Moon photos released as Apollo 8 de briefing continues
Apollo 8 crew Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders review the six day lunar mission for training officials while space photographers unveil earth and moon images. Debriefing runs through Jan. 8 with a public appearance set for Jan. 8.
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Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Moon
Earth
Space Agency
Sur
Vietnam talks stall as table shape becomes sticking point
Paris AP report says Vietnam peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam reach total deadlock. Hanoi demands a four party conference table including Viet Cong, delaying progress while Saigon filibuster blocks concessions ahead of Nixon’s January inauguration. Courses of action remain unsettled.
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Paris
Vietnam
Hanoi
Saigon
Johnson
Cyrus Vance
Wa van Lau
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Nixon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Pham Dang Lam
Pueblo Crew Members Describe Beatings in North Korea
Two Pueblo crewmen testified at a San Diego news conference that they endured 11 months of imprisonment and brutal beatings in North Korea. Charles Law cited 250 to 300 blows including a shattered two by four. Lee Hayes corroborated the assault as captors intensified after a defiant photograph surfaced.
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Calif
Pueblo
North Korea
Quartermaster
Charles Z. Law
C. Lee R
Senate Armed Services Committee
Navy
Richard B. Russell
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Law
Hayes
Chehalis
Wash
Blood supplies critically short as flu hits donations
The flu epidemic, winter weather, and holidays have slashed blood donations nationwide. New York urged healthy adults to donate. Chicago urged postponing nonessential surgery to conserve blood for emergencies. Red Cross warned collections would fall well below December levels.
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New York City
Edward O'Rourke
Greater
New York
Chicago
Aaron Josephson
Mid
Alabama
American Red Cross
Washington
Red Cross
Red Cross Blood Collection Center
Hirst U N Secretary General Lie Dies in Norway
Trygve Lie 72 former United Nations secretary-general died at a Geilo hunting lodge in the Hallingsborg Mountains after heart failure. He guided the UN through the early Cold War and Korean War era, facing Soviet criticism and U.S. Senate scrutiny during his tenure. His death came Christmas Day. daughters Sisel Bratz Guri Zeckendorf and Mette Holst await Oslo-bound flight information.
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Norway
Trygve H. Lie
United Nations
Lie
Geilo
Hallingsborg
Thor Hval
Sisel Bratz
Zeckendorf
San Francisco
U.N
Moscow
Paris
London
Washington
Soviet Union
Security Council Hears Condemnation of Beirut Strike
The United Nations Security Council met in urgent session to condemn Israel for the Beirut International Airport assault. Debate centered on whether to demand compensation for damaged planes and impose sanctions, with no resolution likely before Tuesday.
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United Nations, N.Y
U. N. Security Council
Israel
Beirut
Lebanon
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Athens
Yosef Tekoah
United Nations
New York
U.S
Council
U.N
Electronics Executive Named Deputy Secretary of Defense
Washington AP reports David Packard, Hewlett-Packard chairman and CEO, chosen by the Nixon administration as deputy secretary of defense. Packard plans to resign from HP and place stock in trust to avoid conflicts, distributing gains to educational and charitable groups. Laird says lawmakers back the arrangement.
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Secretary OF Defense
Washington
Nixon
David Packard
California
Defense Department
Melvin R. Laird
Packard
Hewlett - Packard Co
Palo Alto, Calif
Hewlett - Packard
Defense
Laird
Wisconsin
Senate
U S Declares Corridor To Meet Site Fire Free
In Saigon the U S Command opened a fire free corridor to a New Year meeting site near Tay Ninh Province to safely transfer three captive GIs. The two kilometer wide path runs southwest to the Cambodian frontier ending at the border. A second paddyfield session was agreed to discuss POW releases amid Viet Cong demands and a 72 hour cease fire.
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Saigon
U. S.S
Freedom Road
James W. Brigham
Ocala
Fla
Thomas N. Jones
Tay Ninh
Cambodia
U.S
Égard
President May Ignore Deadline On Tax Reform
speculation grows that President Johnson will bypass the December 31 congressional deadline to submit broad tax reform recommendations. Treasury drafted revisions long ago but offers no comment, leaving decision to the White House and provoking frustration among officials.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
The
Treasury
White House
Injuries Fatal To Taxi Owner In Bluefield Fatalities Mount
Columbus Allen Asbury 66 of Main Street Princeton died Monday evening at Bluefield Sanitarium from injuries from a Dec 24 automobile crash at Glen Lyn Virginia. He owned Safeway Cab Co at Glen Lyn and was driving the cab when injured. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Main Street
Princeton
Bluefield
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