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Sopuloa, Oklahoma 74066, Thursday, December 26, 1968
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Apollo 8 is the greatest single
event in the history of the world
since Christopher Columbus set
Sail from Portugal in 1492.
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For the first time man has
moved completely beyond the
influence of his environment and
Into another world.
To us this has been a most
enthralling three-day period. It
seems like a dream to sit in
the comforts of a living room
and listen do Americans on this
planet conversing with Ameri-
cans hovering a few miles above
the surface of the moon. And if
voice communication isn’t his-
toric enough by itself, you can
throw in television. The tv pic-
tures of the moon, taken by the
Apollo 8 crew and transmitted
to earth, were astonishingly
clear.
Apollo 8 has again changed
the tempo of a rapidly changing
world. Tomorrow will have none
of the characteristics of yester-
day. If you long tor the good
’ole days, you’d better check
in your chips. The effects of
Apollo 8 will be bringing change
and development to this world
for years to come.
We would guess excursions to
another planet, likely the moon,
will be commonplace in our
time. We can hardly wait for
the winter tourist rates tor a
weekend on the moon.
Rain Comes
With Front
By United Press International
Scattered showers will break
out in much of Oklahoma as a
Pacific cold front moves
through the state, and the
northwest may receive some
snow, the weather bureau said
today.
The showers are expected to
end Friday, with colder air
moving in behind the front.
Mild, moist air had spread
across much of the state early
today, ahead of the Pacific
front’s arrival, but a pocket of
cold air in the west provided a
wide range of early morning
temperatures.
Del City Youth
Dies In Mishap
TECUMSEH (UPI) - A Del
C ity youth was shot to death by
his brother’s gun in a Christ-
mas Day hunting accident.
Authorities said Larry Lee
McLemore, 18, was struck by a
bullet from a pistol owned by
his brother, Army Pvt. James
V. McLemore, 20. They said the
weapon accidentally discharged
while James McLemore was
unloading it.
The .22 caliber bullet struck
the youth in the back and
pierced his heart.
Station Robbed
By Yule Bandit
Sapulpa police were hunt-
ing clues Thursday to the
Identity of a lone bandit who
robbed city service station
Christmas night.
Manager of the Skelly sta-
tion at Mission and Taft,
Jess Guinn, said Thursday
morning that Wednesday’s
receipts showed the station
with $542 taken in from
customers, but the exact
amount of money taken was
not determined.
Police were told a tall,
slender Negro man told sta-
tion attendant James Leon
Rankin to give him all the
money he had and what was
In the cash drawer. The inci-
dent occurred at 9:15 p.m.
Rankin said the bandit told
him not to call anyone tor
five minutes, then left the
station on foot and beaded
east, according to reports.
Flames Destroy
Area Rural Home
Fire swept through the Ray-
mond Hall home southwest of
Sapulpa Tuesday, destroying
most of the possessions of the
family which had gone to Dallas
for Christmas.
Hall, a county employe, his
wife Eva and three children had
left to have Christmas dinner
with another daughter in Dallas
when a neighbor saw the blaze.
The home is located slightly
more than one mile west of
Pickett Prairie road near June
Rose Assembly of God church.
Some belongings were pulled
from the heavily damaged house,
but most were burned beyond re-
pair. Hall and his wife have
three children at borne, an 11-
year-old daughter, a 5-year-old
son and an infant son. Virtually
all their clothing was lost. Fire-
men said the blaze was believed
to have started in a floor fur-
nace.
The family returned Wednes-
day and is temporarily staying
with relatives. Anyone wishing
to assist may contact Hall’s
daughters, Mrs, Paul Carr, BA
4-4117, or Mrs. Kenneth Cooper,
BA 4-6829.
Pueblo Crewmen
in Medicals
SAN DIEGO (UPI>- Christ-
mas for the men of the USS
Pueblo is over and today they
began two weeks of medical
examinations, debriefings and a
Navy court of inquiry.
