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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - December 24, 1968, Norwich, New York Vol. 78. No. 188 tuesday 24, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 10$ per copy in lunar orbit Apollo Trio joins Columbus ranks silent night nativity scene shines brightly in front of Chapel in the Pines at phar Salia correction Camp tuesday night As Camps men have Christmas entertainment and party inside. A committee of Chenango county residents also visited Camp Georgetown on an annual Christmas tour distributing gifts for some 180 youths. The Campsen constructed the scene in their shop. Photo by Casey Jones travellers warnings go up bul sunny Christmas due by the a associated press travel Erst warnings for All Western new York counties a Excel the Southern Finger lakes a were continued today with a heavy Snow warning up for scattered sections of the Snow Belt South of Lake Ontario along the Pennsylvania Border. At least six inches of new Snow were expected to fall in portions of those counties by tonight before partial Clearing and a lessening of the 30 to 45-mile-an-hour gusts that monday Cut visibility on Many highways in the West to near Zero. At least five persons have died As a result of the storm conditions that began sunday with freezing rain Snow sleet Snow squalls and High winds. A Man and his wife were killed in a traffic Accident monday in the town of Arcade in Wyoming county its roads hit by a half foot of Snow Oil top of an icy layer. In the Central new York town of Little Falls a pedestrian was fatally injured when struck by an automobile police said w is going Only to Miles an hour a but Over a exceedingly Slippery streets during a snowfall acce in pained by winds. Some fights were delayed monday at some upstate airports until visibility improved. Highways in the Northern port Ion of Chenango county received a thin Glaze of ice late monday As intermittent Snow squalls froze to the pavement in dropping temperatures. Snow accumulation totalled one Inch overnight. But Highway Crews kept the roads in passable condition and no traffic accidents were reported this morning. Overnight temperatures in the county were in the teens and were not expected to Rise much above 20 today dropping Back to 5 to 15 tonight. Occasional Snow and Snow flurries were forecast for today and tonight in this area with fair to partly Cloudy and cold weather expected on Christ Mas Day a heavy Snow storm before Dawn today in the Finger lakes Region left a heavy accumulation if Snow and High drifts. State police reported that main roads were open but there were icy spots. In Central new York the slush left from sunday and Early monday turned icy overnight As temperatures dipped. Snow our Ries were reported in the North pm sections. Windy conditions prevailed. Much colder weather was predicted for tonight a Christmas even As a High pressure system moves eastward from the Midwest to dominate the Empire states weather for Christmas Day sunny skies and continued cold. Occasional Snow flurries were expected across the state today with Snow squalls forecast near the great lakes. The weather Bureau in Buffalo a in a special predawn statement continuing the Snow and travellers warnings a said traces to two inches of fresh Snow were expected today outside that Snow Belt area in West pm new York. In the heavy Snow areas How Ever winds gusting to 40 Miles an hour would cause blowing Drifting Snow and near Zero Visi by lit i is at times on roads throughout most of the counties the statement said. Early morning Tempo natures ranged from Massena a 15 degrees to new York City a 29. Snow was reported from Massena Buffalo Rochester Syra it use Utica and Elmira. In boonville�?80 Miles North West of Albany and traditionally one of the hardest hit spots in the state each Winter a White Christmas is certain a foot of Light Snow a cum a ated Over night. Highway visibility was Down to a half mile at Dawn. The new York state thruway was reported Clear and dry Early today from new York City to Schenectady and wet with Snow or ice in spots from Schenectady to Utica. State police advised extreme caution on the thruway from Utica to the Pennsylvania stale line due to heavy Snow a it or visibility. Yuletide ceasefire brings All Dav Battle to an end Saigon api the allies let Egan a Christmas cease fire today and in tile first hour the enemy violated the truce with nine shooting incidents two significant die . Command said to. Night. The 24-hour Allied Stan Down began at 6 . And fell within a three Day cease fire period proclaimed by the Viet Cong that began 17 hours earlier. In the first six hours of their own cease fire enemy soldiers made seven mortar and ground attacks on South vietnamese military posts killing six soldiers and one civilian and wounding 16 soldiers and five cd vip is the government reported. It said six enemy soldiers weather variable cloudiness Windy and very cold tonight with Chance of show flurries Over the mountains lows Zero to to above. Variable cloudiness and continued cold wednesday Inglis in tile teens. Were killed. Then 53 minutes after the beginning of the Allied cease fire . 