First Woman On FBI's Wanted List
Ruth Eisemann Schier, 26, becomes the first woman named to the FBI's 10 most wanted list since 1950. She and Gary Krist face kidnapping and related charges for abducting Barbara Mackle in Decatur Georgia. Mackle was later found alive after a ransom paid by her father.
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Washington
UPI
Ruth Eisemann Schier
Barbara Jane Mackle
FBI
Miss Schier
Gary Steven Krist
Florida
Krist
Decatur
Miss Mackle
Coral Gables
Fla
Mackle
Georgia Woods
Bob Hope to receive California citizenship award
UPI reports Governor Reagan will present Bob Hope with the first Creative Citizenship Award tomorrow. Hope returns from his 18th annual Christmas tour for servicemen overseas. Reagan proclaims Bob Hope Day and asks Californians to join in expressing gratitude.
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Sacramento
UPI
Bob Hope
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Soviets hail Apollo 8 as landmark space event
Moscow reports Tass lauds Apollo 8 crew Frank Borman William Anders and James Lovell as achieving a historic scientific feat. Soviet coverage notes moon orbit and safe return, praising courage and skill while reflecting broad public interest and congratulations from Moscow residents.
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Tass
Frank Borman
William Anders
James Lovell
Ozark DC 9 Skids Into Snow Field Near Sioux City
An Ozark Airlines DC 9 with 62 aboard belly landed in a snowy field about one mile north of Sioux City Airport after attempting takeoff. None were seriously injured though some had cuts and lip injuries. The plane, Ozark Flight 982 from Sioux Falls to Chicago, hit a grove of trees, and the right wing was partially sheared off. Passengers evacuated safely but the crew could not shut down the engines.
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Sioux City, Iowa
UPI
Ozark Airlines
Sioux City
Flight
Ozark
Sioux Falls
S.C
Chicago
Kennedy Keeps Moon Dream Alive Against Eisenhower Plan
International relations expert John M. Logan says Eisenhower sought to end manned spaceflight after Mercury, but Kennedy chose a moon goal to boost American prestige and stave off rival space power. Johnson advised Kennedy, who approved the plan amid multiple national interests and the nation’s competitive spirit.
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Dallas
UPS
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Moon
Americas
John M. Logan
Catholic University of America
Washington, D.C
NASA
Mercury
Logan
Lyndon Johnson
Space Advisory Group
National Aeronautics and Space Council
Johnson
Alan Shepard
Department of Defense
U.S
Soviet Union
America
Apollo 8 Reentry Seen By Pacific Pilot Over Australia
Pan American flight 811 captain Jake Marcum reported Apollo 8 entering the atmosphere from Honolulu to Sydney mission control. He described a red fireball with a long incandescent white streamer about 100 miles long and visible up to 500 to 1000 miles away.
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Sydney
APS
Jake Marcum
Pan American Flight 811
Honolulu
Marcum
Pan Am
Jim Lyons
NASA
Chart lists grounds Chicago National Legal Aid charted
The National Legal Aid and Defender Association released a chart detailing marriage, divorce, annulment and separation grounds and procedures for all 50 states. Lawyers at the American Bar Center call it the only resource of its kind.
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Chicago
National Legal Aid and Defender Association
American Bar Center
Protesting Stand by Pope Paul VI Sparks Economic Boycott
Dr. Jeffrey J. W. Baker urged a nationwide economic boycott of the Catholic Church at the 135th meeting of the Advancement of Science in Dallas. The plan, to begin July 27, calls for Roman Catholics to withhold church monies to fund birth control information in famine regions, with a central collection agency and possible mass picketing. He suggested funds could go to UN agencies to spread birth control information where life is at risk.
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Dallas
UPI
Jeffrey J. W. Baker
University of Puerto Rico
Baker
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Paul VI
United States
Puerto Rico
United Nations Agency For
Red China Triggers Another Atmosphere Nuclear Test
The Atomic Energy Commission says China conducted its eighth atmospheric nuclear test near Lop Nor, about 2:30 a.m. EST. The yield was around three megatons, similar to the June 17, 1967 test, with the seventh test on Dec. 24, 1967.
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Washington
API
Atomic Energy Commission
Lop Nor
AEC
United States
Mao Tse-tung
Red China
Mao
China
Peking Radio
France
Soviet Union
Britain
South ‘Pacific
Saigon demands two sided Paris talks on peace
South Vietnam urged expanded negotiations be two sided with North Vietnam and the Viet Cong at one table. President Johnson urged rapid substantive talks in Washington as Cyrus Vance prepared to return to Paris for renewed discussions. Saigon officials insisted the NLF be excluded, citing constitutional bans on violence and communism.
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Paris
UPI
South Vietnam
Johnson
Washington
Cyrus Vance
Vance
Saigon
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
United States
U.S
Hanoi
Col
Ha van Lau
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