Fire Safety Tips for Christmas Fires Warn Residents
, Page 2 NAUGATUCK NEWS 1968 fire marshal urges constant vigilance during Christmas season. Recommendations cover tree care, lighting safety, decorations, costumes, gift wrap disposal, general fire prevention, and a home escape plan to be rehearsed with all family members. Sullivan emphasizes never leaving children unattended and evacuating promptly in case of fire.
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John W.sullivan
Santa
Eryone
Sullivan
Dear Ann Landers Advice Column Fragment
Ann Landers answers readers on a troubled home life and a 22 year older husband. A mother worries about strict rules, trust, and children, while another seeks guidance after a heart attack and stepchild tensions. The column urges open talk and focusing on the surviving marriage.
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Ann Landers
Ann
Golden Gate
No Longer Fiction The Space Dreams of John Kraner
A reflective piece recounts 19th and 20th century space fiction precursors and modern forecasts. Ray Bradbury predicts lunar landing by 1969 after touring NASA centers and meeting astronauts, while others like Wells Verne and Clark shaped visions. The article notes Sputnik era optimism, Kennedy era goals, and space byproducts fueling industry growth with thousands of new products. END OF SERIES
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John C. Kraner
Central Press
Jules Verne
Earth
Moon
Verne
Florida
Cape Kennedy
H. G. Wells
Clark
Asimov
Heinlein
Sturgeon
Beaumont
Leinster
Serling
Blish
Roddenberry
Williamson
Scheckley
Los Angeles
Ray Bradbury
Bradbury
NASA
Congress
Almanac highlights for December 21, 1968
Today is Saturday December 21, 1968 the 556th day of the year with ten to follow The moon lies between new and first quarter morning stars are Jupiter and Mars evening stars Saturn and Venus Notable events include 1620 Pilgrims at Plymouth 1942 Nevada six week divorce ruling 1944 WWII horse racing ban 1953 Mossadegh conviction A Trench quote notes strength in rise About 1 600 worldwide thunderstorms at any moment per National Geographic
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United Press International
Jupiter
Mars
Plymouth
Supreme Court
Nevada
United States
Mossadegh
Iran
Richard Chenevix Trench
Pope Warns of Global Student Rebellion in Christmas Message
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI is increasingly concerned about student unrest worldwide and will reference youth anarchy in his Christmas address to 600 million Roman Catholics. He also announced World Day of Peace for Jan 1, 1969 and plans a late December trip to Taranto for midnight mass at a steel mill before returning for the Urbi et Orbi blessing.
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Ernest Sakler
Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Vatican
Vatican Radio
Italy
France
United States
St. Peter's Square
Taranto
Rome
St. Peters
East German plan to elect in West Berlin sparks protests
East Germany denounces West Berlin electoral plans as a provocation for Bonn revisionist policy. Neues Deutschland says West Berlin remains an independent unit and warns such a vote could heighten European tension and threaten peace.
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West Berlin
Joseph B. Fleming
Berlin
UPD
West Germany
Communist Party
Neues Deutschland
East Germany
Heinrich Leubke
Bonn
Tass
National Democratic Party
NPD
Navigator James Lovell Star of Apollo 8 Verne Tie In
United Press International profiles James Arthur Lovell Jr. the Apollo 8 navigator and record-holding space traveler. The piece traces his Verne inspired views and the mission to circle the moon ten times from Cape Kennedy aboard Borman and Anders. It recounts Lovell’s Gemini career, family life with Marilyn and four children, and Navy background leading to selection as a second generation astronaut.
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James Lovell
United Press International
James Arthur Lovell Jr
Jules Verne
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Moon
Lovell
Verne
Frank Borman
William Anders
Marilyn
Lovells
Jeffrey Carl
Space
James A. Lovell Sr
Cleveland
Ohio
Milwaukee
Navy
U.S. Naval Academy
University of Wisconsin
Naval Academy
Barbara
James
Susan
Little Jeff
Cape Kennedy
Houston
Flu Outbreak Mostly Slows Schools But Not Skier Hubs
A UPI survey shows flu sidelining students and workers yet ski areas in New England report heavy holiday bookings. Resorts from Stowe Vermont to Killington Vermont say few cancellations, with packed lodges and long waits despite fears. Hotels and rooms fill as visitors plan weekend trips, while workers face higher illness impact in some areas.
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UPI
New England
Bill Riley
Stowe
Vermont
Mount Washington
Wildcat Mountain
New Hampshire
Waterville Valley
N.H
Mount Snow
Vic
Sugarbush Valley
Warren
Via
Burlington
Killington
Manchester
Apollo 8 Moon Voyage Nears Historic Launch
United Press International reports a Saturn V ready at Cape Kennedy for Apollo 8 a six day mission to circle Earth and the Moon then splash down near Christmas Island. Astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders prepare for the 69 mile high lunar orbit with six live TV broadcasts planned and a Christmas Day return to Earth.
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Jim C. Barden
United Press International
Cape Kennedy
Moon
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Christmas Island
Frank Borman
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Charles Woodruff Yost
U.S
United Nations
Nixon
France
R. Sargent Shriver
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Huntington
N.Y
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
New York City
Tough Turtle Boston
The Massachusetts Audubon Society notes the turtle as the most durable animal. Turtles can survive 24 hours in an oxygenless nitrogen chamber, while a human would die or sustain brain damage after five minutes.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Car wash demand leads to arrest in Italy incident
In Nocera Inferiore Alberto Macchia reportedly forced a garage attendant at gunpoint to wash his car immediately. Police arrested him after the incident. Separately New York City's 85 mile Delaware Aqueduct is noted as the world's longest tunnel.
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Italy
UPI
Alberto Macchia
New York City
Gift guidance through life cycles by Dick West
Washington columnist notes Christmas shoppers face lists as Richard Manuell’s age based gift guidelines echo through life stages. He jokes about gifting by phases from babies to forties and urges humorous adult versions like things to feel hold and look at. He ends with a quip about the Aristotle Onassis relief fund.
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Richard Manuell
Manuell
Wei
Lake
Marnell
Aristotle Onassis
Nixon Bays Island Home Near Miami
President-elect Richard M Nixon bought a 127000 dollar home on Key Biscayne, his favored vacation retreat near Miami. The deed for 516 Bay Lane was signed Thursday, with lawyer Thomas Wakefield representing Nixon at closing. The sale to Emanuel Arca Jr. included Florida documentary stamps of 383.43 dollars.
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Fla
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Miami
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Biscayne Bay
Thomas Wakefield
Wakefield and Underwood
Emanuel Arca Jr
Florida
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