30 Dec 1968
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1968
Page
1
The Commerce Department reported 1968 saw record income after taxes and price changes, a 9 percent jump in consumer spending from 1967, and a rise in production. Analysts note continued growth albeit slower, with hopes for price stability ahead.
The United States and the Soviet Union condemned Israel at the United Nations Security Council over the Beirut International Airport commando raid. Lebanon urged sanctions while Israel defended the attack as retaliation for a Palestine command assault on an Israeli airliner in Athens. Costs cited include over 40 million dollars for 16 destroyed planes.
Allied forces pressed the offensive across Vietnam ignoring a 72 hour cease fire proclaimed by the Viet Cong. Washington awaited a US response to a Viet Cong battlefield meeting proposal while 16 battalion size US operations and 44 South Vietnamese operations were under way. In An Hoa the fiercest fighting persisted for a fifth day as North Vietnamese units faced South Vietnamese and US Marines. Bombers hit suspected enemy camps near An Hoa and Da Nang, with 70 enemy killed in two battles and seven government Rangers killed or wounded. An explosion damaged a power plant near the US Ambassador Bunker residence in Saigon, causing no casualties.
Lubbock area ITV Dinner honors retiring aging room foreman Tony Borho. The event recognized Borho for decades of service and leadership in the composing room, with colleagues and local officials in attendance.
Rev. Donald Femmer of Sungrove Bible Church plans a campaign to keep space prayers. He supports Apollo 8 crew prayers while noting astronauts should not be forced to pray but should not have their practice prevented.
A reader asks for forgiveness of trespasses and sins. The prayer seeks help to embody the spirit of Christ and to treat others as brothers in faith.
A Trans Texas Airways flight from Amarillo to New Orleans was delayed after a reported bomb scare at Wichita Falls airport. The plane was searched with no bomb found. a man was taken into custody. Another flight, a Houston to Los Angeles service with 124 aboard, was diverted to San Antonio after a threatening call.
An earthquake rocked Manila and suburbs on Sunday causing unease among residents with no reports of damage or injuries.
Bob Hope narrates a Vietnam visit from Cu Chi to Bangkok recalling wounded soldiers, civilians, and the enduring war. He reflects on comrades met across Thailand and Vietnam and the cost borne by troops while some return home.
A frigid Arctic air mass will sweep into the region tonight driving temperatures down into sub zero territory across the northern Plains and reaching the South Plains by tomorrow. Forecasters warned of dangerously low wind chills and potential travel disruptions as the cold front moves through.
At least eight people die as rain loosens a shanty area near a quarry in Rio de Janeiro. Police report many victims are children and rescue efforts are hampered by debris and further blasts.
Pioneer Frank Hastings and wife represent Palmer County history as Bovina grows from XIT era ranching to modern feedlots. The piece recalls Bovina's origins at Running Water Creek, the 1900 Pecos and Northern Texas switch, and the town's evolution into a beef shipping hub with churches, a school, a bank, and a population around 800.
Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders arrived in Houston after six days in space. They began a two hour medical debriefing followed by a two hour technical interview with NASA flight surgeons and officials. NASA released clearer lunar surface images and said color photos would follow. Debriefing sessions are to continue with Cape Canaveral recorders for eight hours daily.
The trio Borman Lovell and Anders arrived aboard the USS Yorktown in the mid Pacific after a cross country flight. Thousands jammed the base reception area for autographs as air police struggled to manage the crowd. The astronauts thanked supporters for a half million mile flight to orbit and back.
Detectives pursue leads in a Brink's money truck robbery that disrupted a Pink's express run. Two masked robbers reportedly entered the driver’s side door, seized two money trunks and a suitcase, then fled to a nearby parking lot and sped away in the Ban Boyes area. Officials revised losses to about 500 000 dollars as investigations focus on the Poe Street and Packard routes.
Prints released show Earth as a blue half globe against lunar foreground with cloud wisps and cratered terrain. Astronauts Davis and Borman describe the moon’s surface as forbidding while Hasselblad cameras captured color and black and white film aboard Apollo. More images from the Wy orbits and motion film shots are expected later from Air Forces Ltd.
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