Our City's Greatest Asset: The People of Mexico
Guest editorial by Lewis Brooks Jr. praises Mexico residents as the town's greatest asset. It lists civic involvement, schools, churches, charities, and local organizations, arguing responsible citizens sustain the community. The piece emphasizes service to humanity as central to local life.
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Mexico
Lewis Brooks Jr
MWT
Chamber of Commerce
Community Chest
Audrain Medical Center
Ife
End of Day Reminder About Time and Present
A reflective note quotes Matthew 26:18 urging focus on the present moment, stating life’s great moment is today as yesterday is past and tomorrow may never arrive. Source emphasizes immediacy and timelessness.
Equal Rights Amendment Debate Sparks Editorial Reply
Clarence H. Levee of Centralia challenges Ms. Johnson's Mexico Ledger guest editorial on the ERA. He argues for state level action, criticizes broad federal mandates, cites OSHA-like concerns, and questions religious groups' political involvement while defending equal rights for women without a constitutional amendment.
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Ledger
Ms. Johnson
The
Mexico Ledger
R.A. I
Moon
New York
OSHA
Clarence H. Levee Centralia
Ann Landers Letters on School Behavior and Social Pressure
The column discusses gutless administration and parental fear in schools, plus a principal’s defense of teachers. A reader from Wilmot Junior High argues students are courteous and learning driven, while another advises a neighbor to be direct about babysitting. Ann Landers promotes her Bride’s Guide and responds to readers.
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Ann
PTA
Migs Landers
Alvin N. Cohen
Wilmot Junior High School
Chicago
Mr. Cohen
Napa Valley
N.V
Ann Landers
P.O
Ill
FDA
National Livestock and Meat Board
Thesteson
Last Ditch Surgery and Curbing Weight Myths
Reader asks about stomach reduction. Dr Thosteson explains minor intestine alteration, risky post op issues, and when surgery is justified. He urges common sense diet, cites TOPS and Weight Watchers, and promotes his booklet Lost Secrets of Reducing.
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T.O.P.S
City sales tax debate across Monroe County towns
Perry and Vandalia already levy city sales taxes with Monroe City joining, while Paris may pursue one. Merchants oppose, fearing loss of outside purchases, especially for costly goods. A state-wide approach is proposed for fairer distribution based on valuation, with a Canadian hospital tax remark highlighting cross border confusion.
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Monroe County
Perry
Vandalia
Monroe City
Paris
TV Tonight Channel Lineup and Movie Listings
Entertainment and news grid lists programs across channels with talk shows, specials, series episodes, and late night movies. Notes include Newscasts, cartoons, game shows, and film titles such as Midnight Cowboy and Fellini’s La Strada, plus CBS Reports on baseball, and FDR two-parter.
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Thomas
CBS
Bill Moyers
Mac Davis
Dolly Parton
Tom Jones
Donna Summer
Johnny Carson
George Peppard
Channel 17 guests and dense late night schedule highlights
B B King guests on Channel 17 at 6 00 PM with heavy repeats including The Bionic Woman Good Times Baretta and Charlie s Angels. Grizzly Adams teams with Mad Jack to save his cabin from flooding on 5 8 10 at 7 00 PM. The two hour Theater in America feature The Prince of Hamburg airs on channel 9 at 24 Hours 11.
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B.B. King
Phil Donahue
Channel 17
Bionic Women
Good Times
Baretta
Charlie's Angels
Grizzly Adams
Mad Jack
Hamburg
America
Los Angeles
Chris Moore
Cross-Wits
Weatherscan
Mary Hartman
Donahue
Dolly
McNeil-Lehrer
Tomorrow Adams
Nova
St. Louis
Maverick
CBS
FBI
Perception
Lacy
Charlie’s
Richard Pryor Special may face doubts on NBC show
AP reports Richard Pryor discusses the upcoming NBC program The Richard Pryor Special. He explains the project arose from trial and error after Burt Sugarman, the executive producer, contacted him about a costly car purchase, prompting Pryor's humorous hesitation on the porch near the NBC commissary.
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Jay Sharbutt
Los Angeles
Richard Pryor
NBC
Burt Sugarman
Sugarman
Pryor
Mexico, Audrain notes span from 1877 to 1987 era
A digest of short items from different years records prospecting days in Black Hills, printing typeface addition, reelected principals, tax levy and city ordinances, a 1947 basement fire at Kroger and Montgomery Ward with heavy damage and long firefighting effort, 1957 reports of short change artists, comet sighting, 1987 Jaycees bowling fundraiser for cancer drive, a new surgical technician program, and a Hollywood comedy piece about Richard Pryor and an NBC show with tall tales about a car and a ski movie.
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Tuck Simpson
Harve Allen
Black Hills
Cooper
Audrain County
Clark Street
Kroger and
Montgomery Ward
Mexico
Columbia
Fulton
Wonneman
Walden
Tom Merritt
Skygazera
Lynne Dea Miller
Jaycees
Ed Dubrouillet
Jay Gourley
Ken Penn
Mike Forster
Don Decker
Pryor
NBC
Gen. Idi Amin
Uganda
Lily Tomlin
Bob Ellison
Reeco Urbisci
Alan Thicke
Paul Mooney
Mexico Ledger Publication and postal details
Mexico Ledger lists publication schedule with daily except Sundays and holidays at 300 N Washington St Mexico Mo 65265. It shows subscription rates by region including carriers in town and trade area towns, Audrain county, and all other Missouri counties, plus armed forces rates and office hours.
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Mexico Ledger
Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
APO
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Open Forum
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Thostegon
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Missouri
Quebec
Canada
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Ann- Margret
Bob Hope
Minnie Pearl
Chet Atkins
Perry Como
Lowell
Dinah
Iligan
Mike Douglas
Mr. Rogers
Merv Griff_in
Aquaman
Tattletales
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All My Children
Flintstones
Electric Co
Partridle Family
Dinah Sesme
Sesame St
Bewitched
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Ktvo
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Kreg-tv
Jeff City
Kete-tv
Kebj-tv
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Quincy
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Weather
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Fellini
Lapel
Dean Jones
Ledgerland
Archies
Seery
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Andy Griffith
Kidsworld
Hollywood
Capt K’roo
Dick van Dyke
Paul Harvey
Tom Snyder
Jim Brown
Lee van Cleef
Patrick O'Neal
Merv Griffin
Uy ‘Ld
Spiderman
Mod Squad
Big Valley
Kinigan
Mr. Roger
Marcus. Welch
CBS News
Mexico Fort
the Keegang
la Strada
Walter Matthau
Shiloh
James Caan
Missouri Ave
Mexico Hill School
Safety Committee
Melvin Ray Nichols
Centralia
Charles John Schafer
Martinsburg
Military
American Legion Auxiliary
Elmwood Cemetery
Memberia
Legion Home
Alex Bollinger
Glen Andrew Kruse
Mildred Creasy
Sherry O'Connor
Jerry Kenneth McCown
H. C. Smith
Kenneth Rutter
IRS
Peoria
Clint Eastwood
Bank of America
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