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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1975
Page
2
A humorous editorial argues January behaved cheerfully while February arrives hostile with freezing rain sleet and cold winds. It urges readers to contact Congress to abolish February and switch to an 11 month year, noting political feasibility.
A reflective biblical verse emphasizes divine throne and ultimate judgment as all must appear before it. The text highlights moral accountability and the need to set decisions in that divine light for clear conscience and rightful conduct.
Open Forum outlines foster care need and the roles of foster parents and agencies. It notes children enter foster homes due to family breakdown and abuse, the licensing by the Division of Family Services, caseworker support, and agency funding for basic care costs. Bonnie Bohannon listed as Montgomery County caseworker.
A Wall Street Journal profile shows a Boston upper middle class family of seven living in Dorchester relying on federal food stamps due to high costs. The piece notes rising middle class qualification, project costs, and urges a national reassessment of federal subsidies and personal responsibility in budgeting. The writer warns that expanding aid could erode personal accountability and national character.
The column explains how milk calcium, parathyroid activity, urinary infections, and urine analysis relate to kidney stone formation. It notes that repeated stones require thorough evaluation, hydration helps, and that milk reduction may aid prevention. It also covers beer digestion, testosterone questions, and diet myths about polyunsaturated oils for weight loss.
Dear Cliff article lists ten pointed strategies for meddling with married children. It advises hostile reactions to engagements, demanding visits, encouraging problems, financial interference, blaming spouses, relocating for advancement, grandchild spoiling, probing health and nutrition, nitpicking attire, and forcing louder arguments to spur divorces.
Resignations and appointments appear across dates from 1965 to 1925. Don Forrest quits as city building inspector per city manager Chris Cherches. Glen Dale Tomack, cadet at Missouri Military Academy, earns appointment to West Point by Sen. Edward Long. County soils and crops officers elected at the 30th annual conference include Glenn Vance and others. Yale alumni meeting activity noted in Columbia. Captain R S Dabney of Missouri Military Academy departs to join Cleveland music duties.
A list of broadcast channel identifiers for St Louis Ottumwa Columbia and Jefferson City stations includes several typos and unreported changes. The notice suggests checking Ty Erroneous listings and references weather as a related item.
Televised sports and features across channels include Maryland vs North Carolina State at noon on channels 7 8. Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State at 2 00. Pro Bowlers Tour from Overland Park at 2 30. Wide World of Sports at 4 00 with skating and diving highlights. Hawaiian Open golf in third round at 5 00. National Geographic at 6 00 Grizzly!. Primate on Channel 9 at 6 35 draws controversy. ABC News Closeup at 7 00 Washington regulators cost you money. NBA Bucks vs Celtics at 2 00. Steambath on Channel 9 at 9 45. several films and specials including Electra Glide In Blue and Crazy Joe. Station LIS Rangers at New York and more listings across CBS ABC NBC.
A repeat performance of Bruce J. Friedman’s Steambath airs at 9:45 p.m. followed by a music special featuring Bonnie Raitt and Paul Butterfield at 11:25 p.m. The lineup also includes a late p.m. telecast of Behind Your Tv Screen.
Greetings titled for Monday and Tuesday include Ralph Ward Le Roy Beatty John McDonald Sidney Staples Mrs Lena Smith Mrs M A Gibson Mrs Jessie Junior Jennings Mrs C W Wilson Mrs Joyce Barrett Regie Buresh Mrs Joyce Martin James Riley Nunnelly Don W Tilden Marion Crockett Sr Ronald Marshall R S Williams Brad Creel Harold Reeves James Kroph Mrs Joyce Munford Nerris Duckworth Virginia Halter Redied Wiss Mexico Ledger lists subscription rates and delivery details for Mexico Missouri with offices at 300 N Washington St. and assorted postage figures.
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