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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1974
Page
2
A town urges residents to vote YES on the Special Bond Election to convert the Fairgrounds pasture into a multi use park with lighted parking, playgrounds, shuffleboard, benches, game tables, softball and tennis facilities, a swimming pool and picnic areas funded partly by federal aid. The notice also asks a NO vote to abolish the County Superintendent of Schools office.
A devotional note urges believers not to despair when spirit sinks. It cites Psalm 130:1 and says a sincere cry to God rises even from the depths, offering encouragement and faith in divine listening.
A Nevada Missouri column examines retirees who work for the government and collect both retirement and current salaries. It cites upper level cases like Gen Haig and Amb Horacio Rivera, notes most retirees earn modest sums, and urges reconsideration of retirement pay for future servicemen while praising many retirees' community value. The piece ends with birthday notices and a nod to historical figures.
Anne Landers answers readers on chiropractic dangers and health bills, advises paying X-ray charges, and weighs a platonic coast trip with gossip risk. She promotes her Bride's Guide and offers a mail-order copy condition.
In reply to a reader seeking year round relief from hay fever the doctor explains ragweed allergy varies by region and recommends allergist testing to pinpoint triggers. He notes a free Abbott Laboratories guide with state by state ragweed conditions and urges writing to Abbott for copies while outlining areas with less ragweed such as parts of Michigan Maine Alaska and Florida.
Miss Judy McFarling was named queen of the 74th Audrain County Fair and will represent the county at the state fair in Sedalia Missouri. Sharon Boswell was crowned Little Miss Audrain County succeeding Sharon Harper. Also noted are political results in Missouri and local civic appointments plus garden and social events across Audrain and surrounding towns.
The Mexico Ledger lists pricing for single-copy sales and mail subscriptions across regions, including Audrain and surrounding counties, with various yearly, semiannual, and quarterly rates. Office hours are stated as 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturdays.
A fragmentary OCR style list mentions places and teams such as Hannibal Columbia St Louis and Quincy Columba. Includes numbers and partial district style names suggesting a schedule or standings fragment without full context.
A dense schedule lists movies and shows across channels 11 2 4 and 5 including And Now Tomorrow Flight for Freedom and The Spanish Main. It also notes baseball Reds vs Dodgers and guests Burns and Schreiber Mike Douglas Gomer and Dick Van Dyke Show, with late night programs and weather.
TV schedule rundown lists hosts guests and programs across channels including Mike Douglas with Alan Alda McLean Stevenson Robert Goulet and Jean-Pierre Hallet. It notes Happy Days episode with The Cunninghams and Ronnie Schell plus Shirts-Skins film and surrounding midday and morning shows with varied entertainers and cartoons.
New York AP reports that CFL games on U S television were called off amid a weak economy and scarce sports advertising revenue. Balmar Sports Productions planned a 12 game CFL slate starting June 26, ending November 25, with a 13 week highlight package and half hour film series.
A dense schedule listing many TV programs across channels with names such as GRAM HIGHLIGHTS and Rawhide plus films including The Face of Fu Manchu and The Affairs of Susan. It notes actors like Bill Bixby Tyrone Power Gary Cooper and Joan Fontaine and provides times from 7:30 PM to 12:30 AM across several dates and stations. The text also mentions NBC ABC CBS and syndicated items along with a note about a Canadian Olympic Coin Committee promotion for 1976 Montreal Games.
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