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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
8
A double decker bus en route to Acapulco fell 900 feet off a mountain cliff near Iguala, Mexico. Thirty-one dead, 14 survived in critical condition, nine hours into rescue as soldiers and workers comb the wreckage. Most passengers reportedly government employees on Christmas vacation.
Florida Supreme Court faces a dispute over Governor Claude Kirk's authority to appoint a lieutenant governor in January. Attorneys William O'Neill of Ocala and Joseph C. Jacobs of Tallahassee, members of the Constitutional Revision Commission, filed their petition after Atty. Gen. Earl Faircloth ruled Kirk may name a lieutenant governor.
President Johnson approves CAB recommendations to expand U S airline service to Hawaii Japan the Far East New Zealand and Australia creating a second round the world route and broader Orient options with one modification.
In Rio de Janeiro's Santa Teresa district residents rally against plans to remove the traditional open air Bonnhinhos streetcars. The cars, resembling San Francisco style trams, are among the last remnants of a once widespread transport mode.
The Agriculture Department final estimates show 1968 crop production two percent above 1967, as higher yields offset lower acreages for many crops. The year topped all previous records despite reduced planted area.
Weather page notes mostly cloudy skies and a slight drop in temperature tonight with little expected variation tomorrow across the area.
An Eastern Air Lines flight with 151 aboard diverted to Havana after a hijacker claimed to have nitroglycerin. He apologized on arrival and said he acted for his daughter Jennifer.
Miss Risse described teen passengers laughing as they traveled by bus from Havana to Varadero and back to Miami aboard two Electra jets from Eastern. The scene involved a tall nervous man and many families heading to Miami for holidays. Customs seized items from the Communist island.
Miami report says Barbara Jane Mackle's affluent parents made new contact with her kidnappers during the night as FBI hints at a break in the case. A first $500000 ransom attempt failed after a derailed payment. a bearded man and a young woman were linked to a Bahamas flight. Police trace a car to George G. Deacon, 28, a University of Miami submarine geologist, who is being sought.
President elect Nixon named career diplomat Charles W. Yost to be United Nations ambassador, while Sargent Shriver remains ambassador to France. Both are Democrats and Nixon stressed bipartisanship and professional diplomacy in the new administration. Yost, 61, last served as UN deputy ambassador before leaving in 1966, and his selection surprised many who expected Shriver for the post.
Eleven U S GIs arrived in Bangkok after five months in Cambodian custody and were flown to Clark Air Base Philippines for Christmas. A twelfth, Spec 4 Earl Gurnsey, was released but remained in Phnom Penh due to injuries. The group was handed to the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh and flown to Bangkok.
The Lions Club president explains a nose bleed style mishap with a door and jokes about the impact. Members respond with disbelief and a lighthearted reaction as casual banter follows about jet travel and solitude.
Seventeen year old Marie Hill of Rocky Mount is sentenced to die in the gas chamber for the murder and robbery of W. E. Strum, 65. The all white jury did not recommend mercy and the case moves through state courts with an appeal planned.
Napa California AP report: Charles Bray 40, despondent over wife Sylvia’s divorce plans, killed six of seven children in their five room house, then shot himself after setting a fire. One son, George 18, survived. Bray had been hospitalized 20 days earlier after police found him with a rifle awaiting his wife.
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