Pueblo commander questions North Korean authorization after capture
USS Pueblo commander Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher told reporters during a refueling stop at Midway Island that the captors may not have been authorized to seize the ship. He described the crew’s ordeal as terror and torture but said they were not brainwashed, and noted one fatality, Fireman Duane Hodges. The crew was en route to San Diego for a reunion, with Hodges’ remains aboard a coffin carried by C-141s.
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Pueblo
Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
U.S
Bucher
San Diego
Miramar Naval Air Station
Adm
Hyland
Air Force
Duane Hodges
Creswell
Ore
Midway
Hodges
North Korea
Howard Edward Bland
Monroe Goldman
Quartermaster
Charles Law
Tacoma
Wash
Hell
Heaven
Law
Navy
Johnson orders probe into Pueblo crew beating reports
President Johnson expresses serious concern over accounts that Pueblo crewmen were beaten and orders a government investigation from an emotional stance. He cites terror aims in the assault and highlights severe injuries described by Chief Monroe Goldman.
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UPI
Johnson
Pueblo
White House
Mother jokes about expecting a girl with long blond curls
A humorous remark from a mother to a friend about wishing for a child with long blond curls and assuming it would be a girl, reflecting playful gender expectations.
Forecast White Christmas for Eastern Iowa
Snow is expected in parts of Iowa on Christmas Day with skies mostly cloudy and warmer, while Eastern Iowa may see afternoon or night snow. Bitter cold moved in Monday after a weekend snow and ice storm. hazardous highways persisted with varying snow and ice cover and record low temperatures in several towns.
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Weather Bureau
Highway Patrol
Hamburg
Ames
Waterloo
McGregor
Waukon
West Union
Oelwein
Decorah
Reunion for Pueblo Crew Families in San Diego
Families of the 82 surviving USS Pueblo crewmen gather in San Diego after their release from 11 months as North Korea captives. Navy airlifted relatives to Miramar, with debriefings and medical checks planned at the hospital and a temporary home nicknamed the Pink Palace.
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Gazette
Duane Crock
Pueblo
Gerald Nolte
Washington
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
San Diego
Clifford
North Korea
Navy
Uss Pueblo
Miramar Naval Air Station
San Diego Naval Hospital
Pink Palace
RX Club
Christmas Peace Prayer By Borman
Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman offered a Christmas prayer for universal peace as the mission orbited the moon. He spoke from Mission Control and arranged for a recording to be played at St. Christopher Episcopal Church services in League City, Texas.
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Mission Control
Borman
St. Christopher
Moon Pictures Seen As Bleak TV View
SPACE CENTER RP The moon enchanter of lovers and tides appears photo like plaster of Paris or gray beach sand in the first televised view, with a bleak early Tuesday picture described by the first man to go there.
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Beach
Lovell
Apollo 11 Lunar Orbit Broadcast Set for Tonight
The second live Apollo television transmission from lunar orbit is scheduled for 8 28 Iowa Time tonight and will run about 37 minutes.
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Lunar
Iowa
Apollo 8 Captures Moon’s Harsh Terrain From Orbit
Apollo 8 crew Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders eased into lunar orbit and filmed a stark moon surface described as whitish gray dirty beach sand with footprints. The 12 minute telecast showed cratered plains rugged mountains and a horizon arc as ground controllers noted glare limited detail.
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Crater Borman
Bill Anders
Anders
Jim Lovell
Sahara
Apollo 8 moon skim sighting may air from Denver
Apollo 8 could be visible on television via gates planetarium in Denver during orbital revolutions seven to nine as NBC cameras aim through a planetarium telescope. If skies clear, viewers might see a bright blip for about six minutes at 5 44 p m 7 42 p m and 9 40 p m local times with Don Lunetta describing the event.
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Earth
Denver
Gates Planetarium
NBC
Don Lunetta
Planetarium
Apollo
Lunetta
Iowa
Charles Waters
Eatontown
N. J
Waters
Hope Samples Reactions of Our Men in Vietnam
Bob Hope reports from Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam sharing soldier reactions to the war. GIs discuss purpose, pullout, and democracy versus communism while Hope notes praise for troops and the crowd of 25,000 service members singing Silent Night after a rainstorm.
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Hope
Vietnam
Bob Hope
the Gazette
Cam Ranh Bay
Bangkok
Wudski
Pfc
Rick Elvine
Brooklyn
Stars and Stripes
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Cape of Good Hope
Jules Verne
Buck Rogers
Flash Gordon
Pacific Ocean
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Bill Wudski
Beaver Falls
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Laos
Steve Morrow
Barry, Ill
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