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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - December 26, 1968, Norwich, New York The even Ling Sun vol. 78, no. 189 thursday december 26, 1968 Norwich new York 13815 10<f per copy zipping along 3,600 mph Apollo Trio Heads Home on target terrorists raid Israel Jet in Athens Athens apr two Arab terrorists attacked an Israel jetliner with machine guns and hand grenades today As the plane moved to take off from Athens Airport. An israeli passenger was killed by bullets that poured in through the windows and the plane caught fire. Greek Airport police rushed out on the Landing strip clubbed one of the terrorists on the head and seized the other As he tried to flee. Each of the arabs had hurled a hand grenade before opening fire at the Al Al Boeing 707 As it moved for take off on a flight to Paris and new York with 37 passengers and to Crew members. It was the second Arab terrorist attack against the National israeli airline in six months. Last july 23 a group of Palestine commandos hijacked an Al Al Boeing out of Rome and took it to Algiers. No one was killed in that incident. The passengers and plane were eventually released. In Beirut Lebanon the same palestinian Arab guerrilla organization that planned the july Hijack claimed responsibility for today a attack. A your commandos Are responsible for the incident a said a spokesman for the liberation of Palestine. Leaflets scattered by the two gunmen on the Tarmac also identified them As members of the organization. An Early report said a passenger had also been wounded by the gunfire but police reported later none had. They said a stewardess twisted her leg getting out of the burning plane and was the Only other casualty. The dead Man was identified As Leon Shirdan 50-year-old maritime Engineer and a retired israeli Navy commander. He was flying to new York and Buenos Aires on business his firm the maritime and civil engineering co. Of Haifa reported. It is planning a shipyard in Philadelphia. Only one of the grenades hurled by the attackers exploded. It blew up under the planets right Wing damaging one of the four engines and puncturing a fuel tank. The other grenade fell under the nose of the plane but failed to go off. A policeman said a luckily it was a Dud. If it had gone off there would have been More deaths and smoke poured through the plane As it rolled to a Stop. Fire trucks sped to the Bullet riddled Craft and sprayed it with chemical foam to douse the flames. The door of the plane opened and a hostess dropped an emergency Chute to let the Passen Gers out. The Al Al plane flight 253, had arrived earlier from Tel Aviv. Airport personnel reported that the two arabs had arrived in the morning from Beirut aboard an air France flight and had waited around in the transit lounge until the israeli plane started moving for its Takeoff. Then the terrorists broke from the lounge and dashed out on the runway. One ran in front of the plane the other along the Side. The attack was the first such incident in Greece in the wave of plane hijackings and attacks in various parts of the world. It stirred the military backed greek regime into immediate action. Man surrenders but girl missing Davenport Iowa apr Anthony Rethell Williams charged with abducting blonde 10-year-old Pamela Powers on Christmas eve turned himself into police thursday but the girl remained missing. Desk sgt. Ernest Lester said a Young negro walked into the police station and said a a in a Anthony Rethell Williams. I understand you re looking for detective it. John Ackerman said there was no doubt the combat deaths take big drop Saigon apr u. deaths in the Vietnam War dropped last week to the lowest total in five weeks while those for the enemy and for South vietnamese government forces Rose slightly the Allied com mands reported today. The u. S. Command said 151 americans were killed in action and 838 were wounded last week. For the previous week the count was 222 americans killed and 1,199 wounded. The total of americans killed was the lowest since the week ending nov. 16, when 127 . Personnel died in combat. South vietnamese Headquarters said its casualties last week were 202 men killed 886 wounded and 15 missing or captured. In the previous week these totals were 190 killed 815 wounded and 15 missing or captured. Weather partly Cloudy and not so cold tonight lows Zero or a Little below. Friday Cloudy and a Little warmer with Chance of some Snow toward evening High temperatures in the teens. Man was Williams a self proclaimed minister with an arrest record including four sex charges. Police charged Williams with child stealing after Pamela the daughter of or. And mrs. Merlin Powers of Des Moines disappeared from a Junior High school wrestling tournament at the Des Moines Myca. A a he a very Calm and Cool a said Ackerman of Williams. A a he a very polite and Well dressed and clean. And