Resumes After Memorable Space Age Christmas
Worldwide news cycles shift back to work after Apollo 8's Christmas Eve moon mission and a 10 minute homeward tour. The article notes Viet Cong and Israel Jordan cease fire tensions, Pope Paul VI urging peace, and Queen Elizabeth II promoting immigration tolerance. It also covers Prague honors for the Soviet invasion, a Sarah Lawrence College Chorus tour to Leningrad, and Pueblo crew Christmas services in San Diego as a naval inquiry begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Paul VI
Vatican
Taranto
Italy
St. Peter's Square
Rome
Elizabeth II
Britain
San Diego
Calif
Pueblo
North Korea
U S Forces Hit Enemy Units After Christmas Cease Fire
U S forces resumed operations near Saigon after a 24 hour Christmas cease fire. More than 200 enemy troops were observed moving north west of Saigon and at least 53 enemy soldiers were killed. two American crewmen were among the fatalities during Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry
Cambodia
da Nang
A. US S
Mekong Delta
Demilitarized Zone
Christmas Day Births At Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Two babies were born on Christmas Day at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. A daughter arrived at 2 24 p.m. to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wells of 515 Rockledge Road. A son arrived at 3 36 p.m. to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Bond of 411 Missouri Street. Also a daughter born Tuesday morning to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Howard of 709 Arkansas Street, the day before Christmas, the only LMH birth that period. Temperatures in the 30s over Wednesday and today warn skaters to use extreme caution on ice that remains soft. Continuous subfreezing weather is needed to harden ice safely, and skaters should test the surface before use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Philip Wells
Rockledge Rd
Roger Bond
Missouri St
Leslie Howard
Arkansas St
LMH
Apollo 8 Splashdown Site Most Isolated Location Yet
On Friday Apollo 8 will splash down about 1000 miles south of Hawaii in the Pacific the most isolated manned recovery ever attempted. John Stonesifer leader of the recovery team said seas 3 to 4 feet with 78 to 82 degrees and that visibility may drop to a quarter mile. The Yorktown and Arlington will handle communications and recovery operations despite distant land lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uss. Yorktown
Mid- Pacific Ocean
John C. Stonesifer
National Aeroputas and Space Administration
Pacific
Hawaii
Stonesifer
Yorktown
Mission Control
Arlington
Three patients in poor condition after Kansas accident
Mrs Billie Carmack 41 of Prairie Village and her daughter Debra 19 and Mrs Ann Dunavin 19 of Sunflower Village remain in poor condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital acute care ward. Mrs Dunavin's husband Dennis is in fairly good condition. The four were hurt about 4 pm Tuesday in a two vehicle crash one quarter mile east of Sunflower Village on K 10. Carmack's husband Austin 45 and son Jerry 10 were killed.
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Billie Carmack
Prairie Village
Debra
Ann Dunavin
Sunflower Village
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
TV Set Stolen From Fraternity
A $500 color television was reported missing from the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house at 1645 Tenn. St. in Lawrence. Police log notes the break occurred Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Smell
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Tenn. St
Lawrence
Robert Willman
Va St
Vt. St
Ray Christian Jewelers
Mass, St
Baldwin Man Suffers Apparent Personal Safety Wound
Orta O Kretsinger of Rt 3 Baldwin sustained an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound to the head at his home. He was moved to Ransom Memorial Hospital Ottawa before transfer to Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City around 10 30 this morning. The home lies about a half mile east of Baldwin Lake.
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Baldwin
Orta O. Kretsinger
Rt. 3
Douglas County Sheriff’s, Department
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Kretsinger
Baldwin Lake
Fire sweeps top floor of St Francis Hotel in Kansas City
The four story St Francis Hotel in Kansas City suffered a morning blaze that forced about 100 residents from rooms. No injuries were reported. Firefighters battled the attic fire for about ninety minutes with estimated damages around 60 000 to the building and 5 000 to contents. Co owner William D Snyder valued damages higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
St. Francis Hotel
Larry Gatlin
Gatlin
Charles Caro
Ralph Wallace
Aztec
N.M
John Waas
William D. Snyder
Soviets Offer Arms and Aid to Jordan
Soviet Union renews offer to supply arms and help Jordan politically economically and militarily. Jordan's ambassador to Egypt Mohammed Adib Al Ameri and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko met in Cairo. Gromyko said Moscow is pressing big powers for a peaceful Arab Israeli solution based on the 1967 Security Council Resolution.
