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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
9
A Bradford Pennsylvania report describes 20 people killed when Allegheny Airlines Flight 736 crashed. The piece notes a young woman returning home for holidays, a salesman visiting relatives, and two other family members among the victims as the tragedy unfolds across the state.
The Associated Press reports Christmas holiday traffic tolls below safety council estimates. A Convair 580 crash near Bradford Regional Airport in Pennsylvania killed Christine Farlow, 20, and Joseph King, 52, with 27 survivors including Terrie Gross. Investigators collect facts as families await word.
An El Al Boeing 707 en route to Paris and New York was attacked in Athens by two Palestinian gunmen who opened fire through windows after throwing grenades. One Israeli passenger died, a stewardess was injured, and a crew member was burned as the plane received fire crews and foam. The attackers were seized and identified with the Liberation of Palestine.
An Alaska Pan American World Airways 707 on a military mail flight to Japan and Vietnam crashed on takeoff from Elmendorf Air Force Base. All three crewmen are believed killed. The San Francisco origin flight veered into heavy ice fog and 10 below zero weather, halting about half a mile from the runway end and bursting into flames. Captain E Howell of base public affairs described the scene as earthquake like.
The Agriculture Department announced a $42,930 grant for a 24 year study on sunflower moth control. Officials say sunflower production for seed or oil has excellent potential in the Southwest and West where cotton and grain sorghum dominate.
U S combat deaths in Vietnam fell to the lowest weekly tally in five weeks, while enemy and South Vietnamese casualties rose slightly. The U S Command reported 151 Americans wounded in action last week, with 222 killed and 1,199 wounded the prior week. South Vietnamese losses totaled 202 killed, 88 wounded, and 15 missing or captured. Initial enemy deaths were 2,118 but subject to adjustment.
The Census Bureau said 1970 would rely on mail in major cities with about 60 percent of households mailing back forms, reducing needed temporary census takers from about 200000 to 150000. Takers would still visit rural areas and follow up on unanswered forms. In tests since 1961, 65 to 91 percent mailed back. Also notes Mars near Jupiter on Nov 6 and 12 near Uranus with bright stars Spica and Denebold in view.
London AP reports Father Michael Richards editor of the Clergy Review argues that the Roman Catholic Church must permit married clergy for pastoral and ecumenical reasons in the current publication.
Vietnamese Communist leaders sent birthday messages to Mao Tse-tung on his 75th birthday while Peking Radio skipped the celebration. Ho Chi Minh and Nguyen Huu Tho of the Vietminh front offered greetings, praising Mao’s support for South Vietnam against the U.S. and stressing private life rules within the Chinese party.
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