Pueblo crewman’s body returned from North Korea seizure
Duane Hodges, 21, the sole Pueblo crewman killed when the intelligence ship was seized by North Korea, was welcomed home Thursday night in Creswell Oregon where more than 100 mourners waited in rain. A 36 man honor guard, pallbearers and family greeted the flag draped casket as funeral services were planned for Creswell Junior High School Saturday with burial at Creswell Cemetery.
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Duane Hodges
Eugene
Ore
Hodges
Jesse D. Hodges
Greswell
Creswell Junior High School
Creswell Cemetery
Girl Saves 5 in Fire, Loses Own Life
Wendy Lerch seven of Utica New York perishes in a late night home blaze after guiding her four sisters Patty Pearl Ricky Renee and Linda to safety. A crippled husband is rescued by his wife as firefighters fight subzero conditions and extinguish the sixth blaze of the night. The fire originated from a faulty heater by Lerch’s bed. Wendy, returning to the house to ensure others were safe, is trapped on the second floor at the top of the stairs. The Lerch family previously lost a son serving in Vietnam.
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Wendy Lerch
Utica
John Lerch
Wendy
Mrs. Lerch
Patty
Pearl
Ricky
Renee
Linda
Lerch
Vietnam
Bob Hope Endures War Weariness Yet Keeps Troop Shows
Bob Hope, 65, expressed fatigue with the Vietnam War but pledged to continue entertaining troops. He spoke backstage at a Mekong Delta combat base amid helicopter gunships and artillery, praising American troops while planning peaceful performances. Reagan to present the Creative Citizenship Award in Los Angeles marking Bob Hope Day.
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Bob Hope
Hope
Mekong Delta
Vietnam
Santa Claus
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Los Angeles International
No 1 Atheist Attacks Space Religion and Prayer
Atheist leader Madalyn Murray O’Hair denounced Apollo 8 prayers and Bible readings as slander of other faiths and urged NASA protest and a mail campaign against future spaceflight prayers. She claimed Christianity is a minor religion and cited Moslems Hindus and Buddhists as larger faiths. The piece also notes Armstrong’s Wonderful World and Beatles chart dominance in Britain.
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Madalyn Murray O'Hair
America
Outer Space
Apollo & Crew
O Hair
Austin
Tex
NASA
O'Hair
Des Moines Kidnap Murder Charge In Pamela Powers Case
A Missouri mental hospital fugitive Anthony Erthell Williams 24 identified himself as a minister and led detectives to the half clothed body of Pamela Powers a 10 year old girl missing since Christmas Eve near Mitchellville Iowa. Autopsy results pending. Williams surrendered in Davenport and faced open murder charges under heavy guard.
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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
Fire Fatalities After Exploding Stove Destroys Home
In Granville New York a wood stove explosion sparked a two story fire killing six residents. Only a 22 year old woman and her 5 year old grandson escaped, as neighbors aided the boy and mother. Fire victims include Joseph Bushee 32 and Edward Bushee 36, Nellie Williams 68 Fred Steele 65 Ruth Jane Sumner 5 and Walter Carl Sumner 10. The boy Thomas Bushee was rescued in his underwear. Firefighters and bystanders worked to evacuate and control the blaze amid extreme cold.
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Granville
Way
New York
Thomas Bushee
Elizabeth Bushee
Warren Butler
Butler
Joseph Bushee
Edward
Nellie Williams
Fred Steele
Ruth Jane Sumner
Walter Carl Sumner
Williams
Sumner
Bomb threat halts Los Angeles to Philadelphia jet in Wichita
A TWA 707 with 46 aboard diverted to Wichita Municipal Airport after a telephone warning of a bomb. FBI and other agencies searched the jet and found nothing. Pilot O. J. Kistler chose the nearest airport upon learning of the call from Los Angeles.
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Wichita
Kan
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Wichita Municipal
FBI
0. J. Kistler
Deaths From Flu and Pneumonia Rise in December
The National Communicable Disease Center reports widespread illness from the Hong Kong flu across 33 states. Pneumonia influenza deaths nearly doubled in the third week of December, with about 500 more deaths in 122 cities, though Center director Dr. David J. Sencer cautions this is a sampling and not a full tally. Officials expect the peak by early to mid January. The weekly report will be released later.
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Atlanta
National
Communicable Disease Center
Sencer
Hong Kong
Oenter
Cook
State Nears Epidemic of Influenza in California
California health officials warn of an approaching influenza and pneumonia epidemic as UPI reports at least 58 deaths in the state last week, with 35 in Southern California and 23 in Northern California. The Hong Kong flu strain is widespread, and the center notes 1,375 pneumonia influenza deaths in the first two December weeks across 122 cities.
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District of Columbia
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