Apollo 8 Returns Toward Earth After Lunar Orbit
The mission details multiple maneuvers including engine burns to adjust lunar orbits and a circular 69 mile high path. Astronauts Anders and Lovell conduct extensive Earth Moon photography and navigation tests with live TV broadcasts. The craft is set to blaze into Earth’s atmosphere at lunar return speed and splash down around 10:50 a.m. in the Pacific Ocean.
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School board approves para-professional aides and new hires
Leeman announced a program to add para professional teacher aides with 14 open slots starting, becoming fully operational in February 1970. The board hired three teachers to begin when schools reopen January 6, plus Corinne McCain to replace Wilma Brooks as first grade at Somerville Road. Brooks retires January 1. Linda Tedder and Lawrence Mauldin, Florence State University graduates, fill Decatur High School business education and biology unassigned slots. Leeman will assist Brad Stephens at Decatur High in his bid for Alabama Education Association vice president elect.
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Corinne McCain
Board of Education
Wilma Brooks
Somerville Road School
Florence State University
Decatur High School
Lawrence Mauldin
Brad Stephens
Alabama Education Association
Governor Hints Milk Price Ceiling Below Sixty Cents
Brewer proposed a ceiling no higher than 60 cents per half gallon and a minimum near 55 cents or close to wholesale milk, to let merchants use milk as a loss leader while ensuring producers earn a fair return and keeping consumer welfare as the board’s main concern.
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Monsanto Expands Decatur Plant After 1953 Rise
Monsanto announces a third facility expansion in three months at Decatur, raising payroll from about 2,500. The EHD facility began production in 1965, supporting acrylonitrile to adiponitrile conversion and boosting Acrilan yarn production alongside existing lines. The Kirkpatrick Award was received in 1965 for chemical engineering achievement.
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Decatur
Astronaut Trio Ready for Saturn 5 Moon Mission
The Apollo crew led by Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders prepare for a Saturn 5 launch after final checks. A hydrogen valve fault was fixed and sensors ready to trigger escape if needed. The mission aims to reach the moon then return to a Pacific splashdown on Christmas week. Haile Selassie line noted as Ethiopia's historic rulers.
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Pacific Ocean
FBI KIDNAPPING CASE UPDATES AND SUSPECT PROFILE
FBI agents before U S Commissioner Edward P Swan described a tense timeline as a ransom payment went through without a hitch. The 20 year old Emory University coed remained unreleased while the Mackles offered no comment. Krist a six foot tall marine mechanic born in Aberdeen Washington and raised in Sitka Alaska is linked to the Deacon alias and Florida arrival after leaving MIT where he worked as an electronics technician.
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Alaska
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Florida
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