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Amman
Jordan
Soviet Union
ad-Dustour
Egypt
Mohammed
Adib al Ameri
Andrei Gromyko
Cairo
Ameri
Gromyko
Russia
Security Council
Escapees Spark Christmas Eve Manhunt at Jail
Charles Partin and Guy Huntley, both Randolph residents aged 21 and 19, escaped Orange County jail using a hacksaw blade on Christmas Eve after previously breaking out the night before Thanksgiving. They remained at large as police hunted them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Charles Partin
Guy Huntley
Orange County
Randolph
Apollo 8 on Course for Earth Return Amid Milestones
The Apollo 8 crew conducted a midcourse correction and reported steady speed while 175000 miles from Earth. They aired a Christmas day telecast showing daily tasks and exercise as NASA officials weighed the mission’s impact on the 1969 moon landing goal.
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Anders
Mission Control
Earth
Borman
Lovell
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Two Teens Die In Holiday Traffic Crashes In Kansas
Two persons died on Kansas roads during the Christmas holiday. Jerrie Siler, 14, of Kansas City Kansas, was killed when the car she rode in missed a curve and fell 80 feet down a embankment. The driver Marvin Madden, 19, and four teenage passengers were injured. Don Englehart, Clifton Kansas, died in a separate one car crash on Highway 9 northwest of Clifton when he apparently hit a road grader.
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Kansas
Wyandotte County
Jerrie Siler
Kansas City
Marvin Madden
Kansas City, Kan
Don Englehart
Clifton
Kan
Highway 9
Washington
Englehart
No Flu Problems Reported By Three Lawrence Firms
Three Lawrence businesses report no unusual flu absences, despite nationwide epidemics. FMC industrial relations manager Robert Roseberry says absences are normal for the season and Lawrence Paper Co. resumes operations with no notable absence increase. Hallmark Cards Inc. notes some flu absences but none beyond normal winter levels. All three firms record no sustained rise in absences in recent months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Robert Roseberry
FMC
Lawrence Paper Co
Bob Bowline
Hallmark Cards Inc
At Least Two Die In Bus Accident
A charter bus traveling from Chicago to a Washing ton church convention left the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Beave Falls and plunged down an embankment killing at least two. The driver and about 35 of 41 aboard were injured and many were transported by ambulances and maintenance vehicles. A woman passenger was trapped for over an hour before rescue crews freed her. The passengers mostly suffered minor injuries.
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Beave Falls
Chicago
Washington
Rams Fire George Allen After Personality Conflict
Los Angeles AP report says Rams general manager Dan Reeves fired head coach George Allen citing a personality clash between them. Reeves declined to specify the conflict, noting Allen will be paid off with two years left on his contract and no replacement named.
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LOS Angeles
George Allen
Los Angeles Rams
Dan Reeves
Reeves
Rams
Allen
Kansas Traffic Deaths Log Shows Yearly Totals
Kansas traffic deaths logged 40 for December and 631 for 1968. For the comparable 1967 period the count was 654, with 4 deaths in the 48 hours to 9 a.m. Thursday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Prague Youth Reflects on Christmas Under Occupation
A Prague family celebrates Christmas Eve with traditional Czech foods while contrasting their comfortable five room apartment and car with Soviet living conditions. A Moscow-bound visitor, a West German record player, and an English robe highlight the disparity. A TV update covers Apollo 8 and a muted message from Premier Oldrich Cernik.
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Prague
Moscow
Soviet Union
Oldrich Cernik
Josef Smrkovsky
Progressive National Assembly
Minor Injuries From Tuesday Automobile Accidents
Lawrence police report three people with minor injuries in two Tuesday crashes. Shobe and Gloria Mock were hurt in a head on collision at 8th and N.H. streets with $175 and $500 vehicle damages. Ann Booe reported shaken up after her husband Booe's car collided with Glenn Rockhold's at 23rd and Ohio streets. damages estimated at $100 and $125.
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Lawrence
Joe W. Shobe
Lyons St
Gloria Mock
N.Y. St
Shobe
Robert E. Mock Jr
8Th
N.H. Sts
Ann L. Booe
Vt. St
Booe
Ohio Sts
Glenn A. Rockhold
Rt. 2
Baldwin
Rockhold
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Associated ‘Press
Turkey
Vietnam
Tives
Middle East
Israel
Bethlehem
City of
Christ’s Birth
Leningrad
St. Wenceslas
Sarah Lawrence College Chorus
Bronxville, N.Y
Citizens Exchange Corps
Pam Porter
Carol
Burr Porter
Missouri
Journal-World Photo
K.C. Hotel
Rael
United States
Sea of Tranquility
Moon
Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
THE
Associated Press
Monument Co
Capitol Federal Savings and Loan
Bob Carlson
M. R. Carlson
Vermont
State
Fania
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