Resident Caregivers Update Amid Flu Wave Masked Visitor
A care worker wears a flu mask to protect residents during the ongoing wave of illness. The precaution aims to minimize transmission risk in the homes.
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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1968
Page
1
A care worker wears a flu mask to protect residents during the ongoing wave of illness. The precaution aims to minimize transmission risk in the homes.
North Korea released 82 surviving Pueblo crewmen, who were at a Seoul hospital for medical checks before flying home to San Diego. Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher described extreme mistreatment during captivity and denied any intrusions near North Korea.
The Associated Press reports a cold front and low pressure system bring snow flurries freezing temperatures and mixed precipitation across western central and eastern New York. Two deaths are linked to Sunday storms as conditions threaten further snow and squalls into Tuesday.
Pope Paul VI declared the second meeting of the synod of bishops will open at the Vatican on October 11. He spoke at a pre Christmas gathering with the Sacred College of Cardinals papal court and Rome diocese representatives and offered Christmas greetings.
Julie Nixon and Dwight David Eisenhower II married in a brief Protestant ceremony at Marble Collegiate Church. The couple avoided reporters and posed for photos at the Hotel Plaza reception, while Nixon called the date lucky as news flashed on spaceflight and Pueblo events.
Apollo 8 closes in on the moon as gravity forces increase speed toward an Earth orbit injection. Col. Frank Borman, Capt. James Lovell Jr., and Maj. William Anders plan a 20 hour lunar stay with a Christmas Eve flight path.
President elect Nixon battles a low grade infection with a touch of flu as he plans a Florida retreat for recuperation after attending his daughter Julie Eisenhower II's wedding. Nixon's assistant notes no fever during the ceremony and confirms sun therapy in Florida.
Muhammad Ali, in jail for a 1967 traffic charge, was freed from Dade County Jail as part of a Christmas amnesty affecting about 50 prisoners. He left with wife Belinda as he had served eight days of a 10 day sentence and had worked as a kitchen helper earning 40 cents for his labor.
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and Sen. Jacob Javits urged replacing Medicaid with a nationwide contributory universal health insurance at a public hearing on Medicaid reform. They argued even an improved Medicaid is a second-best solution.
In Saigon the U S Command imposed strict limits on reporting the Christmas Day talks with the Viet Cong aimed at possible prisoner releases. The embassy urged restraint to avoid aiding the National Liberation Front in what was described as a major propaganda effort.
Raymond Swing once known as Ray mond Gram Swing dies in his sleep at age 81. A Cortland New York native he rose to prominence during World War II era and later used Gram Swing as his professional name at his second wife Betty Gram's urging.
Twenty one inmates escaped from Orleans Parish Prison with three condemned to death. Sheriff Louis Heyd warned the men as extremely dangerous. The group included four convicted of murder and twelve of armed robbery awaiting appeal outcomes.
The International Red Cross announce a Red Cross airlift to famine threatened Biafra has been stopped on orders from Equatorial Guinea. The halt affects supplies for about 850000 people, most of them children, with no explanation given.
A presidential mediator called for bargaining on local issues in Boston Philadelphia and Hampton Roads as the ILA strike disrupts ports from Maine to Texas. Talks planned to resume today at a Manhattan motel between the ILA and the 140 firm New York Shipping Association.
Space doctor Dr. Charles Berry says a flu like virus will almost certainly affect all three Apollo 8 astronauts. Cmdr Frank Borman is nearly over a gastrointestinal illness while Lovell and Anders likely will be infected in the cramped cabin. Radiation is ruled out as the cause and exposure inside the craft was minor.
In South Vietnam the Communist command mounted heavy weekend assaults ahead of a Christmas cease fire. A 1,500 North Vietnamese force struck from Cambodia, causing at least 103 enemy deaths and heavy casualties for U.S. troops. A nearby brigade bombarded bunkers with B52s while 400 NVA troops breached a South Vietnamese company causing a seven hour battle.
Fire in the city’s shopping district Sunday night caused more than 5 million dollars in damage, the largest loss since 1906. Gump’s suffered heavy wind driven flames on its second floor with over 1 million in Oriental art items. Schneider’s fur shop Auger’s Jewelers and Malm’s Luggage were also gutted.
The Viet Cong dismissed Vice President Ky's proposal for direct talks with South Vietnam arguing the NLF does not represent the South Vietnamese people. Ky pressed for talks, but Saigon rejected a coalition with the Communists and stressed negotiations must occur in South Vietnam with individual NLF leaders only.
In Saigon Bob Hope and 65 entertainers arrived after one engine failed on the C130. Hope joked about the noise and staged a 90 minute show at Long Binh, with 30,000 troops and leaders including Ambassador Bunker and General Abrams in attendance. Archbishop Cooke also arrived to bring a message of peace.
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