Physical examinations of the
82 surviving crewmen began at
dawn. Later, intelligence offi-
cers and psychiatrists at Balboa
Naval Hospital will take charge
of the debriefing process.
The men will be held
accountable for their actions
during 11 months of captivity in
North Korea at the court of
inquiry, which also will consider
"meritorious acts.”
The exact scheduling of the
tests and interviews will depend
on the men's physical condition,
a spokesman said.
Wednesday, the crewmen’s
thoughts were with their
families as they celebrated
Christmas away from home.
Exchange Gifts
Left to the cramped confines
of two lounges, crewmen and
their dependents gathered to
exchange gifts before and after a
traditional holiday dinner at
noon.
Earlier a Navy paymaster
doled out about $40,000 in back
pay to crewmen, an average of
about $500 apiece, and the
hospital’s exchange was special-
ly opened to accommodate the
late Christmas shoppers.
Late Bulletins
Closing Stock Averages
NEW YORK — Dow Jones averages were up 2.93
Thursday at 2:30 p.m. Selected list of noon prices, page
8.
Drinking Drivers Torget
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) - Drinking drivers will be
the highway patrol’s No. 1 target during the New Year’s
holiday, and could wind up spending the night in jail,
Safety Commissioner Robert Lester said today.
Lewster also noted that the state’s new "implied
consent” law takes effect Jan. 1, and will apply to anyone
picked up after midnight. He siad breathalyzer machines
and trained officers will be on duty to administer blood
tests tor alcohol.
Health Peril Declared
NEW YORK (UPI) - New York City was declared
in a stale of health peril” today and prosecution of fuel
oil dealers who refuse to abide by the city’s priority
list for delivery was ordered by city officials.
Cit> health officials said that
cause of lack of heat,'
'people are dying be-
The chilled residents were in 1,256 apartment build-
ings still without fuel oil as a result of a seven-day
strike by fuel company drivers. The strike ended Sunday,
but deliveries were nol expected to achieve normal levels
until early next week.
Cameras, watches and person-
al items were the most popular
articles selected.
‘They acted like they wanted
to buy the whole store and take
it home with them," one
witness to the spree said.
Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher, skipper
of the Pueblo, passed among
the men, joking and wishing
them a Merry Christmas.
Lt. Edward Murphy of San
Diego, executive officer of the
Pueblo, purchased a small
power cell for his electric
wristwatch.
Borrowed Watch
Murphy’s watch stopped dur-
ing his captivity and he had
borrowed one belonging to
James A. Shepard, a communi-
cations technician first class
from WiHiamstown.Mass.
Families strolled into the
cafeteria at will to feast on the
dinner of roast tom turkey,
prime ribs of beef and rainbow
trout. Five hundred meals with
all the trimmings were served.
Following dinner Cmdr. Buch-
er read the following telegram
to the men of the Pueblo:
"You have been in our
thoughts and our prayers. You
reunion has brought great joy
into our hearts this Christmas
Day. Our best to you personally
and to all the families under
your command, (signed) The
Families of the Crew of Apollo
8.”
US Soldiers
Conquer VC
After Truce
SAIGON (UPO-U.S. soldiers
caught 150 guerrillas northwest
of Saigon and with air power
killed 53 of them in heavy
fighting minutes after the allies’
Christmas truce, military
spokesmen said today.
The battle 60 miles northwest
of Saigon centered 33 miles
from the site of a U.S.-Viet
Cong meeting that failed
Wednesday to agree on the
release of three captive Gls
from Red jails.
American infantrymen said
they spotted 150 guerrillas
moving across an open field and
called in artillery, divebombers
and helicopter guns hips to
decimate the Communist unit
three miles from the C»mh<v
dian border.
U.S. headquarters said the
Americans escaped unscathed
from the fighting which broke
off just after sunset with the
Communist survivors fleeing.
Child Kidnap
Suspect Held;
Girl Missing
DAVENPORT, Iowa (UPI)-
An escaped mental patient
charged with the Christmas Eve
kidnaping of a 10-year-old girl
walked into a police station
today and surrendered.
