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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1968
Page
1
Eleven U S GIs freed from Cambodian captivity land at Hickam AFB Hawaii after a 16 hour flight from Bangkok. Cambodia released them Thursday as they reunited with families during Christmas in Washington DC area still awaiting onward transport.
Miami AP reports Barbara Jane Mackle has returned to her parents after being freed from a buried box in which she was kept for more than a kidnapping ordeal.
US and South Vietnamese negotiators to report to Presidents Johnson and Nixon as fears mount of a widening rift within the allied side at the Paris peace talks. Secret talks with North Vietnam hinge on Saigon and Hanoi accepting an independent Viet Cong delegation, threatening a pre New Year opening. Also included are details of a high profile kidnapping case near Atlanta with Barbara Mackle, her rescue, and the FBI pursuit of two University of Miami researchers as suspects.
The United States agreed to an unprecedented Christmas Day meeting with the Viet Cong to discuss the release of three American prisoners. The stop is to be held at Thanh Dien near Saigon with the Viet Cong flag to be flown, and U.S. sources said there would be no objection. Apollo 8 astronauts Borman Lovell and Anders launched toward an lunar mission, achieving new spaceflight highs as they prepared to orbit the moon and study to aid a future lunar landing.
Christmas morning at St Mathias features the two manual Stannke organ with Dr John Klein performing as organist for 45 years and a long history of organ rebuilding since 1856. Other churches Zion Lutheran Calvary Baptist Muscatine share notes from longtime organists including Mrs Clark Ogden Herbert Grebing and Lillie Friederichsen with dedicated practice and Sunday services.
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