Apollo 8 readies lunar orbit on Christmas Eve
Apollo 8 crews report good health and high spirits as they approach lunar gravity for their historic orbit. Commander Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders near 180000 miles from Earth and 50000 miles from the Moon, with a 69 mile altitude entry planned after a 4 59 am engine burn. Glynn Lunney notes the spacecraft and crew are in essentially perfect shape aside from a minor evaporator issue. A midcourse correction was canceled as the mission proceeds toward the first close pass of a planetary body.
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Air Force
William A. Anders
Glynn Lunney
Lunney
Three Named Outstanding Teenagers at James Wood High
Amy Brumback Michael Bryan and David Wert are named Outstanding Teenagers of America for 1969 at James Wood High. They will compete for state and national honors as winners selected for ability and achievement.
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Amy Brumback
Michael Bryan
David Wert
James Wood High School
The
Heavy Attacks Precede Vietnam Cease Fire
Heavy fighting across South Vietnam intensified in the weekend before a three day Christmas cease fire. Marines and infantry faced heavy bombardment as North Vietnamese forces fought at close range near Saigon. A 1500 man assault from Cambodia left at least 103 enemy dead and many weapons recovered, while American losses reached 17 dead and 12 wounded. B52 bombers struck enemy positions within three miles of the truce site and the patrol base.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
Cong Rejects Saigon Direct Talks Bid
Paris AP reports Viet Cong leader Tran Buu Kiem stated the NLF rejects any direct talks with Saigon as invalid since the South Vietnamese government does not represent the population. Ky, returning from talks, faces an unresolved four way conference on ending the Vietnam war during a Christmas recess.
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Cong
Saigon
Paris
Viet Cong
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tran Buu Kiem
Foreign Affairs Commission
The
National Liberation Front
Agence France Presse
NLF
Nguyen van Thieu
Shenandoah County Barn Destroyed In Major Fire
A large bank type I barn on River Bend Ranch east of Woodstock was destroyed by a fire reported at 1:45 a.m. The roof collapsed as firefighters fought to save nearby buildings. Five riding horses a calf hay grain and farm machinery were lost. Owner Bo E Williams faced about 15000 in damage. Two fire units and 15 volunteers contained the blaze.
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River Bend Ranch
Here
Bo E. Williams
Woodstock
John J. Fravel
Pueblo commander describes brutal North Korean capture experience
Cmdr Lloyd M Bucher and 81 crewmen were beaten during the 11 month captivity in North Korea. He spoke of concentrated terror, solitary confinement and severe injuries as the Pueblo crew was held near Seoul before flying home for Christmas.
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Seoul
Pueblo
Lloyd M. Bucher
South Korea
U.S
Bucher
Barbara Mackle freed from buried kidnap ordeal on island
Barbara Mackle survives an 80 hour burial in a coffin like box and is released after ransom payment. Her father Robert Mackle discusses faith and the family’s ordeal with reporters at the Miami Heart Institute as authorities confirm the kidnap case and new arrest details surface.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Barbara Jane Mackle
Robert Mackle
Daugher
Miami Heart Institute
Barbara
Mackle
Myself
Mrs
Release of Crew Just Plain Kooky
Washington AP reports that a secret Cold War protocol ordered Maj. Gen. Gilbert H. Woodward to sign a statement admitting U.S. guilt after North Korea allowed him to announce beforehand that the statement was a lie. Secretary of State Dean Rusk called the procedure one of the strangest in history and said North Korea valued propaganda even in a worthless document. The signed statement claimed the Pueblo entered North Korean waters and apologized for espionage, vowing no U.S. ships would intrude again.
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Bucher
Seoul
San Diego
Calif
U.S
United States
Korea
Panmunjom
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Washington
Dean Rusk
Gilbert H. Woodward
Rusk
Woodward
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