Apollo 8 Moon Flight Sparks Global Praise Across Nations
After Apollo 8 splashed down in the Pacific, world reactions poured in from leaders and common people. British PM Harold Wilson and Pope Paul VI sent congratulatory messages while crowds in Rome and Warsaw cheered. Tass and Radio Moscow reported the flight with restrained coverage and cosmonauts lauded the explorers as pioneers. A Tokyo cabbie and a Berlin clerk voiced wonder at the open, international achievement.
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Citien
Moscow
Tokyo
Pacific Ocean
America
London
Daily Mirror
Harold Wilson
Johnson
Paris
U.S
Toni Seifert
Rome
Paul VI
Vatican
United States of America
Warsaw
Apollo
Prague
Radio Moscow
Tass
Frank Borman
William Anders
James Lovell
Survivors Tell About the Crash at O'Hare Hangar
Chicago report details Keith Carlson 14 and Ernest Maack 13, color guardsmen from Des Plaines, recovering after a North Central Airlines crash at O’Hare. Keith and Ernest describe the fire and escape amid other injured and a critically ill 15-year-old Ron Pappas. Gately, 19, from Massachusetts, hopes for a quick recovery and plans to marry June 28 after the incident.
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Chicago
UPI
Keith Carlson
Keith
Ernest Maack
American Legion
Des Plaines
Braniff International Airlines
O'Hare International
Ernest
Heirens Trial Appeal Denied
The U S seventh Circuit denied William Heirens a new trial for his three life terms and multiple concurrent sentences. The court upheld that his 1946 pleas were intelligent and voluntary despite claims of coercion by police and media.
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Chicago
U.S. 7Th Circuit Court of Appeals
William Heirens
Cook County
Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
Frances Brown
Josephine Ross
Miss Brown
James B. Parsons
U.S. District Court
Heiren
Walter J. Cummings Jr
John F. Hastings
Luther M. Swagert
Eagleton Edges into Senate Following Long Departure
Washington AP Missouri Lt Gov Thomas F Eagleton is appointed U S Senator after Edward V Long resigns. Eagleton takes office January 3 and gains seniority advantage, having defeated Long in the Democratic primary and beaten the Republican opponent in November. General Gordon, British Sudan governor, was slain in 1885 at Khartum.
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Washington
Missouri
Thomas F. Eagleton
U.S
Edward V. Long
D-Mo
Eagleton
Long
Senate
Charles (Chinese) Gordon
The
Sudan
Khartum
Families Wait To Greet Men Of Apollo 8
In Houston families await the Apollo 8 crews as the three astronauts land near Ellington Air Force Base. Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders receive homecoming messages and personal reunions after their world moving moon mission and splashdown. President Johnson offered congratulations to the families and praised the mission’s impact.
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Apollo
Anders
Eric
Dennis Berry
la Mesa
Calif
Johnson
Bayh Dinner Planned January 3 in Washington
A $500-a-couple dinner will be held January 3 in Washington to defray a $72,000 campaign deficit for Sen. Birch Bayh after his re election victory over Republican William D. Ruckelhaus. A similar Indiana event may be held to reduce debts, with a reception by Sen. Vance Hartke and a ball at $30 per couple.
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Indianapolis
Birch Bayh
Washington
D. C
Bayh
William D. Ruckelhaus
Gordon St. Angelo
Indiana
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Scientists urge action on air water pollution at AAAS meeting
At the 135th AAAS meeting in Dallas scientists urge concrete proposals for Nixon administration including ending DDT use and halting U S chemical warfare in Vietnam. They warn pollution cools the planet, disrupts marine food supplies, and harms infant health, urging swift policy changes.
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Dallas
UPI
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Nixon
United States
Vietnam
Los Angeles
Lake Erie
27 Dead In Turboprop Crash At Hangar An Airport
The turboprop plunged through hangar doors about a half mile east of the runway, bursting into flames. Weather met minimums for landing, visibility was about one mile. Passengers and Vanguard members recalled a violent rocking descent, a door evacuation, and people fleeing flames as walls collapsed. William DeGrout, 21, of Sioux Falls described being thrown from his seat and helped into an ambulance. Jefferere Chin, 18, said eight corps members and several airline staff were in the hangar when the plane exploded and burned. Chin survived about 30 feet from others who were burned.
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Federal Aviation Administration
William DeGrout
Sioux Falls
S. D
Jefferere Chin
Vanguards
Chiu
Whitcomb opposes quick abolition of death penalty
Gov elect Whitcomb said he will oppose repeal until deter rence is proven. He was asked about commuting Emmett Hashfield's death sentence after six years on death row for the mutilation slaying of 11 year old Avril Terry in Monroe County.
