First Pueblo Sailors Tell Of Beatings
Two Pueblo crewmen describe beatings and terror during 11 months of captivity in North Korea. Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher says captors sought to strike fear. Law of Port Townsend Washington and Hayes of Columbus Ohio describe incidents and maltreatment among the 82 crewmen. Medical staff report maltreatment signs, with one sailor having a broken rib.
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San Diego
Calif
Uss Pueblo
Lloyd Bucher
J.C. Charles B. Law, Jr
Port Townsend
Wash
Lee R. Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Navy
Law
Hayes
Midway Island
Bucher
U.S. Naval Hospital
Horace Warden
Seoul
Brinks Heist In Boston Nets $800000
FBI and police chase clues after two men with a key hijack an armored car four blocks from a 1950 Brinks robbery site. Guard Richard Haines, 43, was restrained while robbers moved the cash to a second vehicle and fled. a non issued key and unlatched side bolts are noted as crucial details. An audit begins to tally cash.
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Boston
FBI
Richard E. Haines
Tewksbury
Brinks
Felix A Savage Jr
Brink
Money Express
Massachusetts
Haines
Registry of Motor Vehicles
Apollo 8 astronauts begin full de briefing on moon trip
Space officials say the Apollo 8 crew Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders will spend the next days in intensive de briefing, recording every event of their six day moon mission. They arrived from the Yorktown and will have Navy tests on their return before a Downey California examination. Twelve color photos from the mission were released by NASA.
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Space Center, Houston
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Yorktown
Hawaii
mid-Pacific
Honolulu
North America Rockwell Co
Downey
Calif
Moon
Nations Aeronalties and Space Administration
Two Area Crashes Report No Injuries
Corry State Police report two weekend auto accidents with no injuries and limited damage. Howard Boggs, 59, of Trenton Ohio, drove a 1986 truck trailer on Route 19 south of Waterford off a soft berm into a ditch causing about 400 dollars damage. On Route 97 four miles west of Union City Terence Omniewski, 18, of Erie lost control while attempting to recover his 1963 coupe, veered into an oncoming car driven by Walter Weber 67 of Erle. damage totaled about 525 dollars, no injuries.
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Corry
Howard Boggs
Trenton
Ohio
Waterford
Boggs
Union City
Terence Omniewski
Erie
Omniewski
Walter Weber
Erle
Elgin Sailor Key in Apollo Recovery Mission
Larry Burrows a Navy electronics technician from Elgin played a pivotal role during the Apollo splashdown aboard the USS Bennington. He handled communications during the Yorktown recovery, joining astronauts and helicopter crews as his voice relayed the rescue. Burrows, a 1963 Corry Area High School graduate, has served five years in the Navy and lives in San Francisco with his wife Kathy Bertrand and two children. His father serves as assistant superintendent of highways overseeing Union City and Corry.
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Larry Burrows
Walter Burrows
Elgin
Larry
Navy
Bennington
Yorke Town
Corry Area High School
Kathy Bertrand
San Francisco
Union City
Corry
City and state police ready with alcohol test gear
Corry and area residents plan to go out and celebrate the New Year but police will be equipped to test drivers for alcohol. New state law gives officers authority to conduct tests with or without consent. Mobat kits will be distributed to municipalities from Union City, with Erie County sheriff’s department delivering them. State Police will use the Intoximeter as before. Mobat is a mobile alcohol tester.
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Corry
Union City
Robert Michaels
Erie County
Carnegie
Hong Kong Flu Declared Epidemic in Erie City
Erie County health director says Hong Kong flu has reached epidemic stage with no deaths so far. Absenteeism in plants is running up to five times normal as physicians report flu and other respiratory illnesses well above average. Peak timing remains uncertain.
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Hie
Merie County
Gerald Palmer
Farmer
Part Time Cop Held After Wife Shooting Spree
Raymond Sanchez 33 Morrisville is free on $1 bail after allegedly shooting his wife in the face during a claimed accidental discharge while clearing a revolver. He faces charges of assault and battery assault with a deadly weapon and wanton pointing of a firearm. The wife sustained powder burns and a nine inch grazing wound.
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Wumewoyin
Raymond Sanchez
Morrisville
Wage and price guidelines raised for 1969 in report
President Johnson's advisers urge voluntary wage and price restraints with a target near 5 percent. The Cabinet Committee on Price Stability proposes businesses absorb part of costs and cautions against rapid inflation. Nixon administration may offer its own approach and the long term goal remains a 3.2 percent standard based on productivity.
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Washington
Johnson
Cabinet Committee
Kennedy
Nixon
United States
Council of Economic Advisers
Budget Bureau
Secretaries of Commerce, Treasury
Labor
Viet Cong ceasefire prompts new wave of helicopter losses
Viet Cong forces claim a 72 hour ceasefire begin time while U S and South Vietnamese troops press 60 offensive operations. The weekend saw three American helicopters shot down, 968 total lost in South Vietnam, with two crew killed and others wounded. A civilian was wounded as U S bases faced rocket and mortar attacks. Four American prisoners of war were to be discussed at a second meeting with Vietcong representatives.
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Jin Tay Ninh
Saigon
Quang Ngai
South Vietnam
United States
U.S
U.S. 25Th Infantry
James W. Brigham
Ocala, Fla
Thomas N Jones
Lynnville
Ind
Donald G. Smith
Akron, Pa
UN Readies Censure of Israel Over Beirut Raid
The Associated Press reports Israel pledges retaliation after the Beirut airport assault. Premier Levi Eshkol says Israel will defend itself where planned. States enabling terror bear responsibility for aggression.
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Associated Press
Beirut
Israel
Levi Eshkol
Eshkol
United Nations
US Saigon meet on talk issues in stalled peace talks
Washington and Saigon negotiators meet in Paris to resolve procedural deadlock at the Vietnam peace conference. Cyrus Vance and Pham Dang Lam held talks amid disputes over table shapes and four party format, with Johnson urging substantial progress toward an honorable peace.
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Paris
Washington
Saigon
America
Cyrus R. Vance
South Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
U.S
Johnson
North Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Vance
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