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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - December 17, 1968, Norwich, New York Re it of i a the evening Sun vol. 78, no. 183 tuesday december 17, 1968 Norw sch. New York 13815 10<f per copy space Trio doing feat on ground Cape Kennedy Fla. Apr while the launch Crew pre pared the giant Saturn 5 rocket for saturday s Blastoff to the Moon the Apollo 8 astronauts today sharpened their skills in a spacecraft Trainer. Air Force col. Frank Borman Navy capt. James a. Lovell or. And air Force maj. William a. Anders climbed into the simulator for several hours practice mainly on what they la do As they orbit the Moon for 20 hours on Christmas eve and Early Christmas Day. The Apollo 8 astronauts Are using a spacecraft Trainer to Sharpen skills for their scheduled launching saturday toward an orbit around the Moon. Air Force col. Fran Borman Navy capt. James a. Lovell or. And air Force maj. William a. Anders plan several hours in the simulator today mainly rehearsing what do As they Circle the Moon for 20 hours on Christmas eve and Early Christmas Day. Critical events during this period include the firing of the Apollo 8 engine to place the ship in a lunar orbit ranging from 69 to 196 Miles above the surface a second firing to circular ize the path at the 69-mile Altitude and a third ignition to shoot the astronauts out of orbit and Start them on the 58-hour trip Back to Earth. While circling the Moon determine How accurately they can navigate by sighting on the stars and on prominent landmarks such As craters and mountains. At the same time ground stations will determine How precisely they can track Apollo 8. Large concentrations of material beneath the Moon surface will cause Subtle changes in the Orbital path and trackers want to know exactly where these shifts occur. With present knowledge gained from tracking unmanned lunar orbiters Anders said recently that Moon Landing astronauts could miss their target by As much As 48 Miles. A the More Apollo 8 can learn about the Moons gravitational Field the less will be our error when astronauts land a a Anders said. One of the landmarks that navigation expert Lovell will observe is a triangular shaped Mountain in the sea of tranquil Lity which he has named a amount Marilyn after his wife. A no one else has named the thing a he said a so in be unofficially named it mount the simulator time will add to the More than 2go hours each of the three astronauts has logged in the device since they began training for die Mission in August. Meanwhile the lengthy countdown for the launching of the Saturn 5 rocket proceeded smoothly toward saturdays scheduled liftoff of 7 51 . Est. Heavy ordnance such As explosive devices which will separate the escape Tower heat shield and other sections of the spacecraft during flight were installed last night. Crews pump helium used for pressurization into Apollo 8 today. Girl sentenced to life detention Newcastle England apr Britain a sensational a kill for thrills trial ended today with 11-year-old Mary Flora Bell found guilty of manslaughter with diminished responsibility and her 13-year-old playmate Norma Joyce Bell innocent of All charges. Mary was sentenced to detention for life. The two girls unrelated but inseparable friends had been charged with murder in the strangling of two Young boys. An alternative charge of manslaughter had been placed against them. Both girls were found innocent of the Basic murder charges that they killed Martin George Brown 4, and Brian Edward Howe 3. Martin was found dead in a derelict House in this Northeast City May 25, and Brian in a lot july 31. Weather partly Cloudy with isolated Snow flurries and slowly diminishing winds tonight and wednesday. Low temperatures tonight Zero to to above and colder in some deeper valleys highs wednesday in the one scenes like these Are expected to hold not Ion even world attention saturday when the three crewmen of Apollo 8 Mission Are launched on historic Jour around the Moon. Program has Cost some $30 billion but top space scientist says it is Good investment. Yon Braun of Moon by Tom Tiede Huntsville Ala a United states is scheduled to rocket three men around the Moon. In All probability they will observe and later report Back with the following information the Moon has no growth. The Moon has no water the Moon has no life for this information the american people will have paid $3 1 billion Over the past decade. It averages out to something like $700 for every . Family undoubtedly the taxpayer will ask himself has it been Worth it Wernher von Braun for one. Says it has. He is the German american designer of the system w h i c h will carry the astronauts around the Moon and he is betting his life s Effort that Moon costs Are a profitable investment a a space science Quot he says. A is like putting your Money into Bonds. You can do it for two reasons. You can get quickie returns or Long Range and in some respects the scientist adds earthlings Benefit both ways. Short returns have already been made available he Points out. The Saturn v rocket alone containing Over 5.6 million parts and capable of 1.5 million horsepower. Is an engineering Advance ment that has employed hundreds of thousands of people