Robert Anthony Williams, a
24-year-old self-proclaimed va-
gabond preacher, refused to
discuss the whereabouts of
Pamela Powers, who was taken
from the Des Moines YMCA.
Robert Anthony Williams, a
24-year-old self-proclaimed va-
gabond preacher, refused to
discuss the whereabouts of
Pamela Powers, who was taken
from the Des Moines YMCA.
However, a Des Moines
attorney who was credited with
persuading Williams to surren-
der said Williams had promised
to disclose tbe girl’s fate when
he is brought to Des Moines
later today.
The chief of the Iowa Bureau
of Criminal Investigation, Dan
Maher, said there was fear the
little blue-eyed girl may not be
found alive.
Maher was in Grinnell,
between Des Moines and
Davenport, where the search
for Pamela was centered.
Williams had four pennies in
his pocket when he surrendered
to Davenport police. He had
arrived by taxicab from Rock
Island, HI., just across the
Mississippi River. Police paid
the $1 cab fare.
Williams told Davenport po-
lice he was surrendering on
advice of a lawyer. He
identified the lawyer as Henry
T. McKnight, Des Moines.
Williams was scheduled to be
returned to Des Moines by a
contingent of Des Moines
policemen led by Capt. C. M.
Learning.
Davenport Police Lt. John
Ackerman said Williams would
not discuss the girl’s disappea-
rance. "We have attempted
several times to ask about the
girl,” Ackerman said, “but he
has politely refused to talk
about the subject”
Policeman
Risks Life I
TULSA (UPI) I A Tulsa po-
liceman, with one year on the
force, offered his life to save a
fellow policeman and a woman
who were held as hostages.
Several terrifying moments,
but no injuries, resulted.
The Tulsa police dispatcher
received a call from Mrs. Tom-
my J. Morgan that her husband
was mistreating her. Officer D.
J. Stambaugh was sent to their
home to investigate.
Police said Tommy Jan Mor-
gan, 34, aimed a shotgun at
both his wife and officer Stam-
baugh.
Officer K.R, Moser, 22, also
answered the call and manag-
ed to talk Morgan into releas-
ing the two in exchange tor
himself. Moser was forced to
lay his police revolver on the
table as Morgan’s wife and of-
ficer Stambaugh were released.
Morgan picked up the police
revolver and pointed it at the
head of the young officer, then
lay it back on the table. Moser
lunged for the revolver and a
struggle began. A dull "click”
on an empty chamber of the
shotgun was heard as the two
fought.
Moser was modest about his
heroic act.
"I had a job to do and I did
what any police officer would
have done,” he said.
Tommy J. Morgan was book-
ed into the Tulsa City jail on
complaints of assault and as-
sault on a police officer.
Apollo Re-Entry Awaited;
Splashdown Due In Pacific
SPACE CENTER, Houston
(UPI) — America’s Apollo 8
moon pilots today raced down
the cosmic corridor leading to a
successful end of a voyage
without equal in the annals of
man.
Only man’s fastest re-entry
into earth’s atmosphere and a
safe Pacific Ocean recovery
Friday morning remained be-
between F rank Borman, James
Lovell and William Anders and
the completion of the six-day
flight in which they Orbited the
moon 10 times.
"If you’ll get the people to
spread out one of the banners
on the target area we’U try to
break it as we come through
it,” Borman joked with ground
cootrol center as the astronauts
set their sights on a bull’s-eye
splashdown.
"Ok, Frank. We’U call one of
the paper companies to see if
we can find a roll big enough,”
replied ground communicator
Jerry Carr.
"It won’t take a big roll. Just
about 30 feet,” quipped Borman.
He and his crewmen were
sounding more cheerful than
ever since launch last Saturday
on their daring six-day adven-
ture.
The moonship’s course was so
accurate that another steering
correction was cancelled today
and only a slight adjustment
will be made about two hours
before Apollo 8 slashes into the
atmosphere at 24,695 mph.
