Apollo Crew Reported In Great Shape After Moon Flight
Apollo 8 astronauts Borman Lovell and Anders, after six days in space, are in great shape aboard the USS Yorktown. They will fly to Hickam Hawaii then Ellington Texas for family reunions and nine days of debriefings on the mission.
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Uss
Yorktown
United States
Clarence A. Jernigan
Space Agency
Jernigan
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Pacific Ocean
Moon
Hawaii
Borman
Lovell
Anders
Hickam Air Force Base
Ellington Air Force Base
Tex
Houston
Ellington
Earth
Lunar
America
Snow Brings Traffic Pileups on Icy Kansas Roads
Hazardous conditions from late yesterday into last night caused multiple wrecks across area highways. Three injuries occurred in a crash west of Ottawa on K-68 involving James E. Hollon and Kenneth L. Humphrey as ice caused a westbound vehicle to slide into an eastbound pickup. Other non injury crashes included a Pollom skidding into a telephone pole in Ottawa, a Putman car leaving US-50 near Homewood ditch, and a wreck near the US-59 viaduct south of Richmond followed by another crash at the viaduct after a tow. Authorities warn more bad driving until temperatures rise.
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Ottawa
Highway Patrol
James E. Hollon
N. Cedar
Kenneth L. Humphrey
AFD
Pomona
Humphrey
Hollon
Doyle K. Pollom
Grant
Second
Oak
Iowa
Homewood
Gary Lee Putman
Ottumwa
Richmond
Ottawa Woman Perishes in State Hospital Fire
An Ottawa woman, 56 year old Mrs. Laura Prewitt, died of smoke inhalation in a fire at Biddle Hall hospital in Osawatomie. The blaze, lighting the maximum security area, displaced 101 patients and staff, with 14 others injured. Firefighters from five communities contained the blaze by 9 pm as 19 bedfast patients were evacuated on stretchers and others fled through windows. Funeral services for Mrs. Prewitt, longtime Kansas resident, will be announced by Towner Chapel. burial will be at Wellsville Cemetery. Surviving are her husband Norman D. Prewitt, her mother, and a brother.
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Biddle Hall
Ottawa
Osawatomie
Ottawa Police Department
Edgecomb
Dorothy Bishop
Prewitt
Chestnut
Towner
Wellsville Cemetery
Theboup
Homer J
Mary F. (Thomas) Harlan
Norman D. Prewitt
Kansas City
Kan
E. Logan
J. H. Harlan
California
World Wide Praise Heard Over Apollo 8 Splashdown
The Apollo 8 splashdown in the Pacific sparked global praise from leaders and citizens. Reactions poured in from London to Paris and Rome with statements of unity and admiration for the United States and the space mission. Pope Paul VI sent blessings, while Warsaw cheered at the embassy and East German TV aired the event with neutral coverage.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Tokyo
Pacific Ocean
America
London
Daily Mirror
Toni Seifert
Rome
Paul VI
Vatican
Johnson
United States of America
Warsaw
U.S
Prague
Radio Moscow
Tass
Man Held Under Extradition Warrant in New Orleans Murder Case
A dark headed man, Stephen Ray Fulton, 22, came to the Franklin County Sheriff's office Friday claiming a New Orleans warrant. A police flier confirms a murder charge tied to a Sept 28 beating and killing. Fulton, in jail, signed extradition waiver as New Orleans authorities plan arrival. The flyer lists prior arrests in Ottawa, Topeka, Salina and California.
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Franklin County Sheriff's Office
New Orleans
Stephen Ray Fulton
Fulton
Ottawa
Topeka
Salina
California
Weather Summary For The Date With Records And Snow
High Friday 35 degrees and low today 18 with a year ago pairing of 22 and 19. Record highs and lows for this date are 61 set in 1908 and 10 in 1924. 24 hour precipitation totals .31 inch with 1.6 inches of snow. Hourly data ends at 8 a.m. today with 9 a.m. temperatures unreadable.
Accident injures multiple in slick pavement crash
Hollon was not injured. Humphrey suffered leg and arm injuries as did a passenger in his car, a brother, Lyle, who received scalp and facial lacerations. A passenger in Hollon's truck, Ricky Roberts, 17, was also injured. The three injured were taken to Ransom Memorial Hospital. Slick pavement also was blamed in other minor.
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Hollon
Humphrey
Lyle
Ricky Roberts
S. Cedar
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Saigon Stymies Talks in Vietnam Peace Push
In Paris, Saigon insists Hanoi and the Viet Cong must move first while Washington pledges to break the deadlock. The shift follows the dismissal of 12 Saigon newsmen, fueling concerns of internal South Vietnamese discord around Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky. Cyrus Vance, arriving from U.S. consultations, vows to press for a breakthrough and substantive peace talks as four-way conference plans face delays.
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Paris
U.S
Vietnam
Saigon
Hanoi
Nguyen Cao Ky
Cyrus R. Vance
Johnson
Nixon
Vance
Inquiry Set For Pueblo
A five admiral court of inquiry was ordered by the Navy to study the loss of the USS Pueblo and the seizure by North Korea. It will assess whether Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher had power to resist and if crew statements during confinement violated the military Code of Conduct. The body has no punitive power and will issue recommendations after debriefings. Nine crewmen were wounded. one mortally, and Bucher and others will receive Purple Hearts.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Pacific Fleet
John J. Hyland
Pueblo
Lloyd M. Bucher
Duane OD. Hodges
Creswell
Ore
Bucher
Edward R. Murphy
U.S. Naval Hospital
Gale E. Krouse
North Korea
Krouse
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
Color photo kept me from getting Oregon license
Milton Freewater Oregon AP veteran Justice of the Peace Sam K Dodds recalls hearing many excuses for not having an Oregon license a woman explained she had not surrendered her out of state license because the color photo on her old license was the only good picture she had ever had taken.
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Milton-Freewater
Ore
Justice of the Peace
Sam K. Dodds
Oregon
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Weather Bureau
Kansas City, Mo
Blaze
State Hospital
Harold Wilson
Capes
Andae
Humane Society
Bunny
Chu Chu
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