Pueblo crew recounts torture during North Korea captivity
Cmdr Lloyd Bucher told reporters at Midway Island that captors beat and terrorized the Pueblo crew in a bid to intimidate the United States. President Johnson ordered a government probe as 82 aboard returned to San Diego for a Christmas reunion with families.
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Mother of modern teen recalls curls and expectations
A humorous quip about becoming a mother to a child with long blond curls, noting the irony of wanting a girl to fit that image but ending with a different realization.
Forecast White Christmas for Eastern Iowa
Snow is expected across eastern Iowa on Christmas Day with cloudy skies and milder daytime temperatures. Bitter cold followed a weekend snow and ice storm. hazardous highways persist north and west of Hamburg to McGregor with varying snow and ice depths on main routes and lighter ones on secondary roads.
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Reunion for Pueblo crew families warms San Diego homecoming
Wives and children of the 82 USS Pueblo crewmen arrive in San Diego as the liberated sailors begin debriefing and medical checks. Navy arranged lodging dubbed the Pink Palace and RX Club while families await private visits and a possible Christmas reunion.
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Christmas Peace Prayer By Borman
Apollo 8 flight commander Frank Borman delivered a Christmas peace prayer from lunar orbit. He urged universal peace and asked what each person can do to advance a coming day of peace for all humanity.
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Moon Pictures Bleak View of Moon Amid TV Broadcast
SPACE CENTER RP The first man to reach the moon described the lunar surface as sandy gray and plasterlike. The televised moon view early Tuesday appeared even bleaker, underscoring the stark contrast between expectation and reality.
Apollo 2 TV from lunar orbit shows cratered moonscape
The second live Apollo broadcast from lunar orbit airs at 8 28 Iowa Time for 37 minutes as Apollo 2 maneuvers to its second orbit. The crew notes mottled marble terrain and cratered surfaces while joking among themselves and describing horizon arcs and bright illumination.
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Apollo 8 achiev es historic lunar orbit on Christmas Eve
Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders entered a stable lunar orbit at 3 59 a m Iowa time on Christmas Eve. The crew captured stark views of the moon s far side and beamed back live pictures as they prepared to circularize their orbit and begin the return voyage toward Earth.
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Apollo 8 Moon Sighting Planned via Denver Planetarium
Denver viewers may glimpse Apollo 8 as it orbits the moon on revolutions 7 8 and 9 if skies clear NBC will relay the event through Gates Planetarium telescope. Curator Don Lunetta says a bright blip could appear in the crescent to full quarter phase region for about six minutes, with times 5 44 p m 7 42 p m and 9 40 p m.
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Hope Samples Reactions of Our Men in Vietnam
Bob Hope reports from Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam with reactions from GIs and a pilot's mishap. Soldiers express purpose in stopping communism and fear of withdrawal while noting democracy versus dictatorship realities. Hope’s Christmas eve style show ends with Silent Night as rain falls on 25,000 servicemen.
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