Apollo 8 ready for lunar orbit amid Christmas Eve burn
Apollo 8 crew Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders cleared go for a lunar orbit insertion expected early Tuesday as they complete three quarters of their round trip to the moon. Flight director Glynn Lunney praised the spacecraft while a minor coolant valve issue was deemed non critical.
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Houston
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James Lovell
William Anders
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Lunar
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Moon
Viet Cong rejects Ky offer for direct peace talks
Viet Cong spox says direct talks with Saigon administration are impossible while U S and North Vietnamese troops remain in South Vietnam. Ky returns to Saigon revising stance to conditions of troop withdrawals before talks could proceed, amid Christmas travel and Paris talks.
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George Libera
Paris
Viet Cong
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Kvy
Tan Son Nhut
North
Kenneth Fanning Dies Sunday In Hereford
James Kenneth Fanning 47 of Hereford died 4 30 p m Sunday at Deaf Smith County Hospital after a brief illness An autopsy cited heart failure from an ulcer He owned City Drug Hereford formerly managed B J Drug Childress Survived by wife Euva Mae two sons Keith Steve daughter Peggy parents C E and Mrs Fanning Sayre two daughters in law and a grandson Memorial service planned in Sayre Oklahoma with burial by Rose Funeral Home Sayre Correction note about a lighting contest address error
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Hereford
Childress
Deaf Smith County Hospital
Friends
Savre
Okla
Church of Christ
W. R Craig
Jim Hamilton
Rose Funeral
Sayre
Famine
City
Levelland
Euva Fae Coon
Palo Pinto
Cars Needed For Christmas Party
Automobiles are needed to bring children to the Annual Christmas Party for Needy Children scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. Two parties are planned by Childress Elks Lodge No. 1113 at 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Volunteers should meet at the Elks Lodge at 1 p.m. Recent contributors include J. T. Perkins and others.
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J. J. Rhoads
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Dean Decker
Jim Parker
Walter Lockhoof
Dick Preston
J. P. McConnell
Lazy F Western
Bryant Flowers
Pat Jones
Raymond Rhodes
Kenneth Ellis
Cliff Campbell
Robert Ferguson
Eddy Davis
Blinkers Installed at Sixth Street Railroad Crossing
City Manager Louis Sally announced that a blinker light warning system was recently installed at the new railroad crossing on Sixth Street to improve safety for drivers and pedestrians.
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Pueblo Crew Freed From North Korea After Torture
Eight of eleven surviving Pueblo crew members crossed the freedom bridge through a snowstorm and were hospitalized after 11 months of torture and near starvation in North Korea. Captain Bucher, who endured solitary confinement, praised the crew’s spirit as they prepared for medical exams and possible return to the United States for Christmas.
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Korea
UPI
North Korea
Cmdr
Lloyd Mark Bucher
United States
Pyongyang
Bucher
Bridge of No Return
North
South Korea
Duane Daniel Hodges
1121St U.S
Ascom City
Seoul
Warren C. Buchanan
Pacific
Kimpo
U.S
Edwin M Rosenberg
Pacific Fleet
Buchanan
United States of America
Freedom Bridge
Anscom City
California
Catanzaro
Italy
Taly
Palermo
Sicily
Rockets Pound South Vietnam On Eve Of Christmas Truce
Communist rockets hit villas, airfields, and camps across South Vietnam killing 13 and wounding 30 on the eve of a 72 hour Christmas truce. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces clashed with about 400 guerrillas southwest of Saigon, with 81 attackers killed and 12 U.S. troops dead or wounded. A bomb damaged a Saigon military official’s home, while Da Nang and Dogpatch suffered heavy rocket barrages. U.S. B52s bombed northern and central targets as the capital braces for a major Red assault amid Paris peace talks.
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UPI
South Vietnam
Dogpatch
U.S
da Nang
Dogpath
Mekong Delta
U.S. Army
25Th Infantry Division
Glso
Alvin B. Webb Jr
Allied Intelligence
Nat Gibson
North Vietnam
Hope Chooses Vietnam For Christmas Yuletide Show
Bob Hope opened his fifth annual yuletide Vietnam show in Long Binh as Gen. Creighton Abrams and 20 000 GI applauded. He said he preferred Christmas in the United States but could not stand violence and joked about bringing Bing Crosby, noting engine trouble on the plane.
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UPI
Bob Howe
United States
Creighton W. Abrams
Hope
Bing Crosby
Bangkok
Saints flanker rescued in frigid waters after 30 foot wave
CAPL Gloucester reports New Orleans Saints player David J. Szymakowski, 22, of Bethlehem PA, was saved by Coast Guardsmen after a 30 foot wave swept him and companion Kenneth A. Moonan, 21, of Beverly off rocks. Both received treatment for cuts and exposure and were released from Addison Gilbert Hospital.
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New Orleans Saints
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Kenneth A. Moonan
Beverly
Hirma Scott College
Nebraska
Addision Gilbert Hospital
CofC Board to Meet Tonight
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors will meet at 6 p.m. tonight at the Chamber office.
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