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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1968
Page
3
Pravda lauds Apollo 8 crew for courage while noting Soviet Zond probes circled the moon and returned to earth as precursors. Boris Petrov of the party paper says unmanned lunar steps precede manned flights but hints no timeline.
President Chiang Kai-Shek greets Archbishop Terence J. Cooke of New York, the U.S. military vicar, during a Christmas visit to U.S. forces in the Far East. Cooke arrived from Manila Sunday and left for Seoul after a 21 hour stay.
Washington reports key lawmakers doubt progress at the Paris peace talks before Nixon’s January 20 inauguration. Senators Sparkman Scott Mundt Mansfield and representatives Morgan Mor gan and Adair weigh in on Saigon’s stance, U.S. pressure, and potential post inauguration momentum.
Monsignor Wegner of Boys Town met Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher at the U S Naval Hospital and described him as an "all around boy" who looks thin but shows strong character. Bucher, released after 11 months as a Pueblo captive, remains under medical care for exhaustion and illness after injuries and beatings.
Snow and ice blanket the French Riviera and large parts of the Italian peninsula. A Yugoslav woman dies on a road between Camporosso and Tarvisio as streets in Nice halt traffic. The Moyenne Corniche and Eze Bridge see jackknifed trucks and crashes while Limoges roads and the Paris Toulouse highway suffer closures.
An 18-year-old attendant, Russ Neanover of Frazee Road Somerville, was struck about 11 pm Saturday by one of seven youths at Bob's Sohio at Peastown and Trenton Franklin Road. Another employee, Larry Shell of Ottawa Street, reported the youths arrived in a car and argued before fleeing south on Rt. 4 toward Middletown. Neanover did not require hospitalization.
Greene County deputies report 3-year-old Harold Evans Jr. of Jamestown was shot to death by his sister while playing in a bedroom. Deputy said 5-year-old Brenda Lee Evans found a sawed off .22 rifle and fired it. The bullet hit the boy in the head.
Los Angeles AP Bob Hope fresh from his 18th Christmas tour with U S servicemen overseas jokes about possibly going to the moon next year. He notes they do not want fat astronauts and adds hopes for peace talks to bring an end to Christmas trips. Hope, 65, reports morale high and says troops look ready to win. He received California Creative Citizen Award from Gov Ronald Reagan amid travels with 21 entertainers including Ann Margret on a 16 day USO Department of Defense tour through Vietnam Japan Korea Okinawa and Thailand.
Susan Trout of Worthington Ohio finished as first runner up in the Miss Cheerleader USA contest held Sunday. The 20 year old Ohio University cheerleader earned the distinction among contestants from several states and was recognized by organizers in the Cypress Gardens area.
A regional breakdown shows 17 105 township governments in America rivaling the 18 048 municipal governments including cities towns and villages, underscoring the density of local governance structures.
The piece notes the folding steering wheel introduced on the 1905 Pendelton by Trumbull Manufacturing, highlighting ease of entry and exit. It shifts to promoting BreezeWay Mobile Home Sales in Middletown with display models and features, ending with a repo 1967 55x12 mobile home priced at 4500.
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