Skylab Space Station Rockets Toward Orbit
Skylab, America's first space station, launched from Cape Kennedy with nine astronauts for a planned eight month program. The first crew of Conrad Kerwin and Weitz will link with Skylab aboard a Saturn 5 and a second launch on a Saturn 1B. The station features a three bedroom scale volume, personal bedrooms, a kitchen, a pantry, a shower, a toilet, and a live-in doctor, with six solar panels and a 118 foot length. The mission aims to test long duration living in space and conduct medical scientific and Earth resources experiments.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Skylab
America
Earth
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Pan
Mexico
Donald K. Slayton
Conrad, Kerwin and
Weitz
Houston
Tex
Orbiting Laboratory
Conrad
Kerwin
Orbital
Solar Observatory
Earth Resources I
Gas Shortage Hits Mexico and Nation Hard
A serious gasoline shortage threatens Mexico and the United States as summer approaches. Distributors report allocations hold steady versus last year, but Phillips Petroleum cuts to 10 percent. Demand climbs 7 to 8 percent, with refineries urged to expand. Officials warn of rationing, reduced travel, and shifts to smaller cars as fuel costs rise.
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Gary Evans
Collier-Evans
Shell
Phil’s Service
Air Park Service
Phillips
Hatfield
Jerry Robinson
Tributor
Kiplinger
Midwest
Mr. Groves
Sinclair
Highway 54
Atlantic- Richfield
High State Honors To Mexico Jaycees
Mexico Jaycees Bill Hilton and Dr. Robert Peak received top Missouri Jaycees awards at the Jefferson City convention. Hilton led Region II with 22 chapters and Peak was named outstanding state vice president among 28, earning praise for regional growth and miles traveled promoting the organization. The honors marked firsts for northeast Missouri and Mexico.
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Mexico
Peak
Auxvasse
Moberly
Laddonia
Unique
Shelbina
Paris
Jaycee
Missouri
Hilton
Jaycees
Louisiana
Vandalia
Ron Ho
Peace Team to Probe Viet Cong Charge in South Vietnam
The International Commission of Control and Supervision unanimously agreed to investigate Viet Cong charges that U S planes attacked Communist territory in South Vietnam violating the cease-fire. The United States denied the charges. ICCS members voiced safety concerns about Viet Cong areas.
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Saigon
International Commission of Control and Supervision
U.S
South Vietnam
United States
Michel Gauvin
Commission
ICCS
Charles M Talley Dies at 78 in Audrain County
Charles M Talley 78 of Mexico Route 5 a farmer and stockman died at Audrain Medical Center at 5 am. Funeral services will be 2 pm Wednesday at Arnold funeral home with Rev Marvin Jones and burial in Elmwood Cemetery. He was born Oct 3 1894 in Audrain County and married Alyira Swift Sept 24 1946. He belonged to Mt Zion Baptist Church Molino and leaves three brothers and three sisters plus a surviving wife. Friends may call 7 to 9 pm Tuesday at the funeral home.
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Charles M. Talley
Mexico
Farmer and Stockman
Audrain Medical Center
Arnold Funeral Home
Marvin Jones
Friendship Baptist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Talley
Audrain County
William Wiley
Elizabeth Susan Fisher Talley
Alyira Swift
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Molino
George Talley
Thomas Talley
Laddonia
Jennings Talley
John J. Johnston
Stockwell Smithey
Russell Ardell
Rush
Court Orders Taking of Dean Papers in Watergate Case
Judge John Sirica ordered the clerk of court to seize classified documents from John W. Dean III and make certified copies available to prosecutors and the Senate committee. Dean said the documents are top secret handled via commit channels. The judge kept the documents in safekeeping and did not examine them. Dean sought guidance on disposition after being fired and losing clearance.
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Washington
John Sirica
John W. Dean III
White House
Nixon
Sirica
Senate Special Committee
Dean
Charles Shafer
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Shafer
Mansfield
Alexandria National Bank
Earl J. Silbert
Capitol Hill
Elliot L. Richardson
Revelations: Symington Links Haldeman Ehrlichman to CIA Efforts
Sen. Stuart Symington cites secret CIA testimony alleging three White House aides Haldeman Ehrlichman and Dean pressed to involve the agency in covert actions beyond the Ellsberg case. He notes top White House staff directed such efforts and mentions new disclosures from CIA deputy director Vernon Walters.
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Washington
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
White House
CIA
Daniel Ellsberg
Central Intelligence Agency
Symington
H. R. Haldeman
Senate Armed Services Committee
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
John W. Dean III
Army
Vernon Walters
Walters
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Dean
Elisberg
Robert Cushman
Congress
E. Howard Hunt
Cushman
Marine Corps
James
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Skylab Space Station
Robert Peak
Bill Hilton
Jefferson City
Groves
Evans
Paul Cherches
Missouri Military Academy
Paul Gant
Yorba Linda
Calif
Cherches
Gant
Bill Welch
Auvergne, Ark
Jim Laskill
Juniata, Nebr
Pat Walter
Anna, III
Dousman
Wis
Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Richardson
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
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