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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1974
Page
2
The piece celebrates children as gifts and argues adults shape their goodness. It emphasizes that most faults come from grownups failing to teach and model right from wrong, urging readers to recall the pure happiness in giving love and laughter to children this holiday season.
A devotional meditation cites Luke 12 56 urging discernment of the times and invites Christ to enter hearts as history’s 2000 year milestone passes.
Ford may appoint William B Saxbe as U S ambassador to India but the choice demands circumspection. Moynihan left New Delhi after stabilizing U S Indian ties. Indira Gandhi’s government faces delicate political and social challenges. Saxbe’s past offhand remarks risk reigniting tensions in a fragile bilateral relationship.
Charles Arnold was elected a director to succeed the late Judge C Russell Spurling. Also noted are two film showings at Liberty Theatre Your Cheating Heart with George Hamilton as Hank Williams and Roustabout with Elvis Presley.
Mexico Ledger lists publication details including daily schedule except Sundays and holidays, address at 300 N Washington St, Mexico MO 65265, and postage information. Pricing varies by delivery area with monthly, quarterly, and yearly rates for in-state, out-of-state, and military subscribers, plus office hours and weekend schedule.
On Christmas Day 75 years ago, 26 birdwatchers started what became the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count. This year over 25,000 qualified observers join teams in 50 states, 11 Canadian provinces, and numerous territories and Latin American nations. Count areas exceed 1100 with activities Dec 14 to 31. results appear in American Birds in April.
A stream of reader questions covers name usage after marriage and divorce, a bore-of-war stories husband in a relationship, and engagement ring distrust. Advice highlights that mail should read Mrs John Smith for a married woman and suggests solutions like keeping identity, and replacing an engagement ring if trust issues arise.
Reader questions on hiatus hernia diet and related health concerns are answered by Dr Thosteson. Advice covers avoiding heavy meals and late snacks, limiting spicy foods and alcohol, using antacids after meals, and a bland ulcer diet if an ulcer is present. Also mentions a booklet on hiatal hernia and weight loss if overweight.
Greetings birthday cake and candles on Thursday to Bobby Joe Cobb, Connie Marie Hawkins, Charles E. Burchfield, Darin Nelson, Julie Wilders, Darlene Ferrier Brewer, Stephen Smith, Christopher Schrameck and to Jimmie and Janet Motley of Laddonia. Birthday greetings on Friday to Betty Jane Morris, Arch Hays of Laddonia, Mrs. Harry McCoy, Joyce Wells, Mrs. Hershel Meek, Shirley Jean Gentry, Wells Van Wyngarden, Mrs. D. K. Yowell, Mrs. Carl Adams, Deslena Graves and Mrs. Charles Doerge.
AP reports thousands receive puppies as Christmas gifts but many give up the pets after New Year. The American Humane Association cites 250000 gift pets, with about 25000 returned early in the year. Colorado Humane Society and Denver Dumb Friends League note that impulse gifting rises adoptions drop after holidays.
The listing shows station call letters and cities such as Ktvi St. Louis Khywty Hannibal Ktvo Ottumwa Kemu-ty Columbia Kmox-tv St. Louis Ketety St. Louis Kid-tv St. Louis Waemty Quincy Kpl St. Louis Kreg-ty Jeff City Kebj-ty Columbia with a parenthetical 17 indicating See Tv On See Tv Weather note mentions unreported changes by stations.
A dense rundown lists tonight’s TV options across channels 2 through 17. Highlights include A New England Christmas at 7 on Channel 9, Two Christmases With Sandler and Young at 7 on Channel 11, ABC Movie Letters From Three Lovers at 7:30 on channels 2 and 3, and The Rangers at 7:30 on channel 5 and 8. Also noted are Christmas At the Pops on Channel 9, Judy Garland’s Christmas hour on Channel 11, and Witness To Creation from Benedictine monks in Vermont at 10:30 on Channels 4, 7, and 13, with various movie airings, newscasts, and holiday specials interspersed throughout the evening.
Readable listings show a Christmas Day schedule with services at Washington Cathedral at 9:00 a.m. and Albuquerque Mass at 10:00 a.m. plus TV programs featuring Dylan Thomas reading A Child's Christmas In Wales with Sir Michael Redgrave, Mike Douglas show, Christmas specials, movies, games, and news on multiple channels. Strong entities include channels 2 4 7 9 11 13 17 and programs like My Darling Daughters Anniversary and Christmas at the Pops.
AP writer Jay Sharbutt humorously lists holiday TV wishes ranging from Kojak’s lollipop removal to escalator clauses for Upstairs Downstairs and editorials on news wording. He quips about network essays, ban on football commentators, and suggests Christmas programming across CBS NBC and ABC.
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