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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
5
Apollo 8 reports a smooth reentry toward the Pacific as Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders return from a historic lunar orbit. The crew, 138000 miles from Earth and speeding at 3600 mph, rests well after ten lunar orbits and awaits Friday’s Earth entry.
Fred Opelinski 44, who intervened to shield a store clerk during a Christmas Eve jewelry heist at Elliott's Jewelry Store in Mobile, was arrested as a parole violator from Pittsburgh after publicity of his heroism. The FBI said he used aliases and posed as a religious and professional figure in the past. The robbery left one man dead and multiple items stolen as two gunmen threatened shoppers. Opelinski was treated for injuries and later jailed pending extradition.
In a humorous note a vacuum cleaner representative says the word demonstration has grown ominous and he fears to offer one. The remark highlights a lighthearted view of marketing anxieties in everyday sales.
Houston AP The Burk Baker Planetarium curator predicts Apollo 8 will be visible with binoculars on Thursday after dusk if skies are clear. Look southwest toward Venus, with a seven power, ahead of the Moon which sets at midnight, and search before 10 p.m.
In Athens an El Al Boeing 707 bound for Paris and New York came under fire as two Arab militants lobbed grenades and opened fire during takeoff. An Israeli passenger was killed. Greek police subdued one attacker and captured the other. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility.
Navy officials delayed the start of intensive interrogation for 82 surviving Pueblo crewmen to Friday allowing a full day of medical examinations. The men are housed in two buildings at a San Diego naval hospital and face a routine debriefing with family members reporting high spirits despite weight loss and injuries.
Iowa officials from eastern central and northwestern regions met to draft state legislation enabling two or more governments to form regional airport authorities with financing power. Eldon Leonard of Ankeny chairs the steering group. coordinators include George Griebenow and Robert Mickle. The effort aims to strengthen intergovernmental financing and expand the Iowa Aeronautics Commission.
Des Moines attorney Henry T. McKnight said he agreed to defend Anthony Williams if the 24 year old abducter will disclose the location of 10 year old Pamela Powers. Williams surrendered to Davenport police after taxiing from Rock Island Illinois. McKnight, a veteran Des Moines criminal lawyer, said he has known Williams since the man began attending church here.
Anthony Erthell Williams, a self described minister with prior sex charges, surrendered to Davenport police after Pamela Powers disappeared from a Des Moines YMCA wrestling event. Officers scoured snow covered counties near Grinnell as his car lay abandoned, with clues including clothing items found in a roadside receptacle.
Lynn Zito, 12, wandered from a shortcut to a friend's house in Chester New Hampshire Christmas Eve. Sub zero winds forced her to curl in the snow with her German shepherd Heidi. Found about 3:30 Christmas morning by state fish and game officials, she was treated at a hospital. Her camping knowledge helped her stay dry and warm.
Snow blanketed the West as a Pacific storm moved from California toward the Southeast. Sacramento valley saw 23 inches the heaviest since 1899, with widespread subzero to 40s temperatures across the Midwest and Northeast. Emergency warnings, road closures in Oregon, Nevada, and New Mexico, and heavy travel disruption accompanied the storm.
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