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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1968
Page
1
The Pueblo sailors reach Panmunjom as North Korea claims seizure of the ship and gear. Cmdr Lloyd Bucher and 12 crew members step off the Bridge of No Return to a welcome by U.S. officers amid tense post captivity scenes.
A panel moderated by Harry Reid at the SUN Youth Forum reports student conclusions on education. They urge three school paths, open campuses, active involvement, stronger counselling, and teacher strikes rights while opposing an eleven month term and forced college attendance.
Partly cloudy with gentle winds. Today's high 45 and low 20. Yesterday's high 40 and low 15. Noontime humidity 24 percent. Sunrise at 6 49, sunset at 4 31.
Julie Nixon, daughter of President-elect Richard M. Nixon, married a college sweetheart in a historic union between presidential families. The ceremony featured a 65 foot linen aisle and the couple was joined in matrimony amid White House surroundings.
Early today at 1:15 a.m. EST Apollo 8 was 169174 miles from Earth and 62036 miles from the Moon. The craft’s speed, slowed by Earth’s gravity, had dwindled to 2656 miles per hour.
Florida police trap Gary Steven Krist 23 sought after the strange kidnapping of a Miami coed. Krist nicknamed intellectual faces charges as investigators close in after a high speed chase and swamp area search near Fort Myers.
Barbara Jane Mackle was found in a Florida grove and held on a 500000 dollar bond the same as the ransom. Ruth Eisemann Schier remains at large as the other suspect named by the FBI. Krist was arraigned at Lee Memorial Hospital Fort Myers and waived preliminary hearing to return to Miami for counsel.
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky flew from Paris to Saigon to spend Christmas with his troops, leaving the conference deadlocked. He expected to return in about a week and cited harsh press reception due to language issues as a reason to question his Paris stay. Ky was with his wife Dang Tuyet Mai and one of their four children.
After a national election that exposed deep divides blacks and whites. urban and rural. union and college educated Americans still agree on fewer violent conflicts, more opportunity, and reducing social tensions. Yet most doubt these goals will be achieved in their lifetimes.
Houston reports the Apollo 8 crew Frank Borman Jim Lovell and Bill Anders offered the first live glimpse of Earth from space. The telecast showed Earth as a small white blob about 139000 miles away with a faulty lens limiting surface detail, marking a historic moment in spaceflight.
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