25th infantry division troops 40 Miles Northwest of Saigon were hit by about to rounds of mortar fire wounding seven the american command reported. . Artillery fired on the suspected enemy positions but re suits were not known. An hour after the beginning of Allied cease fire a reconnaissance patrol of the . 1st infantry division came under rocket grenade fire about 28 Miles North of Saigon. One american was wounded Iii tit eight minute Exchange. Headquarters said tile Oiler incidents reported so far consists of Small arms fir at troops or planes and were considered minor. Before the Viet Cong cease fire began South vietnamese troops fought an All Day Battle in which Saigon claimed 159 in. Emy soldiers were killed. The . Command also announced Liat the number of a in. Dications�?T1 of enemy military activity in the demilitarized zone had passed the 1,000 Mark since president Johnson ordered All attacks halted on North Vietnam nov. I. Revlon Sells its no Stock special to the evening Sun new York a a Block of Norwich Pha Macal co. Stock Worth approximately $35 million changed hands today in what May be the largest single transaction of its kind involving the Norwich . Company. Dow Jones reported that 750, 575 shares of common Stock was traded at $46.50 a share. The seller according to Dow Jones a was understood to be Revlon inc a and represents about 9 per cent of Norwich Pha Macal a 8,226,000 shares of comm in Stock. The transaction was handled by the new York brokerage House of Salomon Bros and Hutzler who represented both the seller and the unidentified buyer. A spokesman for Revlon said the shares were sold because a Norwich management made Clear its desire to oppose us in any Iii Wen toward Union or merger a and that Revlon no longer wanted the Stock As an investment. Sal of the Stock came on the heels of news late last week of a or p be m drier of the drug firm Ani Morton International inc. Queried this in Ning. Lewis f. Bonham president of Norwich Pha Macal said he had been notified by James Roth of Salomon Brothers and Hutzler that the brokerage firm had acquired the Block of shares held by Revlon. The Block Iliad crossed the Board this morning with the brokerage House and the Sellers. Or. Bonham said or. Roth had Tele phoned him that 750,000 shares were sold to institutions. The institutions were not in in lately identified. Late last april. Revlon acquired approximately 9 per cent of Norwich Pha Macal company Stock. Shortly afterwards continued on Page 5 space Center Houston apr the daring explorers of Apollo 8 swept into an incredible Christmas eve orbit around the Moon today reported it looked like dirty Sand and televised to Earth startling pictures of a wild and wondrous terrain. Air Force col. Frank Borman Navy capt. James a. Lovell or. And air Force a. William a. Anders joined the ranks of history a Premier explorers at 4 59 . Est today when they fired Apollo 8 into a perfect lunar orbit. They gazed in astonishment at a sight never before seen by Many the backside of the Moon that constantly hides itself from Earth. It was Akin to Columbus sighting the new world Balboa staring Down at the Pacific or de Gama rounding the Cape of Good Hope. It was Jules Verne Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon All wrapped up in a neat Christmas package for the adventure lovers of the world. The astronauts then zipped around to the front Side to beam to Earth dramatic pictures accompanied by a vivid word description. As the three astronauts look Back across 231, Miles to their Home planet this Christmas eve they Are expected to beam a message to earthlings calling for peace and Unity in a troubled world. The plea could come in a television show planned to Start from the streaking Apollo 8 cab at 9 31 . That would be about 3/2 hours before the astronauts Are to fire their spaceship engine to shoot out of lunar orbit and head tor Home aiming for a Friday morning Landing in the Pacific Ocean. The engine fired them into an initial orbit ranging from 69 to 193 Miles High. A second firing during the third lunar orbit circular Zed the path at about 70 Miles above the surface. About the same tune Apollo 8 swept past the Halfway Point of the planned Mission of six Days and three hours. A it looks like plaster of Paris or sort of greyish Beach Sand a was Lovell a first impression of this alien celestial body that has awed Man since his beginning. Two and one half hours later the astronauts flashed the scene to Home television sets with the same camera that monday had relayed pictures of the Earth from 200,000 Miles away. The Bright reflection of the Sun dulled some of the features but viewers could not help but be caught up in the excitement of seeing pictures beamed live by three adventurers 230,000 Miles from their Home planet. Earthlings were treated to a Bleak Barren landscape of Crater pocked Plains Boulder strewn plateaus and rugged mountains. It looked like a most inhospitable place a scene of desolation More Complete than any Sahara. As Anders handled the camera for the 12-minute telecast from an Altitude of about 150 Miles he described the surface As a whitish Gray like dirty Beach Sand with lots of