Pueblo Survivors Return From North Korea Captivity
In a snowbound return through Panmunjom, 82 Pueblo crew members step from captivity to freedom after 11 months. Lt Cmdr Bucher recalls beatings and terror but praises his men and the United States, as doctors welcome them in Anscom City and a homeward reunion awaits.
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Leon Daniel Panmunjom
Korea
UPI
United States
Cmdr
Lloyd Mark Bucher
Pueblo
Bucher
United States of America
Freedom Bridge
Anscom City
California
U. S
Demilitarized Zone
Lloyd Bucher
Pueblo crew recounts release and missing documents after capture
The 39 year-old Pocatello officer said captors freed the crew four days ago. North Korean ships surrounded and seized the Pueblo with its gear. Bucher admitted secret documents fell into Red hands and some destruction remained incomplete as negotiators, including Maj. Gen. Pak Chung Kuk and Maj. Gen. Gilbert Hume, spoke with newsmen.
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Pocatello, Idaho
Pueblo
Bucher
Pak Chung Kuk
Panmunjom
Frogface
Gilbert Hume
Pueblo crew freed as North Korea signs controversial document
Woodward says he signed to free the Pueblo crew only. North Korea gloats at the perceived victory while U S officials condemn the apology as worthless. Duane Hodges, 21, from Creswell, Ore., dies during the seizure as Washington hails the action and President Johnson calls it a safeguard of national integrity.
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Woodward
United States
Panmunjom
North Korea
U.S
Duane Daniel Hodges
Creswell, Ore
Hodges
Korean Peoples Army
Washington
Dean Rusk
Johnson
Leo McCarren
Johnstown
Donald
Gunman robs Welch Pharmacy in New Wilmington
A man in his thirties robbed Welch Pharmacy at 135 S Market St New Wilmington. He wore a nylon stocking over his face and escaped in a car on Pa 956 with two blue bank bags containing about $929 in cash and checks after ordering the manager and Tina Butia to the rear and failing to open the cash register due to a power outage.
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New Wilmington
Welch
S. Market St
Tina Butia
Volant RD 3
Jack W. Welch
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Cloudy and windy conditions persist in Western Pennsylvania as colder air moves in. Rain should end this morning, with snow flurries developing this afternoon across the region.
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Pennsylvania
Obituaries for Eleven Residents in Local Area
The notice lists multiple deaths from December 23, 1968 including Marie Williams 79 of Smithfield Street Martha Ida Gill 80 of Neshannock Boulevard Lena Ross 80 of Grimes Street William D. Jury 66 of Laurel Boulevard Marguerite H Grinnen 70 of Kay Street Wampum Mathew Smith 66 of West Middlesex Road and others from Volant and surrounding towns.
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Marie Williams
Smithfield
Charles H. Perry
Motor St
Lena Ross
Grimes St
William D. Jury
Laurel Blvd
Martha Ida Gill
Neshannock
Jesse Vernon Umstead
Volant RD
Marguerite H. Grinnen
Kay St
Wampum
Mathew Smith
West Middlesex
Seaman Hill Freed After 11 Months With Pueblo Crew
Ellwood City resident Robert W. Hill Sr. welcomed son Robert Walter Hill Jr., Seaman 20, released from North Korea after 11 months aboard the U S S Pueblo. The crew of 82 to be reunified at Christmas Eve events. Robert’s enlistment ends July 1969.
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Seaman Hill
Ellwood
Pueblo
Ellwood City
Old Saint Nick
Robert W. Hill
U.S.S. Pueblo
North Korea
Robert Walter Hill Jr
Fourth St
San Diego Naval Base
California
Robert
Hill
San Diego
Viet Cong rejects Ky offer for talks
In Paris a Viet Cong spokesman said direct talks with the Saigon government are impossible because the South Vietnam government represents no one. Ky returned to Saigon and revised the offer to talks after U S and North Vietnamese troops pull out. Viet Cong reaffirmed it represents the majority.
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Viet Cong
Paris
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Union Rejects Latest Offer in Mesta Co. Dispute
Union members of District 106 IAM AW Lodge 2178 voted 400 strong to reject Mesta Co. latest proposal after a voice vote on a secret ballot was defeated. The 12 week strike involves Local 398 IMAW with about 40 workers. no negotiations scheduled yet.
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Mesta Mac Ne Co
Paul Harcar
District 106
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Harcar
International Molders and Allied Workers
Apollo 8 Enters Moon Gravity Ahead Of Orbit
Spacecraft passes into lunar gravitational field as astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders push toward the lunar rendezvous on Christmas Eve. Ground control reports strong performance despite Borman’s stomach illness and a brief TV broadcast setback.
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Moon
Tuesaly
Borman
Charles Berry
Jim
Bill
Nixon-Eisenhower wedding seals a unique political union
Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower wed Sunday in a ceremony echoing traditional vows. The couple, ages 20 and 24, link the Nixon and Eisenhower families as a presidential family union unfolds amid the 1960 campaign atmosphere. Continued on page 3.
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David
Julie Eisenhower
Julie
Plaza Hotel
New York
Richard Nixon
UPI
Nixon
David Eisenhower
United States
Richard M Nixon
Dwight David Eisenhower
White House
Mackle kidnapping shifts focus to blonde accomplice
FBI turns spotlight on Ruth Eiseman Schier, 26, a Honduras born biology researcher, as suspected second half of a high profile kidnap pair. Krist arrested earlier near Hog Island with about $17,000 seized. investigators note roughly $480,000 of the ransom remains unaccounted for amid complex chase.
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Miami
UPI
Mackle
Ruth Eiseman Schier
FBI
Miss Schier
Robert Mackle
Krist
U.S
Fort Myers
Fla
Dade County
University of Miami
Institute of Marine Sciences
George Deacon
Universi
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Barbara Jane Mackle
Gary Steven Krist
Ft. Myers
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