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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1968
Page
2
At Space Center Houston the Apollo 8 astronauts showed different sleep patterns over the weekend. Lovell slept without tablets, while Frank Borman sought sleep aids first, asking for Seconal as a fast act ing option.
President elect Nixon battles a light flu while planning a Florida vacation. He says rest and sun will aid recovery after a weekend of engagements including his daughter’s wedding and a long reception, with doctors reporting a low grade infection rather than Asian flu.
A rundown of Apollo 8 events in EST includes 7 59 a.m. engine burn to insert into an 70 to 200 mile lunar orbit, 8 136 a.m. lunar terrain photos from 70 miles up, 8 a.m. navigation experiments by Lovell, 11 a.m. stereo moon photos by Anders, 5 50 p.m. flyover of candidate landing sites, 9 31 p.m. second live lunar orbit TV, and 1 10 a.m. Christmas Day engine restart to depart lunar orbit and return to Earth.
An aide said Gov. Rockefeller will leave this afternoon for his Palm Springs home and stay through January 1. His wife, ill in New York, is expected to join him for Christmas in Palm Springs.
The Commerce Department reports a sizable fourth quarter increase in the gross national product, not far from the third quarter’s rise of 18.1 billion dollars to an 871 billion dollar seasonally adjusted rate. Business investment, housing, inventories, and local government outlays power the gain as economists note inflationary pressures but expect continued strong activity despite tax surcharges and tighter credit.
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