Are We Really Trying To Win Editorial
A reader argues against a million dollar fireworks plan for the nation’s 200th anniversary, urging bells and friendship with allies. The piece critiques UN votes on Vietnam and Korea, questioning U S aims and urging stronger stance to win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Burchfield
Red
China
United Nations
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Vietnam
South Korea
UNC
Security Council
North
Enduring Thought on Purity and Perception
A devotional reflection cites Matthew 5 8 blessed are the pure in heart and notes that seeking God can blind us to Him unless vision is clear. It suggests purity of vision lets the divine appear suddenly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Ann
G.R
Lover Boy
Bicentennial fireworks from Red China angers reader
Open Forum Editor voices outrage over a National Enquirer claim that a million dollars in fireworks will be bought from Red China for a White House display on the 4th of July, and urges peaceful bells worn as symbol of freedom. The letter from Perry A. Fennewald in Laddonia complains of FHA home inspection failures and rising loan costs, urging citizen rights and financial safeguards.
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Ledger
National Enquirer
Red China
White House
Red
China
Helen Burchfield
Selective Service Sect
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Perry A. Fennewald
Laddonia
Stomach Noises Explained by Dr Thosteson
Reader asks what causes stomach rumbling. reply notes noises stem from air and liquid chyme moving through GI tract, with gastric juices and muscular waves about three per minute. mentions possible irregularity and need for careful evaluation.
Digestive rumblings and hyperactivity explained by x rays
The note describes how abnormal chyme passage, stomach air, and hyperactivity can cause rumbling noises. Barium x rays reveal small openings or a kink in the tract and may show reverse waves in nervous individuals. Continuous symptoms warrant mild sedation and medical attention.
Grim Outlook on Pollution and Oil Spill Warns of Crisis
A Missouri reader warns of rising pollution and traffic woes echoed from the East Coast. Reports describe hazardous air in major cities, record heat, water shortages, and a Gulf oil well blowout still uncapped after two months. The note criticizes oil companies and calls for action or higher prices, while also discussing hyperbaric oxygen therapy and angina guidance from Elgin, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amoco
U. S. Department of the Interior
Tod Tees Nafters
Dry Is Dullsville and Ann Landers Letters
Readers share two letters and responses from Ann Landers. A nondrinker laments social pressure and offender behavior at parties while a second letter questions advice about infidelity and marriage. The column promotes a teen sex guide and requests 50 cents and SASE for a booklet.
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Ann Landers
P.O
Elgin
Local TV Channels List Notice
A readable fragment lists television stations channeling in Quincy Hannibal Columbia and St Louis with station identifiers KHGA TV KOMU TY KETE TY and WEEM TV. The entry appears as a station lineup or broadcast listing for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khga-tv
Hannibal
Komu
Television Listings and Highlights Tonight
Channel guides list programs for St Louis Ottumwa and Columbia stations. John Wayne The Cowboys leads ABC at 7 00 p m with other shows including Sanford and Son Rockford Files and The Perils of Pauline in late slots. A long schedule details movies news and talk shows across channels 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 13 17 with many dated entries and varied times.
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John Wayne
Fred
Sanford and Son
Rockford
Rockford Files
Pauline
Army Acherd
Hollywood
Tommy
Rod Stewart
Slade
Freddie Fender
Little Richard
Hamilton
Joe Frank
Reynolds
James Craig
Lita Milan
Jane
Doris Day
Jack Lemmon
Dean Stockwell
Pat O’brien
the Cowboys
Squa
ABC
Bobby, Goldibe
CBS
Elliot Norton
NBC
Bewitched
Scene One
Animals
Lucy
Sanford
Weather
Washington
Chico
Phil Donahue
Wall St
Tell Truth
Price Is Right Files
Roscoe I.ee Browne
George Kennedy
Anne Jackson
Basil Rathbone
Ellen Drew
Terence Hill
Bud Spencer
Roddy McDowall
Jill Haworth
Billy the Kid
Robert Taylor
Brian Donlevy
Cesar Romero
Hillary Brooke
St. Louis
Blue Marble
Hong Ki Phooey
Jeannie
Emerge
Sesame St
Gilligan
Pebbles
Run, Joe
Devlin
Scooby-D
Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
APO
Saturday Listings and Highlights From Ledgerland Station
The schedule covers sports with the Cardinals vs Chiefs at 8 p.m. and Dodgers vs Mets in New York at 1 p.m. on the 5th, plus the Rainbow Futurity noon start with a $315,000 purse. Highlights include Allard Lowenstein on The Firing Line at 6 p.m. on the 9th, film clips from The Family Series, Elton John and Diana Ross hosting the Rock Music Awards, and a long list of movie showings and daily program blocks.
