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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1976
Page
2
A harsh editorial rails against federal guidelines on sex integrated schooling and facilities. It denounces laws forcing or allowing sex segregation in some areas while condemning critics who claim vast bureaucratic power over daily life. The piece targets courts and officials as arrogant rulers overruling voters.
A devotional note cites 1 Timothy 2 5 affirming one God and one mediator Jesus Christ who bridges the gap between a holy God and sinful humanity. The piece emphasizes the God-man doctrine and Christ’s atonement.
Governors led by South Dakota’s Richard Kneip urged greater state rights in basin water resource planning. The Missouri River Basin Commission, now formal with federal and state members, must allocate water amid rising needs for irrigation power and barge channel support, with new calls for voice in allocations.
Historical notes recount the 1966 opening of The Casual Rack in Mexico led by Mrs. Jean Howard, plus regional 1966 farm royalty winners from Montgomery and Audrain counties. Earlier items note past office hours, funeral service, bowling leadership, welfare work, and assorted 1920s 1930s local events and school opening plans.
A reader question asks about the People’s Bicentennial Commission’s Send-Your-Boss-to-dail scheme offering 25000 to secretaries who expose illegal acts by executives. The plan targets 41 Chicago firms and 8000 executives wives, aiming to spark business ethics interest.
A reader asks about esophagus narrowing after heavy vodka binging and possible cures. The doctor recommends prompt evaluation, including a barium swallow and esophagoscopy, possible dilation, dietary advice, and notes that scarring may require living with some symptoms.
A dense OCR style schedule lists channels and programs for the evening. It mentions films such as Klute with Jane Fonda and various shows across stations 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 13 17 23 47 with times from afternoon to late night and notes about newscasts and weather segments.
A jam packed schedule shows Cards versus Braves in Atlanta at 6 30 PM. A pilot comedy Jeremiah of Jacob's Neck about a New York family moving into a haunted New England house screens at 7 PM on dates four seven and thirteen. For Better or Worse follows at 7 PM on eight and ten with two more pilots at 7 30 and 8. Phillip and Barbara with John and Patty Duke Astin renew vows while Your Place or Mine follows a divorced swinging salesman. A crime movie Confessions of a Police Captain stars Martin Balsam. Hard Contract features Lee Remick as a hired killer at 8 PM on two three and seventeen. Sports and game shows fill remaining slots with PGA highlights at 10 30 PM and a range of daytime programs listed throughout.
AP Television writer Jay Sharbutt reports NBCs Come Into My Parlor a one hour program from Survival Anglia with World Wildlife Fund backing. Peter Ustinov narrates a close up look at spiders their hunting courtship and dangers for males with playful yet cautionary notes about love and survival.
Happy birthday wishes are extended Saturday to D M Briscoe Emma Pease of Paris Ruby Allen Mrs Glen Perkins James Leslie Boswell Emma Fountain Wiliam Rucker and Elroy Adams. Also noting cantinflas turns five John Derek fifty and Lionel Barrymore 1878 1984 with a thought about kindness and happiness.
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