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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1968
Page
1
The Apollo 8 crew reported from lunar orbit describing the surface as gray plaster like dust with footprints and craters. Lovell Anders and Borman identified landmarks and named features while sending back the first telecast from 220000 miles away noting terrain and crater shapes.
Cease-fires largely held as U S and Viet Cong prepare for a landmark meeting in Tay Ninh province to discuss the return of three American soldiers. Five American representatives and five Viet Cong negotiators will meet at a helicopter landing zone marked by a Viet Cong flag amid tight security.
Fragmentary forecast notes cold conditions across West Virginia and surrounding regions. Mentions fair, cold and windy weather with low temperatures, a chance of snow in parts, and continued chilly conditions into a next period.
Fragmented notes show Tuesday temperatures and wind. Highs near 64 fahrenheit with west winds 19 mph and gusts to 25 mph.
Edgar James, one of five Black students charged in a Bluefield State College bombing case, asserts a campus protest coalition remains active with support from other colleges. He claims the effort aims to extend justice movements to Bluefield. The group faces grand jury charges and bond set at 25,000.
Charleston police juvenile officials sent two 16 year old youths from Galveston Texas back home on Tuesday after they were fetched from a downtown hotel. The teens said they were in love and planned to marry. They were told to reach Houston by Christmas or risk arrest. A telegram from Houston detectives confirmed the order. One parent wired $50 and the pair headed west. The youngsters had been away from Galveston for three days.
A group leader complains of no reply from the State Board of Education after seeking a meeting to discuss student grievances. Gov. Smith says the board operates independently from the Governor’s office. The group plans to write urging an open meeting before the press. James declines to discuss four pending grand jury actions. College president Wendell Hardway is noted in the dispute.
Deputies thwarted a jail break when three men identified as Walden Davis Facemyer and Steve Mullins attempted escape through the cellblock pipes. Davis 20 already faces armed robbery sentence, Facemyer 23 on breaking and entering, Mullins 24 jailed on armed robbery. this marked a second breakout bid by Davis.
California wine production accounts for about half of the state’s output and a rising share of the U S market. The industry has shifted from bulk and fortified wines to premium estate wines as mergers and new, smaller wineries reshape the field.
Ernest Mittemberger of Paul Masson vineyards and Kerr Wente of Livermore Valley discuss the 1968 harvest aftermath. They note hail and frost ruined much of the year’s work, reducing crops to salvage operations and stressing the wine industry’s resilience.
Firemen reported overwhelming community response after Beatrice Parsons and her three children lost their home early Friday. Residents donated food clothing and shelter materials stored by the Fire Department while the family seeks a new home near Mrs Parsons’s D Street workplace.
Agents recovered more than 100 600 dollars worth of liquor including 2 000 cases from a cabin where suspects Vukovic and Balent were arrested. Two stolen tractor trailers owned by Commercial Carriers were traced to an ABC distribution contract in Charleston. Police say the rigs were driven from a quonset garage after a cut chain lock. FBI notes ongoing investigation with possible more arrests.
A long dispute over prescription drug price advertising ends with pharmacists and retailers agreeing consumers could gain from price competition. A 1967 survey shows price variation up to 1200 percent between pharmacies. legal barriers to price ads persist across 49 states with Ohio as the lone exception.
Advocates for drug advertising oppose prohibitive laws, hopeful a court challenge can overturn restrictions. A case currently sits before Florida courts, testing regulatory limits and potential impact on medical advertising.
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