Pueblo Sailors Describe Brutal North Korea Captivity
Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher and 81 crewmen recounted harsh beatings and solitary confinement during 11 months in North Korea. They were evacuated to Seoul for medical checks before transfers to the United States for Christmas with families in San Diego.
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Seoul
Pueblo
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
South Korea
U.S
Bucher
San Diego
Calif
United States
Korea
Panmunjom
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
North Korea
California
Osan Air Base
Honolulu
Ransomed Girl Buried, Lives
Barbara Jane Mackle freed after 80 hours buried in a coffin like box in North Georgia. Her father Robert Mackle explained he paid the ransom of 500000 after kidnappers demanded it. Gary Steven Krist, 23, an escaped convict, jailed in Miami on kidnapping charges with $480000 found nearby and $18000 on him. Ruth Eisemann-Schier, 26, also wanted by the FBI in the case.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Barbara Jane Mackle
Robert Mackle
Miami Heart Institute
Barbara
Mackie
Mackle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Atlanta
North Georgia
Gary Steven Krist
Dade County
Miami
Gulf Coast
FBI
Krist
Fort Myers
Ruth Eisemann-Schier
University of Miami Institute of Marine Science
State Plans to Improve Road Near Gardner
The Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings plans improvements to Illinois 53 in Grundy County starting about 600 feet south of the Mazon River bridge and extending 2,200 feet north. The project includes new pavement and a new bridge over the river, with additional right of way required. Public hearing details will be provided after written requests are received by January 13 to District Engineer Orville A. Evans in Ottawa.
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Illinois 53
Grundy County
Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings
Division of Highways
Mazon River
Division of Highway
Orville A. Evans
Illinois Division of Highways
E. Norris Drive
Ottawa
Board grants salvage rights for Grundy County Nursing Home
Grundy County Board of Supervisors on December 10 awarded salvage rights to Leonard Nelson of Herschel. He will pay 210 dollars to remove equipment from inside the home.
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Grundy County Nursing Home
Grundy County
Weather Forecast With Snow Flurries Over Christmas
The U S Weather Bureau predicts snow flurries with a low of 10 to 15 degrees tonight. Tuesday brings partial sunshine but continued cold with a mid 20s high. Christmas Day outlook shows mainly cloudy and cold with a chance of snow. recent readings include Collins station 31/29 and Morristown 20. Precipitation measured .52 inches.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Families Await Pueblo Sailors Return Home
Two Illinois families, the Rogalas of Niles and the Massies of Roscoe, cheer the release of their sons from the USS Pueblo after 11 months. The Massies plan a delayed Christmas as Fireman Apprentice Thomas Massie 20 returns, while Richard Rogala and others prepare to fly to the United States, with Roger Rogala hoping for San Diego reunions near Long Beach.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Navy
Chester Rogala
Niles
Chicago
George Massie
Roscoe
Thomas Massie
Thomas
Dorothy Rogala
Richard Rogala
Richard
Long Beach
Mrs. Rogala
Viet Cong announces Christmas truce in Vietnam War
VC Christmas truce begins as Viet Cong declares a three day cease-fire during the holiday period. Saigon government plans a 24 hour cease-fire starting at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The week end saw a new wave of attacks across South Vietnam amid ongoing conflict.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
South Vietnam
Roseland Files for Mayor in Morris City Elections
Charles Roseland of 719 Fremont Ave filed for mayor on the Republican ticket for the February 25 city primary while serving as a second ward alderman. Other candidates include Floyd Siron and Phillip Marshall who have petitions in circulation, with several incumbents and hopefuls listed for alderman across wards.
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Morris City
Donald Caisley
Charles Roseland
Fremont Ave
Floyd K. Siron
Black St
Phillip G. Marshall
Cedar St
Robert White
Caisley
Glen Anderson
Delayne Linn
James Stine
Elmo Ray Younger
Price St
John Nelson
Ray Baker
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Robert Gilbertson
Dave Sklut
Buford Willis
Morris Police Chief Warns Travel Safe During Holidays
Police chief Donald Ward urged motorists to take extra precautions during the Christmas and New Year holidays to avoid traffic accidents.
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Morris
Donald Ward
Ward
Space Doctor Expects Apollo 8 Crew to Catch Virus
Space doctor Dr. Charles A. Berry says it is almost certain all three Apollo 8 astronauts will contract a flu like virus in the spacecraft. He notes Col. Frank Borman is recovering from a gastrointestinal illness while Capt. James Lovell Jr. and Maj. William Anders are likely to catch it in the close quarters.
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James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
William A. Anders
Borman
Berry
Gardner Girl Escapes Injury In Auto Crash
Miss Virginia Thom, 16, drove south on Illinois 53 in Gardner at 3 30 p m Saturday and lost control striking a guard rail and a concrete abutment. No injuries were reported by Gardner Police Officer Roy Christensen.
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Virginia Thom
Gardner
Illinois 53
Main St
Roy Christensen
Miss Thom
Virginia Medtz
Donna Zahm Home After Arm Surgery
Donna Zahm six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Zahm of Dresden Acres returned from Children Memorial Hospital after arm surgery on December 12. She was burned over forty percent of her body when her dress caught fire July 13 while playing near her home. She was treated at Cook County Burn Center until late October and will undergo additional surgery after the Christmas holidays.
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Donna Zahm
Robert Zahm
Dresden Acres
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Donna
Cook County
Nixon Leaves New York After Daughter Julie's Wedding
President elect Nixon departs for Florida Christmas vacation claiming his daughter Julie's wedding cured his flu. He voices relief at Pueblo crewmen's release and thanks reporters as he exits Fifth Avenue apartment.
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New York
Nixon
Florida
Pat
Fifth Avenue
North Korea
Pueblo
Julie
Dwight David Eisenhower II
Fire destroys four San Francisco shops in weekend blaze
A wind driven fire in San Francisco's shopping district caused more than 5 million dollars in damage to Gump’s Schneider’s Abercrombie & Fitch Auger’s Jewelers and Malm’s Luggage. Firefighters faced 40 mph gusts and 40 degree cold as two firefighters sustained injuries from flying glass.
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San Francisco
Gump
Schneider's
Auger
Malm
Abercrombie & Fitch
Nixon-Eisenhower Wedding Surprise Private Ceremony
Julie Nixon and Dwight David Eisenhower II wed in a brief Protestant ceremony at Marble Collegiate Church. The couple kept reporters away, but posed for photos at the Plaza Hotel reception as they begin married life while Eisenhower recovers at Walter Reed.
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Dee Wedemeyer
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Julie Nixon
Nixon
Dwight David Eisenhower I
Old Marble Collegiate
Julie
America Service
Nixons
David
John Eisenhower
Norman Vincent Peale
Bgins
Pueblo
Hotel Plaza
Bouvardia
Eisenhower
Amherst College
Amherst
Mass
Smith College
Northhampton
Apollo 8 Trio Near Lunar Orbit Ready for LOI
Apollo 8 crewmates Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders report health and readiness as they close in on the moon. They expect to perform the lunar orbit insertion burn early Tuesday about 69 miles above the surface with mission control optimistic about a safe approach.
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Borman
Mission Control
Moon
Earth
Air Force
Navy
James A. Lovell
William A. Anders
Lunar Orbit Aok
Glynn Lunney
Lunney
Lunar
Chipper Borman
Michael Collins
Mission Control Center
Collins
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Lovell
Anders
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Herald
Roseland
Plaza
John Meoney
Washington, D.C
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Apollo 8
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