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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1977
Page
2
Today's editorial argues Missouri must grow faster by expanding existing firms or attracting new ones. It condemns anti business sentiment and praises industry outreach like Kaiser's "One Idea Can Make A Difference" ads, urging better public understanding of industry. It notes politicians harm job potential by opposing pro business laws.
A meditation on remembering the old days and the enduring vitality of current times. The speaker asserts that past giants stood tall, yet today remains a time for truth and potential improvement.
Ledger Open Forum letter from Dave Right er criticizes trash in a parking lot and courthouse lawn on a Sunday. He proposes returnable bottles and cans like Oregon law, federal job programs, and aluminum cans for recycling to reduce litter. He urges action to avoid Mexico earning the name Litter Capital of America.
The Editor and Publisher notes a Fort Lee New Jersey attorney Jay G Marshall ran a restrained two column ad after a Supreme Court ruling allowing legal ads. It advertised simple wills at 40 dollars uncontested divorces at 175 and bankruptcy at 225 as public service. The piece predicts doctors and dentists will follow with priced services.
The University of Missouri has sold all public season tickets for the 1977 home football season and all reserved seats for two of six games. Only faculty staff and students can still buy season tickets. No reserved seats remain for Oklahoma on Oct 15 and Nebraska on Nov 5. General admission only for those two games. Individual reserved seats remain for Southern California Sept 1 California Sept 24 Kansas State Oct 22 and Oklahoma State Nov 2.
A collage of reader questions and responses features Ann Landers addressing marriage kinship, pet spaying, fashion safety, and teenage behavior. It includes letters about legality of relatives, a cat seeking spaying, critiques of five inch heels, and an inquiry to Dr Thosteson about thyroid surgery, with explanations of goiters and thyroid function.
The column explains morning mouth odor stems from mouth breathing dry tissues and overnight saliva stagnation. It notes air swallowing, inactive oral activity, and lifestyle factors as causes. It also covers alkaline phosphatase anxiety and abdominal auscultation as a diagnostic tool with expert input.
TV guide fragment lists channels and programs for tonight with films like The Magnificent Seven Ride and Robinson Crusoe, plus news, children's shows, and varied theater and music programs across CBS NBC and local stations. Includes multiple time slots 7:00 p.m. through midnight and notes on station duties and cross-channel listings.
Chronicle of dated August 17 items across years notes injuries on trains, a Lindbergh invitation, a school tuition cut, a river festival queen tie break, Sam Locke stove invention test, Title I class funding, nursing home payment cuts, birthday greetings, and newspaper office hours and rates for Mexico Missouri. Includes multiple named individuals and local items.
Robert Northshield brings his journalistic eye to Survivors of Buffalo Creek, a two hour docu drama airing on NBC later this season. The project stars Tony Perkins and will be videotaped, focusing on the 1972 West Virginia dam disaster that killed 125 people. Northshield, moving from NBC News to NBC Entertainment, explains his aim is accuracy while producers seek engaging storytelling, with David Epstein and Frank Perry involved in writing and directing. He notes he plans additional docu-dramas beyond Buffalo Creek, stating he values factual recounting over pure fiction.
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