he a a gentleman to us anyway. He knows his rights and has decided to remain meanwhile about 50 officers resumed the search in Snow covered Countryside near Grin Nell Iowa 40 Miles East of Des Moines where bloodied Orange stretch pants and White Bobby sox were found in a Roadside waste receptacle. Pamela s distraught father identified wednesday the articles of clothing As those of his daughter. Davenport police said Williams had four cents in his pocket when he turned himself in and police paid a $1 taxi Bill for his trip from Rock Island 111., across the Mississippi River to the police station. The search for Williams had entered in Davenport where his car was found abandoned Christmas Day. Williams told officers he had telephoned a lawyer in Des Moines Henry t. Mcknight who advised him to turn himself in. Williams asked to see a minister when he arrived at the police station. A i done to think there s a very Good possibility of finding her alive a said Dan Maher of the Iowa Bureau of criminal investigation As he coordinated the search near Grinnell Over an area of about 300 Miles. Mother Earth a looming larger Christmas truce As evidenced in this photograph South of the demilitarized zone where soldiers put tree atop tank was Brief ending at 6 . Wednesday when american ambush patrols moved out into night positions and b52s swung into action. Yanks end truce hit red troops Saigon apr resuming offensive operations after a 24-hour Christmas cease fire . Forces caught More than 200 enemy troops on the move North West of Saigon and killed at least 53 with bombs rockets and artillery the us. Command reported. There were no american casualties. The enemy soldiers were spotted in two groups wednesday night and this morning by scouts from the . 1st air cavalry division leap frogging in helicopters near the Jungle Borders of Cambodia. . Planes and artillery went into action in an area 63 Miles Northwest of Saigon and Only two Miles from the cambodian Frontier. In addition to the 53 men killed a numerous secondary explosions were observed a a . Communique said indicating direct hits on ammunition stores. The 24-hour Allied cease fire for Christmas ended at 6 . Wednesday. The Viet Cong had proclaimed a cease fire until i . Friday but As soon As the Allied truce ended american ambush patrols moved out into night positions and . B52 bombers swung Back into action with four raids during the night. At Dawn today larger Allied ground units resumed sweeping operations North of Saigon and in the populous coastal lowlands South of Danang. A . Spokesman said 15 major american offensive operations were under Way from the Mekong Delta to the demilitarized zone. The . Command announced that american combat deaths last week dropped to their lowest total in five weeks �?151, with 838 wounded. Airliner Ranis Bradford Marsh killing 20 persons Bradford a. Apr a Young woman coming Home to spend the holidays with her parents. A Salesman returning from a business trip for a reunion with his children. Two members of a family of four going to meet relatives on the other Side of Pennsylvania. These Are some of the 20 people killed when Allegheny airlines flight no. 736 struck a Mountain on Christmas eve. Twenty seven others were injured. Christine Farlow 20, an Only child left her parents House in Copeland pa., nearly a year ago to take an office Job with Allegheny airlines in Detroit Mich. She was coming Home for Christmas. Or. And mrs. Howard Farlow were waiting for her at the Harrisburg a Airport. She never met them. Christine was killed when the twin engine prop Jet crashed while approaching Bradford regional Airport a Stop away from the reunion. It slammed into an icy Marsh Midway up the Mountain and overturned. Volunteers in ambulances trucks jeeps and snowmobiles rushed to the downed Craft. One of the survivors Hon Van Pelt 26, of Camp Hill a started a Bonfire to keep himself and the others warm in the to degree temperature and its Light helped guide the rescuers. Waiting in Camp Hill pa., for Joseph King were his wife and four of his five children. The fifth 17-year-old Christine King was Riding in the plane with him. The three older King children a relative said arrived earlier from Michigan and Detroit for a Christmas gathering. King a 52-year-old sales manager for a carpet company was killed in the crash. His daughter was injured and taken to Bradford Hospital. Several Pueblo Crew members feared being shot on Bridge san Diego Calil apr several members of the Pueblo Crew say they feared they would be shot in the Back As they crossed the Bridge at mum Jom to Freedom. Communications technician Sidney j. Karnes of Belleville ark., said the windows of the buses in which the 82 surviving crewmen were driven to the Bridge of no return were covered with sheets. Karnes said he a did no to know whether to walk or run across the Bridge. But since he thought he would be shot if he rank