Apollo 8 Crew Gifts Await Christmas Homecoming
Families awaited the astronauts return after they orbited the moon in Apollo 8. Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders exchanged Christmas prayers and messages as ground crews confirmed a mid Pacific splashdown planned for the day before Christmas.
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Earth
Moon
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Sue Borman
Lovell
Anders
St. Christopher Episcopal Church
League City
Tex
Edwin Borman
Phoenix
la Porte
Jeffrey Lovell
Twenty Die, Twenty Seven Hurt In Plane Crash Near Bradford
A Allegheny Airlines Convair 580 crashed while approaching Bradford Regional Airport on Christmas Eve. Twenty people were killed and 27 injured, including Christine Farlow on her return home for the holidays. Survivors spoke of freezing temperatures as rescuers aided victims. The investigation by 35 NTBS officials began, with details still being compiled.
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Bradford
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Airlines
Christine Farlow
Copeland
Detroit
Mich
Howard Farlow
Harrisburg
Christine
Ron van Pelt
Camp Hill
Joseph King
di Pea
Christine King
King
Michigan
Bradford Hospital
Lewis C. Angel Jr
Lewis C. Angel III
Angel
Funer- 2
Kane
Gannon College
Erie
York
H. O'Connor
Grass Lake
H. Craig Walz
Wayne, Mich
Janis
Erin
Boyd
Erie Osteopathic Hospital
Lancaster
Hattie
Lancaster Osteopathic
Erie Hospital
Jeffrey Stambaugh
Hamont Hospital
Washington
Russell J. Abbott
National Transportation Safety Board
Terrie Gross
Rita Boylan
Apollo 8 May Be Visible Tonight With Binoculars
Space watchers in Houston and at the Burk Baker Planetarium expect Apollo 8 to appear in the night sky tonight. Curator Armand Yramategui urges observers to use seven power binoculars and watch after 11 p.m. EST as the craft nears a point a quarter of the distance to the Moon en route to Venus, noting a slight movement every 15 minutes to distinguish it from a star.
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Armand Yramategui
Venus
Five Intruders Evicted From West Berlin Embassy
Five youths occupied the bombed Nationalist Chinese Embassy in West Berlin at dawn. They fought with the German caretaker and an helper, two others arrested, three injured and treated at hospital. The group, linked to the Leftist Extra Parliamentary Opposition, had food and candles and barricaded the third floor as police moved in.
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Berlis
West Berlin
Thermal Pollution Concerns Rise Over Heat Waste
Washington AP reports thermal pollution from heat in air and water threatens rivers and streams. Industry and atomic power plants are major heat sources. by 1995 atomic output may surpass coal. Solutions include cooling towers and stricter plant planning before licensing.
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Washington
United States
Jacob I. Bregman
Interior
Bregman
Water Resources Council
Mississippi River
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomics
Interior Department
Edmund S. Muskie
D-Me
Senate
House
AEC
Glenn T. Seaborg
New Gas Main Nearly Ready In West Jonesville
Mayor G. D. Rabin announced a new gas transmission line along the south side of town near the west section nearing completion. The line will serve the hospital, factory, and ~400 acres of homes and businesses in the annexed area, improving pressure and service.
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Jonesville
G. D. Rabin
Sarmont
Babin
Archbishop Cooke Tours Vietnam Military Posts
Archbishop Terence J. Cooke of New York visited U S military sites in northern South Vietnam after staying aboard the Hancock. He met Lt Gen Cushman at Da Nang, preached at Freedom Hill, and led Masses at Chu Lai before touring a surgical hospital and praying with troops.
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Freedom Hill
Cooke
Chu Lai
da Nang
Saigon
27Th Surgical Hospital
Graham to brief Nixon on Vietnam trip report
Evangelist Billy Graham left South Vietnam after a trip filled with optimism for President-elect Nixon. He planned to deliver a full report highlighting encouragement among soldiers and U.S. leaders, citing meetings with Ellsworth Bunker and Creighton Abrams and hopeful sentiment for 1969.
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Graham
Nixon
Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Gen
Creighton W. Abrams
Demand Growing For New Housing
AP analysis notes skyrocketing U S housing demand driven by population growth and changing household formation. Builders face rising land labor and material costs, risking delays despite 1968 starts near 1 68 million and yearly demolitions around 600 000. Critics urge more proactive, creative housing solutions.
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John Cunniff
New York
United States
National Association of Home Builders
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Lyn E. Davis
Dallas
Tex
Nixon
Commerce Department
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East Berlin
Louisiana
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Channel
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Monroe
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