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Indianapolis
Edgar D. Whitcomb
Whitcomb
Emmett
Hashfield
Boonville
Roger D. Branigin
Branigin
Monroe
Bloomington
Avril
Honey) Terry
Illiterate deaf mute confined after robbery charge in Indianapolis
Philip R. Melangton Jr. said he will file a motion for a new trial after Theon Jackson, 27, was jailed since mid-1967 on a robbery charge and committed to a state mental institution. Jackson, accused in two purse snatchings in which elderly women were beaten, cannot assist his counsel, Marion County Judge John T. Davis ruled.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Philip R. Melangton Jr
Theon Jackson
Indiana Supreme Court
Jackson
China fires seventh nuclear test and pressures U S policy
AP Special Correspondent reports Red China conducted its seventh nuclear test since October 1964, signaling a rapid missile program and potential pressure on the incoming Nixon administration. Analysts warn a Chinese buildup could trigger a new U S and Soviet arms race and complicate East West diplomacy.
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Red China
China
United States
Indian Ocean
Asia
Pacific
Hawaii
Nixon
America
Peking
Hartke presses re evaluation of post moon space plans
Senator Vance Hartke of Indiana urged a fresh review of the U S space program after Apollo 8, warning that Russia may press ahead with Mars flights. He stressed ongoing commitment but called for assessing the purpose and direction beyond landing a man on the moon.
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Washington
UPI
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Hartke
America
Mars
Russia
Rate Drops as Los Angeles Sees Fewer Crimes
Los Angeles reports a sharp drop in pre Christmas crime, with Police Inspector Pete Hagen attributing some burglars to the cold and flu season. The dip marks a contrast to last year’s figures and suggests improved conditions in the city’s crime picture.
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Los Angeles
Pete Hagen
Philippines Archipelago Overview
The Philippines is an archipelago of about 7 000 islands located off the southeast coast of Asia.
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The
Philippines
Islands
Asia
Local Vital Statistics and Property Transfers Listed in Court Records
Summary of Local Vital Statistics including claims of support enforcement between Rosalee and James Dewey and multiple court actions. Also recorded are numerous property transfers and separations from bed and board including Leona and Frank Ralston, Kearns firm involvement, and various deeds listing Lots, blocks, and subdivisions across multiple townships and estates.
Local births announced for December 26 26 27
Mr and Mrs Charles Linton Smith welcome a girl on December 26 at home. Mr and Mrs Herbert Keller announce a boy born December 26 at 1115 North 4th Street. Mr and Mrs Paul Mason of Fontanet greet a boy born December 26. Mr and Mrs Larry Griffin of Paris Illinois welcome a boy born December 26. Mr and Mrs Joseph Eddy of 1626 North 5th Street announce a boy born December 26. Mr and Mrs Arlen W McDonald of Jasonville welcome a boy born December 27.
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Mason
Paul
Fontanet
Griffin
Larry
Paris
Ill
Eddy
Joseph
N. 5Th St
McDonald
Arlen W
Jasonville
Dee
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North Central Airlines
Dreamworld
Resurrection Hospital
Ron Pappas
Mrs. Pappas
Bugle Corps
Toronto
Boston
England
Jeff
Ron
Richard Michael Gatley
Billerica
Mass
Gately
Air Force
Antigo
Wis
Richard Michael Gately
BSA LE
Rien
Eit Association
Harry F. Rosenthal
William P. Oppel
Bostwick H. Ketchum
National Science Foundation
Ketchum
Edward Goldberg
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
la Jolla
Fred Tschirley
Department of Agriculture
Crop Protection Branch
U.S. Army
Galston
Braniff Airlines
O'Hara International
North Central
John T. Davis
Marion County Criminal Court
U. S
Seelyville Nazarene Church
Gene Clark
Findley
Ohio
Church of the Nazarene
William E. Brown
Seelyville, Indiana
Circuit Court
Rosalee Dewey
James R. Dewey
Superior Court No. 2
Clarence Dunn
Dba Dunn Plumbing Co
Morris M. Dice
Freida Dice
John R. Jett
Leona M. Ralston
Frank J. Ralston
Bed
Kearns
Kearns and Kearns
Herschel James Moss
Jack Gene Chadwick
Whitcomb Heights
John D. Neese
Lulu Neese
Jerry D. Neese
Cecil W. Combs
George B. Tofaute
Highland Place
Barbour Place
Carl
Howard
William J. Baird
Richard W. Bundy
Paul E. Daley
Terre Town
William D. Fleming
Gerald L. Thomas
Walter R. Holdampf
CeMar Estates
Isadore H. Rosen
Harry F. Krueckeberg
Woodridge Park
Thomas Walsh
James F. Monroney
Hylers
Victor S. Lee
Delibert C. Rogers
Collister’s
Lulu Smith
Robert W. Evans
Howard Withers
Sarah M. Withers
Larry Eugene Webster
W.H. Smith
Fred S. Owens
Kenneth H. Anderson
Krumbhaar Place Land Company
Robert A. Dempsey
Clinton
Emma Louise Creasey
Ernest L. Stewart
Theresa A. Liva
S. 8Th St
Charles Henry Moothery
S. 14Th St
Rosetta Laverne Long
St. Anthony Hospital
Warner's
Lace
Warners
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