Apollo 8 Astronauts Under Final Physical Exams Ahead of Moon Flight
CAPE KENNEDY FlA AP The Apollo 8 trio Col Frank Borman Navy Capt James Lovell Jr and Air Force Maj William Anders undergo a lengthy physical exam to verify readiness for the Christmas Eve moon orbit mission. Count proceeds NASA reports. A cold could delay or substitute a backup. An oculatory program guards astronauts from Hong Kong flu exposure.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Borman
Lovell
Anders
Hong Kong
Nixon set to win 37th presidency as electors meet
In the 1968 Electoral College process the 538 electors will cast votes in state capitals. Nixon leads with 302 votes if he wins all his states, Humphrey has 191, Wallace 45. Congress will count votes January 6 in Washington.
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Washington
Electoral College
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Congress
District of Columbia
Lloyd W. Bailey
Rocky Mouth
N.C
George C. Wallace
Michigan
Zolton Ferency
Humphrey
Ferency
Florida
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Wallace
Arabs Battle Israeli Force Across Suez Gap
The Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram reports a new Arab guerrilla group, the Organization for the Liberation of Sinai, has emerged to oppose Israeli forces along the east side of the Suez Canal. It says the group will issue military communiques and claim resistance actions, signaling intensified hostilities near the cease fire line. Israeli forces face frequent guerrilla incursions from Jordanian territory, with reported saboteur deaths and clashes around Hebron and along the Dead Sea area.
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Associated Press
Israel
Suez Canal
al Ahram
Organization For the Liberation ‘of
Sinai
Cairo
Suez Canal Zone
Middle East
Armly
Jordan River
Dead Sea
Hebron
Amman
Ab Dastour
Wadi Safi
Dead ‘Sea
Hong Kong Flu Closes Some Universities and Hospitals
The Hong Kong flu causes early Christmas breaks at several universities including George Washington University and Central Michigan University extends closures. Hospitals restrict visitors as illness rises. Cardinal Cushing among notable victims. Milwaukee and Cleveland report high staff absences.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
George Washington University
Washington, D.C
Virginia
Central Virginia
Central Michigan University
Northern Michigan Uni
Maryland
Cleveland
Ohio
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Navajo Nation to Light 60-Foot Christmas Tree Tonight
In Window Rock Arizona tribal chairman Raymond Nakai will press the switch to light a 60 foot blue spruce in a first time ceremony for the Navajo Nation. Nakai started the project and will lead the dedication tonight.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Raymond
Nakai
Freezing temperatures reach Florida as Arctic air bites
Arctic air and a storm system push temperatures to freezing from Florida to the Northeast. Miami records 34 degrees the coldest December day since 1940, with frost inland. Heavy snow and hazardous conditions persist in Vermont New Hampshire and Maine as a Pacific Northwest storm brings rain and high winds to the West. In California rains and up to 60 mph winds lash the Bay Area damaging a motel roof and causing about 100000 dollars in losses.
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Associated Press
Florida
Miami
Atlanta
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Pacific
Washington
Idaho
California
San Francisco Bay Area
Avas
Olivar Rites Pending for Mrs. Jacoba Olivar
Services are pending at Rollie Mortuary for Mrs. Jacoba V. Olivar 57 of Gallup died Friday in Stigler Oklahoma. Born July 25 1901 in Jales Jalisco Mexico she had lived in Gallup since 1927. She is survived by four sons eight daughters 43 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren with multiple relatives named in Gallup Stigler Molalla Needles Bakersfield and El Paso.
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Rollie Mortuary
Jacoba V. Olivar
Buena Vista
Stigler
Okla
Jales- Jalisco
Mexico
Olivar
Gallup
Rutilio
Benny
Eugene
Peter Olivar
Thomas Aguayo
John. Tomac
Rudy Parra
James Presfield
Merle Wright
Molalle
Ore
Antonio Ponce
Needles
Calif
Frank Marks
Bakersfield
James Raton
el Paso
Tex
Two Pickup Crash Kills Two Near Twin Lakes
A head on collision on U.S. 666 near Twin Lakes left Flora Mescal Crinapoint 65 and George Sandoval 6 dead. Virginia Mescal Crownpoint and Thelma Sandoval Twin Lakes were hospitalized in Gallup in satisfactory condition. Officers Wilson Manuelito and Louis McEwen lead an ongoing investigation with charges pending.
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U.S. 666
Gallup
Louis McEwen
Wilson Manuelita
U.S
Flora.Mescal
U.S. Public Health Service
Indian Hospital
Wilson Manuelito
Navajo Police Department
New Mexico
Albuquerque Voters Decide on 43 Percent School Tax Surcharge
Albuquerque residents vote today on a 43 percent income tax surcharge to fund school financing. The AP report notes the measure aims to boost local education resources and pave for bonded school district needs.
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Albuquerque
Rear Admiral Rosenberg Fights Cancer to Command in Vietnam
Edwin W. Rosenberg, a 1942 Annapolis graduate, defied multiple cancers over years to return to active duty. He rose from navigator on an aircraft carrier to command the 7th Fleet Amphibious Force in Vietnam after lobbying Congress for active status and taking key posts in logistics and administration.
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Saigon
Edwin W. Rosenberg
Vietnam
Annapolis
Rosenberg
Congress
Bourke
B. Hickenlooper
A Lown
Harry
Veterans honored in Phoenix for Vietnam service tour
Fifty four servicemen flown from Saigon to Phoenix for a week at Camelback Inn as a reward for outstanding Vietnam duty. S. Sgt William B. Carlson of San Diego and Pvt Michael Brooks of Houston among honorees. Col K T Henry led the 36 hour flight. reception included ASU band and pompoms.
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Phoenix
Ariz
William B. Carlson
Michael Brooks
Vietnam
Saigon
Camelback Inn
Carlson
San Diego
Calif
Khaly
Brooks
Houston
Tex
K. T. Henry
Columbus
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
San Francisco
Bridge collapse injures boy on overpass under construction
Fourteen year old Alfred Streit was hurt when a six lane steel reinforced overpass under construction collapsed in Thousand Oaks California. The bridge fell fifteen feet onto Hillcrest Drive narrowly missing two cars. Streit sustained a broken heel and was treated at Conejo Valley Community Hospital. Officials cited unfinished ends not yet connected to concrete abutments as a likely factor.
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Tntusand
Streit
Conejo Valley
Pitin
California
Highway Patrol
Window Rock School Board to Meet Tomorrow
Window Rock School District 8 trustees schedule regular meeting at 7 30 p m in the Reta La lineration building. Officials announce schools will close for Christmas vacation from December 20 to January 6 1969.
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Rock
Ariz
Singing Helps Lost Hikers Reach Safety After Night in Lean-To
Twenty high school hikers and two teachers from Shenehdowa Aioa School El Nora New York were trapped on Mt Tabor by a blizzard. They kept warm with a fire and singing while two frost bitten girls were treated after rescue on Sunday by rescuers who found them near dark after missing a side path.
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Manchester
Mt. Tabor
Hiking Club
Shenehdowa
Aioa
Elnora
N.Y
Janice Naylor
Virginia Morton
Granger
Lynn Focht
Beatles Lawyer Found Dead in English Seafront Mansion
AP reports Jae Das, noted lawyer for the Beatles, was found hanged in a garage at his seafront mansion in Hove England. Police say the death appears to be a suicide. investigators are treating the scene as a possible second incident linked to prior strain.
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Hove
England
Jae Dasvid Jacobs
Seafront
Polic
Iti
Seatlea
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