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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1970
Page
2
The nation appears to pause on hot issues like Vietnam racism violence pollution and poverty as emotion cools after a heated period. Voters seek an honorable withdrawal from Vietnam, while consensus grows against violence and dope and a practical approach to poverty.
A concise moral emphasizes that those who hear and act on Jesus sayings are like a wise man who builds his house on rock. the foundation of life remains solid when Christ’s teachings are practiced.
Open Forum urges readers to celebrate Christmas by giving to others and praying for blessings. Readers are reminded to thank God, visit nursing homes, and support the less fortunate as a core season duty. A reader urges letter writing campaigns supporting Vietnamese prisoners, sharing address and a 13 cent stamp request to mail letters to Paris.
A reader urges Ann Landers to alert teachers about accidental child poisoning from medicines and household products, citing 12,429 Illinois cases in 1969. The column stresses locking up meds and harmful substances to prevent brain damage and death.
Letters discuss dry winter itching from aged skin and furnace heat. Advice includes humidifying air with pans or humidifiers and glycerin lotion blends. A reader suggests a nonperfumed water-based lotion. response notes aseptic necrosis is not cancer and explains Legg-Calve-Perthes.
Sunday birthday wishes go to Donald Wainscott Dicky Ragsdale Tommy Barnett Philllip Love of Middletown and twins Walter and Wallace Berry Jimmy Reynolds Larry Wade Forrest Crews J C Sharp Mrs Conrad Harrison Nancy Earline Kampeter of Farber Glenn E Robley Bertha Bibbs Ralph McGuire and Mary Elliott.
AP writer Cynthia Lowry reports Matt Lincoln’s love and death arc on ABC as a ratings move and notes the network’s midseason reshuffle. The Reel Game debuts January 18 in a Monday prime time block hosted by Jack Barry, while The Young Lawyers adds Philip Clark amid ongoing low ratings.
A garbled OCR fragment lists names and places including St Louis Hannibal Columbia and Jefferson City with scattered dates and numbers. It reads like a town notices or teletypes schedule data missing context and clear action, offering few complete facts.
A busy TV night features a drug themed drama filmed at Synanon with William Shatner and Dina Merrill, plus the film Once A Thief starring Alain Delon. Motown specials and a slate of news programs, game shows, and classic movies fill the schedule across CBS NBC ABC channels with multiple time slots and network notes.
A dense schedule lists morning to late night TV, radio, and film highlights across channels, featuring cartoons, news, sports reels, Christmas music, parades, and multiple feature films. Notable items include Jets vs Colts, Sun Bowl Georgia Tech Texas Tech, and a long slate of classic movie titles and public broadcasting programs.
Channel schedules feature The Soul of Verdi with CBS Symphony at 10, Christmas music by Mormon Tabernacle Choir at 10:30, and Heath on Face the Nation at 11. Cardinals face Redskins in Washington at noon, Oilers meet Cowboys in Dallas at 1, 49ers vs Raiders at 3. JC McGoohan Prisoner rerun, Disney and Glen Campbell Christmas specials, extensive movie and sports lineups across channels with multiple airings and venues.
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