L.T. BUICK, FI HER. THUR DAY, DECEMBER 16, 196 5 GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: Home are the heroes -- home rom the ea of space. Two at least -- as you no d oubt kno w. Their rende vous in space -- a c omplete success. Astronauts Wally S chirr a and Tom Stafford splashing down in the Atlantic as planne just thirteen miles f rom the reco ve ry ship, the carrier Wasp. A perfect end to a perfect flight. As for Gemini Seven, the space champ is in its thirteenth day, with a reported mal-function in the second of two fuel cells -- that supply the space-craft with electrical power. Raisin g the possibility that our marathon space men Borman and Lovell may be orced down a day early. Final de sion to be ma e by Flight Direct or Chris Kra f t -- be f ore morning. ... · , l , i --a r r t 1 1 r r l I 1 ~ fC ~JO. y l ) in fl f rt , n 1 ' " ~ 1 i n 0 rf t o · b 1 t r r l d t e un. 1 1 . PT 0 r t r nf r t 0 0 t C e . iC r, ' )('1 t f' 1 t e a ·> in - of ll" e in p r- plR ~ a ? el. SCHIRRA F OLLO W XPLORER Oh yes n lly S hi rra turn out to be t he pa c e number one j o ke r. Hi s reported sighting o f a tran ge "object" in "polar orbit'' -- s ending space o ff icials into conniptions until he iden ti fied the object as S a nta Claus by playing "Jingle bells" on a harmonica. Tom Stafford at the same tlme -- banging on a set of bells. Upon landing, however, Schirra disclosed that Frank Borman of the Gemini Seven is quite a funster himself. Seems that Schirra -- a Navy man held up a sign to Borman during their historic rendezvous in space. The sign: "Beat Army". But Borman -- a West Point grad was ready and waiting. He i•ediately flashed back his own sign reading -- "Beat Navy!" • r t ' l o e - 1 1 - a I.J f", h v f a . ii::t n . Fi r t e o u r t :.i i cc ~ - - i~EXt i tin t ;:it A t F r . t i i - n;i V ? 1 1 d ~ . k ~ a F' f ift en t u a 11 , ;< /i 1n 1 8P "' lF 1 0 F re t l ~ . 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In a network of tunnels and caves they also found the bodies of twenty- f ive additional Communist dead, along with large quantities of weapons, armnunltlon, uniforms, f ood, and medical supplies. Indicating that the hideout was once the base -- f or a f ull regiment of Communist Viet Cong. POWER FOLLOW VIETNAM B n ck at Saigon -- that assault on a major power plant in the Communist North -- today termed far more destructive than the first estimate. The bomber attack credited with disrupting electrical service at Haiphong -- major C01111unist seaport, now reported also to have knocked out -- about twenty-five per cent of all power in the Hanoi area, the Communist capital -- sixty-five miles to the East. i s F 0 P r rily - 1 n Bible f A · !" le? - n w t o y o f t r em n do u 1 r e in Pr d 1 ti o n o :.f , a e• trou~ r - un from ab o ut thirty-fiv ~ 1111 n in Nin t An Sixty - to r ore t an sixty , 1111 la~t .ear. 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