and opened up new knowledge for the world a a remember t h i s. Von Braun emphasizes the Money we spend on space is not spent a in space it goes to workers and companies Here on s c i e n t Ifica developments gained while the Saturn Ana other systems were being built Are already in use in dozens of no rocket Fields. Miniaturization As von Braun says is one specific and Universal by product space study has produced Teflon for housewives cooking pots fuel cells for Industry solid state circuits for Ordinary radio and television space gadgetry is help ing control smog purify Rivers and combat Urban crime Werner von Braun global communications. Von Braun envisioning a massive network of satellite relay stations agrees with other experts who have said such communications might wipe illiteracy from the face of the Earth. He feels to everywhere a in Jungle shacks and Arctic igloos could with the help of a world educational programming. Be the greatest learning Boon since print m e d i e a i advancements. Von Braun believes that miniaturization May hold the key to Many of the problems laced by physicians and surgeons heart computers for example might be made so Small and so effective that users would be alerted to potential troubles by a daily comparison of Organ activity a couple of beeps Quot says von Braun Quot could save a Many a life Quot 5,000 marines in major sweep says Cost Worth it space manufacturing Braun thinks the sterile weightlessness of space May one Day solve Many Industry enigmas machinery parts formed in space could be made More perfectly shaped and frictionless. Drugs and other products that require sterility Are other potentials space i habitation though the Moon May appear Barren and dismal. Von Braun says Quot so did the deserts and ice regions to our ancestors but we have explored and exploited them All we shall do the same with the Moon and the he feels a Quot Moon base Quot is a definite probability von Braun says the social and economic advantages of space development today can be likened to those which opened tip with the creation of air travel 50 years ago or those brought by the Columbus journeys four centuries past. As a scientist. Von Braun is by admission a dreamer and a doer. So. Damning the Cost he advocates greater activity and expenditures in the space probe he says Man. Rich and poor will Benefit from the investment if we fail to grasp this tact. He urges Quot ii we just think about the present expense and not the future it will be catastrophic for us ail Quot quake shakes Alaska Anchorage Alaska apr a Strong earthquake woke residents of South Central Alaska this morning but first reports indicated there was no major damage. The rolling quake which lasted about a minute in the an chorale area set off burglar alarms knocked Stock from grocery store shelves and rattled windows. The . Coast and geodetic Survey seismological Observatory at College Alaska said the earthquake registered 6.5 on the Richter scale. Its epicentre was approximately 160 Miles Southwest of Here in an isolated area. Alaskans Good Friday earthquake in 1964 registered 8.5 on the scale. Saigon apr five thousand . Marines backed by More than 200 air strikes Are sweeping the mountains 30 Miles Southwest of Danang in a major operation . Headquarters disclosed today. Lifting the Security lid on the 11-Day-old drive operation Taylor common a spokesman said 123 North vietnamese and Viet Cong have been killed and 41 suspects captured since the operation began dec. 7. He said 18 marines had been killed and 73 wounded. It is the second massive Marine sweep South of Danang in less than five weeks. On dec. 8, 7,000 . And South korean marines and South vietnamese infantrymen ended 20-Day operation Meade River a 50-Square-mile cordon entered 15 Miles South of Danang. In that sweep the marines reported 862 enemy and 95 marines killed and 504 marines wounded. A . Spokesman said intelligence reports and observations by Marine scouts indicate troops from two or three enemy regiments might be in the mountains. He said these might include troops from a regiment battered in the earlier operation who Are trying to reach Laos to wait for replacements. About 25 air Force b52 bombers dropped 750 tons of explosives on enemy troop concentrations a staging area and Supply depots monday and today in support of the mane vering marines. A damage assessment was not available As the marines were report still three to four Miles away from the targets. Ulv a lure in the War North is a to sops sprang an ambush today a a u. S. Army papal authority must not impede science clerics Zurich Switzerland apr some 40 internationally known roman Catholic theologians stated today that the teaching authority of the Pope and his Bishops must not impede the theologians scientific task. The group which included at least one scholar whose teachings Are under investigation by the Vatican warned that a any form of inquisition would cause immeasurable damage to the Church. The theologians petitioned Pope Paul i to make six major reforms in the Vatican curia the Central administration of the Church. Among them wus retirement of cardinals on reach ing 75. Signers included leading progressive theologians among them prof. Eduard Schill Beeck of