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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1968

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Nine Days De-brief Starts As Astronauts Prepare New Year

Apollo 8 astronauts begin a de-briefing session after their moon flight as officials plan a New Year’s holiday rest. The crew, Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders, arrived from the Yorktown and will undergo Navy tests in Honolulu and Downey before final analysis. Space officials described a busy schedule with multiple debriefings, photo reviews, and mission data compilation, culminating in a detailed report.

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Packard Named Deputy Defense Secretary by Laird

WASHINGTON AP David Packard a California electronics executive was named deputy secretary of defense by Secretary Melvin R. Laird. Packard 56 will resign as Hewlett Packard board chairman to join the Nixon administration. He will place his 3.6 million shares in trust for education and charity.

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Quipster Recalled as He Falls to VP Role

The Quipster, once rising in popularity, was abruptly named vice president as he was gaining recognition. The move marks a sharp shift in status and public perception of his career path.

Cold Front Brings Arctic Air To Permian Basin

A batch of Arctic air moves into the Permian Basin this afternoon driving temperatures down to the 19 to 20s tonight and a 37 degree high Tuesday in Odessa. Snow flurries expected in the Panhandle with zero degree readings in Northwest Texas tonight. no precip is forecast for West Texas. Strong northeasterly winds shift as the front passes, with cool, cloudy conditions spreading northward across the state.

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Flaunt World Condemnation Sparks Beirut Raid Fallout

The Associated Press reports Israel faces mounting international condemnation after a weekend commando raid on Beirut airport. Premier Levi Eshkol vows retaliation and blames Arab states for enabling terror. The UN Security Council debates a condemnation vote as U S officials urge action. Israel warns of further strikes while Beirut reels from the destruction of Lebanon’s civil airline fleet.

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First UN Secretary General Dies

Cryace H Lie, first UN secretary general, died at 72 in Norway after health decline. He led the UN from 1946 to 1954, amid early Cold War tensions and the Korean conflict, and was succeeded by Dag Hammarskjold. Flags at UN lowered to half staff. Lie died at a Geilo hunting lodge Christmas Day.

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Pueblo crewmen describe beatings and captivity

Two crewmen, Quartermaster J C Charles B Law Jr of Port Townsend Wash and Radioman Lee R Hayes of Columbus Ohio, spoke at a news conference about physical maltreatment by North Korean captors on the USS Pueblo. Navy officials said men were terrorized, some sustained broken ribs and other injuries, and most crewmen received overnight leaves upon release and during homeward passage.

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