Stand With TV Industry Against News Censorship
Our Daily Bread argues that TV networks defend free speech against government censorship after a December hearing by the National Commission on the causes and Prevention of Violence. Network presidents reject government questions on newsroom independence, saying reporters speak for the people, not officials.
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National Commission On the
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A. Leon Higginbotham
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Federal Communications
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Patricia Harris
Howard Univeraily
Sipaidh Bo
Washington
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Terrorists Hit Israeli Airliner at Athens Airport
An Israeli Boeing 707 carrying 37 passengers and 10 crew faced a deadly attack as two Arab terrorists opened fire with machine guns and grenades during takeoff from Athens. One Israeli passenger died, the plane caught fire, and Greek police subdued one attacker and captured the other.
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Associated Press
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Beirut
Lebanon
Fighting in Vietnam Continues Amid Christmas Cease-fire End
U S forces resumed offensive operations after a 24 hour Christmas cease-fire, reporting over 200 enemy troops killed near Saigon and in two groups near the Cambodian frontier. No American fatalities occurred. 53 enemy dead and several secondary explosions were noted as U S planes, artillery, and B 52s returned to action.
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George Esper
Associated Press
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U.S
U.S. 1St Air Calvary Division
Cambodia
da Nang
Mekong Delta
Woman and two children missing near Siloam Springs
Benton County Sheriff Lee Owen reported Mrs. Joe Clark age 34 and her two children Charles Leonard Clark 5 and Jimmy Keith Clark 7 have been missing since Monday afternoon. She left to pick up a relative in Chudy Oklahoma and has not been heard from. authorities describe her as about 5 feet 6 inches and 140 pounds. The relative heard from her briefly before she vanished, and officials say no one knows what happened.
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Benton County
Lee Owen
Joe Clark
Owen
Chudy
Three People Killed on Arkansas Highways
The Associated Press reports three fatalities on Arkansas highways during the Christmas holiday from 6 pm Tuesday to midnight Wednesday. Victims: Mrs Waynock Brooks 46 of Turonga Joe Pickett 36 of aortas and Ole Love 56 of PODER. Brooks died Wednesday in a two-vehicle crash at Truman. Love died Tuesday in a one-car accident on a road near Foreman. Pickett’s death occurred near Arbapgap 4] near Foreman.
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Associated Press
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Waynock Brooks
Turonga
Joe Pickett
Aortas
Ole Love
PODER
Brooks
Truman
Love
Arbapgap 4
Foreman
Apollo 8 Timetable Amid Long Space Flight
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 8 schedule in EST with crew Lovell Anders and Borman aboard. Timeline lists meals, navigation, engine burns, television transmissions, and sleep periods as craft speeds exceed 3,000 mph and distance surpasses 165,000 miles.
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Anders
Borman
River Crossing Re enacted at Washington Crossing Park
St John Terrell repeated Washington’s Christmas Day crossing at Washington Crossing State Park Pa guiding a 40 foot float with about 30 troopers. The reenactment included boats from New Jersey Marine Patrol and Pennsylvania Fish Commission escorts in 22 degree cold. Last year youths portrayed Hessians on the Bucks County side. Thousands watched on both riverbanks as the event unfolded without incident.
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Diplomat on Trial as Spy in Egypt Case
Amin Mohamed Ahmed Souka, 97, a retired diplomat, faced trial before Egypt's Supreme Security Court on charges of passing military, economic, and political information to a foreign agent. The prosecution said he disclosed details of talks between Egypt and other nations and provided military information harmful to state security. The involved countries were not named in reports.
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Amin Mohamed Ahmed Souka
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Supreme Security Court
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Arkansas Warmer Weather Ahead With Front Passing Friday
The warming trend continues in Arkansas as high pressure departs and warmer air moves in from the south behind a warm front. A cold front is projected to pass Friday. rainfall may occur briefly with dryer air following. Temperatures rose 20 degrees since Wednesday with highs mid 30s to near 50 and lows from 30 to 48.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Utah
California
Hope Youth Held in Slaying
Dennis Turner 19 of Hope is jailed in Hempstead County for the Christmas morning slaying of Larry Yates 18 of Hope. Turner allegedly shot Yates six times with a .22 pistol on a road east of Hope beyond Rocky Mound. Coroner says autopsy planned in Little Rock and charges expected today.
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Jimmie Griffin
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Hempstead
J.T. Honeycutt
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Clarksville
Herndon
Twenty Die In Allegheny Airlines Crash On Christmas Eve
The Allegheny Airlines twin engine plane crashed on a mountain during Christmas Eve travel, killing 20 passengers including Christine Farlow, 20, and Joseph King, 62, while injuring 27 others amid frigid conditions. Survivors and relatives described the tragedy as rescue teams searched the wreckage and noted several families awaiting missing loved ones. Police and transportation officials investigated the crash’s cause as families faced loss and hospitals treated injured victims.
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Bill Morrissey
Associated Press
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Allegheny
Christine Farlow
Sropeland
Allegheny Airlines
Detroit
Gmich
Howard Farlow
Harrisburg
Christine
Bradford
Ron van Pelt
Camp Hill
Joseph King
Christine King
King
Michigan
Bradeford Hospital
Lewis C
Angel Jr
Angel III
Bradford Hospital
Angel
Kane
Apollo 8 splashdown set in isolated Pacific site
Onboard Yorktown, NASA recovery chief Stonesifer says splashdown is planned about 1,000 miles south of Hawaii at 10:54 a.m. EST Friday. He expects a close landing within 10 miles of the Yorktown if weather holds, with communications challenges due to the distance from land networks. Weather forecasts anticipate three to four foot seas and mild winds, though earlier meteorologists warned of five to seven foot seas and possible rain reducing visibility.
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Yorktown
Mid- Pacific Ocean
John C. Stonesifer
National Aeronautics and Space Administraion
Pacific
Hawaii
Stonesifer
Mission Control
Novelist in France Dies at 76 in Cannes
Joseph Peyre, 76, French novelist and Goncourt winner in 1935, died in a Cannes hospital where he had been admitted December 17 with a lung ailment. He authored about 20 novels and was a noted literary figure in French letters.
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France
Joseph Peyre
Peyre
Questioning of Pueblo Crew Delayed in San Diego
Navy officials halted the planned intensive questioning of the eight surviving USS Pueblo crewmen, delaying it to Friday. A full day was allocated for medical exams, with the crew confined to two buildings for several days for examinations and debriefing.
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Navy
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Apollo 8 to land in Pacific Friday after historic orbit
Apollo 8 crews Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders seek reentry in the Pacific Friday morning after completing ten lunar orbits. Ground controllers cancel a second midcourse correction and warn of a safe two degree reentry corridor and possible speeds to 24 700 miles per hour.
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James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
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Anders
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