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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1974
Page
2
Herman Tolson, mayor of Mexico and a Christian minister and teacher, spoke to the Rotary Club. He urged teachers to teach the three R s along with three more R s Reading with Responsibility Writing with Respect and Arithmetic with Reverence for a strong school year start.
A devotional reflection linking Psalm 24 5 about blessings from the Lord to Christian interpretation. It notes beginnings given by God the Father through Christ and Prophets, and continuance via the Holy Spirit.
The St Louis Globe Democrat notes that slower speeds continue to improve highway safety. Missouri reports 2,500 fewer injuries and 4,500 fewer accidents in the first seven months of 1974 versus 1973, with traffic deaths down to 624 from 937. Officials credit reduced speeds amid higher fuel costs and gasoline shortages, urging continued vigilance as schools open and colder weather arrives.
A Senate Government Operations subcommittee released a four volume, 5700 page index listing over 1400 federal advisory committees under 50 plus executive branch agencies. The sheer volume of guidance prompts skepticism about government effectiveness and the impact of advice on policy.
Missouri headlines push raising the maximum interest rate above 8 percent to spur building. But builders cite high costs for materials and labor as the main deterrents. Observers note states with higher rates show similar slow building alongside Missouri, arguing interest rates are not the sole cause.
Yesterday In Mexico reports Glen C Lincoln in Miramar California completing a Tactical Air Navigation System course and other local movements. The piece also notes travels of Mrs Runyon and son to Guanajuato and St Louis, plus Stambaugh completing a Goodfellow AFB course and Vandalia fair queen candidates.
Monday birthday wishes go to Georgia Fiesler Cathy Pilliard Mrs Willie Betts Ruth Ellen Lesar Barbara Duckworth Mike Waldin Mary Coose Donald Forrest Jr Jane Brauer Mary Agnes Kindig Mrs Josephine Schmidt Donna Sue Gibbons Kenneth Wayne Jones. Tuesday greetings flank Robert O'Dell Piper Peggy Manning Everett Van Matre Robert Joseph Tilden Larry Duane Vance Leslie Rosenthal Charles Guile Mrs Richard Isaacs Mrs WM McGee Kevin Dale Wilson Ruby Barnes.
A collection of letters to Ann Landers from teens and young adults. Topics include eldest and youngest child stereotypes, being mistaken for the opposite sex, parental strictness, and advice on handling family dynamics. The column invites readers to request Ann Landers' booklet on parent child relationships.
Reader questions about hyaline membrane disease, cesarean births, gallstones, adolescence sports safety and hair care prompt Dr Thosteson explanations. Topics include surfactant role in RDS, corticosteroid prevention, gallstone removal, teen sports participation, sneezing and asthma, hair setting risks, coccygodynia treatment, miscarriage and timing pregnancy, and postmiscarriage procedures.
Publication details for Mexico Ledger include daily schedule except Sundays and holidays. The office at 300 N Washington St Mexico Mo lists postage rates, carrier and mail subscription prices by region, and office hours.
Channel lineup includes KTVO Ottumwa KMOX-TV St. Louis KHQA Hannibal KOMU Columbia KETV St. Louis KTVI St. Louis KW etc. Channel numbers range from 2 to 10 with stations serving St. Louis, Hannibal, Columbia, Ottumwa and Quincy regions.
TV guide notes Red Sox at Twins in Bloomington and ABC sports highlights featuring Evel Knievel canyon jump and U S Open Pocket Billiards in Chicago. Also repeats of Lucas Tanner pilot and M A S H cutups with supply-line trouble, plus a dense daily schedule of movies sports and various programs with times across the day.
TV listings and film schedule note multiple programs including Tycoon 1947 romance with John Wayne and Laraine Day, Here Come The Co-eds 1945 comedy, Lucky Losers 1960, Lucas Tanner 1974 drama, Hitchhike! 1963, and Mary T. Moore episode referenced among daytime and primetime lines.
A TV and film listing mixed schedule notes for tonight featuring Tonight and Michael Brandon in a 1974 drama at 9 40 along with multiple classic films and program times across talk shows news and movies with weather reference.
In Los Angeles, Glenn Ford era studios host a new tennis boom as the Hollywood Indoor Tennis Club rents Columbia Studios facilities. Tony the manager notes 24 hour operation with stars like Barbra Streisand, Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, Johnny Carson, Gene Kelly and Jim Brown among the 500 members.
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