after la a cites of Captivity he says he took the longest walk of his life. Official Navy journalists reporting Karnesy statements since newsmen have not been permitted to question the Pueblo men on such topics said oth ers of the Crew also believed they would be shot at the Bridge. The reports along with others of a lighter nature about the Long Captivity were made pub lie by the Navy. To while away the lonely hours two crewmen Drew detailed designs for a 90-foot Sloop. The plans were drawn by communications technician 3.c. Earl m. Kisler of St. Louis mo., and communications technician 2.c. Michael w. Alexan Der of Richland wash., using two Inch pencils which they had hidden. Crew being questioned san Diego Calif. Apr the . Navy begins interrogating the Pueblo Crew today about All phases of its conduct from the time of North koreans seizure of the intelligence vessel until the Crews release last sunday. The 82 surviving crewmen will be restricted to two buildings during an estimated to Days of debriefing and medical examinations. One building is their sleeping quarters. The other 20 Yards away is the Pink hued re club the cafeteria lounge where they and their families have spent most of their first two Days at the . Naval Hospital Here sitting in Small family groups around the vast room. Space Center Houston apr eager to return Home after their historic orbit of the Moon the Apollo 8 explorers streaked faster and faster toward the Earth today on a perfect course that is to land them in the Pacific Ocean Friday morning. A a we re Happy to report the Earth is getting larger a commander Frank Borman said this morning. A looks like you re going to hit the Earth instead of Venus a joked astronaut Gerald Carr the ground communicator. At that time Apollo 8 was 138,000 Miles from Earth zip Ping along at 3,600 Miles an hour. Air Force col. Borman Navy capt. James a. Lovell or. And air Force a j. William a. Anders reported they were Well rested after lengthy sleep periods. It was the Best shape they have been in since they started the momentous journey last saturday. They were extremely tired Titer completing to orbits of the Moon wednesday and were told to get As much rest As possible for fridays critical re entry through the Earth a atmosphere. The spacemen were in Good spirits As they chatted with Carr this morning receiving the daily news report from the a Winter Stellar times a and hearing the latest about their families. A Kod about the weather Anders said a it looks like its snowing out right Fie was dumping waste water which freezes As it hits icy cold space. Lovell reported that his Star tracking navigation checks were Matching ground computations extremely Well. A a do you want to turn off your radios and come in without us a queried the ground. Apollo 8 was on such an accurate course that a second mid course correction Man Euver planned today was cancelled. Controllers said the Craft would make a slight adjustment just two hours before re entry. The astronauts Are to slam into the heaviest part of the atmosphere Friday at 24,700miles an hour. If the Craft comes in at too Steep an Angle it could break apart from the tremendous forces exerted on it. If the Angle is too shallow it could skip off the atmosphere flinging the astronauts deep into space to a Point where they would not have enough oxygen to survive another return trip. The ship must hit a two de Gree re entry corridor a 26-mile-diameter Slot at an Altitude of 400,000 feet. To maintain a relatively constant buildup of Gravity forces a after nearly six Days of weightlessness the astronauts will make a 30,000-foot a a skip from about 180,000 feet Back up to 210,000 feet before nosing Over into their final descent. After enduring re entry temperatures up to 5,000 degrees fahrenheit Apollo 8 is to Para Chute into the Pacific Ocean 1,000 Miles South of Hawaii about 10 55 . Est Friday weather conditions were reported satisfactory in the planned recovery area. Splashdown is scheduled students of Jun less school a bored Youngstown Ohio apr mrs. Jack w. Sullivan has three school aged boys who Are not in school. They Are Home underfoot watching television and fighting boredom. Mrs. Sullivan is one of thou Sands of parents in Youngstown whose children Are at Home without much to do. The Youngstown school system ran out of Money last month and schools have been Clos to to nearly 28,000 pupils since the Day before thanksgiving. They will reopen Jan. 2. A a let a face it a said mrs. Sui Livan who is president of the parents teacher association a you just can to teach them at Home. When they first got Home they thought the school closing would be just one big blast. Now they re bored to death. A i just Hope other parents Aras tired of their children As in a tired of mine and they Are tired of mrs. Sullivan a children Brian 6, John 13, and Tim. 15 a brought their books Home and have done assignments. A they study