Northfield High School - Shield Yearbook (Wabash, IN)

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Brig. Gen. Frederick E. Davison, third Negro in the history of the U.S. to become General, bends over to hsten to one of his wounded men during a tour of the field somewhere northwest of Saigon. UPI TELEPHOTO Commander Lloyd Bucher and his crew on the Pueblo were released after eleven months in North Korean captivity. UPI TELEPHOTO Those Who Defend Our Country And Those Who Protest SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) Looking wan and tired, but radiating happiness through their tears, the men of the Pueblo re- turned to American soil Christmas Eve after eleven months in North Korean captivity. All but one of the 83 crew members of the U.S. InteDigence ship captured January 23, 1968, stepped from the two big jets that brought them from Seoul. The body of Fireman Duane D. Hodges was carried off a plane by an honor guard. He was fatally injured when the ship was seized. Bucher said that several men were wounded, some at point-blank range, but that Hodges knew he was dead when he was hit. The commander said Hodges told him it was a privilege to serve in the United States Navy. SPACE CENTER, Houston (UPI)-Apollo 8 moonflight commander Frank Borman reported from lunar orbit that the moon surface 69 miles below him was a vast, lonely, forbidding . . . expanse of nothing. Most of the world ' s major astro- nomical observatories were on a list to receive liigh resolution prints from the Apollo 8 lunar photos, the best man has ever obtained from his nearest neighbor in space. The movies shot on the way to the moon, in lunar orbit and coming home-were the most dramatic space films since those shot of America ' s first spacewalker outside the Gemini 4 capsule in June of 1965. Vietnam war protestors burn draft files, which they seized from the U.S. selective service offices in small park in Milwaukee. UPI TELEPHOTO Yippie protestor being searched bv po- lice. UPI TELE- PHOTO ' f l ia SmS i

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President Nixon Goes To Washington President-elect and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon are greeted at the White House by President Johnson on December 12, 1968. While Nixon and Johnson were conferring on matters of state, Mrs. Johnson gave Mrs. Ni.xon a tour of the Executive Mansion. UPl TELEPHOTO Vice Resident Hubert Humphrey, Democratic Presidential candidate, and Mrs. Humphrey spent many months on campaign trail. UP! TELEPHOTO Mr. Richard Nixon and Mr. Spire Agnew greet supporters and well-wishers at Republican Convention after winning nominations for Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates. SUBMITTED BY: THOM WERTENBERGER Governor and Mrs. Edgar Whitcomb take time to pose during vigorous gubernatorial campaign. SUBMITTED BY THOM WERTENBERGER

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Homecoming 68 saw the initiation of several new activities. On Thursday and Friday the seniors t ool over the responsibihties of teaching all 6th and 7th period classes. On Friday afternoon alarm clocks placed strate- gically around in the halls, summoned the student body to the football field. There the senior girls played the senior boys in a game of touch football. Dallas Baer, J. P. Mattern, Gary Dillard, and Bruce Tonovitz dressed up and cheered the teams on. After the game, the Jr. Varsity and Varsity cheerleaders led the school in an hour-long pep session. Queen candidates were nominated the week before homecoming: Freshman candidate was Cindy Cleaveland; Sophomore, Karen Huffman; Junior candidate, Rhonda Cunningliam; and senior, Lola Keffaber. Throughout the week the classes campaigned vigorously for each of their respective candidates. The classes also carried on the tradition of decorating floats. The freshmen followed a Hawaiian theme, the sophomores titled theirs This Mod, Mod World , the juniors built a canopy with shrubs and greenery surround- ing their candidate, and the seniors constructed a garden scene with their candidate seated on a love seat in front of a wishing well. The conclusion to this busy week came on Friday night when the Norsemen met the Wliite ' s Warriors. In a gala half-time show, junior candidate, Rhonda Cunningham was crowned 1968 Homecoming Queen, and the juniors were recognized for liaving the best float. The Homecoming Dance, sponsored by the Student Council, was held on Saturday night, from 8 to 11:30. December ' s Children played and around 150 people attended. Rhonda Cunningham Even the faculty gets in on the Homecoming activities as they march across the football field prior to the Senior game. All Seniors, including Lola Keffaber, the Senior candidate, watch as girls and guys alike try the game of football. And so our Norse backers leave the field after an afternoon off with no class periods. A final glimpse of the class floats during the Homecoming game.