"We’re already in the corri-
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SMASHING PARTY — Christmas plate mold has the sledge
hammer put to it by John Frank as a group of Frankoma em-
ployes view the annual mold breaking ceremony. Each Year a
new plate mold is made especially for Christmas, then broken
after the plates are produced. (Staff Photo)
Goes After McCormack's Post
Udall Challenges Speaker
WASHINGTON (UPI)- Rep.
Morris K. Udall, D-Ariz.,
announced today his candidacy
for speaker of the House. He
said he has the greatest respect
for Speaker John W. McCor-
mack but that new leadership is
required.
Udall became the first
announced challenger of McCor-
mack although a number of
dissatisfied younger members
have been quietly plotting a
revolt against the Veteran
Massachusetts Democrat.
McCormack is 77 and his age
is offered as tbe main argument
against his retention of the
powerful House post when the
91st Congress convenes on Jan.
3.
McCormack has asked Demo-
crats for their support and
aides say he has received more
than enough pledges to assure
bis reelection.
The 46-year-old Udall said
there are other House Demo-
crats as well qualified as
himself, or possibly better
qualified, to succeed McCor-
mack. Among them, he men-
tioned Rep. Carl Albert, D-
Okla., who is majority leader.
But in his announcement
letter to all Democratic mem-
North, Viet Cong Demand
Immediate Peace Parley
PARCi (UPI)-North Vietnam
and the Viet Cong demanded
today the Paris talks open
immediately. They warned that
Washington and South Vietnam
must bear "Full responsibility”
for any further delay.
In their first joint declaration
on record, Hanoi and the Viet
Cong’s National Liberation
Front (NLF) cautioned the
United States that the Saigon
regime "will sabotage the Paris
conference.” They demanded its
overthrow and its replacement
by a “peace cabinet.”
The statement was issued as
Tran Buu Kiem, the Viet Cong’s
acting foreign minister, met
with French Foreign Minister
Michel Debre in a new step to
press for international recogni-
tion of the NLF. The meeting
itself was a diplomatic victory
of sorts.
“If the United States really
wants the Paris conference to
open in order to proceed rapidly
for substantial discussions lead-
ing to an honorable peace in
Vietnam as it has often
declared, the representatives of
the United States and of the
Saigon administration must
immediately sit at the circular
table proposed by the delegation
<4 the Democratic Republic of
(North) Vietnam and the NLF,”
the joint statement declared.
Flu Abounds, But No Hong Kong
While there are plenty of Sa-
pulpa and Creek county resi-
dents besieged with ailments
loosely called “flu,” no diag-
nosed cases of the highly publi-
Hong Kong flu have been
reported in the county, officials
said Thursday.
No physicians have reported
any suspected cases of the Hong
Kong strain of flu to the county
health department, according to
Mrs. J. B. Hodges, RN.
Health department officials at
the same time offered some ad-
vice tor county parents: Include
immunizations in the list of up-
coming New Year’s resolutions.
Officials said a recent im-
munization study of C reek coun-
ty first graders showed 68.2
per cent had adequate protec-
tion against polio, 77,8 per cent
had protection against diptheria,
whooping cough and tetanus.
Recommended immunization
level ts 80 per cent, according
to Oklahoma State Health de-
partment standards.
Even though a child completed
in infancy the primary series
of diptheria and tetanus shots
combined with whooping cough
vaccine, a single dose "booster”
Is recommended for children
three to six years of age, pre-
ferably at time of school en-
trance, according to Shirley
Brooks, county health depart-
ment administrator.
She noted children should also
be immunized against measles,
preferably at about one year of
age; against polio and smallpox.
bers, Udall said Albert and
others are unwilling to oppose
McCormack. For this reason, he
said, he will oppose McCormack
at the Democratic caucus on
Jan. 2, the day before the new
Congress opens, and that if he
wins he will immediately vacate
the nomination and call for
another vote.
That would enable others, like
Albert, to get into the race,
Udall said.
War Deaths
Lowest Yet
SAIGON (UPI) - American
losses fell last week to their
lowest level since President
Johnson stopped the bombing of
North Vietnam Nov. 1—151
killed and 838 wounded,military
spokesmen said todav.
