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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1972
Page
2
The piece notes fewer men enter or stay in ministry and cites a Notre Dame study showing one in four priests and one in eight Protestant ministers consider quitting. It urges stronger moral leadership and church support, stressing the high calling and need for qualified ministers in the nation.
A religious quotation from Zechariah 9 9 and the Beatitude blesses meekness as a mark of inheriting the earth. The lines frame a humble messianic arrival and moral exhortation.
Open Forum letters urge volunteers to join Boy Scouts Troop 67 cleaning a five mile Molino road stretch and note similar projects nationwide. They invite public participation while addressing public services for residents over 65 and the financially challenged middle group.
The IRS says a special audit found fraud by commercial tax preparers and expects over 40000 in extra taxes from illegitimate deductions. Yet many taxpayers seek preparers for complexity, confusing instructions, and access to all legal breaks. A Wall Street Journal test across five IRS offices yielded five different answers on deductions though all agreed a refund was due, highlighting bewildering tax law.
Mexico Ledger lists publication details including daily schedule excluding Sundays and holidays, office hours, and mailing rates. It notes location at 300 N Washington St Mexico Missouri 66265 with various subscription prices by zone and military members, plus carrier delivery and timing.
A Friday edition page from the Mexico Missouri Ledger dated April 26 1972 features local briefs, community notices, and small items of city news. It includes short items on local events, civic notes, and upcoming schedules typical of a midweek newspaper page.
A European visitor, after touring the United States, praises its skies and factories but says the most impressive sight was the size of the American garbage can. The remark highlights cultural contrasts through a humorous lens.
A sequence of reader questions covers embarrassing remarks at a reception, etiquette on ministers visiting, and coping with demanding family guests. Ann Landers counsels direct talk with the husband, urge to call before visits, and suggests setting a boundary with a troublesome sister and her children. The column also directs readers to a booklet on limits and to mail requests to The Mexico Ledger.
Reader asks about dangers of nightly enemas for seven months while dieting. Dr Thosteson warns against enema habit and laxatives, notes no weight loss from enemas, and credits caloric intake with weight loss. Advises colon needs days to adjust, suggests stopping enemas gradually, and recommends vegetables for health.
Mexico residents report Lions Club workers setting 2 poles and two lights around the half mile Audrain County Fairgrounds track for summer Friday night horse racing sponsorship. Local group funds project with Fair Association also benefiting. volunteers include Max Spangler D L Griffith Harold Holsheiser and C J Neuner.
A fragmented TV guide lists stations and channels across St Louis Ottumwa and Columbia with names like Kivi Ktvo Kinoxty Kidty and Krogty, showing changes by the stations and unreadable notes. It mentions Weathar Kyle and Breonnans in Quincy and Hannibal coverage in Lo Weemty.
Prime time features include A Duty To Perform at 7 on Channel 2 profiling Scoutmaster Leon Mozart Dickson. Baseball Cardinals at 7:30 with pregame at 7. Chronolog NBC magazine at 7:30 with Oral Roberts University and Navy destroyer reports. Knife In The Water subtitled Polish drama at 7:30 on 9. Several afternoon and late night movie and talk show slots listed with varied network coverage and times.
TV listings and program highlights detail channels 4 7 13 with The Record Ride of the Pony Express at 11 30 a m and Lost In Pajamas on Children's Film Festival at noon. sports include White Sox at Tigers 1 15 p m and Nelson Golf at 2 30 p m. extensive daylong schedules and movie marathons follow with multiple channels, times, and titles.
Nine to ten Saturday morning blocks announced by NBC CBS and ABC detail revised lineups. Highlights include Bill Cosby series and Fat Albert successor plans, with Cronkite era nostalgia and Peabody winning Make a Wish and You Are There influences. Public TV adds The Electric Company and Zoom while repeats like Sabrina and Archie keep slots. Also notes advisory panels and educational aims amid emphasis on entertainment. Birthday greetings for Donna Mechlin, Sandra Potter, Mrs. Leroy Beatty, and Ann Hawkins.
Fragmented crossword list with numerous clues across numbers 32 to 52. It includes cryptic jumble of words like Marshy inlet Egyptian cotton and terms such as Perambulator Reminder Live Spanish river Unctuous Support Jamaica Penguin colony product Chapeau Soap Non-kosher Abyss Singing Hero of syllable Exodus Gigantic Standard Hotbed Iowa college Lady peak Dance step Toward Leg joint Calloway Through Overact Railsplitter Entry Ham's father Chooses Morning Manner Plaything Collage cheer Gambling game Ballet shirk Science workshops Wings Leave Twinge Gale receipts Hebrew month Death notice Gold in heraldry Airport tower Stein Connection Lots Beanie Popp ar plant Prior to Card game Not many Myself.
A brief item lists top fiction best sellers as compiled by publishers. The list includes works by Wouk and Hailey among others with several names and titles mentioned in a garbled OCR form.
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