Apollo 8 Returns with Moon Mission Triumph
Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders returned to the Yorktown in the Pacific after a historic lunar voyage. They landed about three miles from the recovery ship, were in excellent condition, and were hoisted aboard the carrier by helicopter after awaiting light for safe sea pickup.
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Yorktown
Pacific Ocean
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Pacific
America
Borman
Lovell
Anders
Apollo 8 Returns: Moon Mission Lands Safely in Pacific
After six days in space six men aboard Apollo 8 splash down in the Pacific at 10:50 a.m. EST. The crew calmed anxious cheers as they waited for recovery and reported the trip skyward and back was nearly flawless.
Fugitive Held for Murder After Pointing to Frozen Girl
Des Moines police charged Anthony Erthell Williams a 24 year old self styled minister with murder after he surrendered in Davenport and guided detectives to the frozen body of 10 year old Pamela Powers found wedged beside a culvert along a snow covered embankment near Mitchellville Iowa Williams had turned himself in Thursday morning and led officers to the scene during the auto trip from Davenport Augusta Williams remains under guard at Des Moines police headquarters and has spoken only to his lawyer Henry T McKnight.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Missouri
Pamela Powers
Anthony Erthell Williams
Pamela
Mitchellville
Wendell Nichols
Williams
Cleatus Leaming
Wallace Nelson
Davenport
Henry T. McKnight
Nichols
McKnight
62 Aboard Jet Escape Death In Iowa Crash
An Ozark Air Lines DC 9 jet carrying 62 passengers crashed on take-off from Sioux City Airport in heavy snow. The right wing dipped, sheared off, and the plane belly landed. Ambulances ferried at least 32 people to hospitals with bruises and cuts reported.
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Sioux City, Iowa
Ozark Air Lines
Sioux City
Chicago
Six Die as Fire From Exploding Wood Stove Rips New York Home
A two story frame house near Granville New York was consumed by a blaze from an exploding wood stove. Six people perished including Joseph Bushee 32 Edward 36 Nellie Williams 68 Fred Steele 65 Ruth Jane Sumner 3 and Walter Carl Sumner 10. The boy Thomas Bushee 9 and his mother Elizabeth Bushee escaped after the stove explosion. The boy fled in his underwear barefoot calling for his father and was later treated for frostbite and shock while his mother and son lay hospitalized.
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Granville
N.Y
New York
Thomas Bushee
Elizabeth Bushee
Warren Butler
Butler
Joseph Bushee
Edward
Nellie Williams
Fred Steele
Ruth Jane Sumner
Walter Carl Sumner
Vietnam Combat for GLS Least in Three Months
SAIGON AP The USS Command said American troops are fighting less than at any time in three months while South Vietnamese forces reported heavy clashes. In four engagements Thursday Viet Cong and North Vietnamese were said to have 146 killed and 49 new draftees captured, with 9 Vietnamese and 33 wounded. The heaviest combat occurred near Da Nang and in the Mekong Delta where 74 North Vietnamese and 7 Rangers were killed in a multihour battle. The Viet Cong cease fire remained in effect during early Thursday morning, with U.S. and South Vietnamese forces resuming operations later that day.
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Saigon
USS
Mekong Delta
da Nang
U.S
Flu Fuel Crisis Hits New York City Dead at Least 3
City health officials report three heat related deaths as 10,000 residents remain in unheated apartments amid a flu epidemic. Delays in fuel deliveries prompt a state of peril and possible prosecutions for non cooperative firms. City crews prioritize health emergency buildings and thousands live without heat in frigid temperatures.
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New York
Board of Health
John V. Lindsay
Edward O Rourke
Timothy W. Costello
Health Department
Costello
Commissioner of Health
Fires Leave 26 Homeless in Syracuse Trio
Three fires in Syracuse on the day after Christmas, all blamed on chimney defects, left 26 people homeless. A cat died in the largest blaze, and a passerby was cut by glass while rescuing a woman. Red Cross aids victims as others seek lodging.
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Trio of Syracuse
Syracuse
N.Y
President Johnson calls peace in Vietnam elusive goal
President Johnson said peace in Vietnam remains his hardest goal as his White House years near their end. He cited the Apollo mission as among the high points of his presidency despite the ongoing conflict.
