Apollo 8 tops AP list of 1968 big news stories
The AP member papers and stations voted the Apollo 8 moon mission as the year’s top story. Kennedy and King assassinations ranked second and third, with the Pueblo crew release and other major events noted, including Lyndon Johnson stepping away from re election.
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Moon Orbit
Robert F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Pueblo
Mary Campbell
Martin Luther King
Sen. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
California
Ethel
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
James Earl Ray
England
Memphis
King
LBJ
Czechoslvakia
Russia
Korea
Jacqueline Kennedy
Aristotle Onassis
Lyndon
Johnson
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
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The
Associated Press
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Stow
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Martin Luther, King Jr
Lorraine Hotel
St. Joseph's Hospital
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Montgomery
William Anders
James Lovell
Frank Borman
Thos. Cook & Son
World Travel Service Tours—Cruises
Jan Duuring
East Oceem Blvd
Long Beach
Calif
Ralphs Markets
Los Coyotes
Wardlaw
Lakewood del Arao& Paramount
Buena Park
Valley View
Singer Company
Singer
Tomporw
Pine Ave
Atlantic Ave
Stearns Ave
Lakewood Center
Crager Iron Works, Inc
E. Anaheim St
Union Development Co
Dutch Village
Lakewood
Rosewood
Bellflower
Artesia St
Acousticon OF
4Th St
National Stores
Bank
Americard and
Master Charge Welcome
Marinello-Comer
Marinello
Ong Beach
van Nuys
Eastla
Tka
Broadway
Whittier Blvd
Inglewood
S. Market
Seaside Printing CO
Allied Builders
John Mayberry
South ST
Long Beach Drug CO
L.B
ZUKOR
Junior
Missy
Harris & Frank
Lakewood Blvd
Press-Telegram
Southland
Fine Ave
Los Angeles Mailers Local 9
International Typographical Union
Elma Mathiesen
Harold Marion
Ralph Santers
South Union Ave
Barden’s
Barden's
Santa Ana
W. Anaheim
Foreman & Clark
Boys
Los Altos Center
Buena Park and
Terrance
America
Richardson Tire CO
Clarence Richardson
Long Beach Garden Grove
Ancheim St
Garder Grove
Desmond's
del Amo Blvd
Fashion Square
del Amo Hawthorne Blvd
Carson, Torrance Lee
Kelly Williams Insurance
Long Beach Insurance Association
General Telephone
Company OF California
Home Telephone Company
Elm Ave
Long Beach Typographical Union
Orange Ave
Imperial Hardware Co
American Avenue Hardware Co
Long Beach Blvd
Glenn E. Thomas CO
DODGE
Dodgedart
Monaco
Polara
Dodgetrucks
Charger
Anaheim
Cliff Robinett
Holton and Sons
Thompson
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