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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1968
Page
13
Action Line presents foster parent plans Good Neighbor and Homefinders with child care details and reimbursements. It notes local involvement via Project Friend, ramp aid from a Boy Scout troop, and international book donation ideas. It also covers TOPS scale issues and a David Janssen gift inquiry.
The 82 freed crewmen of the U S intelligence ship Pueblo winged toward San Diego for a Christmas reunion. Fireman Duane H Hodges, 22, of Creswell Ore, was killed when the Pueblo was captured on Jan 23. Admiral Hyland greeted the crew at Midway for refueling before Miramar arrival.
Washington reports President Johnson is seriously concerned about claims that 82 crew members of the USS Pueblo were beaten. An urgent government investigation was ordered by the White House after statements by ship's skipper Lloyd M. Bucher upon release.
A mother reflects on her wish to have a child with loving, soft, long blond curls and imagines a daughter while acknowledging today’s teen era. The remark frames maternal aspiration and the evolving view of gender presentation in children.
SAIGON UPI reports Christmas cease-fire began with the first hour showing nine shooting incidents. The allied standdown started at 6 pm within a three day Viet Cong cease-fire. In six hours the enemy carried seven mortar and ground attacks, killing six soldiers and one civilian and wounding 16 soldiers and five civilians. six enemy soldiers were killed. US 25th Infantry Division units participated.
The President’s anger surfaces as intellectuals decline his White House arts festival invitation and respond with war protests. Described by his consultant, the event draws attention across sections including editorial, obituaries, and cultural pages.
Eight persons seven of them children died Monday night when a Watts house fire started by a artificial Christmas tree swept through a two story residence. Eddie Greer the sole survivor 18 told firemen he woke to smoke and escaped with shock treated at Morningside Hospital. The house at 9800 S Wilmington Ave was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived at 10 45 p.m. Police noted the victims appeared to be from two families at an early pre Christmas gathering.
A mild storm front moved into Southern California and showers were to develop into rain tonight across mountains and coast. Christmas Day forecasts call for showers with mountain snow down to about 5,500 feet. Desert travelers should expect strong gusty winds on Christmas Day. Long Beach forecasts a low around 50 and a high near 62 on Christmas Day.
Astronaut William Anders named craters seen on the far side of the moon during Apollo 8 live telecast. He called out Borman Lovell and Houston among the features while Earth viewers watched. Names may set a precedent as the IAU considers living-person crater naming.
Apollo 8 pilots Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders became the first humans to orbit the moon and view its hidden side. They transmitted live pictures from 132 miles away as their craft circled the lunar surface and prepared for successive orbits.
Apollo 8 coverage is scheduled by CBS NBC and ABC with multiple time slots. CBS plans 6:30 p.m and 9:30 p.m reports plus a 12:50 p.m to 1 a.m block and 8:29 a.m 12:02 p.m 2:02 p.m 8:56 p.m updates. NBC will insert a 9 p.m two minute segment in the Tuesday movie. ABC lists 6:30 p.m and 1:15 p.m with 15 minute reports. Progress reports will follow events.
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