You can search old newspapers for at Google for ISEE-3 news. Here are some examples:
– Unusual Satellite In Place AP, Â Nov 22, 1978
– Satellite Settles Into Orbit Ideal For Future Colonies, AP, Nov 23, 1978
– Space Agency Finds A Bargain AP, Oct 14, 1982
– Close Encounter Of Another Kind, AP, Dec 9, 1983
– Comet Craft To Undertake Risky Move, AP, Dec 20, 1983
– Craft Must Survive Lunar Flyby On Its Way To Meet Comet, AP, Dec 21, 1983
– Us Robot Spacecraft Flies Around Backside Of Moon, AP, Dec 23, 1983
– Isee Born Again As Cometary Explorer, AP, Dec 23, 1983
– Space Explorer Changes Course – Probe Could Be Retrieved, UPI, Apr 9, 1986