Maxwell Dies at 78. Rites Planned for Tuesday
Norvin Chatten Maxwell, 78, of Rush, farmer, died at home Sunday afternoon. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Precht Pickering funeral home with Rev. Cleo Sexton officiating. interment in Laddonia Cemetery. Survived by widow Nodie Duckworth Maxwell, two sons Harold and Robert of Rush, one sister Mrs. Wayne Bradley of Mexico, six grandchildren. an infant daughter and brother Owen Maxwell preceded him in death. Friends may call 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday.
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Norvin Chatten Maxwell
Rush
Precht Pickering
Cleo Sexton
Laddonia Baptist Church
Laddonia
John
Nellie Ruse Maxwell
Maxwell
Rush HI
LaSalle
Ill
Nodie Duckworth
Harold Maxwell
Robert Maxwell
Rush Hii
Wayne Bradley
Mexico
Owen Maxwell
Downtown Columbia Fire Destroys Five Businesses
A severe early morning blaze in downtown Columbia Missouri destroyed Alexander's Steak House Hofbrau Restaurant Ledo's Beauty Salon and Julie's Photo Studio and damaged Wayland Office Equipment Co in ten degree weather. Fire Chief Max Woods called it the worst blaze since the 1890s with a fireman treated for exhaustion and ice forming from hose water.
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Alexander
Hofbrau
Ledo
Julie
Wayland Office Equipment Co
Tenth Street
Broadway
Cherry
University of Missouri
Max Woods
Columbia
Woods
Night School Tonight at Mexico High for 20 Classes
Enrollment will be held at 7:00 tonight at Mexico High School for classes in Advanced Sewing and Tailoring Antique Clock Repair Antique Furniture Refinishing Woodworking Astronomy for Amateurs Beginning Sewing Blue Print Reading Basic Ceramics Bridge Cake Decorating Creative Writing Crocheting Driver Training filled General Fix it Course Guitar Playing Judo and Self Defense Income Tax Lingerie Class Office Machines P E for Women Hawthorne Great Books Public Speaking Spanish Upholstery Great Decisions Interior Design SS100 Fundamentals of English I and General Psychology}.
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Mexico High School
Mexico Evening School
Hawthorne School
Carrie Berry Rites for 89 Year Old Mexico Resident
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Berry 89 of 1025 E Whitley St. will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Arnold funeral home with Rev C A Trotter of St Paul CME Church officiating. Burial follows at Elmwood Cemetery. She died at 10 15 a.m. Sunday at Audrain Medical Center after being a patient since Jan 24. Born Sept 27 1881 in Santa Fe she was preceded in death by her husband June Berry. Survivors include stepson Walter Williams of Mexico and nephew Glen Taylor of Ontario Calif. Funeral home visitation Tuesday from 7 to 8 p.m.
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Carrie Berry
June Berry
Walter Williams
Mexico
Glen Taylor
Ontario
Calif
Juesday
Apollo 14 Docking Problem Casts Moon Landing Into Doubt
Houston reports Apollo 14 crew using flashlight and improvised radio guidance to diagnose a docking fault threatening Fra Mauro lunar touchdown. Command ship Roosa and crew members Shepard and Mitchell tested hand latches for over an hour without failure, awaiting further Houston guidance.
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Space Center, Houston
Fra Mauro
Lunar
Roosa
Sigurd Sjoberg
Moon
Sjoberg
Houston
Mission Control
Moon mission faces tricky docking after long wait
Astronauts stayed alert 19 hours after awakening and 16 hours aboard. Experts watching via TV studied the docking glitch during the crew's 10 hours of rest. If landing fails they may attempt orbiting the moon instead. The issue surfaced three hours after launch as the command ship turned to dock with the lunar lander.
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Sjoberg
Ternate
Moon
Apollo 14 Docking Hurdle Met With Scratches Found
The docking system on Apollo 14 required six attempts to mate, with small scratches on the docking drogue face traced to probe cap latches. Astronauts felt no fault after checks but Mission Control awaited a clear cause while planning another docking attempt.
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Shepard
Houston
Mission Control
Space
Apollo 14 launches amid delays and space program optimism
The Saturn V lift off after a 40 minute delay drew half a million spectators at Cape Kennedy and millions on TV as Apollo 14 began. President Nixon and Vice President Agnew watched, praising astronauts Shepard and Mitchell as NASA outlines a plan of three moon landings to follow Apollo 14 while risks and budgets loom.
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Roosa
Shepard
America
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Donald K
Deke” Slayton
Moon
Astronaut Office
U.S
Antares
Mitchell
Earth
Nixon
Cruz Bay
Virgin Islands
Spiro T. Agnew
Juan Carlos de Borbon
Spain
Agnew
Space
Congress
Attack At Chu Lai Kills 6 Americans
Saigon reports a major Viet Cong and North Vietnamese assault against six U S positions near Chu Lai killing six Americans and wounding 26. The attack involved rockets mortars and a ground assault on a reconnaissance team from the 98th Brigade. Other targets included Da Nang Cam Ranh Bay Tuy Hoa and Pleiku.
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Saigon
98Th
Chu Lai
U.S. Americal Division
da Nang
U.S
198Th Brigade
Cam Ranh Bay
Tuy Hoa Air Base
Cam
No Comment On Allied Offensive Into Laos
Washington AP Defense Department spokesman said major North Vietnamese units moved into Laos but refused to discuss reports of a possible allied offensive. Pentagon notes Cambodia and Laos troop estimates rose to about 70,000 in Laos and 50,000 to 55,000 in Cambodia with infil tration increasing. The spokesman declined to name units or discuss significance, while Rogers warned the next three months would be critical as U S troops withdraw and North Vietnamese bases regroup in Cambodia. Air power would be used as ground troops are restricted by law.
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U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Saigon
11Th Armored Cav
Alry
Phnom Penh
Kompong Som
Cambodia
Siem Reap Province
Tonle Sap Lake
Washington
Defense Department
Laos
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
Friedheim
William P. Rogers
South Vietnam
Rogers
United States
Indochina
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