Apollo 16 Crew Returns From Moon Mission at Sea
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr and Thomas K. Mattingly II are welcomed aboard the USS Ticonderoga after a splashdown in the South Pacific Their 11 day flight covered 1 2 million miles and concluded Americas 26th man in space mission President Nixon promoted Duke to colonel and Mattingly to commander as they recover rock samples and data at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory Scientists expect volcanic activity evidence in rocks from the Descartes Mountains and plan extensive medical checks and meals aboard the carrier
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Hawai
John W. Young
Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
South Pacific
Nixon
Duke
Air Force
Mattingly
Hawaii
Ticonderoga
Hickam Air Force Base
Manned Spacecraft Center
Lunar
Young and
Moon
Descartes Mountains
Casper
America
Earth
Charles LaPinta
Apollo 17 poised as most exciting lunar mission
SPACE CENTER Houston AP Apollo 17 will be the most exciting mission, carrying Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt to Taurus Littrow on December 6. The crew will deploy new moon instruments including a surface gravimeter to probe the lunar interior and search for volatiles and ice that could aid future bases.
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Moon
Lunar
Rocco Petrone
Apollo
Eugene Cernan
Ronald Evans
Harrison Schmitt
Taurus-Littrow
al Worden
Expectant Parents Class Next Week at Mental Health Center
A six part series begins Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the activities area of the Mental Health Center at 704 E Monroe. Mrs. Carolyn Wohlers a physical therapist leads the preparation for childbearing exercises and Sandy Morgan a maternal health nurse covers prenatal care and father’s role.
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Mental Health Center
E. Monroe
Carolyn Wohlers
Sandy Morgan
R.N
Professor Defends Law On Busing
Constitutional expert Charles Alan Wright defended Congress authority to enact busing reforms before the House Education and Labor Committee. He spoke on the Equal Educational Opportunity Act aimed at limiting busing as a school desegregation remedy and funding inner-city school improvement, while noting President Nixon’s temporary halt on new court orders. Wright did not discuss the bill’s educational provisions.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Charles Alan Wright
University of Texas
House Education and Labor Committee
Wright
Ledger Wins Five Excellence Awards
The Mexico Ledger earned five awards at the Missouri Press Association Better Newspaper Contest during Journalism Week at the University of Missouri. It received honorable mention for general excellence and local pictures, plus second place for typographical excellence and the sports page, with awards accepted by William Haas and Chuck Herrera.
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Mexico
the Ledger
Missouri Daily Newspapers
Kansas
Ledger
MPA
William Haas
Chuck Herrera
Legislature Sends Based Alcohol Test To Hearnes
Missouri moves to lower legal blood alcohol level to 0.10 percent to curb drunken driving. Two bills, one from each house, face passage to Gov. Hearnes amid votes 102-42 and 16-15. House may strike its version. Senate origin bill passes. Also a baptism joke ends the page with a future president quip.
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Legislature
Jefferson City
Missouri
Warren E. Hearnes
House
Senate
North Vietnamese drive toward Hue shocks Saigon
In a major push, North Vietnamese forces broke through northern defenses and overran Dong Ha toward Quang Tri and Hue. The assault aimed to open Route 547 for tanks and heavy guns, with Hue briefly captured, and Quang Tri shelled amid air and naval strikes by U.S. forces.
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Hue
South Vietnam
Dong Ha
Quang Tri
Bastogne
Sal
Mon
United States
Demilitarized Zone
Holger Jensen
U.S
Highway 1
7Th Fleet
Thua Thien
Air Force
South China Sea
Dmz
Dong Ha-Cua Viet River
Hanoi
House Refuses Streamline Plan in Missouri Legislature
The Missouri House sent a conference request to the Senate to resolve a constitutional amendment plan amid a tight deadline. Rep Harold Volkmer says the House rejected Senate changes due to technical errors, while Majority Leader Rabbitt notes a full session schedule and possible Saturday work as debate drives toward midnight Sunday. A House substitute aims to replace the Senate bill on judges pay, with a conference to resolve the Springfield Court of Appeals appointment dispute.
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Jefferson City
Senate
Missouri House
Harold Volkmer
Hannibal
House
Richard J. Rabbitt
Dst. Louis
House Committee
Springfield Court
Kleindienst Wins Senate Committee Support 11 4
Richard G. Kleindienst won Senate Judiciary Committee approval by 11 to 4 as the panel reaffirmed his nomination amid an antitrust settlement probe involving ITT. Opponents vow floor fight, while Kleindienst denies improprieties and recalls limited details of conversations with aides and Nixon associates.
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Kleindienst
Senate
Washington
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Kleinikenst
Peter M. Flanigan
Nixon
ITT
Flanigan
Richard J. McLaren
Jack Anderson
Aemo
San Diego
Miss Katherine Edwards Dies in Mexico at 88
Katherine May Edwards 88 a Mexico resident died at Fulton hospital. Born March 5 1884 in Monroe County she lived at 618 N Wade St until 1968 then at Coldwell Nursing Home. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday Arnold Funeral Home burial Midway Cemetery. Rev J C Donaldson officiating.
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Katherine May Edwards
Mexico
Fulton Hospital
Monroe County
Franklin Alexander
Helena Jane Carr Edwards
Miss Edwards
N. Wade St
Carrie
Coldwell Nursing Home
Portland
Ore
Gordon E. Edwards
Phoenix
Ariz
Arnold Funeral Home
Midway Cemetery
J.C. Donaldson
Mother shoots son with BBs in Vandalia case
A 31 year old mother of three was to be arraigned in Magistrate Court on charges of mistreatment after allegedly firing a gas powered BB pistol at her 14 year old son Edmund Sherlock Sykes 20 times while he dressed in a bathroom. The incident occurred about 4 pm Wednesday. The boy was treated and released. The mother Jean Sykes was arrested at 401 S Walnut St Vandalia and jailed after being moved to Audral County Jail. The three children were placed with the juvenile officer.
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Vandalia
Don St. Clair
Jean Sykes
S. Walnut St
St. Clair
Sykes
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