Pueblo Crew Heads Home After Korea Crisis
The 62 crewmen of the Pueblo fly toward San Diego for a Christmas reunion after a Seoul memorial for Fireman Duane Hodges. Cmdr Bucher and officials witness the departure as families gather at Miramar. The North Korea release drew mixed reactions from South Korean papers.
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Midway Island
Navy
Hodges
Cmdr
Stanton Wilson
Chaplian
Korea
Bucher
Edwin M. Rosenberg
Pueblo
Ralph E. Reed
Duncannon
Boy Studies Moon Map Amid Apollo 8 Mission
Jay Lovell, 13, son of Capt. James A. Lovell, then orbiting the moon aboard Apollo 8, peers at a moon surface map at his Houston home near the Manned Spacecraft Center. The photo includes a diagram illustrating Apollo 8's route.
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Jay Lovell
Capt
James A. Lovell
Moon
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Texas
Rapid snow trail leads to quick capture of young burglar
A city officer tracked a youthful burglar from Skat Oil Co station through fields and woods after a 1:30 a.m. break in on East Columbus Avenue. The thief fled out the rear door, dropping money and cigarettes. Officer Richard Farley followed tracks in the snow to the arrest site.
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Corry Jamestown Corporation
Columbus
Skat Oil Co
Chie
Sero
Talon
Richard Farley
East Columbus
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Viet and U S Forces Observe Christmas Truce In Vietnam
Saigon reports a Christmas cease fire after a day of fighting in which South Vietnamese forces claimed to have killed 159 Viet Cong. The Viet Cong announced a 72 hour truce starting at 1 a.m. today, while U S commanders noted continued incidents in the DMZ and prepared for a high level meeting with Viet Cong reps to discuss prisoner releases.
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Saigon
U. S
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Johnson
North Vietnam
Paris
White Christmas Promises Snow Bounds North Region
Frosty weather brings a blizzard that snarls city streets and boosts snow totals to 38 inches for December. Snow squalls, high winds, and teens to twenties temps prompted round the clock plowing and many homes to shovel. Peek n Peak reports two inches more with slopes rated excellent and forecast of further snow before the holidays.
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Streets
Mountain
Peek ‘N’ Peak
French ‘Creek
Pueblo crew reunion after North Korea release
Wives children and families fly to San Diego to greet 82 USS Pueblo survivors freed after 11 months as captives. Jets were to land at Miramar at 5 p m EST. Navy arrangements include news conference debriefing medical checks at San Diego Naval Hospital and private family time at the Pink Palace housing.
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San Diego
Calif
Pueblo
Navy
North Korea
Miramar Naval Air Station
San Diego Naval Hospital
Pink Palace
Cry Leads Farmer To Crash Site
Janet L. Bednar, 21, of Reading, said she survived by crying out after a single engine Cherokee Arrow crashed in an orchard near Friendship Village, four miles north of Coatesville. Her husband Thomas F. Bednar, 26, Albert Palko, 26, and Suzanne M. Palko, 25, died. Bednar and Mrs Palko were trapped. Bednar remained in critical condition at Coatesville Hospital. The crash occurred during a storm as they returned from Atlantic City.
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Coatesville
Janet L. Bednar
Reading
Thomas F. Bednar
Bednar
Albert Palko
Suzanne M. Palko
Atlantic
iCity
N. J
Friendship Village
Chester County
Pennsylvania
Palkos
St. Lawrence
Coatesville Hospital
Franklin Hospital and Dr. Smith Sued Over Boy’s Death
A Franklin man sues Franklin Hospital and Dr. Donald Smith in Venango County court seeking $20,000. Donald E. Peters, administrator of Craig A. Peters’s estate, names the hospital and Dr. Smith as defendants in trespass. The suit cites Craig, age thirteen, who was admitted to the emergency room on December 30, 1966.
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Franklin
Venango
Franklin Hospital
Donald Smith
Donald E. Peters
Craig A. Peters
Hospital
Dr. Smith
The
Sul
Craig
Killed In Hotel Blaze In New Castle
A four story downtown hotel fire in New Castle, Pa, killed at least one person and injured several others as flames swept through the Fountain Inn Hotel. Police said one death occurred at Franklin Hospital after an auto accident preceded the blaze. the case involved a negligence suit seeking over $10,000 in damages plus $1,054.50 in medical and funeral expenses.
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New Castle
Dames
Fountain Inn
Paters
Santa’s Christmas Journey Sets Off For North American Border
Good News Today relays a festive bulletin about Santa Claus racing his reindeer across the Arctic skies toward the United States border. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police promise clear air lanes as Santa jokes about the heavy bag of gifts and the penguin hitchhikers seeking Florida. Mrs. Claus waves the list as Page Six continues.
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North Pole
Santa Claus
Jolly Old Saint
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Santa
Florida
Apollo 8 Enters Lunar Orbit On Christmas Eve
Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders fired into a 69 to 193 mile lunar orbit after a 69 hour Cape Kennedy journey. Lovell described the moon as whitish gray like dirty beach sand while Anders filmed the surface and announced crater names as they passed over. The crew prepared for a 38 hour return to Earth with live TV views from about 150 miles up as they circled the moon in a historic holiday mission.
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Lovell
Anders
Borman
Earth
Cape Kennedy
Three Russians Live Year In Space
Three Soviet scientists spent a year in an airtight greenhouse to study human adaptation to long space flights. They drank water from recycled urine and ate vacuum dried food, communicating with the outside world by videotelephone. The unit included living quarters, greenhouse, monitoring facilities, and medical checkups.
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Moscow
Tass
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Edward R. Murphy Jr
Berkeley
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South Korea
Washington
Dong-A Tlbo
Dean Rusk
Fine UC
Union City
Samuel J. Palmer
Grant Street
Smith-North Center Street
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Farmer
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Hal Boyle
Cander
Vixen
South Pole
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