Apollo 8 moon images show bleak, cratered surface
Apollo 8 crew led by Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders described the lunar surface as gray and dusty with visible craters during an early orbit. Telecast lasted 12 minutes with observers noting high illumination and limited detail as footage captured the moon’s horizon and pitted terrain.
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Bill Anders
Lovell
Anders
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell
Moon photos from Apollo 8 awe Europe crowd
Western Europe watched Apollo 8 lunar pictures flash on television as crowds in London view the cratered moon. Spectators called the images fantastic while Britain's leading space astronomer Sir Bernard expressed praise.
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London
Europe
Rome
Inmate Escape Fugitives Captured Near Harrisburg
Three Men from Menard Penitentiary who fled an outside work gang were captured at 1 22 a m in Lemoyne Pennsylvania after a tear gas assault. They are James Siglar 23 Robert J Baker 35 and Richard Sims 23. Charges include kidnapping escape robbery and car theft.
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Menard Penitentiary
Harrisburg
Menard
Max Frye
Frye
James Siglar
Robert J. Baker
Richard Sims
James R. Kern
Mrs. Kern
Roma
Pennsylvania
Ty. Pa
Lemoyne
Kern
Bern Klein
Klein
Cloudy Weather Outlook Into Midweek
The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness tonight with lows in the 20s. Expect cloudy conditions Wednesday with daytime highs from the mid 30s to the low 40s. Weather details appear on map page 13.
Stevens Named to Senate to Fill Bartlett Vacancy
Theodore Stevens, Republican leader of the Alaska House, was named to the US Senate to replace the late Senator Bartlett. Governor Walter Hickel announced the appointment in Anchorage. The move alters Alaska’s leadership and leaves the incoming Senate with 57 Democrats and 43 Republicans.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Theodore Stevens
House of Representatives
Senate
E L. Bartlett
Stevens
Walter Hickel
Apollo 8 crew prayers for universal peace from lunar orbit
Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman delivered a Christmas prayer asking for universal peace as the spacecraft completed its third orbit around the moon. He spoke from mission control and intended to record the message for St. Christopher Episcopal Church in League City, Texas, and for people everywhere.
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Lovell
Jodrell Bank
Italy
Radio Moscow
Soviet Union
Telestar
Buitrago
Madrid
London Evening Standard
The
Evening News
Austria
Two Slayers Convicted in Newark Policeman Killing
Elizabeth New Jersey AP reports two Negro defendants Gail Madden 22 and George Merritt Jr 24 were found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for beating death of a white policeman during 1967 racial disorders. The jury of 10 men and two women deliberated over 53 hours prompting spectators to weep as Madden cried.
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Negro Mar
Gail Madden
George Merritt Jr
Donald Jones
Howard Brandon
Miss Madden
James Toland
No paper Wednesday Christmas Day
The Southern Illinoisan will not be published on Wednesday due to Christmas Day.
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Southern Illinoisan
Reunion Night For Pueblo Crew Families In San Diego
Families of the USS Pueblo crew arrive in San Diego for a Christmas Eve reunion after 11 months of captivity in North Korea. The first of two jets lands at Miramar, with debriefings, medical checks, and private family time planned at the Navy hospital and RX Club. The Navy covers costs for dozens of families, aiming to keep crew and kin together through the debriefings.
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San Diego
Calif
Pueblo
Navy
North Korea
Miramar Naval Air Station
San Diego Naval Hospital
RX Club
Adm
Hyland
Air Force Cills
Duane H. Hodges
Creswell
Ore
Midway
Hodges
Christmas Truce Proposal Rejected By Nigerian Government
The Nigerian government rejected Emperor Haile Selassie’s week long Christmas truce in the Biafra war. Gowon said the move would mislead the world and delay peace efforts while claiming Biafran leaders were uninterested in real peace. Ojukwu announced an eight day truce starting Monday.
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London
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Biafra
Nigerian High Commission
Yakubu Gowon
Gowon
Id el Fitr
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Selassie
Geneva
Equatorial Guinea
International Red Cross Committee
Red Cross
Decatur Water Crisis Restored After Major Cutoff
Decatur faced a severe water shutdown after ice blocked the Lake Decatur dam intake, halting the treatment plant. By morning most supply was used with only two million gallons left, and full service was to resume within seven hours. Four Washington University officers were cleared of mistreatment charges against a graduate student, with a panel finding insufficient evidence of lawless or excessive force.
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Lindsay-Schaub
Decatur Water Service
Lake Decatur
Washington University
Elbert Walton
Pueblo captain questions capture authorization on Midway
USS Pueblo commander Cmdr Lloyd M Bucher questions whether captors were properly authorized after the North Koreans seized the ship. Bucher says the goal seemed to embarrass the U S government. The crew of 82, including the late Fireman Duane Hodges, return to American soil for a Christmas reunion.
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Pueblo
Lloyd M. Bucher
U. S
United States
Bucher
Honolulu
Adm
John J. Hyland
Pacific Fleet
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