I Crewman Returned Home in Coffin
In San Diego families greet the USS Pueblo crew, but Duane Hodges of Creswell Oregon lies among the 21 year old fireman’s coffin. For 11 months his body was treated as a prisoner before release at Panmunjom and arrival with the ship’s crew. His grieving parents await burial details.
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San Diego
Calif
UPI
Pueblo
Jesse D. Hodges
Creswell
Ore
Duane
Hodges
North Korea
Red Cross
Panmunjom
U.S. Army
Maramar Naval Air Station
Navy
Naval Hospital
United States
Bucher
iBut
Chung
Mipipo
Crog
Abelon
Pinit
Q Y
Steven E. Woelk
Alta Vista
Kan
1.C
Michael T. Barrett
Bishops Conflict Over Pike Pulpit Ban
Controversy erupts as Bishop James A. Pike challenges Bishop C. Kelmer Myers claim of authority to bar him from preaching in the California diocese. Myers sent a letter urging Pike not to conduct services or sacraments in northern California. In Cleveland, police search for a woman who allegedly left a Giant Tiger store with 2408 dollars in company money by mistake.
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San Francisco
UPS
James A. Pike
California
Cleveland
UPI
Tiger Discount
Apollo 8 Moon Orbit Telecast Captures Lunar View
Space watchers watched live as Apollo 8 reached lunar orbit and sent back the first earthward view from the moon. Astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders completed an historic 230000 mile journey and prepared for a Christmas Eve telecast.
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Space Center
Houston
UPI
America
Space Pioneers
Earth
Lunar
Frank Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
Anders
Mission Control Center
Gilbert
Ohio State Marching Band to Represent State at Nixon Inauguration
Ohio selected the OSU marching band to represent Ohio at President-elect Nixon's January 20 inauguration in Washington. John S. Andrews said the choice followed a special committee recommendation after consulting Governor Rhodes. In Los Angeles a fire killed at least eight people, six of them children, in a two story wooden house.
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Columbus
UPI
Richard Nixon
Washington
Buckeye State
Ohio State
John S. Andrews
Ohio
OSU
James A. Rhodes
Los Angeles
Weather Outlook and Local Notices from Norwalk Area
Mostly cloudy and windy with scattered snow. highs in the 20s. Tonight partly cloudy and cold with teens for lows. Wednesday increasing clouds and cold with light snow by afternoon. Thursday cloudy and cold with a chance of flurries. NN winds 20 to 30 today, easing tonight, then NE 10 to 20 Wednesday. Births and marriages listed. deaths note Clifton R. Knapp, age 77.
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Norwalk
Pueblo survivors recount ordeal as leaders praise Bates crew
82 Pueblo sailors spoke at a hospital hut in Seoul after release. Commanders Bonnesteel and Chung Ilkwon praised Captain Bucher and the crew for leadership and resilience during months of captivity and beatings. Survivors recalled injuries and the moment of release across Panmunjom.
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Seoul
UPI
Pueblo
J.c. Charles B. Law Jr
Chehalis
Wash
Chung Ilkwon
Charles H. Bonesteel III
Law
Bonesteel
Chung
Edwin Rosenberg
Adm
Rosenberg
Panmunjom
Captain Bucher
America
Christmas Eve Church Services In Norwalk City
Norwalk residents plan candlelight and vesper services across four churches tonight. St. Peter's Lutheran hosts a 7 30 vesper with sermon The Savior Comes and a 11 30 youth candlelight service God s Great Trip. The First United Methodist Church features a 7 30 candlelight with the senior choir directed by Paul Laycock and organist Mrs Blowden Bowers.
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Norwalk
First United Presbyterian Church
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Paul Laycock
United Methodist Church
Blowden Bowers
Paul C. Bailey
First Baptist Church
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Gordon Roy
Kenneth Aspacher
St. Paul’s
St. Alphonsus Catholic
No Room At The Inn Bethlehem Christmas Pilgrims Face Barriers
Thousands of Christian pilgrims flock to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve under police guard and Israeli gunfire threats. Israeli troops, Jordan River holy water vendors, and restricted town access shaped a tense scene as pilgrims hoped to attend a ticketed midnight Mass led by Msgr. Alberto Gori in the birthplace of Jesus.
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Bethlehem
UPI
Judean Hills
Jerusalem
Church of the Nativity
Christendom
Jesus
Manger
Manger Square
Israel
Jordan
Middle East
Msgr
Alberto Gori
Best Gift Ever Jerry the Hunting Dog Portrait
Vaughn A Brainard recalls his lifelong bond with Jerry a red bone hound. To honor the aging companion Brainard’s daughter Sue arranged a studio portrait after a chaotic photo session at Heiser's Camera Shop. The two glossy pictures remain cherished keepsakes as Brainard keeps hunting with a German Plott at home in Huron County.
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Vaughn A. Brainard
Jerry
Huron County
Brainard
Sue
Steve Smith
Chatham
Heiser
Corrine
Plan for Sun Oil Bypass Station Introduced
Sun Oil Company plans a ranch style service station on the Route 20 Bypass near Norwalk with engineers drafting a design to be finished by spring and construction beginning then. Forty six acres were bought for the development as Route 250 relocation is aimed for 1972. The Philadelphia Central office spokesman cited no other plans beyond the station and refused to reveal the purchase price.
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Route 20
Sun Oil Company
Sunoco
Paul Doerr
Toledo
Sun Oil
Philadelphia
Norwalk
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United Press International
Upper Midwest
Northwest
New England
Mexico City
Space Center, Houston
Mary Ann Seif
Atlantic City
N.J
Joseph Seif
Mary Ann
John Arnoczk
London
F-T) Oczky
New
John F. Dick
Chicago
Dorothy M. Hillhouse
Bellevue
Robert A. Llewellyn
Mentor
U.S. Air Force
Iris V. Winchell
James W. Thornton
Milan
Betty R. Haslage
Michael W. Raftery
Christina A. Gerber
Monroeville
Clifton R. Knapp
Rose Ave
Lloyd M. Bucher
Kalamazoo, Mich
J.c. Rushel J. Blansett
Orange
Robert J. Chicca
Fairfax
Blansett
Barrett
Sgt. Chicca
Harper Woods
Mich
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