The total 989 casualties were
the fewest since the week
ending Oct. 26, five days before
the air, sea and land bombard-
ment of North Vietnam was
halted.
Military spokesmen said the
figures reflected a slight drop in
the level of fighting which the
week before had cost 222
Americans killed and 1,199
wounded.
South Vietnamese headquar-
ters reported 202 of its troops
killed, 886 wounded and 15
missing in action last week,
slightly higher in each category
than the previous week.
U.S. spokesmen put Commu-
nist losses at 2,118 for the week
compared with 2,207 killed
during the week ended Dec. 14.
dor and, even without any mid-
course corrections at all, we
have satisfactory entry condi-
tions," reported flight director
Milton Windier as Apollo 8
entered its sixth and final day
of flight
Steering Apollo 8 into the 28-
mile wide corridor leading to a
safe re-entry into earth’s
atmospheric blanket was a
precise guidance feat executed
flawlessly by the astronauts
with the help of earth tracking
stations.
If the moonship were to slice
into the air at too shallow an
angle, the astronauts would skip
far out into a distant orbit and
run out of oxygen. If Apollo 8
came in too steeply— at an
angle greater than 7.5 degrees—
the astronauts might be crushed
by excessive gravity forces or
incinerated by severe re-entry
heat.
Lovell, Apollo 8’s navigator,
was keeping a close watch on
course calculations radioed up
from the ground. Several times
today he said his figures agreed
with those from earth compu-
ters.
“You want to just shut off the
radios and come on back
without us?” Carr joked.
At 11:25 a.m. EST, Apollo 8
was 129,475 miles from earth
and beading borne at 3,783 mph.
“We’re happy to report the
earth is getting larger .’’radioed
Borman.
According to the latest
calculations, Apollo 8 will splash
down in tbe Pacific Ocean,
about 1,000 miles southwest of
Hawaii at 10:54 a.m. EST.
A midday weather forecast
called for satisfactory condi-
tions in the remote landing area
with scattered clouds at 2,000
feet and a visibility of 10 miles.
The seas were expected to be
rolling at a moderate four feet.
Forecasters said there was a
small possibility of showers at
splashdown time.
Borman asked tor a weather
report earlier in the day and
said, “doo’t make those waves
too high. We’re going to have to
sit in this thing for about 45
minutes, I guess.”
The astronauts are scheduled
to land before dawn and plan to
remain in their spacecraft until
first light. Recovery aircraft
were scheduled to circle the
bobbing spacecraft as soon as
possible, but barring an emer-
gency, swimmers were not
expected to jump into the seas
until daylight.
Although Apollo 8 will be
making man’s fastest re-entry,
the Apollo spacecraft has been
tested twice unmanned under
similar conditions. In both cases
the ships were rammed back
into earth’s atmosphere at
speeds duplicating the lunar
return velocity.__
CHARIXTIE OLDHAM says the
Christmas visit of her daughter,
SISTER NANCY OLDHAM of
Great Bend, Kan., made the
holidays especially happy. . .
BOB BASINGER is the proud
holder of four tickets to the
Bluebonnet OU-SMU game in
Houston plus $100 cash award
compliments of the Quarterback
Club. . .We don’t know of any-
one who has a better time than
HARRY PATTY, SR. . .lies 80
years young and recently caught
an enormous sail fish at Aca-
pulco, Mexico. . .the JERRY
VANTREASE family thinks we
have really slighted their fam-
ily pet, GRLTCHEN, bynotnam-
ing her as a member of their
family here on a holiday visit,
. . .Gretchen is a Dachshund
who hasn't found out she is a
dog. . .and hy the way if any
members of the class of 1949
know of a class reunion in tbe
offing next year please call Mrs.
Vantrease (the former Squeaky
McFarlin) at BA 4-1165 before
Sunday. . .she'd like to know so
she can make vacation plans to
attend. . .try Herald classified#
if you neeu io buy. . .sell. . .
trade. , .rent or what have you
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