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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1971
Page
2
Editorial urges expanding local and new industry to raise jobs and attract outside dollars. Emphasizes improving management and worker output, extending city limits for police and fire coverage, and funding growth with a sales tax to reduce property taxes, creating a better town for current and future residents.
A devotional message urges readers to pause and listen as Habakkuk 2 20 is cited. The piece emphasizes that God still speaks to those who seek quiet reflection, inviting contemplation and reverence.
Ledger editor notes a $1000 donation from Mr. and Mrs. J B Arthur to the King’s Daughters and Sons Home in Mexico for a refrigerator and deep freeze, with invitations to visit. The page also thanks local civic leaders for airport debate coverage and praises 4H and United Methodist Bazaar publicity and volunteers in Thompson MEXICO MO.
A reader urges humane action for animals and neutering to prevent litters, praising shelter as kinder than starvation. The column then addresses readers in Brookline and a Wife seeking guidance on a failing marriage, advising counseling and honest evaluation of family impact.
Dr Thosteson reassures Mrs D that she does not smell and explains underarm odor arises from apocrine sweat and bacteria. Regular bathing and antiperspirants usually suffice. in stubborn cases antibacterial soap may help occasionally. Sweating is partly nervous. a mild sedative might ease excessive sweating and reassurance is advised. Avoid chasing kidney fears. read the doctor’s kidney booklet and contact him via The Mexico Ledger.
Lawrence M. Barnes, a Mexico real estate developer and insurance man, was elected president of the Greater Mexico Chamber of Commerce at a noon luncheon. He succeeds Major Charles R. Stribling III. Also noted were two new entries in the Mexico Jaycee Christmas home lighting contest and historic postal totals for the day.
On Monday and Tuesday, families send birthday greetings to local residents including Donald Wainscott Bertha Bibbs Ralph McGuire Dicky Ragsdale Tommy Barnett Phillip Love Walter Berry Wallace Berry Jim Reynolds Larry Wade Forrest Crews J C Sharp Mrs Conrad Harrison Nancy Kampeter Glenn Robley Charles Arnold William Leach M L Stephenson L L Cupp Harley Teague Andrew Tuepker Mrs Jerry Robinson Russell Alderson Kenneth Gore Richard Edward Raymond Oliver Jerry Petty and Denver M Hudson. Local notes mark ages and shared well wishes from neighbors and friends in the community.
A dense, all day broadcast guide lists multiple channels and programs from KTVO and KMOX to KOMU and KWAP type stations. It details football games Sun Bowl Lions Cardinals and various movie and variety airings with noted stars and dates across channels.
A dense listing of Channel 4 and other stations with 7:30 a.m. Camera Three, 10:00 a.m. Godspell on channel 7, 9:00 interviews with a former missionary, Westmoreland Vietnam discussion, Rumsfeld interview, NFL games including Eagles Giants and Bills Chiefs, Nativity film reenactment, Oral Roberts program, plus a long scroll of religious and variety shows across channels with multiple times and program titles.
Station listings feature Kenneth Clark at 6 00 with The Fallacies of Hope The Homecoming Christmas drama at 6 30 shows Patricia Neal Firing Line Buckley program at 7 00 with Edgar Smith interview Hockey St Louis Blues versus Blackhawks at 7 30 in Chicago ABC Movie at 8 00 Synanon Tolstoys Resurrection on Masterpiece Theater at 8 00 9 Holiday carols A Joyful Noise at 9 00 with Hershel Bernardi 9 30 Jetsons Tom Jerry cartoons 11 00 NBA Story 12 30 Rio Grande and other Westerns listed through the afternoon with Cine TV movies and news blocks Channel 11 highlights Rio Grande Desperadoes Are In Town Blood and Sand The Pit and the Pendulum The Buccaneer Alice In Wonderland When Willie Comes Marching Home plus Hee Haw News News CBS NBC and ABC Tonight listings including Bonanza Nashville Lassie FBI Soul Train and more specific time slots across channels 11:30 PM to 12:50 AM wrap with late movies and varioUS programs
Monday Ledgerland Station Listings show ABCs Terror in Northern Ireland at 7 p.m. on channels 2 3 and possibly 17 with Gunsmoke repeats and Joe Namath with Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In on several channels. The schedule includes Christmas programs, Liberty Bowl football at 8 p.m. Arkansas vs Tennessee, and David Frost interview with James Garner.
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