Apollo 8 Crew Near Moon Gravity in Historic Orbit
Apollo 8 is poised to enter lunar gravity for the first time as Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders prep for a Christmas Eve lunar orbit. Ground controller Glynn Lunney reports the spacecraft and crew are in good shape aside from a minor cooling valve issue and a canceled midcourse correction.
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Air Force
Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell
William A. Anders
Glynn Lunney
Lunney
Michael Collins
Mission Control Center
Collins
Speed
Lovell
Anders
Earth
Leland Warrison
Terre Haute Youth Symphony
Vigo County School Corp
Symphony
Allayne Bell
James Schnabel
William Shackleford
Arthur Hill Jr
Christine Owens
Christine Hill
Martin
U. S. Pueblo Crew Freed After 11 Months Captivity
North Korea freed 82 crewmen of the U S intelligence ship Pueblo and they were taken for medical checks near Seoul before flying to San Diego. Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher described extreme abuse during captivity and denied shelling within North Korea’s claimed 12 mile limit.
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Seoul
North Korea
Pueblo
San Diego
Calif
Lloyd M. Bucher
Bucher
U.S
United States
Korea
Panmunjom
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
U. S. Navy
Lloyd Mark Bucher
USS
U. S
Sea of Japan
FBI widens search for Lady Kidnaper Ruth Eiseman Schier
Miami report notes Ruth Eiseman Schier, 26, Honduras born biology researcher, as the second half of a kidnap duo tied to the Mackle case. Authorities recount the ransom saga with Gary Steven Krist, his arrest, and the ongoing FBI focus on Schier at the University of Miami Institute of Marine Sciences.
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Miami
UPI
Mackle
Ruth Eiseman Schier
FBI
Miss Schier
Gary Steven Krist
Barbara Jane Mackle
Hog Island
Emory University Coed
Krist
Robert Mackie
U.S
Fort Myers
Fla
Dade County
University of Miami
Institute of Marine Sciences
Sual Broida
Physical and Chemical Oceanography
Bermuda
Breida
Families Happy Over Release Of Pueblo Crew
Families of 82 USS Pueblo crewmen express joy after the North Korea release Sunday night. Beaverton resident Michael O Bannon says it is the best Christmas present ever and many families plan to wait for their sons home in San Diego.
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Michael O'Bannon
Beaverton
Ore
North Korea
San Diego
Calif
Viet Cong Rejects Direct Talks Proposal
Paris AP report says Tran Buu Kiem of the NLF rejects direct talks with South Vietnam, stating the Saigon rulers do not represent the population. Ky, returning home, said he would propose direct talks with the government and opposition in South Vietnam but only in country, not Paris, and not a coalition with the Communists.
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Paris
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tran Buu Kiem
Foreign Affairs Commission
The
National Liberation Front
Agence France
Nguyen van Thieu
CBS
Viet Cong
Thieu
South
NLF
Saigon
South Vietnam
Now You Know On The Moon's Orbit
United Press International notes the moon orbits Earth approximately every 27 days 7 hours and 43.2 minutes. The fact outlines the regular lunar cycle and adds a precise mean orbital period.
More Donations Swell Tribune Star Basket Fund
Cash gifts to the Tribune Star Basket Fund aid Christmas relief for needy families in Vigo County. Donors are asked to deliver contributions to 721 Wabash Ave with all gifts to be published. the list shows totals and contributors including Bituminous Mat Co and Mrs and Mrs Kopinsky.
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Tribune-Star Basket Fund
Tribune-Star
Wabash Ave
Tribune-Star Fund
City
Vigo County
Weather Map Forecast for Terre Haute and Region
The Weather Bureau notes river stage at 30 ft and rising with cloudy, windy, cold conditions. Snow flurries are expected tonight and Tuesday with temperatures in the mid teens to mid 20s. Precipitation chance 30 percent tonight and 10 percent Tuesday.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Rose Graduate Killed Sunday
William Vincent Wagner, 21, Indiana State University graduate student and Rose Poly alumnus, died in a two car crash near Indianapolis. Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Thursday at Cross Funeral Home, burial in Bethesda Cemetery. Insurance of details include a passenger Meghan Groeger uninjured, driver Deward Arney 27 with minor injuries.
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William Vincent Wagner
Allen Wagner
S. 18Th St
Robert E. Reeves
Junior Lucas
the Cross Funeral
Bethesda Cemetery
Indianapolis
Indiana State University
Summers
N. Y
Meghan Groeger
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
Marion County
Indiana 100
Wagner
Deward D. Arney
Arney
Rose Poly
Eli Lilly Eyes Plant Site Near Clinton
Eli Lilly & Co has signed a contract with Clinton Industrial Development Corp granting the right to buy about 684 acres five miles north of Clinton. Final decision hinges on engineering studies now underway by the development group. If favorable, Lilly plans an antibiotics fermentation and chemical manufacturing facility at the site.
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Eli Lilly & Co
Clinton Industrial Development Corp
Lilly
Clinton
Max Ferrell
Development Corporation Board
Viet Cong to observe Christmas truce in Vietnam war
Saigon and Viet Cong announce a Christmas cease-fire period starting at 1 a.m. Tuesday as fighting continues nationwide. The Tet-related hostilities, including heavy combat near the truce site, persist despite talks on prisoner releases and a U.S. Christmas cease-fire set for 6 p.m. Saigon time.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Autopsy Ordered in Indianapolis Infant Death
An autopsy has been ordered in the death of 14 month old James Mayhemill who was brought to St Francis Hospital with multiple bruises and burns. The infant's stepfather William Warren told police the baby fell out of bed.
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Indianapolis
UPI
James Mayhemill
St. Francis Hospital
William Warren
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United Press International
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Kopinsky
W. C. Hargis
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Wiley High School
Maplewood Christian Church
James
Carol Drummond
Aser Elliott
Associated Press
Eli Lilly
George Esper
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