Levelland Daily Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 61, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 29, 1968 Page: 2 of 14
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PACE 2-LEV ELL AND DAILY SUN-NEWS, SUNDAY DFCPunno to ««»
the second major one In the flu- “closest to the day markir* the
related mortality rate as report-
ed by the center since the start
of the Hong Kong flu epidemic
in the nation.
The center said 1,000 persons,
500 more than normal died of in-
fluenza or pneumonia during the
week of Dec. 22-28.
Doctors say symptoms at the
different type of flus are very
much alike and if treated Im-
mediately, it is not as serious.
Some wait until the last minute
which slim chances of pulling
through.
PROM PAGP ONE
Airliner
hangar doors.
Fuel sloshed from the plane
and blazed. The doors exploded
on the drum and bugle corps,
flag-bearers for the Vanguard
group of suburban Des Plaines.
An explosion blew the plane
apart as it skidded to a halt!
Inside. i
first anniversary of the papal
encyclical on birth control.**
The encyclical. Issued by
Pope Paul this summer, banned
all forms of artificial birth
control for Catholics.
“On this Sunday, 1 suggest
that Roman Catholics all over
the United States and Puerto
Rico could express their disap-
proval of the encyclical by
withholding all monies from the
collection plate,’* said Baker.
Baker said a “central collec-
tion agency** would be necessa-
ry to collect the withheld funds,
as well as pickets “by Roman
C a t h o 1 i c s outside of the
churches during masses on the
selected day ...as a reminder.’’
Baker said the boycott should 1
be led and organized by
Catholics but could include
members of other faiths “as a
way of lending moral support.*'
FROM PAGE ONE
Moon
SENIOR CLASS FAVORITES elected atSundown HighSchool are: Mike Morgan, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Morgan, and Sharon Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Turner.
FROM PAGE ONE
Saijs
on
ShreddedW reckage
At first, because of the fog, moon 10 times on Christmas
workers were not certain eve. They came back Friday to
whether the plane had crashed tell the world what they had
-—- or landed. They came upon1 learned about the celestial
I through.” soldiers, outnumbered two to burnin8. shredded wreckage. sphere that has intrigued
One of Vance’s first aims, one, Friday threw back 200 "Th? ™en keep looking mankind for ages.
U.S. sources said, is to set up guerrillas who tried to surrouiri thrJ°Ugh wrec,ka«e bit bit Out In Front
secret discussions with his their camp on Hi eh wav 553J i"d eve.ry. “I06 in 8 while they Borman, Lovell and Anders
ui&c-u&Mons wur rus their camp on Highway 553 ' ^ wrman, Novell ana Anaers
tions. j Hanoi counterpart, Co,. Ha Van spokesmen said. * j find a body,” a police spokes- had put America out front of
The Saigon leaders, Pham, Lau, on the shape of the The beleaguered government Iman 8aid' the Soviet Union in the space
Dang Lam and Nguyen Van An, conference table and other irregulars held off the Commu- A survivor- Robert Irish, 26, race.
restated their hard line Friday,' procedural matters. njsts until 1,500 reinforcements ' Antigo* wis-> said be was sitting But the accomplishments of
saying they refuse to recognize; Failure to agree on just these reached the* scene. Thev suf-i “* J** rear of Plane- He Apollo 8 was a victory for: Borman, the usually business-
rather than one like commander r* " ° can
was taken to nation. exclaimed “Boy, my eyes
Hospital, where President Johnson said the opened wide on that one.”
Failure to agree on just these reached the scene. They suf- j “ '*.*“ ~ *'*“
Viet Cong as a separate issues has blocked the beginning fered 10 killed and 17 wounded 8 . ered lacerations and an eye mankind.
entity and demanding a Com- of negotiations involving all four in the fighting
ihunist battlefield surrender. | parties in the war. The in Saigon, Prime
President Johnson
said
Minister
injury, and
Ressurection
SELECTED MOST HANDSOME AND MOST BEAUTIFUL atSundownHIgh School were: Pat-
ty Phillips, Sophomore daughter of H.R. and Georgia Phillips, and Roy Barry, junior, ton •
of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Barry.
one nwo flag covered the huge was just 6,000 yards from the
™ * tracking map that had been 25-year-old Yorktown, the prime
in Wash- Communists Thursday demand- Tran Van Huong of South many
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and injured astronauts had led the world
“into a new era."
used to follow Apollo 8 around
recovery vessel. For a ship that.
of the dead and injured astronauts had led the world Dr. Clarence A Jernigan who !Te tn<J?n* 1 he "Star-Spangled had ***" •A*"11® trom nearly
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comes in first, who speaks first table proposal, with L.S. and honor a standdown. j and 1X11 led lt UP>” Irifih said- history of space research.” gone as expected’’ and added as“®nau“; | out toe six days,
and all that.” South Vietnamese delegates at An American official said the i “And 88 ^ P*111**1 U up* Dr* Thomas Paine, acting that he knows “of no reason .SjJ“Ue.1 8Pace*blP_toPP1<,d o^r in
SSS TSTS S T A !SS TZZSLrzzriJr XfST.Sittw-.w
decision. Huong cited 140
tics and Space Agency (NASA) not fly another mission.”
increasing -American impatience second. violations of the 24-hour allied plane mu8t have crashed. I felt said “man has started his drive
at Saigon’s reluctance to join “We will never agree to the; Christmas truce in which two i ^ around and I felt bodies here out into the universe.”
Perfect Shape
Gen. Sanuel
:ctor of the Ap
said there would
little time for celebration.