Nijm Egen Hans Kueng of Switzerland Karl Rahner of West Germany . Chenu and Yves Congar of Paris and John Mckenzie and Ronald Murphy of the United states. Progressives at the Vatican reported in september that the conservative dominated congregate for the doctrine of the Faith the former holy office was preparing a heresy trial against prof. Schille Boeckx a dominican father who is theological adviser to the dutch Catholic Bishops. A we Are Well aware that we theologians May also err in our theology a the petition said a but we Are convinced that erroneous theological opinions cannot be settled by coercive actions Quot Convoy travelling a vital american Supply line 42 Miles Northwest of Saigon but an armoured column and airborne reinforce ments beat the attackers off and killed 50 of them. Five americans were killed and 11 were wounded and several trucks in the 50-vehicle Convoy were damaged but the others made it to the Allied base at Dau tin leg. Fighting con Timmy into the night As infantrymen of the . 25th division chased the enemy Force. Twelve Miles away . Forces surprised a Sampan trying to slip Down the Saigon River monday night and killed 15 guerrillas. Other . And South vietnamese forces reported 95 Viet Cong and North vietnamese killed in five clashes ranging from the Mekong Delta to the northernmost provinces. There were no . Casualties and South vietnamese losses were put at one killed and 21 wounded. Thirty five b52s unleashed 1,050 tons of explosives on the infiltration corridors North of Nixon in Choice topic with Thant new York apr president elect Nixon meeting today with Secretary general u Thant of the United nations definitely will announce by the end of the week his democratic Choice As . Ambassador to the United nations. In Advance of Nixon s Thant meeting Ronald l. Ziegler press spokesman for the presi Dent elect said Nixon s Choice for the . Job would be announced this week leaving open the possibility he might let the Secretary general be the first to know. Nixon asked to see Thant in a move described by Ziegler As one designed to demonstrate Quot or. Nixon a support of the United perhaps More significantly. He added that the session alongside the East River would open communications Between the incoming chief executive and the head of the world organization. Going to the in with Nixon were his Secretary of state designate William p. Rogers his National Security advisor Henry a. Kissinger Robert d. Mur Phy his go Between with the Johnson administration and j. Russell Wiggins president Saigon. The heaviest concentration of strikes was along the cambodian Border 41 Miles Northwest of the capital near Parrot s beak a major enemy base inside Cambodia and the Headquarters of the North vietnamese 9th division. In the Central Highlands enemy gunners shelled ban me Thuot Airfield monday night and damaged seven american helicopters. Other gunship helicopters took to the air to attack the enemy batteries but no casualties were reported on either Side. No dispute with envoys Saigon says Paris apr vice president Nguyen Cao by of South Vietnam said he found no disagreement with top . Negotiators on vietnamese peace talks after another meeting Triay despite the remarks of defense Secretary Clark m. Clifford in Washington. A i did t see any disagreements a the Saigon Leader said after meeting an hour and 40 minutes with chief . Peace Johnson a recently installed re talk envoys w. Averil harm placement As ambassador to the United nations. Sargent Shriver ambassador to France and and brother in Law of sen. Edward Kennedy d-mass., remained the principal betting favorite in whatever contest there might be for the . Ambassador ship. Albany draft adviser plans to defend Case Albany . Apr Steven Wayne Trumm a 20-year-old self styled a a draft counsellor who is opposed to the draft and the Vietnam War planned to handle his own defense today at the opening of his trial on charges of violating Federal selective service Laws. A demonstration in support of Trimm had been planned for today but was called off. Trimm of Chatham ., said he feels a a morally innocent of failing to report for military induction. Trimm says he has no need for a lawyer. Trial was scheduled for the court of . Dist. Judge James Foley. Only by resisting the draft Trimm said could he effective. By express his Antiwar beliefs and his frustration. Three years ago Trimm applied for and was denied classification As a conscientious objector. Now however he says he would refuse to serve the Vietnam War Effort in any capacity. A i do not feel i can join a Trimm said last March As he and about 50 sympathizers picketed the Federal induction Center in downtown Albany. A i can to cooperate with a system whose ultimate object is to kill people. I know i can to the youth who says he belongs to no organized religion claims to have developed a Faith of his own through meditation. Man and Deputy Cyrus r. Vance. A really i do not know Why or. Clifford staying far away in Washington could have any remarks about disagreements Here a by said. Clifford Drew anger from the South vietnamese negotiators with remarks on a sunday television program. Clifford Laid much blame on Saigon for the procedural discussion that has been holding up the tour