Apollo 8 Mission Near Lunar Orbit On Christmas Eve
Apollo 8 closes in on the moon with an expected 3 29 p m Earth time lunar approach 34 5 00 miles from Earth 69 miles high orbit. Crew Col Frank Borman Lovell and Anders face a brief gravity barrier as they prepare for a 20 hour Christmas Eve to Christmas Day orbit while illness affects the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
I Va
Air Force Col
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
William A. Anders
Borman
Lovell
Anders
Moon
Robbery at Karen's Beauty and Gift Shop
Police investigate a Saturday evening robbery at Karen's Beauty and Gift Shop 109 North Center Street. About $2000 in cash and checks were taken from a bank bag near the rear register while two men mobbed the shop. Police seek two described suspects.
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Karen
North Center Street
James Sinare
Frank Campisano
Frank Carnegie
Yule Lighting Winners Named in Corry Contest
Corry area celebrates Christmas lighting with fourteen entries. Religious division first place Sam Migliaccio 1312 West Pleasant St 20 dollars second place Carl Cassett 219 West Congress St 15 dollars. General division first William Blakeslee RD 1 Corry 20 dollars second John Lutz 208 Worth St 15 dollars third Walter Loveland 5 dollars. Contest sponsored by Corry Savings and Loan Citizens Corry Office Marine National Bank and The National Bank of Corry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sample
Corry Area
Jaycees
Sam Migliaccio
West Pleasant Street
Carl Cassett
West
Congress Street
William Blakeslee
Corry
John Lutz
Worth Street
Walter Loveland
The
Corry Savings and Loan
Citizens Corry Office Marine National Bank
National Bank of Corry
Five Children Die as Coatesville House Burns Christmas Loss
In Coatesville Pennsylvania a two story frame house fire killed five children of Floyd L Green Jr and Gracie Green. The parents were hurt and Mrs Green saved her five year old daughter Debbie. The fire seriously injured Mr Green and seriously burned him while attempting rescues. Continued on Page Four.
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Coatesville
Floyd L. Green Jr
Green
Gracie
Jessie Lee Brown
Jessie
Antoinette
Floyd NT
Jeffrey
Jerome
Melissa
Kidnapper Captured After Barbara Mackle Case Swamp Manhunt
Barbara Mackle survives an 80 hour burial in a coffinite box after being kidnapped for a half million dollars. Gary Krist, a 28 year old escapee, was arrested on kidnapping charges on Hog Island. The FBI continues to search for Ruth Hisemann Schier as the investigation unfolds with millions recovered in ransom.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Barbara Jane Mackle
Robert Mackle
Miami Hart Institute
Barbara
Mackle
Maeisle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Atlanta
North Georgia
Gary Steven Krist
Dade County
Miami
Krist
Florida
Gulf Coast
FBI
Fort Myers
Ruth Hisemann-Schier
University of Miami Institute of Marine Science
Erie Man Takes Over Hotel Corry
Erie businessman Enrico A. Trombetta of Erie has bought Hotel Corry from North East’s Charles LaRocca and Erie owners Anthony Licata and Irwin Press. Final transfer hinges on Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board approval. Thomas J. Trombetta of Erie named manager.
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Corry
Enrico A. Trombetta
Erie
Charles LaRocca
North East
Anthony Licata
Irwin Press
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Harrisburg
PLCB
Thomas J. Trombetts
Trombetta
Pueblo Skipper Describes Pueblo Crew Beatings and Terror
Seoul AP report shows Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher recounting two weeks of concentrated terror on the Pueblo crew before release. He says about half the men were badly beaten last week and many bear bruises and signs of malnutrition.
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Pueblo
Seoul
North Korea
San Diego
Calif
Lloyd M. Bucher
Bueher
Bucher
United States
Korea
U.S
Panmunjom
Reds Open Vietwide Attacks Ahead of Christmas Cease Fire
Reports from Saigon describe heavy weekend operations as North Vietnamese forces clash with U S and South Vietnamese units near the cease fire site. In one six hour battle near Saigon a patrol base saw at least 103 enemy dead and 30 bodies along barbed wire, while U S infantry suffered casualties and B 52 bombers struck enemy positions. A separate assault near Da Nang and Pleiku inflicted further losses before dawn.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
U.S. 6Th Infantry Division
da Nang
Pleiku
Kontum
Youth Killed in Hunting Accident Near Poland Hill
Pittsburgh youths Dennis D. Kelly aged 16 and Lar ry Sprachman 18 were hunting near Poland Hill in Tionesta Township when Kelly was fatally shot in the back of the head. The two friends, about ten feet apart, were deer hunting on the last day of deer season. Sprachman drove from Pittsburgh to hunt.
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Tionesta
Pittsburgh
Poland Hill
Tionesta Township
Dennis D. Kelly
Larry Sprachman
Cecil Toombs
Kelly
Sprachman
Toombs
Kelly's
Hope Keeps Joking Despite Plane Engine Loss on Vietnam Tour
Bob Hope joked through a plane engine failure on arrival in Saigon as 2,000 heard Billy Graham preach to 2,000 troops and Archbishop Cooke arrived. Hope, amid 100 degree heat, performed at Long Binh for 30,000 including Ambassador Bunker and Gen. Abrams. Graham preached in Phu Bai while troops waited in drizzle.
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Hope
Plase
Rosie
Roosevelt Grier
Long Binh
Saigon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Paris
Ho Chi Minh Trail
da Nang
Phu Bai
Graham
Raquel Welch
5 Crashes Probed By Corry State Police
Five crashes were investigated by Corry State Police over the weekend. John E. Adams Jr. 42 of Corry suffered a head laceration after drifting across the center line on Route 6. his car and Larry McCray 23 of Corry’s vehicle sustained $750 in damage. Adams faced pending charges after hospital treatment.
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Corry
John E. Adams Jr
West Church Street
Larry McCray
R. D
Adams
McCray
Corry Memorial Hospital
Margaret Liebau
RD. 9
Erie
Ronald Ottaway
Union City
Wattsburg
Wilbur Shepard
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Apollo
Carry Gift Shop
Alleniown
Allentown
Eugene Holvack
Upper Saucon Township
Limeport-Lanark
Carey Koch
Charles Roming
Katherine Brubaker
Theresa Ohl
Coopersburg
Lehigh County
Roger Hassick
Bethlehem
Anthony Mirra
Sacred Heart Hospital
Danville
George W. Taylor
Taylor
Miremen
Yule
Terry Kramer
Waureka
Wis
Lee Henry
Oakland
Pfe
John Chevalier
Jermy Guy
Byoe
Barley Caswell Jr
Klaus Zupp
White Plains
N.Y
Winfred Crowe
Duluth, Minn
Harold Simms
Kingman
Ind
Cale
Ralph MecCalloags
Columbus
Nab
Erie Man
Hotel
Curwensville
Albert Quigley
U.S. 322
Lewisville
Felix Collaxo
Kelton
Pennsylvania
Col Tazo
Union Hospital
Ecton
New Bloomfield
Sara Bruner
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