Memorial Day Service at Elmwood Cemetery Honors Veterans
Memorial Day services will be held Monday at 9 a.m. at Elmwood Cemetery with flags marking all veteran graves. The VFW and American Legion join in observance. Dennis Rutherford places a poppy wreath on a veteran’s grave. Marion R. Smith and Leslie Chapman from VFW Auxiliary also honor a grave. The Rev. Delbert Admire will speak.
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Elmwood Cemetery
VFW
American Legion
Dennis Rutherford
Leon Rutherford
American Legion Auxiliary
Richard Vance
the Ledger
Marion R. Smith
Leslie Chapman
VFW Auxiliary
Bob Calvert
Delbert Admire
M-Sat
Skylab 1 Astronauts Target Sunshade Assembly
Skylab 1 astronauts rose refreshed to enter the space station and raise a sunshade to 70 degrees. They faced a tense day after a rocky start with docking trouble and a space-walk repair attempt, then celebrated a late hard dock above the South Atlantic as they prepared to live aboard for up to 28 days.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Charles Conrad Jr
Control Center
Mission Control
Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Skylab
Apollo
South Atlantic
Paul T Bradehoft Dies At 82 In 1970s Era
Paul T Bradehoft 82 of the Alamo Hotel died 10 35 p m Friday at Stribling House after an extended illness Funeral services set for 10 a m Tuesday at Arnold funeral home Rev Robert R Collins First Presbyterian Church burial Memorial Park Cemetery Kansas City Born Jan 12 1891 in Nebraska City Neb son of Lutz Bradehoft He lived at Stribling House since June 14 1971 Married June 15 1967 to Pearl Bowles Keeton Survived by wife a daughter Pauline Charles Ramseuth N C a step daughter Nancy Graalmann Ramstein Germany a sister Minnie Everhart Oakland Calif four grandchildren three great grandchildren and other relatives He was a World War I veteran and longtime employee at Neates Clothing Co before retiring about three years ago.
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Paul T. Bradehoft
Alamo Hotel
Stribling House
Arnold Funeral Home
Robert R. Collins
First Presbyterian Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Kansas City
Nebraska City
Neb
Bradehoft
Lutz Brad
Pig Manure Powers British Car Say Engineer
TOTNES England AP British inventor Harold Bate has modified a 1955 Hillman to run on methane distilled from pig manure. A Frisbee sized device converts engine fuel, cost 33 dollars, and he says about 30 cubic feet of methane equals a gallon of petrol. About 5 000 motorists have bought his autogas converter as scientists and businessmen visit his Devon cottage to study pig dung energy potential.
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Totnes
England
Harold Bate
Bate
Britain
Devon
No Delays Says Prosecutor Cox Sworn in for Watergate Probe
Harvard law professor Archibald Cox was sworn as the government's Watergate prosecutor to press for no delays. Attorney General Elliot Richardson also took oath in a separate ceremony, with Nixon and Justice Warren Burger present. Richardson vows to restore trust amidst a stressed government. Five convicted conspirators were moved to Danbury Federal Correctional Institution from D C Jail.
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Washington
Harvard Law
Archibald Cox
Cox
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
Richard G. Kleindienst
U.S
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
White House
Tice Warren Burger
Massachusetts
Health, Education and Welfare
Defense
National Security Council
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
Federal Correctional Insitute
Danbury
Conn
District of Columbia
Audrain County HDC approves Summer Youth Job Program
The Audrain County Human Development Corporation board voted Friday night to launch a two month summer youth employment project. Applications are being taken for an adult job coach and two youths to work 20 hours weekly at 207 N Washington St. Any Audrain County youth from age 13 through college may apply. An odd job service for ages 13 to 16 will be offered and employers will pay the youths directly with no cost to participants. A job market survey will seek three month placements for ages 16 through college seniors. Funding needs in August depend on Congress action. local funding is expected if the program runs well. Inquiries to 581-3238. Ledger office closed Memorial Day. no Monday edition.
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Washington St
Audrain County Human Development Corporation
Audrain County
Nancy Lehto
HDC
Sarah Bradshaw
Tony Rummans
Kathy Lesinski
Ernest Gantt
HDC Board
Neil Nielsen
Harold Enslen
Enslen
Nielsen
ADC
Chance Tools May Be In Use In Skylab Work
A.B. Chance Co. officials in Centralia speculate that tools from the firm are aiding the Skylab repair mission as NASA ordered six sets of two tools. Astronauts attempted to free a jammed solar panel with a Shepard's crook and cable cutter while Weitz risked drifting, seeking a fix near Skylab with Conrad piloting.
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NASA
A.B. Chance Co
Centralia
Electrical Products Company
Cliff Bosch
Space Research Center
Huntsville
Ala
Charles Conrad, Jr
Paul J. Weitz
Joseph P. Kerwin
Weitz
Drif
Ting
Kerwin
Apollo
Earth
Conrad
Fry Award Opens MMA Commencement Weekend
Cadet Frank Smith of Sikeston Missouri won the 41st W Wallace Fry Speech Cup at Missouri Military Academy opening ceremonies. His address What Are Prisons For urged rehabilitation over confinement. Westminster College’s John Peters won the Churchill Award for abolition of the Electoral College.
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Frank Smith
Sikeston
Missouri
W. Wallace Fry
Missouri Military Academy
Smith
John Peters
Wheeling
Westminster College
Churchill
Winston Churchill
Tom Mullen
Nebraska City
Neb
John Reddick
Mexico
Charles Stribling III
Academy
John Marshall
MMA
Robert Collins
First Presbyterian Church of Mexico
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Space
Henry Hartsfield
Henry
Madrid
Hartsfield
Dousman
Wis
American Legion Rodeo
Fairgrounds
Butch Dillion
Gene Musgrove
Steve Fulton
Fran Bosley
Ledger
Reddick
Robert Baer
Washington, Ill
William S. Lowe
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Au Revoir
Scott Atchisson
Don Siddons
Crewe Coeur
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