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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
2
The article explains Borman training and Saturn V staging with figures for propellants, thrust, and vehicle weights. It details the Cape Canaveral vehicle assembly building, mobile launchers, transporters, crawlers, and the 402-foot service structure. The pad, reinforced concrete, and scale foreshadow a six and a half day lunar flight.
The article details T minus times for the Apollo 8 launch with Frank Borman Lovell and Anders, noting Tucson clocks and Cape Kennedy timing. It describes preflight steps from T minus nine hours to liftoff, the backup crew alert, medicals, meals, suit up, and vehicle transfer, culminating in humanity’s first close glimpse of the moon.
In Santa Monica California UPI reports Hollywood’s first prominent interracial marriage between Sammy Davis Jr and Mai Britt ended in divorce after eight years. Judge Laurice J Rittenband granted the divorce with Britt awarded custody of three children Tracy 7 Mark 8 and Jess 4 while Davis agreed to monthly alimony and child support of 3000 dollars.
University of California entomologist Roy J. Pévicé reports a coconut oil derivative, dodecyl alcohol, can halt insect leg growth and cause eggs to shrivel. Cockroaches lose wings, carpet beetles whiten and starve. He notes it may lead to new pest control tools and says it currently won’t change practice.
A burglar broke into the Macon Salvation Army Santa's toy shop and stole about 300 toys meant for underprivileged children on Christmas morning. Raymond C. Cooper, chairman of the annual appeal, said the theft worsened a shortfall of $4,000 and that the thieves scattered the store’s records.
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