Saturday, December 21, 1968

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The Headlines

Pope Voices Pessimism in Christmas Message; He Mourns Decline in Values but Sees Hope for Man in Renewal of Christianity Pope Pessimistic in Christmas Talk

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Marvin Gaye

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Hot Wheels

On This Day

• Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Benjamin Disraeli (1804)
• Mikheil Saakashvili (1967)
• Hu Jintao (1942)
• Heinrich Böll (1917)
• Jane Fonda (1937)

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Tech Check

Computer Mouse (Demo), Boeing 747 & 911 Emergency System.

Cost of Living (1960)