footprints in naming unnamed craters after astronauts including themselves Anders turned lunar tour guide with such description As a a we re passing Over Crater Borman right now. Lovell a right next to it and Anders right next to the television was beamed after Apollo 8 a tiny speck in limitless space whirled through its second of to planned orbits of the Moon. Each pass takes about two hours. The spacecraft was injected initially into an orbit ranging from 69 to 193 Miles above the surface. The astronauts Are to shoot themselves out of orbit at 1 06 a. In. Wednesday and Start the 58-hour return to Earth. The momentous orbit insertion climaxed a 69 hour journey that started saturday at Capo Kennedy in which the astronauts like Throe Wise men of the past guided themselves toward a Bright object in the heavens. After a suspenseful 36 minutes in which the astronauts were out of Contact behind the Moon where they executed the orbit Man Euver Mission control Center excitedly announced a we be got it we be got it Apollo 8 is in lunar after a Check to make certain All systems were working Tho control Center asked a what does the old Moon look Uke a navigator Lovell replied a the Moon is essentially Gray. No color. The sea of Fertility does t stand out As Well As it does on Earth a Joyful Yule reunion awaiting Pueblo Crew Kidnap victim identifies pair Miami Fla. Apr . Atty. William Meadows say Barbara Jane Mackle has identified Gary Steven Krist and Ruth Elsemann Schier As the couple who buried her alive in North Georgia after she was kidnapped. Meadows disclosure came monday during a preliminary hearing at which Federal Exter ton charges were added to the kidnapping counts against Krist and miss Eisemann Schier. Dylst who was captured Sun Day on swampy hog Island off the Florida Gulf coast replied a a yes twice during the hearing when asked if he understood the new charges and his rights. Mis Eisemann Schier described As a 5-foot-3, 26-year-old sometimes blonde of athletic build is being sought. There was no explanation of How or when miss Mackle a identification was made. Seoul apr the 82 freed crewmen of the . Intelligence ship Pueblo winged their Way toward san Diego today for a Joyful Christmas reunion with their families. Two air Force c141s took off with the men and a coffin after a memorial service at Seoul Skampo Airport for fireman Duane h. Hodges 22, of Creswell ore., fatally injured when the North koreans captured the Pueblo Jan. 23. The planes were scheduled to arrive at san Diego a Miramar naval air station at 5 . Est alter a refuelling Stop at Midway Island. The Navy said at least 167 wives children mothers a. Thers Brothers and Sisters have gathered at the base. Many left their Homes for san Diego in such a hurry they did no to Hay time to buy Christmas presents for the men. A . Army band played a California Here i come and a anchors aweigh As the men boarded the planes. Clad in Blue Navy fatigues they appeared rested and smiled and waved at a crowd of 200 persons seeing them off. The Pueblo skipper cmdr. Lloyd m. Bucher 41, was the last to Board stopping on the Way to thank the band members. The simple memorial service for Hodges was held in an open Field near the planes two hours before they left. It was conducted by it. Cmdr. Stanton Wilson chaplain for Navy forces in Korea and was attended by Bucher . Edwin m. Rosenberg in charge of the Pueblo Crews repatriation and to 3.c., Ralph e. Reed 30, of Duncannon pa., in whose arms Hodges died. The casket draped in a . Flag was carried from a military ambulance by eight Navy men. A platoon of sailors and marines and about 200 american soldiers and civilians attended the service. An eight Man Honor guard fired three rounds of Salute while taps were blown. Throughout the ceremony Bucher looked very sad keeping his head Down most of the time. Rosenberg who accompanied the Crew on the flight told a news conference earlier the men were in a fair to Good Condi they were Given preliminary medical checkups and spent the night at the 121 St evacuation Hospital outside Seoul following their release monday. Before their departure today the Pueblo men were visited by several top . And South to. Rean officials including Premier Chung a Kwon. Chung . Ambassador William Porter philippine Ambas Sador Benjamin Tirona and Sev eral South korean Cabinet ministers visited Bucher and about 15 of his men. A we certainly Felt the american support a said it. Edward r. Murphy jr., 31, of Berkeley calif., Hie Pueblo s executive officer. A and we tried to do our Best where we South korean newspapers today welcomed the release of tile Crew but criticized the United states for bowing to North koreans terms. They said it would encourage North Korea to become More militant and probably result in increased guerrilla activity against South Korea. A a we Are disappointed that til Strong United states was unable to do anything except to sign a statement prepared by North Korea a Small rat in International politics. Washington should feel responsible for its failure to take action to Rescue the Crew members a said Dong a do. Although a . Representative signed a North korean statement admitting a grave