Pinpoint Landing for Apollo 8 Two Killed in Crashes
Two people died in Grundy County traffic crashes on Thursday. William Guttschow, 23, of Springfield, died in a three car collision on U.S. 66 142 miles north of Illinois 47, and Kenneth Cahill, 46, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died when his 1967 semi overturned on Interstate 80 near Shady Oaks Park. Guttschow’s wife Linda and others were injured. Cahill’s death raised Grundy County traffic fatalities to 24 for the year.
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Grundy
William Guttschow
Springfield
U.S. 66
Kenneth Cahill
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Shady Oaks
Nine Hurt in Two Interstate Crashes on Slippery I80 I55
Freezing drizzle left I 80 and I 55 slick causing two separate crashes between 5 and 6 p.m. Nine people were treated and released from Morris and St Joseph Hospitals. The I 80 collision involved Tressa Bien and Marlene Bien and the Rodriguez family from Galesburg, while the I 55 crash near the Gardner overpass injured Lonnie Summers and Mary Summers both of St Louis, with both cars towed from the scene.
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Joliet
Illinois 47
Interstate 80
Morris Hospital
Tressa Bien
Butler St
Marlene Bien
Pedro Rodriguez
Galesburg
Rodriguez
Georgina
Adelaiva
Peter
Pedro
Navy Begins Pueblo Probe
Navy investigators, led by over 100 intelligence specialists, interview freed USS Pueblo crewmen in San Diego after medical reviews found no major defects beyond malnutrition. Lt. Edward Murphy Jr. describes deliberate misdirections to expose North Korean falsifications in ship position charts.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Uss Pueblo
United States
North Korea
Horace D. Warden
U.S. Naval Hospital
Warden
Edward R. Murphy Jr
Murphy
Sketches of Apollo 8 Crew
SPACE CENTER Houston AP three Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders profiled. Borman a 40 year old Air Force Colonel married to Susan with two sons. Lovell a Navy captain and four child husband of Marilyn. Anders 35 a major and NASA rookie born in Hong Kong with five children.
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Borman
Air Force
Tucson
Ariz
Susan
Frederick
Edwin
James A. Lovell Jr
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Lovell
Marilyn Gerlach
Lovells
Barbara
James
Jeffrey
Johnson
Council On Physical Fitness
William A. Anders
Naval Academy
Anders
Air Force Institute of Technology
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
Jack Riley
NASA
Jack
Hong Kong
Panay
China
Valerie
Lemon Grove
Calif
Alan
Glen
Weather outlook with freezing rain and snow overnight
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts rain tonight changing to freezing rain and snow by morning with a low in the upper 20s. Saturday brings light snow, high winds, and cooler temperatures in the lower 30s. Sunday is cloudy with a chance of snow flurries. Collins Weather Station logged a Thursday high of 30 and a 29 low. Morris downtown read 41 at 9 am and 42 at 10:30 am.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Local Mishaps On Icy Streets Reported In Morris
Morris Police logged three auto accidents between 4 and 6 p.m. Thursday on icy streets. A 1966 Dodge owned by Harold Brown rolled into a parked Dodge of DeVonna Schramm on Wauponsee Street, causing minor rear end damage to hers. A 1966 Pontiac driven by Barbara Davy crossed Armstrong Street and struck a parked 1968 Ranchero owned by Marvin Hill. Norval Galloway Jr. lost control on icy North Street, hitting a parked 1967 Rambler owned by David Lund. Galloway's car sustained front grille damage.
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Morris
Wauponsee St
Jack Kopezick
Harold Brown
E. Washington St
de- Vonna Schramm
Verona
Miss Davy
Officer Johnson
North St
Norval Galloway Jr
David Lund
Galloway
Bodies of Joliet couple found in wrecked plane near Rock Springs
John Yonely a 48 year old nightclub entertainer and his 43 year old wife Sarah were found dead in a light airplane wreckage about 542 miles east of Rock Springs Sweetwater County authorities said both were killed instantly when the plane crashed Christmas Day during an instrument approach to Rock Springs Airport. Yonely radioed that he was low on gasoline and four miles east of the airport at about 4 pm. The Yonelys were en route from Joliet Illinois to Reno Nevada to perform at a nightclub casino.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
John Yonely
Sarah
Sweetwater County
Yonelys
Joliet
Reno
Nev
Yonely
Forrest Crash Kills Two In Rural Collision
A head on crash near Forrest killed Mu shun Young of Columbus Ohio and Anthony Lee of Urbana Ohio. The car's third occupant was seriously injured and hospitalized at Fairbury. State police reported two dead in the Thursday collision.
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Forrest, Lr
Forrest
Ohio
Urbana
Mu-shun Young
Columbus
Fairbury Hospital
Anthony Lee
Four Suffer Injuries in Accidents in Grundy County
Two separate crashes near Grand Ridge Road west of Mazon and on U.S. 6 near Morris injured four people. Douglas Wright 19 of Ottawa drove a Ford Fairlane that rolled after leaving the road. Cleo Wright 46 and Pamala Fritchley 19 were hurt with Fritchley not treated. In the Morris area a Chrysler driven by Mary Doss 49 rear ended by Sidney Thorson 52 of Seneca left the road. Doss and Charles Doss 16 sustained minor injuries.
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Grand Ridge Road
Mazon
Douglas Wright
Madison St
Ottawa
Cleo Wright
Pamala Fritchley
Walter White
Fritchley
Morris Hospital
Morris
U.S. 6
Mary Doss
Fremont Ave
Sidney Thorson
Seneca
Doss
Charles Doss
Joliet Youth Killed In I-80 Crash Near Frankfort
Ed ward Johnson 21 of Joliet died when the car carrying him skidded into the I 80 median north of Frankfort struck a culvert and ejected him. The vehicle driven by William Bell of Robins rolled over and rested on Johnson. Bell escaped serious injuries.
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Frankfort
Ill
Edward Johnson
Joliet
William Bell
Robins
Johnson
Bell
Apollo 8 Wives Celebrate Moon Flight Victory
Space Center Houston reports the Apollo 8 families marking a religious finish to the 147 hour journey. President Johnson phoned the crew’s wives to offer thanks as wives held private communions and masses at home.
Apollo 8 Astronauts Return After Moon Mission
Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders landed on the Yorktown in the Pacific after a six day mission. They were in excellent condition and hoisted aboard for medical checks as cheers rang out from sailors and mission control celebrated the first manned lunar flight.
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Yorktown
Pacific Ocean
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William Anders
Pacific
America
Borman
Lovell
Anders
E.S.T
Jim Lovell
Mission Control Center
Houston
Cmdr
Madison
Wis
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William Ray
Peoria
Ford
Shirley
Guttschow
McElroy
Gardner
Ray
Grundy County
W. Clark Davis
Cahill
Lilly Jones
Davis
Lewson Trucking Company
Clarence
Morris Fire Department
Jones
Stott’s Body Shop
John E. G. Olson
North Gardner Overpass
St. Joseph Hospital
Lonnie Summers
St. Louis
Mary Summers
Chevrolet
Miss Bien
Elmer
Standard
Interstate 55
Summers
H. E. Baldwin
Billings Hospital
Chicago
Davis Funeral Home
Baldwin
Country Mutual Insurance
Pueblo
Michael Collins
Gayle
Gregory
Eric
Forrest Crash
Eric Anders
Mary O'Neill
Fred Wallace Haise Jr
Mrs. Borman
Earth
Ward
Moon
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