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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1968
Page
1
Christmas Eve found GIs in Vietnam and elsewhere far from home while Apollo 8 astronauts and the Pope marked the holiday. Families in San Diego awaited reunions as 540000 American service members faced ongoing conflict in Vietnam and religious observances filled churches worldwide.
The report covers Bob Hope entertaining service members in the Middle East and a Papal Christmas near Taranto while Apollo 8 crew returns from space. It notes ongoing Ramadan and Christmas celebrations among travelers, U.S. leaders’ holiday plans, Onassis family vacation, and winter storms across northern states with a forecast of more snow.
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 8 crew Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders in Moon orbit on Christmas Eve delivering historic earth watching TV images. Viewers saw a brilliant lunar landscape from 200000 miles as the astronauts described the scene and compared it to explorers like Columbus and Magellan.
Astronauts broadcast live images from about 150 miles above the moon, showing cratered plains and rugged mountains. As Anders operated the camera, he described the surface as whitish gray with footprints, naming craters after the crew while guiding viewers through the 12 minute telecast during Apollo 8’s second orbit.
The Apollo 8 crew of Borman Lovell and Anders entered lunar orbit after an engine burn at 4:59 a.m. EST. They described a gray moon landscape with visible crater rims and planned ten orbits to photograph and map landing sites, paving the way for future astronauts.
Apollo 8 with astronauts Borman Lovell and Anders travels about 230000 miles from Earth as it approaches the moon. Mission Control tracks its approach with lunar maps ready and plans a Christmas message and services over the radio link. Aboard the capsule a space food turkey dinner is prepared for the voyage home.
Wives and children arrive in San Diego to reunite with the crew released by North Korea. The first of two jets lands at Miramar at 6 p.m. EST, followed by a Navy news conference and medical checks at San Diego Naval Hospital. Families settle in at the Pink Palace as debriefings begin.
Republicans' sources indicate Hilary J. Sandoval of El Paso is a tentative choice to head the Small Business Administration, succeeding Howard J. Sam. Sandoval said Senate contact from Sen John Tower prompted interest but no official word yet. A crash in Buffalo left Edward Kotlarsz dead.
New York City faces a rapid depletion of flu vaccine with no additional doses expected until next week. Health officials report 2,341 deaths last week, 434 above normal, linked in part to the flu epidemic. High risk residents over 65 and with chronic illness have priority vaccinations.
A severe winter storm walloped western New York from Sunday into Monday bringing freezing rain and heavy snow. Regions south of Lake Ontario and parts of Erie and surrounding counties faced at least six inches of new snow and near zero visibility in places. At least five people died as conditions worsened with high winds and blowing snow across Buffalo and nearby areas.
The Pueblo crew departed Midway Island for San Diego aboard two Air Force C141s carrying the coffins and crew members. Admiral Hyland greeted them as families waited at Miramar. Fireman Duane Hodges, the sole casualty, was honored with a funeral.
Jesus H. Guevara, a Mexico native who lost sight in both eyes and a left arm in Vietnam, became a U.S. citizen in San Antonio. He told reporters he earned the rights by fighting for America and had waited 13 years for the oath administered by U.S. District Judge Adrian A. Spears at the federal building after a Brooke Army Medical Center transfer.
In the first hour of a 24 hour allied cease-fire nine enemy shooting incidents occurred near Saigon with two significant exchanges. Within six hours enemy mortar and ground attacks killed six South Vietnamese and one civilian and wounded 16 soldiers and five civilians. A U.S. patrol near Saigon faced rocket fire. one American wounded.
Israeli warplanes bombed Arab guerrillas inside Jordan. In Bethlehem, preparations for Christmas tide advanced toward a climax as security tensions rose across the region. The strikes targeted a group said to be based in an abandoned village near the Beisan Valley south of the Sea of Galilee.
Cairo reports that the Soviet Union and Egypt insist peace in the Middle East requires full implementation of a U.N. Security Council resolution and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from occupied Arab lands.
Pittsburgh AP reports Bethlehem Steel cut its planned price hike and U S Steel and National Steel followed by reducing hot rolled carbon and high strength sheet steel prices by 8 per ton from 125 to 117 dollars. The reduction takes effect January 1.
In Geneva the International Red Cross announced Mercy flights to Biafra resumed after Equatorial Guinea lifted an unexplained two day ban. The eight to 10 nightly flights feed about 650000 war refugees mainly children in rebel territory and have delivered roughly 6000 tons of food and supplies. Lagos radio warned observers fear arms and mercenaries. Nigeria's air force will patrol to stop arms flights.
Theodore Bonnet 38 of Feura Bush collapsed and died at the wheel of a Bethlehem area delivery truck while about to start his route. Police stated he pulled over to the road and collapsed, the incident occurring in Albany, New York.
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