“Our program is moving with
in their seat harnesses.
granted aj Americans died and 37 were
and there.
expanded Vietnam War negotia- CViet Cong) being
tions involving the Viet Cong. status equal to the other wounded.
The meeting with South participants,” the Saigon1 The Viet Cong have said they
Vietnam’s negotiators came one spokesman said. will
day after Vance's arrival from Vance told newsmen at Le i Year’s standdown identical to
a week with President Johnson Bourget Airport the United the one they declared at
discussing new strategies in States would spare nothing in Christmas.
breaking the procedural im- attempts to bring all four,____
passe. parties into negotiations. But he
In Washington, Johnson said said everyone would have to
Vance "believes we can get show a spirit of cooperation,
going in substantive talks after His first meeting with Col.
his return there (to Paris) Lau was expected early next their purchase the department! 8i'PP^
| Youth Hurt
One of the injured drum and
observe a three-day New! bu?!e*?! Keitb Carlson, 14,
, ...tt--1 ----rc burns on his
■a piece of the
on me, on my
FROM PAGE ONE
Thousands
suffered severe
back when
hangar fell
back.”
“We were marching,
That drive, he added, “will in perfect condition,
never stop.” “except for fatigue, yes.”
Borman, Lovell and Anders, Happiness gripped the
the greatest heroes to date in manned spacecraft team that
America’s 10 year race to the had backed the astronauts,
moon, have a chance to be in on Shortly after splashdown at
the moon landing itself next mission control, a giant Ameri-
year.
said,
adding that Apollo 9, the first
test of the moon landing craft,
would probably be launched
Feb. 28.
Bullseye
The splashdown in the Pacific
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A space agency official hinted
Vance told newsmen the week.
United States would “spare no
effort to achieve a break-
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FROM PAGE ONE
Marines
has at least 24 men at every fire.
He said firemen can arrive at a
said. “Our instructor yelled for that Borman, 40, LoveU, 40, and
us to get out of the way. I Anders, 35, will be considered
started running. I must have along with others to make the j
on some grease or historic landing in 1969.
; fire at about the same time as the
truck, thanks to the new radio
1
something. I closed my eyes The astronauts completed
and when I opened them the their fantastic six day voyage
hangar door was all around in Friday, splashing down in the
_ flames .. . my back was on dark Pacific ocean with the
which is controlled through the fire-” same precision that had charac-
police department. ! The crash killed the pilot and terized the trip around the
”T..( Another new piece of equip- thre€ of the crew members. moon.
Military lwad(*iarters said me ment ^ department on- The hangar became a tempor- They came back in at nearly
"S; • ”*
guerrillas, andI then'chased the vage following a fire in about 14! dead on stretchers and
remnants of the Red battalion secQnds The 5.9 gallon tank worn; ambuiances groped through the
through heavy jungles, killing m ^ back Qf a flremen emptie8 snow and around rescue work-
i44 more Friday. in only 18 seconds. Joiner said ers ^ vehicles, taking the
Three waves of toe giant B52s ^ new machine works similar to dead and injured away.
SHePt4 ‘I! •h°UrS ^r^*^ Ql^} a vacuum cleaner and will be of The dead were twisted,
skirmish in an attempt to crush t ^ clean up pro. broken, burned. One dead man’s
escape routes, bivouacs and ce<hlre> "" ; shirt was burned from his body.
Communist supply dumps in the ^His tie was still knotted around
a™8- H|7|FITVnBjrVfl his neck.
Thirty miles south of that
battleground, South Vietnamese LoCfl 1 11
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FROM PAGE ONE
Nixon
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THANKS FOR ALL
THE CHRISTMAS
PRESENTS!
PLEASE: NO CARDS OR
LETTERS WISHING ME A
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probably receive no more. On
the other hand Levelland Clinic
| ordered the serum in August, possibility of working out arms |
. but has never received their sig>- j control measures with the I
ply. Russians,
i! United Press International re-; In addition, Nixon said the
leased this week that the National j group would talk over the
Communicable Disease Center ' President’s schedule for traveL
11 said Hong Kong flu apparently tag abroad on state visits during
! doubled the number of deaths the early days of his adminis-
Ldue to respiratory illnesses in j tration.
J the United States durii* the third ; “What we’re doing here,” he
1 week of December. ! *aid to newsmen, “is to discuss
The report of an increase was I the major problems on which
I decisions will have to be made
! in the first 90 days.”
Joining Nixon at his vacation
home on Biscayne Bay were
several men who will become
members of the National
Security Council after he takes
office Jan. 20. They included
Secretary of State designate
William p. Rogers, Defense
Secretary designate Melvin
Laird, and vice President-elect
Spiro T. Agnew.
Also sitting in on the sessions
were Henry Kissinger, who will
serve as Nixon's chief advisory
on national security affairs;
Bryce Harlow, who will be
Nixon's principal lobbyist on
Capitol HOI; Gen. Andrew
Goodpaste^ presently deputy
commander at UJS forces in!
Vietnam and on loan to Nixon
until thd , inauguration; and
Ambassador’ Robert Murphy,
acting now aa Nixon’s foreign
policy liaison man with the
outgoing Johnson administra-
tion. -
Press spokesman Allan Woods
said Friday the talks "will be
wide-ranging In nature, sod will
center around conversations at
organization, programs, and
personnel in the foreign policy
and national security fields.”
Before mA after Jan. 20,
Nixon will be faced with
decisions in the areas of nuclear
treaties, Vietnam and appoints
to the State and
Departments, all of which were !
likely subjects of discussion at |
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