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Vietnam
Johnson
White House
Israel to Receive 50 Phantom Jets Under $27 Million Deal
State Department said a $27 million agreement will supply Israel with 50 Phantom fighter jets. Delivery to begin before year end 1969 and continue into 1970.
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Tom
Israel
New Prague Regime to Form Under Cernik Plan
Premier Oldrich Cernik and his government resign this weekend to clear way for a new federal regime set to take office by January 1, according to Communist sources. The move signals a political transition in Prague as the regime changes hands.
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Cernik
November Living Costs Rise Driven by Housing and Transport
November living costs rose four tenths of one per cent as housing clothing transportation and medical care spiked while grocery prices eased by five tenths. The Labor Department index reached 123.4, meaning $12.34 for every $10 of typical family purchases in the 1957-59 base period.
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Washington
Sharp
Labor Department
Explosion and Fire Hit Gates-Chili High School Classrooms
An explosion and fire in the chemical storeroom of Gates-Chili High School wrecked two science rooms and damaged the east wing. Firefighters were summoned at 7 am by a custodian who smelled smoke. no injuries were reported.
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Rochester, N.Y
Gates-Chili High School
Solvay Wrestler Collapses and Dies at School
A 16 year old Solvay High School wrestler Gregory V. Malys of Syracuse suburb collapsed during practice and died before a doctor could arrive. An autopsy was planned for the day as investigators pursued possible causes.
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Solvay
N. Y
Solvay High School
Gregory V. Malys
Syracuse
Johnson phones Apollo 8 wives after splashdown
President Johnson called the wives of Apollo 8 astronauts minutes after the capsule and crew returned safely from their 147 hour moon flight. Wives of Col. Frank Borman, Capt. James Lovell Jr., and William Anders received the reassuring call as the mission concluded on a religious note.
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Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
William A. Anders
President Johnson
Vance Flies to Paris After Washington Talks
Cyrus R. Vance, the No. 2 American negotiator, departed from Kennedy Airport for Paris after high level meetings in Washington. He said U S efforts continue to seek a break through in stalled Vietnam peace negotiations.
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New York
Cyrus R. Vance
Paris
Washington
Vance
Kennedy Airport
Navy questions Pueblo crew after medical tests
More than 100 intelligence specialists interview the freed crewmen of the USS Pueblo after doctors found no serious defects aside from malnutrition and related symptoms. Chief details focus on possible residual sensitive equipment and the crew’s mental state following 11 months in captivity. Lt. Edward Murphy Jr. describes deliberately misreporting charts to mislead captors.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Pueblo
United States
North Korea
Adm
Horace D. Warden
U.S. Naval Hospital
Warden
Edward R. Murphy Jr
Murphy
Vance poised for Paris trip amid Vietnam peace talks delay
Cyrus R. Vance's return to Paris sparked expectations of a new U.S. move to break the deadlock in Vietnam peace talks. He may bring proposals, but diplomats foresee substantial progress unlikely before Nixon's inauguration as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong push for recognition of the Front. The communique reiterates that talks can resume only with the Front recognized as an independent party and seating at the round table.
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Vance
Paris
U. S
Cyrus R. Vance
U.S
Nixon
Johnson
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Saigon
North Vietnam
Johnsons reflect on White House fatigue and magnetism
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson says the hardest part of life in the White House is the constant 4:00 a.m. telephone rings and the 18 hour days. She also calls the White House a magnet for ideas and mentions wanting the president to share burdens at home. President Johnson notes his wife gives him strength during his term.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Free World
Johnson
Mother Rescues Husband As Girl Dies In Utica Fire
In Utica New York seven year old Wendy Lerch led her siblings to safety from a two story home as flames from a faulty space heater trapped her on the second floor. Wendy died near a front window as her mother Mrs John Lerch watched in shock while rescuing the disabled father who was in a wheelchair. The family’s other child Renee believed three years old also survived minor burns. Firefighters from Utica fought the blaze in subfreezing weather and took the Lerch family to hospital for treatment of shock and minor burns.
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Ciril Robinson
Gifford Street
Richard Pontius
Utica
N.Y
Wendy Lerch
Wendy
John Lerch
Albany
Cornhill
Lerch
Renee
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