Apollo 8 crew reflections and 1968 impact
Apollo 8 astronauts Bill Anders Jim Lovell and Frank Borman recount the first lunar orbit mission reading Genesis on live TV and the era’s turmoil. Borman now runs an auto dealership in Las Cruces New Mexico and stays in touch with Lovell and Anders as they reflect on Gemini lessons and Apollo 13 ties. A new book Genesis the Story of Apollo 8 by Robert Zimmerman chronicles the mission and Lindbergh’s meeting at Cape Canaveral.
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Lbuquerque
N.M
Bill Anders
Jim Lovell
Frank Borman
Moon
Pacific
Borman
Eastern Airlines
Las Cruces
Albuquerque
Cape Canaveral
Lovell
Anders
Chicago
Earth
Charles Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Robert Goddard
Col
Las Cruces International
New Mexico
Livingston resigns to reshape Louisiana House scene
In New Orleans area Livingston's resignation after adultery revelations shocks Louisiana politics. Ex Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke signals a bid for the seat, while several others discussed. Gov Foster urges constituents to press Livingston to stay. The district faces a scramble as the Republican leaves a powerful legacy and eyes turn to potential successors.
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New Orleans
Bob Livingston
David Duke
Livingston
Louisiana
Congress
Wayne Parent
Louisiana State University
Baton
Judy Wells
Times-Picayune
Duke
Edwin Edwards
David Vitter
Vitter
State House
Stressful life for mall Santa in Maine tales
Being Santa is not all fun as Bruce Lowden of the Maine Mall endures crowds, kicked legs, and a urinated mishap while six outfits prepare him for 11 000 visiting children per mall season. Psychologist Dr David Yamins notes the need to stay upbeat for 10 hours straight.
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Portland
Maine
Santa Claus
Bruce Lowden
Lowden
Santa
United States
International Council of Shopping
New York
Ing
David Yamins
Family of Five Dead in Ohio Auto Crash
A Ford Escort veered off a northern Ohio road and sank in a pond, killing Dara Sall 38, Robert Ball 40, daughters Fawver 16 and Kara 11, and Gordon Ball 71. Trooper Brian Gockstetter said witnesses noted the car drifted right then hit water, submerged in 15 feet of ice for about 30 minutes before divers pulled the victims. The crash occurred near Villard, south of Toledo.
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Willard
Ohio
Brian Gockstetter
State Highway Patrol
Dara Sall
Robert Ball
Tiffin
Na Fawver
Kara
Leipsic
Oh. Gordon Ball
Villard
Troiles
Toledo
Marines Face Possible Deployment With Toddler Son
Camp Pendleton Marines Cpls Steve and Allison Pojda and 1,500 others were slated to deploy to the Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Fox. The couple, who have a one year old son, must prepare custody plans if they do not return, while the campaign is suspended but deployment not yet changed.
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Alison Pojda
Steve Pojda
Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps Base
San Diego County
Calif
169Th Marine Light Helicopter Squadron
Persian Gulf
David
Steve
Gulf
David Pojda
Cpls
Allison Pojda
California
Marine Light Attack Squadron 169
Pojdas
Pojda
Porda
Lodi
Alison
Mike Quinlan
Quinlan
Clinton
United States
Middle East
Eric Dent
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Archibald MacLeish
Lena Ray
Mike Foster
Mommy
State Trooper
Eveven
Ocera
Nderdoe
Odessa
Midland
Big Spring
Jameri Clinton
Old Town Center
Steve Pojda Marine
Starwatch
West County Road
Mehaffey Chiropractic
Khaubvics
Grandview
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