He Made History His Judge in Nixon Address
The editorial views President Nixon as making history by exposing private tapes and inviting public review. It cites a televised pledge to release transcripts and to involve the House Judiciary Committee chair and ranking Republican in verifying their completeness. The piece asserts a national test of truth, justice, and the endurance of government by the people.
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Nixon
Public Review
House of Representatives
Senate
Democratic Party
House Judiciary Committee
Richard Milhous Nixon
End of Day Preached Christ as Son of God
A devotional note cites Acts 9 20 urging believers to witness in faith to Jesus Christ the Son of God, highlighting the Spirit of Christ guiding testimony to him.
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Christ
God
Open Forum Letter Voices Strong Editorial Praise
Editor readers praise the Tuesday Ledger editorial and express appreciation for candid reporting. A note from Mrs. W. H. George thanks the Mexico Jaycees for sponsoring a Gun Safety course and acknowledges Mike MacPherson Ken Quick and Lee Gibson for their help along with refreshments from Mrs. Gibson. Kent Baur signs from Wellsville.
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Mike MacPherson
Ken Quick
Lee Gibson
Mexico Jaycees
Kirksville
Ann Landers Letters Column Discusses Education Value
Column highlights Sylvia Porter statistics on earnings by education level and urges staying in school. Includes reader questions on a college dog loan prank and advice on communication, ending with note to request Ann Landers booklet for 35 cents.
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Ann Landers
Sylvia Porter
Ann
Chicago
P.O
Ill
Meaning of a BUN Test and Kidney Function
A reader asks what BUN means and its effect on kidney function. The BUN test measures blood urea nitrogen, indicating the body's waste excretion capacity and kidney performance, not directly related to blood sugar levels.
Language decay and youth in search of truth
A column harshly criticizes modern speech and street talk as a degradation of language, urging youths to reclaim eloquence through classic writings. It argues vernacular excess erodes trust and calls for classroom exposure to articulate speakers, then endorses reading Burke Bacon Lincoln and Stevenson to forge a anew language.
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Marya Mannes
National Education Association
Brotherhood of Man
Edmund Burke
Francis Bacon
Lincoln
Adlai Stevenson
TV Listings Highlight Moyers Franklin Interview and QB VII
Local listings feature Bill Moyers Journal at 7:00 on Channel 9 with Prof. John Hope Franklin discussing Black history in America. ABC Movie at 7:30 on channels 2, 3, 17 airs the second half of the TV production QB VII later pre empted by a game.
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Bill Moyers
Channel 9
John Hope Franklin
America
ABC
Liza Minnelli
Television Listings and Highlights Tonight
Diverse schedule features Charles Aznavour love songs and Johnny Carson appearances with Kuell Gibbons food finder. Movies include Windoms Way 1957 drama Peter Finch and The Lady Vanishes Hitchcock mystery 1988, plus River of Gold and The Return of Mr Moto among others. Local newscasts and sitcoms fill the night with sports, westerns, and variety shows.
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Charles Aznavour
Johnny Carson
Kuell Gibbons
Florence Henderson
Peter Finch
Marlon Brando
Ben Gazzara
Ray
Wednesday Evening TV Listings and Highlights
TV schedule dense with channels 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 11 13 17. Highlights includeAfterschool special My Dad Lives In A Downtown Hotel at 3:30 p.m. on Channel 17 and 4:00 on channels 2 3. Archibald MacLeish on Elliot Norton Reviews at 7:00 on 9. Death Race with Lloyd Bridges and Doug McClure at 7:30 on 2 3 17. Lorraine Hansberry play To Be Young Gifted and Black at 7:30 on 9. Billy Graham In Israel at 9:00 on 3. Geraldo Rivera Goodnight America explore rock star deaths at 10:30 on 3 17 and midnight on 2. Detailed daily daytime lineup includes Sesame Street, Romper Room, LaLanne, and Zoom related programs. CBS may pre-empt for NBA game.
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Elliot Norton
Archibald MacLeish
ABC
Lloyd Bridges
Doug McClure
America
Lorraine Hansberry
CBS
Kurt Vonnegut
Daphne du Maurier
Somerset Maugham
Rex Harrison
Julie Sommars
Bill Bixby
Leonard Nimony
Lorne Greene
Agnes Moorehead
Billy Graham
Israel
Johnny Carson
Wayne Newton
Gabriel Kaplan
Geraldo Rivera
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
Jim Morrison
Brian Jones
Tomorrow
Martha Mitchell
Claudette Colbert
Marlon Brando
Rod Steiger
Omar Sharif
Shirley Booth
Cockeyed
Mick
Frank Morgan
F Air
McKittericks at animal hospital meeting in Miami
Reports from yesterday in Mexico indicate Dr. and Mrs. James A. McKitterick attended an American Animal Hospital Association meeting in Miami Florida. The item notes regional development including Great Lakes Pipeline Co route approvals in Audrain County and related deeds.
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James A. McKitterick
Miami
Fla
American Animal Hospital Association
Great Lakes Pipeline Co
Audrain County
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Audrain
Boone
Centralia
Philip Wisdom
Mexico
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksville
Maurene Wisdom
Missouri Ave
L. B. Hawthorne
Rotary Club
Hotel
Hoxsey
Bill Kong
Ledger News
The
Ledger
Marine Corps
William S. Lowe
A. P. Green Fire Brick Co
Swope Chapel
Westminster College
Fulton
Mexies Ledger Subscription Rates and Hours
Mexies Ledger published daily except Sundays and holidays at 300 N Washington St Mexico MO. Rates listed: by carrier in Mexico and nearby towns 2.25 monthly. By mail in Audrain and adjoining counties 29 yearly. 12 for six months. 8 for three months. By mail in all other Missouri counties 626 yearly. 17 for six months. 11 for three months. Out of state 639 yearly. 18 for six months. 13 for three months. Armed forces members US APO rate 1.50 per month. Office hours 6:00 am to 5:30 pm Monday through Friday and 2:00 am to ??? Saturday.
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Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
APO
Alda writes new sitcom while on MASH in LA
Alan Alda plans a second CBS series We ll Get By a half hour comedy about a sales engineer and his family living in suburban New Jersey He created written six scripts and will co produce the show with Marc Merson Alda returns to Los Angeles mid May to work on both M A S H and the new series
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Jay Sharbutt
NEW York
Alan Alda
Los Angeles
CBS
Alda
New Jersey
Hollywood
Berles
Aoe New York Politica
Marc Merson
Los
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