ahead a Little bit and practice their instruments but mostly they watch television a their Mother said. But despite increasingly bored children and mothers Busy trying to keep them occupied authorities say there was Little reaction to the closing of the schools. A there is so Midi apathy Here a said school supt. Woodrow w. Zinser a that the Only Way voters would understand that we re out of Money was to close the Zinser said there a wis literally no interest in the school Board meeting held prior to the a one of the local pastors attempted to organize a group of High schooners for a quiet Parade of protest but because there was Little or no response it was called off a Zinser said. The school closing came after voters rejected six consecutive school Levy proposals ranging from 5 m los to 12 Mills. Zinser attributed the defeats in this steel making City in Northeast Ohio to ethnic differences racial problems parents of parochial school children refusing to support Public schools and animosity Between steelworkers and teachers. Mrs. Sullivan said 75 80 per cent of a new Mill would go for higher teacher salaries. A steelworkers and Millwork ers just can to see this a she said. A they feel that teachers who Only work 183 to 185 Days a year should not be paid higher salaries than they Youngstown has a school tax of 22,9 mills�?$22.90 per $1,000 of assessed value on real estate a lowest of the eight largest Cit ies in Ohio. In contrast Toledo Public schools with 62,000 students and a school tax of 26.5 Mills passed a five Mill tax increase to permit a teacher raise. It was granted before the tax vote but contingent on approval of higher Levy. Toledo teachers who threatened to strike if the raise was rejected will have a base starting salary Jan. I of $7,000 a highest in Ohio. Zinser said the school District will have to borrow against next Falls taxes to stay open until june 24. Speculation is that the 12-Mill tax proposal already Defeated three times will be on the ballot in May. A if the Levy fails again we May not be Able to open in the fall a Zinser said. About 75 minutes before Daylight Hawaii time the first darkness Landing of a . Manned space flight. Unless there is an emergency recovery forces will let tile astronauts float in the spacecraft or in their life raft until Dawn before moving in. The spacemen executed a Brief midcourse correction by firing Jet thrusters wednesday and ground trackers reported they were flying a right Down the a a we re sure looking Forward to Home a Anders told Mission control wednesday night. A How far away Are we a at the time they were still 175.000 Miles from Martli travelling about 3,200 . Borman indicated his desire to come Home when he said a that Earth sure looks Good from these statements followed a Day in which the astronauts received Christmas greetings from their families and the world hailed tile history making flight. Fuel Lack flu imperil new York new York apr with thousands of new yorkers shivering in unheated apartments during the coldest weather of a flu Ridden Winter mayor John v. Lindsay appealed to the fuel Industry today to give extraordinary priority to emergency deliveries. A a extraordinary around the clock service is required to take care of the remaining serious situations As Long As a threat exists to the personal health and Well being of any new yorkers a the mayor said. A backlog of complaints and unfilled orders for fuel was created by the one week strike of Oil truck Drivers who Supply 40 per cent of the City a fuel Oil. The strike ended sunday but heavy Back orders and the Christmas Holiday have prevented the companies from catching up on deliveries. The City a assistant health commissioner or. Donald con Well estimated that 100,000 new yorkers lived in unheated buildings Christmas Day and about 10.000 of them were sick with flu. The overnight Low tempera Ture in the City was la degrees above Zero and the Reading at 9 . Was 13. Lottery symbols being protested new York apr the american jewish Congress has protested the state lottery commission s use of jewish religious symbols on december a lottery ticket. The complaint came from David Huber chairman of the new York metropolitan Council of the acc which last month protested the depiction of the annunciation on this years Christmas postage stamp. Huber attacked the lottery commission wednesday for using an illustration of Hie Star of David and a hanukah menorah candelabrum. A a if the menorah is on the lottery ticket in december tile month of hanukkah Why not a Crucifix during april the month of the passion a Huber asked in a letter to Orin s. Wilcox commission chairman. A spokesman said the commission would not comment until the letter is received and studied. Today s chuckle if you can to find it in the dictionary the Atlas or the encyclopedia done to be Oil courage ask for it at the drugstore

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