Way peace conference. By Hail retorted monday that Clifford has shown a gift Ever since taking office of a saying the wrong thing at the wrong he also conferred with Harriman and Vance monday along with ambassador Pham Dang Lam chief of his delegation. Today by said he still stands by that statement. Both by and Harriman indicated that their session at the Saigon delegation Headquarters went smoothly. Harriman said Cliffords remarks were not mentioned and the americans had a a very Good talk with the vice president about a your common problems with a View to having a United front. By said the Allied negotiators did not get into any further Compromise proposals about the shape of the table for the i Ace Parley. Nixon team to push Reform Washington apr the Nixon administration apparently plans to put Early emphasis on trying to improve great society programs and will go slow at first on offering new legislation to die democratic con trolled Congress. This was the Gist of reports on a two hour closed meeting Mon Day that brought together Nixon vice president elect Spiro t. Agnew and 13 Republican Lead ers of die House and Senate. The comments of Senate Leader Everett m. Dirksen House Leader Gerald r. Ford and oth ers afterwards indicated major new legislation will be put off until studies Are made of current programs president John songs final recommendations and reports of Nixon a own numerous task forces. The Way appeared to be left open however for Early Senate consideration of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty of Johnson wishes the Issue brought up Between Jan. 3, when Congress convenes and Jan. 20, when Nixon takes office. During the Campaign Nixon spoke of scuttling some great society programs but Hasni to said much on the subject since. Although tile democratic leadership in Congress has pledged its cooperation to tile new administration there have been increasing and thinly veiled warnings that the oppose of a respiratory ailments in 30 states Hon will not stand still tor much tampering. House majority Leader Carl Albert of Oklahoma said in an interview Over tile weekend that he did no to think Nixon would try to dismantle the great society and that he did no to think the president elect would be Able to anyway. Albert said such an attempt would Cost Nixon the Coo Jeri Tion of tile democrats. A the penalty would be too great a he said. Dirksen and Ford commented at a news conference. Dirksen said a there Isnit a major disagreement Between him and Nixon on timing of sen ate debate on the treaty. Today s chuckle nowadays Prosperity Means not being quite so broke this month As last. I i s to Quot says Yon is already mires Quot the Braun and the list will grow to incredible length according to the rocket expert he predicts the following As examples by the associated press outbreaks of flu and respiratory disease were reported in 30 states today As the wave of in fluence like illness continued to spread. Health authorities said the Peak of the epidemic still appeared several weeks away. The National communicable disease Center in Atlanta said that the presence of the Hong Kong variety of flu was con firmed in 16 states the District of Columbia and puerto Rico. The Center was besieged by Telephone queries about the epidemic Are done harried official said a some people have colds and some people have some thing else and it s All being called Hong Kong among the notables suffering from the flu were vice presi Dent Hubert h. Humphrey Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston and gov. Richard j. Hughes of new Jersey. Humphrey was forced to cancel a speaking engagement in los Angeles and Hughes scrapped plans for new Jersey s traditional Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Trenton for fear the gathering might serve to spread the virus. The a cd said that for the week ending dec. 7 there were 700 deaths reported from flu Chenango county s first Hong Kong flu cases reported Roundup Page 3. Pneumonia and other respiratory ailments�?200 More than the anticipated number. The figure is based on reports from 122 key cities. Hospitals in several cities in eluding Washington d.c., wind Sor ont., and Bridgeport conn., tightened visiting regulations in an Effort to keep the flu away from patients who do not already have it. In Chicago the University of Chicago and University of Illinois research and education hospitals were forced to limit admissions to emergency cases because of High absenteeism among the staffs. The number of College closings continued to grow As the schools recessed Early for Christmas vacation in the face of High absenteeism or to avoid an outbreak of the illness. Public schools were showing the effects of the flu Bug As Well. Of los Angeles county s 560 schools 70 reported absence greater than to per cent from the flu and other diseases. Seven Detroit parochial schools closed and Public schools were hard hit with Absentee rates reported increased by 15 Der cent. Youngsters in Portland ore., appeared to be a hardier Breed than their teachers there has been no increase in the number of students sick but teachers absenteeism has jumped about 40 per cent. Or shopping Days til Christmas

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