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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1975
Page
2
Foday urges Centralia to improve cleanliness for the bicentennial by placing red white and blue trash receptacles. He notes Mexico needs more receptacles and stresses the community effort to avoid littering and pick up trash. Cleaner streets could boost local jobs in shops and services.
A reflection on the proverb style emphasizes speaking fitting words to foster harmony at work and in interactions with others. It notes careful speech reduces trouble and increases goodwill among people.
In a forceful open forum letter Richard Fendricks of Laddonia argues farmers face hardship from grain sale blocks to U S S R, high oil and car costs, and union pressure. He criticizes Butz and lawmakers for not supporting farmers, laments unpaid expenses, and urges perseverance for another year despite losses and debt.
The Mexico Ledger reports two House and Senate bills HR 5900 and S 1479 would permit secondary boycotts by unions in construction, expanding picketing rights nationwide. California Associated General Contractors oppose the measure citing risk of mass work stoppages and higher costs, with John F. Otto warning it would empower unions and burden the paying public.
Readers share family strain from caring for aging mothers and couplet tensions at home. A letter writer laments years of caregiving while facing hostility from relatives, while another asks how to handle guests interrupting beloved TV time. Ann urges therapy, planning, and clear boundaries.
Patient asks about risks of missing a BP pill and whether taking two pills to compensate is safe. Advice notes missing one dose may be serious depending on regimen, warns against doubling up, offers memory aids, and emphasizes regular meal timing for dosing. Also covers vaginal dryness hormones, ringworm causes, abortion after German measles, and future pregnancy considerations with factual explanations.
Yesterday in Mexico tale notes Judge George P. Adams chosen as one of three nominees for the Missouri Supreme Court to fill the S P Dalton vacancy. Also, Jerome Seigfreid elected vice president of the state mental health board in Jefferson City as another brief item.
The schedule lists Boston Red Sox at White Sox in Chicago at 1:00 across May dates 5 8 10 plus several film and show airings. Major items include Laurence Harvey in The Manchurian Candidate at 8:00 on May 5 8 and 10 and The Doc pilot at 7:30 on May 4 7 and 13.
Prime time theater features Favorite Blonde 1942 with Bob Hope and Gale Sondergaard at 12:30 on channel 2. Fury of the Sabers 1964 drama with Lex Barker and Marie Versini 12:30 on channel 17. Man Hunt 1941 drama with Walter Pidgeon and Joan Bennett 1:30 on channel 11. Keep Em Flying 1941 comedy with Abbott and Costello 2:00 on channel 3. Return of the Badmen 1948 western with Randolph Scott and Anne Jeffreys 3:00 on channel 11. Mr Hex 1946 Bowery Boys comedy 4:30 on channel 1. The Trap 1948 mystery with Sidney Toler and Mantan Moreland 8:00 on channels 5, 8 and 10. The Manchurian Candidate 1962 drama with Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey 10:15 on channel 17. Dante's Inferno 1935 drama with Spencer Tracy and Claire Trevor 10:30 on channel 2. Arabesque 1966. Numerous later listings include sports and variety shows with NBC ABC CBS updates and late night movies.
The listing covers cardinals at Braves in Atlanta and Steelers in Berkeley plus late night guests and music including Benny Goodman with Boston Pops, Dick Van Dyke on Columbo related programs, and multiple film and sports broadcasts across CBS NBC and ABC channels with varied times and regional feeds. It notes sports, movies, talk shows, and music programs across the daytime and evening grid with sports broadcasts on 1:00 and 2:30 and numerous program highlights throughout the day.
Sue Cameron, five years a Hollywood Reporter TV critic, leaves the trade to become ABC daytime program development chief in Los Angeles. The USC graduate, 30, once declined CBS and now joins Brandon Stoddard to build daytime shows, embracing the industry like solving a giant crossword puzzle.
Monday wishes go to Lyndall Elliott Mrs Noah Hudson Sandra Jean Gould Elizabeth Ann Carter Nannie Willingham Janis Woods Dorothea Carlyle Wayne Terpstra and Mendy Lea Womack. Tuesday wishes greet Mrs Kavan Stull Hugh Everett Ferrier Mrs David A Moore Mrs Ralph McGuire Judy Johnson John Kevin Albright Bill Zimmersman Carol Jean Kribble Donald Autenreith Scott Bousquet Joseph Miller Jr and Barry McDonnell.
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