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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1977
Page
2
Guest writer Vicki Briggs critiques both strengths and flaws of the movement. She cites backlash from homemakers feeling devalued by career focus, warns against radical anti male rhetoric that alienates potential allies, and debunks the superwoman myth which pressures women to balance too many roles at once.
The Kansas City Star reflects on G. Gordon Liddy after Carter commuted his 20 year sentence to eight years making parole possible this summer. It calls him a strange yet consistent Watergate figure who never spoke and sees the harsher penalties as serving a broader purpose while predicting his potential future words as footnotes to American history.
Mexico Ledger lists daily publication except Sundays and holidays at 300 N Washington St Mexico Mo 65265. Rates include single copy 15 cents, local carrier or trade area $2.50 per month, $27 per year and various mail rates by county. military APO members pay $1.50 per month. Office hours 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday.
On Sunday greetings are extended to Charles G, Daniel III, Betty Bonsall, Georgia Mae Gentle, Mrs Clyde Wainscott, Janice Anne Whitworth, Mrs Sterling Holbrook Sr, Mrs Wanda Affolter, Steven Jackson, Donald Roe, Janice Gardner, Elmer Roethemeyer, Charles Newell, Henry Mozee and Tina Fay Ferrier of Farber.
Reader letters cover male aggression in dating, bisexual and gay contexts, handicapped son at a dance, and requests for advice. Ann Landers replies on pursuing women, supporting the handicapped, and how to handle fanatical or insistent interlocutors with suggested approaches and a booklet promotion.
In a reader letter Dr Thosteson clarifies Terminal ileitis is not hopeless. It is inflammation of the last part of the small intestine that disrupts bowel passage. Treatments include antibiotics, anti spasmodics, bedrest during flares, and possible surgery if the bowel deteriorates.
A sequence of historical briefs notes Dr James Pressley Craft of Averett College for Young Women Danville Va named president of Hardin College replacing acting president E M Highsmith who will join Duke University summer faculty. Also mentions a 1937 Burlington Railroad overpass project and other local events from 1927 to 1972 with community figures and milestones.
Erroneous listings aside, the lineup shows Saccharin ban debate on Phil Donahue at 6 on Channel 17, Cards vs Phillies at 7 from Philadelphia, Wall Street Week at 7 30 on Channel 9, and a 9 pmnude Sex For Sale report on 2 3 17. Also basketball NBA playoffs at 10 30 on channels 4 7 19, with various films and late news across stations.
A busy afternoon lineup features baseball with Boston Red Sox versus Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto at 1:15 on multiple channels, bowling’s Tournament of Champions from Akron at 2:30, full contact karate and other events at 3:30, and the Wood Memorial horse race at 4:00 amid boxing and a Forest Hills U.S. Open tennis telecast. Also list includes Ty Weather updates and a long schedule of varied programs from 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM across networks.
A整理 of film showings and TV programs lists numerous titles with times and dates, including Gram Highlights and Costello Go To Mars at 2:30 PM, Ma and Pa Kettle in The Ozarks at 4:00 PM, Against A Crooked Sky at 7:00 PM, and Elmer Gantry at 10:30 PM. The long ledger also notes Fire Down Below, For a Few Dollars More, Petulia, Tobruk, Butterflies Are Free, and other titles with channels and slotted times amid a dense program grid.
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