Airliner Crashes Into Hangar In Fog At O Hare
North Central Airlines flight 458 with 45 aboard crashed into a Braniff hangar at O Hare Chicago during fog. Officials report 26 killed and 27 injured, with eight Braniff boys injured as their drum corps rehearsed nearby.
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Chicago
API
North Central Airlines
O'Hare International Airport
Braniff International
North Central
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minn
Wisconsin
Wausau
Green Bay
Manitowoc
Milwaukee
World reacts to Apollo 8 voyage across nations
Leaders and citizens worldwide praised Apollo 8 after the moon voyage. Moscow and Washington broadcasts carried images of the crew returning to Yorktown. Pope Paul VI and President Johnson received congratulations, while Cuba and China offered mixed responses. Public celebrations spanned Managua to Rio de Janeiro with sirens and cheers.
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Ethiopia
Moscow
Hong Kong
China
Peking Radio
New China News Agency
Yorktown
Apollo 8 Crew Returns Home After Moon Flight
After a six day mission the Apollo 8 crew Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders splashed down in the Pacific and prepared to be welcomed aboard the USS Yorktown. They described the ship and reflected on the first crewed lunar journey and the United States progress toward a lunar landing.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Johnson
Ha van Lau
Vance
United States
Yorktown
Frank Borman
Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
Moon
Lovell
Anders
Pacific
Hawaii
Houston
Ellington Air Force Base
Space Center
America
Soviet Union
Tass
Thomas Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
NASA
Space Agency
Pacific Ocean
Special City Council Meeting Set
The City Council schedules a 6 30 PM Monday session to balance year end appropriations and adjust funds. The agenda includes awarding a landfill and garbage collection contract after last week’s bid, with only Leon Riley Excavating Co. submitted.
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Harold Finch
Charles Hipp
Hipp
Leon Riley
O Hairs Protests Apollo 8 Bible Readings
Madalyn Murray O'Hair denounces televised Genesis readings by Apollo 8 astronauts from her Austin home calling the act incredible and saying atheists have been cowed by Christians. She urges action as the first lunar orbit mission completes successfully.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Madalyn Murray O’hair
America
China conducts eighth nuclear test above ground in western area
The U S Atomic Energy Commission reported China carried out its eighth nuclear explosion. The test, rated at three million tons of TNT, occurred above ground in the western testing region and signals a recovery from a prior failure.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Washington
Weather shifts from rain to light snow with colder highs
Rain changes to light snow and a colder trend this afternoon. Highs reach the 40s to low 50s this morning, with snow flurries and windy conditions tonight into tomorrow. Tonight lows in the teens to low 20s, tomorrow highs in the mid to upper 20s, outlook for Monday partly cloudy and cold. Marriage license applications and a death in Greenwich.
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Norwalk
Former Norwalk Residents Die in Florida Crash
Two former Norwalk residents, Blanche E. Allen, 84, and her daughter Margaret Jean Allen, 49, were killed in a Christmas Eve two car crash near Bradenton Florida. Blanche Allen was a biology professor at Wilson College in Chambersburg Tennessee and held a PhD in biology. Funeral services and burial were held in Fort Myers. Survivors include a daughter in Odessa Florida a son in Germany a brother in Ireland a sister in Cornwall England and five grandchildren.
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FT. Myers
Fla
Norwalk
Bradenton
Blanche E. Allen
Margaret Jean Allen
Allen
Wilson College
Chambersburg
Tenn
Harley Nichols
Odessa
Frank
Germany
Fred Duke
Ireland
Mable Prince
Cornwell
England
Police Hunt Suspect In Theft Of Checks
Police filed breaking and entering charges against William Winter III 21 for breaking into Hart Advertising at 69 E Seminary. Stolen were checks and a writing machine with some checks signed by Winter turning up in Norwalk. Hart said a window was forced open and Winter had been staying at the Colonial Hotel. A prior Waterbury address lists 76 Elm Street. Police described Winter as 6 foot 3 155 pounds with dark hair. Checks for 50 15 and 1 15 recovered.
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Hart Advertising
E. Seminary
Winter
Norwalk
William T. Hart
Colonial Hotel
Elm St
Waterbury
Conn
Hart
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Iowa
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Robert Anthony Williams
Pamela
Polk County
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Henry T. McKnight
U.S.S
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Nikolai Podgorny
Outer Space
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Paul VI
Harold Wilson
Emperor Haile Selassie of
Latin America
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Nicaragua
Montevideo
Uruguay
el Dia
Rio de Janeiro
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Ipanema
Earl L. Robison
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Donna Bolen
James R. Hipp
Karen Ann Harshberger
Elnora VerBurg
Greenwich
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Bonita Springs
William Winter III
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