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St. Louis Football Cardinals
Kansas City Chiefs
Los Angeles Dodgers
Mets
New York
Allard Lowenstein
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert Kennedy
William Buckley
Elton John
Diana Ross
Don Kirshner
Miss Linda Morris Crowned Salt River Queen in Louisiana
Yesterday In Mexico Sunday Aug 8 1965 Linda Morris daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond L Morris Vandalia was chosen queen of the third annual Salt River Association pageant held in Louisiana. She was sponsored by the Business and Professional Men's Club of Vandalia. Pat Stumbaugh of Montgomery City placed ninth nationally in the Prep Boys division of the YBA National Singles Tournament conducted by the Youth Bowling Association.
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Linda Morris
Raymond L. Morris
Vandalia
Salt River Association
Louisiana
Business
Boone County Fair
Birthday greetings for Vandalia residents on Sunday
Happy birthday wishes are extended to Betty Jean Jesse Janice Jane Wyatt Mrs Griffin Farrah Connie Vare Mrs Fannie Sutton Martha Lou McNamara Kenny Fairchild Samuel M Palmer Mrs Dick Nelson Tony Edwin Wallace Debbie Nichols Michael O Connor Michael Potter Mrs Mattie Johnston Keith Allen Higgins and others in Vandalia on the upcoming Sunday with best wishes for health and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jean Jesse
Janice Jane Wyatt
Griffin Farrah
Connie Vare
Fannie Sutton
Vandalia
Martha Lou McNamara
Kenny Fairchild
Samuel M. Palmer
Dick Nelson
Tony Edwin Wallace
Debbie Nichols
Michael O'Connor
Michael Potter
Mattie Johnston
Keith Allen Higgins
Ety
Hirxico Ledger Subscription Rates and Office Hours
The Hirxico Ledger lists delivery prices for Mexico Missouri and surrounding areas with monthly, quarterly, and yearly rates for various regions. It notes mailing options, armed forces rates, and office hours from 8 AM to 5:30 PM weekdays and 8 AM to 3 PM Saturdays.
It's Fun To Hear The Golden Oldies CBS Variety Show
AP Television Writer Jay Sharbutt reviews CBS summer series The Manhattan Transfer. Tim Hauser Laurel Masse Alan Paul and Janis Siegel revive swing era tunes with crisp harmonies and retro visuals, interspersed with light comedy by Archie Hahn the duck and Robert Klein. The act pleases, though some costuming and falsetto routines evoke nostalgia.
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Jay Sharbutt
NEW York
CBS
Tim Hauser
Laurel Masse
Alan Paul
Janis Siegel
Manhattan Transfer
Glenn Miller
Modernaires
Transfer Gang
Fred Astaire
Hauser
Paul
Joe
MGM
Archie Hahn
Robert Klein
Hudson
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Open Forum
George C. Thosteson, M.D
Nevada
Seaboard
Boston
Cape Cod
Cape
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Giri
Thesteson
S.B
Congress
Administration
United States
Thosteson
Ill
Lettersolumn
Dullsville
Ktvi
Ktvo Ottumwa
Kmox-tv
St Louis
Kid-tv
Kelty
Kreg-ty
Jeff City
Columbia
Somerset
Flintstones
Ryan's Hc
Mike Douglas
Merv Griffin
Stooges
Gambit
Mr. Rogers
Speed Racer
Showtime
Make Deal
Bonanza
Ironside
Villa Alegre
Reed Farrell
Electric Co
Andy Griffith
Consequences
Ledgerland
Lucille Ball
Patricia Medina
Robert Cummings
Susan Hayward
Abbott and Costello
Bowery Boys
Sidney Toler
Benson Fong
Rock Hudson
Ernest Borgnine
Joan Bennett
George Sanders
Gregory
John Derek
Elaine Stewart
Virginia Mayo
Robert Stack
Farley Granger
Shelley Winters
Land of Los
Star Trek
Globetrotters
Jetsons
Daytona
Iowa
Abbott & Cost
NFI
Action
Erica
Theonie
Porter Wage
Document
Pyramid
Bobby Goldsboro
Nashville
Mary T. Moore
Bob Newhart
Rex Humbard
Sammy
S U
David Susskind
Tae
James Moss
James Toohey
James Bledsoe
American Legion
A. Harold Griffin
Mary Belle Shopp
Maurice Green
R.W. Grinsburg
Ledger City
Keytesville Courier
Hirxico Ledger
Jim (Curley) Houser
Hote
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