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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1968
Page
1
The Washington YMCA hosts a Saturday Buddy Day with a noon meal for registered boys by 10 30 AM. Bring a new member or sign up during holidays for a free meal, along with 1 000 point contest winners. Registration required before activities follow.
Ozark Airlines DC9 with 62 aboard skidded into a tree grove one mile north of the Sioux City airport after attempting takeoff. All passengers escaped without serious injury though some were shaken and a few had cuts. Crew could not shut engines. no fire reported.
An intercepted message confirms astronauts have made a safe splashdown on Earth. It notes happiness and relief in the signal, and signs off with WEJ initials.
Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders splashed down in the Pacific after a six day lunar voyage. They described the reentry as a roller coaster ride and joked the capsule was made of American cheese. The crew traveled 500000 miles orbited the moon ten times and landed safely near the carrier.
Apollo 8 completes a historic voyage first men to leave Earth orbit and orbit the Moon. The crew Borman Lovell and Anders return to Earth at 10:37 a.m. EST splashdown 14 minutes later aboard Yorktown 550 miles from Christmas Island in darkness. They bring back hundreds of photographs and mark a major step toward a manned Moon landing next spring.
Pamela Powers a 10 year old from Urbandale vanished after YMCA sighting. Robert Anthony Williams 24, a self described vagabond preacher, led police to a snow crusted ditch near Mitchellville where the girl’s body was found. He is jailed without bond on an open murder charge after earlier child stealing charges. The autopsy was pending. Williams had been involved with Des Moines area churches and choir activities. continued on page 8.
Twatchai Yongkittitkul and Champon, Thai students from Bangkok, spent Christmas with Richard Weeks and family in Washington. They recalled hospitality from 1965 when Twatchai studied at the University of Iowa and hosted by the Weeks. Now pursuing PhD and Masters, they plan to teach in Thailand after studies. Washington, especially the Coffee Club, left a strong impression as their first Christmas abroad.
A federal grand jury in Cleveland probes a plot to assassinate the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices. Donald Heath, a former Chicago policeman and self described Klan member, is among five people investigated for planning to detonate explosives in the Washington courtroom. Heath, 31, was fired from Chicago police last April for leading a KKK cell and later claimed advancement in the Klan, though a Klan aide said he was banished in September for misconduct.
In San Diego the Pueblo case shows fake navigation charts used by captors to claim intrusions inside North Korea waters. Lt Murphy exposed errors including an imaginary 2,500 knot voyage and coordinates, insisting the ship stayed well outside the 12 mile limit. One sailor died and crew mistreatment occurred amid reports of malnutrition. Navy officials noted inconsistencies in supposed North Korean evidence supporting the intrusion claim.
United Press International reports a heavy snow watch for northwest Iowa tonight as clouds bring snow likely and possible heavy amounts of 4 inches or more. Saturday turns partly to mostly cloudy with a chance of snow flurries. Lows range from near 10 in the northwest to the 20s in the southeast and highs from the upper teens to around 10 north.
Public notice announces probate of the will and appointment of an executor for the estate of Emily Powis Simpson Atmore and Mary Myrtle Montgomery. The filing details and deadlines are provided for interested parties to respond or contest the proceedings.
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