acts of espionage were committed by the Pueblo inside North koreans territorial Waters the american represent. Tive repudiated the statement before he signed it and the North koreans acquiesced in this procedure. Secretary of state Dean Rusk called in statement a a worthless cup takes hike Washington apr the Commerce department says there will be a a sizable increase in the Gross National product for the fourth Quarter this year despite government efforts to hold Down the Economy s inflationary rate of expansion. The increase in the october december Quarter was not Given in exact figures but estimated As a not much different from tile Rise in the third a when the revved up Economy confounded the economists with a cup increase of $18.1 billion to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $871 billion. Government economists had hoped the third Quarter cup which represents the Market value of All the nations goods my services and thus provides a convenient widow on the Economy a inflation problems would move up no More than Alx iut $12 billion. When it went steaming past tills target chairman Arthur m. Okun of the Council of economic advisers noted it was at least lower than the record $21.7 jump during tile second Quarter. And it was a thoroughly consistent with prospects of a con tin lied slowdown in in fourth Quarter a Okun said. This was not tin Case however. Much of Hie juice lowering the unexpectedly Strong showing of the cup in the fourth Quarter tile Commerce depart ment said in its monthly a Survey of current business a comes from business spending for new Plant and equipment. Writer reveals lbs a a rage at intellectuals Many away from Home at Christmas by the associated press Christmas eve today meant being away from Home for gis in Vietnam and around the world for the Crew of Apollo 8, for Christian pilgrims in the holy land and for Pope Paul i. It was another Story for the 82 surviving crewmen of the . Intelligence ship Pueblo homeward bound after la months in North korean Captivity. Most of them were looking Forward to a Joyful reunion with their Fain lies in san Diego Cali tonight. The 540,000 american service men in Vietnam were observing an uneasy truce in the fighting thousands listened to the Christmas messages of Evange list Billy Graham roman Cath Olic archbishop Terence j. Cooke of new York and their own chaplains. Thousands More roared with comedian Bob Hope and whistled at the beauties accompanying him on his annual Christmas visit to the fighting men. In the Middle East israeli warplanes struck again at Arab guerrillas inside Jordan As thou Sands of pilgrims defied Arab threats and converged on the holy Liand. More than 2,000 arabs were among the travellers who came to celebrate Carlst Mas or the end of Ramadan the moslem holy month with relatives in the lands seized by is Rael from Jordan during the 1967 War. Pope Paul planned to Cele brate Midnight mass for work no paper wednesday the evening Sun will not be published wednesday so that employees and manage ment May enjoy the Christ Mas Holiday with their famil ies. Ers tonight near the roaring blast Furnace of a steel Roll in Taranto in the Heel of the ital Ian Boot. Police were out in Force to guard against a Small band of students threatening to disrupt the papal visit. The Mill Tauts accuse the Church of not paying enough attention to the plight of the poor. More than 200,000 mites from Earth the three american Astro nauts aboard the Apollo 8 spacecraft were spending Christmas eve orbiting the most i and pre paring to begin their return flight to Earth Early Christmas Day. New York apr president Johnson let Loose a Roar in his Oval office in the White House that a could be heard All the Way into the East Wing when poet Robert Lowell de. Dined to visit a White House arts festival a former presiden tial consultant says. When 20 intellectuals sent Johnson a Telegram supporting Lowell a refusal to attend which the poet termed a protest of the War in Vietnam Johnson v As moved to a state of rage against ail artists and intellectuals according to enc f. Gold Man a Princeton University history professor. Goldman who organized the arts festival in 1965, said John. Son ordered a press blackout and that mrs Johnson asked him to request John Hersey the author not to read from a Hiroshima a his account of the atomic blast that helped 2nd world War ii. But Goldman re. Fused and Hersey read from Goldman recounted his Days As a Johnson aide in an article in the january harpers Maga. Zine a the White House and the Lowell Hersey and the Tele Gram led the president to Call All intellectuals a not Only a son of bitches a but a fools and a close to traitors a Goldman wrote. Johnson was furious with a these people. All of them who had insulted him and the office of the presidency a Goldman said. The president even said Pri. Lately a a done to they know in a the Only president they be got and a War is on a his former aide said. Today s chuckle Mother of modern teen Ager to Friend a yes i always wanted to be the Mother of a child with Lovely soft Long Blond curls but i always thought it would be a

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