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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1974
Page
2
Eight Ledger staffers publish daily news to inform readers. The piece defense details training, experience, verification, and sourcing, arguing professional reporters seek witnesses, check notes, and quote accurately. It emphasizes that multiple viewpoints still yield different wordings and defends journalists against claims of inaccuracy.
A pithy reflection cites biblical lines Hosea 6 7 and the phrase cast your bread upon the waters linking actions to rebounding outcomes. The text contrasts sowing wind with reaping whirlwind and notes that deeds return to us in life.
Doris Wortman of Wellsville named to manage the 1964 Christmas Seals campaign sponsored by the Walther League. Also notes 4-H representatives Vera Jane Holtkamp and Kay Ketter returning from Kansas City after Audrain County 4-H wool contest. former officials at a 1954 educators conference. horses and auctions, lawyers speaking, and local commerce items from 1924 to 1944.
Today celebrates birthdays for Dorothy Alexander Mrs Pauline Wilkes Bobby Becker John Moore Toni Rene Woodruff Mary Duvall Billy Eckler Carla Jean Myers Robert Midgett Terry Chellinsky Robert Tratcher Kenneth Garrett Dorothy Sweezer and Debra Gale Laird Auto executive James Roche turns 68 and producer director George Schaeffer 54.
A reader shares a tale of a trusted attorney’s affair and a wife’s dramatic confrontation at a motel near the Oakland airport. Ann Landers offers guidance on handling in law relations, parental visits, and pallbearer etiquette while noting a reader’s request about alcoholism resources. The column preserves the era’s tone and presents practical moral reasoning.
In the Your Good Health column a 14 year old asks about prolonged periods with clots and irregular spacing. The doctor says irregular cycles are common in early teens and often settle. suggests no urgent need to see a doctor unless bleeding persists.
Mexico Ledger lists publication details including location at 200 N Washington St Mexico Mo 65265 and postage rates by mail and region. It shows daily operation except Sundays and holidays with office hours from 8 to 5:30 weekdays and 8 to 3 on Saturdays.
Stephanie Edwards, a Minnesota born TV personality, is set to cohost ABC’s AM America next year. She jokes about the trombone she used to play, a topic noted in press handouts, and credits Ralph Story for helping her break into television after college drama and early modeling work.
Erroneous channel listings appear for several stations including Ktvi St. Louis Kpl St. Louis Ottumwa Columbia Jeff City Ktvo Ottumwa Komu Ty Columbia and others. The weather section references See Tv and Weem Ty Quincy with stray numbers.
Rep Litton hosts a 6:30 p.m. discussion on Channel 3 with guest. Gunsmoke stars Lee J. Cobb and his daughter with Matt at 7:00 on channels 4 7 13. Tommy Smothers voices The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas at 7:00 on channels 5 8 10, followed by a Clerow Wilson cartoon with Flip’s voice at 7:30. Restless Earth a 7:00 documentary on channel 9. Football Maryland vs Tennessee in Liberty Bowl at 8:00 on 93 17. NBC Movie at 8:00 on 5 8 10 Start The Revolution Without Me. Michael Landon appears on Tonight. Movie list includes Ministry of Fear at 1:00 on Channel 11, A Man Could Get Killed at 2:30 on 2, Captain Lightfoot at 3:30 on 3, Start the Revolution Without Me at 8:00 on 5 8 10, No Down Payment at 8:00 on 11, Lizzie at 10:30 on 4 7 13, Fame Is The Name Of the Game at 11:30 on 2 3.
The Tuesday ledger lists Hughes Rudd and Sylvia Chase hosting channels 4 7 13 with a Trudeau interview and a segment on sex after 60. Land of the Free at 6 30 features From Sea To Shining Sea drama set in early America.
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