Mothers meet sons and coffin follows home in Pueblo tragedy
At Miramar Navy base an honor guard carried Duane Hodges’s coffin as 82 Pueblo crewmen returned from captivity in North Korea. Cmdr. Bucher, Hodges’s skipper, thanked the crew, led a moment of prayer, and praised Hodges as a hero. Hodges died during the Pueblo incident, the only fatality.
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San Diego
Calif
Pueblo
Jesse Hodges
Oregon
Duane
U.S
United States
Miramar Naval Air Station
Navy
Daniel Hodges
Creswell
Ore
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Duane Hodges
Bucher
Hodges
United States Navy
Ralph E. Reed
Danville
Edwin Rosenberg
Pacific Fleet
Seoul
Kimpo
Reed
Prop Jet Crashes in Snowy Bradford Killing 18
An Allegheny Airlines Convair 580 on Flight 763 crashed into a mountain near Bradford during a snowstorm while approaching the airport. Eighteen people died, 27 were hospitalized, and two were still missing. Survivors described a warningless approach and a crash that split the fuselage.
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Bradford
Allegheny Airlines
Erie
Detroit
Harrisburg
Washington
Gregg Tobin
Pottsville
Bradford Hospital
Apollo 8 astronauts share lunar vistas and Genesis reading
From lunar orbit Apollo 8 observers described the moon as lonely and forbidding and Earth shining like a white blur 231000 miles away. They read Genesis aloud as darkness fell and closed with a Christmas blessing to all on the good earth.
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Space Center
Houston
Mother Earth
Lunar
James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
Col
Frank Borman
Apollo 8
Anders
God
Borman
Frank
Earth
Tragedy Hits Christmas Eve Traffic Toll
Traffic accidents claimed 59 lives during early holiday driving hours as families faced tragedy. The National Safety Council estimated 280 to 360 deaths may occur during the 30 hour period. The Associated Press counted 107 deaths from 6 p m Tuesday to midnight Wednesday as a comparison.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Irregular Decline On Christmas Eve Markets T:
New York trading on Christmas Eve shows an irregular decline with the New York Stock Exchange posting 11.54 million shares traded. The Dow fell 1.43 to 952.32 and the AP average slid 0.7 to 359.5 for 60 stocks. The American Exchange also weakened with volume at 6.79 million and a 2 cent drop to 32.97.
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NEW York
New York Exchange
Exchange
Associated Press
Standard & Poor
American Exchange
Exchange Index
Parole Issued For R. S. Walker In Amended Case
Richard S. Walker 26 of Omaha and Mason City was granted a three year parole after pleading guilty to assault with intent to commit a felony. He must restitute Schoenthal and pay costs, stay in Omaha, and is released in consideration of time served. Dean remains free on 5000 bond. Brothers Ingram face Dyer Act charges after interstate transport of a stolen vehicle.
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Richard S. Walker
Omaha
Neb
Mason City
Iowa
Frank Gray
Walker
Wesley R. Dean
William Schoenthal
Tenn. St
Eldridge Hotel
Dean
Gray
Schoenthal
Ronald Morris Ingram
James Thomas Ingram
Clearwater
Fla
Kansas
Douglas County
Burgerts Clear In House Case
Mrs. Mae Burgert was found not guilty of refusing to rent to a Black individual in Lawrence municipal court Judge Jack Maxwell ruled the evidence failed to prove racial discrimination beyond reasonable doubt The case stemmed from Maurice Woodward's accusation regarding a duplex at 1801 Ohio St owned by the Burgerts including notes on the 1967 open housing ordinance.
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Mae Burgert
Ohio St
Lawrence Municipal Court
Jack Maxwell
Maurice Woodward
Stouffer
Burgert
Woodward
Special Poem from Space Echoes Christmas Readings
Apollo 8 crew hears Harrison Schmitt read a playful verse of A visit from St Nicholas aboard the spacecraft. The crew jokes about signs and the moon race while wishing Earth a Merry Christmas as they journey home.
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Chris Kraft
Frank Borman
Mats
Hospital Notes list numerous residents and births
A long hospital notes entry lists residents and addresses including Sue Roe Eudora Pam ela Long 827 Walnut Hazel Houk 2150 Vt Doris Dunavin Sunflower Village Dennis Dunavin Sunflower Village Billie Carmack Prairie Village Tomie Barnes Eudora Debbie Carmack Prairie Village Clara Goss Dwight Lena Morris 1955 Miller Lettie Louderbach Ottawa Clara Crowell 2239 West Dr Mary Hatfield and baby boy 1712 W 21st St Joan Tramel and baby girl Edith Moore Baldwin Marie Rucker 1527 W 9th St Marilyn Robinson Eudora Virginia O Connor 1117 Avalon Sharon Cobb and baby boy Route 1 Jacqueline Welt mer and baby girl 941 Ala Betty Hendrickson and baby girl DeSoto Jane Kornbrust and baby boy 2521 Ousdahl Vivian Van Tries Wellsville Marlene Gustaf son and baby boy 921 W 28th Ter Rev Eugene Kramer Baldwin Carol Hopper Eudora Esther Reed 1051 Wellington Alma Gerstenberger Eudora Dwight Burnham 1051 Wellington Lettie Louder bach Ottawa Leslie Howard 769 Ark a girl Tuesday.
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Sue Roe
Eudora
Pamela Long
Walnut
Hazel Houk
Doris Dunavin
Sunflower Village
Dennis Dunavin
Billie Carmack
Prairie Village
Tomie Barnes
Debbie Carmack
Clara Goss
Dwight
Lena Morris
Miller
Lettie Louderbach
Ottawa
Clara Crowell
West
Mary Hatfield
21St St
Joan Tramel
Edith Moore
Baldwin
Marie Rucker
9Th St
Marilyn Robinson
Virginia O'Connor
Avalon
Sharon Cobb
Route 1
Jacqueline Weltmer
Ala
Betty Hendrickson
DeSoto
Jane Kornbrust
Ousdahl
Vivian van Tries
Wellsville
Marlene Gustafson
W. 28Th Ter
Eugene Kramer
Carol Hopper
Esther Reed
Wellington
Alma Gerstenberger
Dwight Burnham
Rabbi Fills In As Indio Police Chief For Christmas
In Indio California Rabbi Philip H Weinberg served as chief for a day so Police Chief Homer Hunt could spend the holiday with family. This marks the third straight Christmas a religious leader has filled the role with the earlier years noting a Roman Catholic and then Rabbi Weinberg in the rotation.
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Philip H. Weinberg
Homer Hunt
Methodist
Hunt
Rabbi Weinberg
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Mrs. Hodges
Harold Smith
Warren
Mich
Ron van Pelt
Camp Hill
Lovell
William A. Anders
THE
Missy
Jean DeForest
Mass
Scott Avey
Jerry Avey
David Kraus
Larry Kraus
Harper
Journal-World Photo
R. S. Walker
Burgerts
Rumsey
Rumsey Funeral Home
Sill—Ady
Lee’s Camper Sales
Sportsman’s
Forester
Keenline
GATH
Sunflower
Lawrence
Austin Carmack
Jerry
Journal-World
Will Hess
Jim Lovell
Kilroy
Leslie Howard
Ark
Indio
Paris
Monument Co
Massachusetts
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