dinner on live TV as they inched closer to Earth, noting a revised menu with less sweet food. Commander Frank Borman and crewmates James Lovell and William Anders described the meal and their evolving approach to in-flight meals during the mission.
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Anders
Frank Borman
Apollo 8 Crew Shares Christmas Dinner Telecast From Space
Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders hosted a 10 minute Christmas Eve TV tour from the moon orbit describing their cabin, mission progress and mid course adjustment as they approach Earth. The craft nears equilibrium gravity linking moon and Earth with 38 894 miles to the moon and 201 857 miles to Earth as re entry nears Friday morning.
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Earth
Christmas Celebrations Span World Amid Conflicts
Christmas greetings rang from space to the South Pole as Apollo 8 astronauts shared a turkey dinner during 20 orbits of the moon. In Vietnam fighting continued despite truce efforts, while clashes flared near Bethlehem and in the Middle East. Pope Paul VI blessed the world from St. Peter's Square as Czechoslovakia and Moscow saw faithful services despite tensions.
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Space
Paul VI
Rome
St. Peter's Square
Vatican City
Czechoslovakia
North Korea Intensifies Porous War Tactics
Western military expert notes North Korea has expanded its porous warfare, using 80 foot infiltration boats to land commandos on South Korea's east coast near Ulchin. South Korea reports 106 killed and seven captured as efforts to destabilize the South continue amid growing North Korean capability.
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Charles H. Bonesteel
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South Korea
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Bonesteel
Vietnam
North Korea
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