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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1972
Page
3
Editorial condemns rising draft dodger amnesty talk led by Senator Teddy Kennedy as U S forces in Vietnam face a major looming attack during Tet. It warns many will die or be maimed and argues amnesty undermines duty as battle intensifies.
A biblical verse frames good citizenship as a simple yet strict standard. The quote asserts that what is good and what the Lord requires is to act justly love mercy and walk humbly with God. It presents a timeless moral guide in concise terms.
A letter from Michael K. MacPherson argues that Mexico Missouri relies on its social system and enforceable laws to protect the majority. He urges education to prevent crime, voters to back principled leaders, and adherence to all rules while supporting democratic change when rules are bad. William O Martin thanks the Ledger editor.
Readers submit concerns from teens and adults about health fears manners and family conflicts. The column advises medical follow ups counseling and community support groups like Recovery, Inc as a path to understanding anxiety and improving behavior.
A reader asks if prolonged nasal saline use caused smell loss. Dr Thosteson says it could irritate and damage nasal tissues, while other causes include neurological disorders and infections. No guaranteed cure exists. zinc salt use is unproven and should be guided by a physician.
Washington AP The U S Office for Civil Rights reports barriers to school desegregation crumble in the South while remaining firm in the North and being rebuilt along the Mason Dixon line It shows 11 Southern states have fewer black students in all black schools than the North and more blacks in predominantly white schools than a year earlier The border states Delaware Kentucky Maryland Missouri Oklahoma and West Virginia and Washington DC show a rise in totally segregated schools though not significant J Stanley Pottinger calls the reversal puzzling and civil rights officials attribute it to pupil distribution in large cities The survey covers 2700 districts with 20 million pupils finds 9 2% of Southern blacks in segregated schools compared with 11 2% in the North and West and 11 6% nationally in all black schools
Messages send best wishes for birthdays to Norburn Yancey Miss Vannie Throckmorton Alan McCord James H Eddy Mrs Marion Precht Rebecca Brown Peggy Ann Gould Mrs Roy Creasey Mrs Mary Lou Senor Julia K Doerge Richard Speidel Peggy Henderson Clyde Hollingsworth Charles Wayne O Neal Mrs Leonard Mills and Mark Holt on the approaching day.
Jean A Acers of Mexico enlisted in the Women's Army Corps per S Sgt Edith H Lipe WAC-WAP recruiter visiting the area. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward R Acers and a Mexico High School class of 1951 graduate. Election news notes city council terms and April 1 vote day announces Mayor Herbert Morris and ex mayor George R Sullivan.
The fragment lists television stations and placeholders for See TV channel mapping with locations including Hannibal Columbia St. Louis Quincy Kpl St. Louis Jeff City and Calumbia. It notes channel numbers and states changes or errors may be due to unreported updates by the stations. Weather is also referenced.
Tonight's listings feature Hall of Fame at 6 30 with Robert Wagner Mac Davis Helen Reddy and Bread montages plus Glen Campbell guesting Sally Struthers and Valentines songs and ABC Movie Second Chance at 7 30 with Brian Keith Elizabeth Ashley. Channel 5 afternoon show includes Phyllis Diller Stan Kann. News and children’s programs run across networks with sports events and films including Dark Waters What A Way To Go Underwater and A Summer Place.
John Roderick reviews China An Open Door at 6 30 p m on Channel 10. Vincent Price Harvey Korman Carol Burnett and others perform comedy music and spoof segments across channels with programs including Columbo Laugh In and Sesame Street plus the late night Movie Game and Weather updates.
AP writer Cynthia Lowry notes television hunts for fresh material as ABC circus specials draw viewers. A Budapest circus segment features a trained hippo, a shaved elephant, and TV star billing for Bill Bixby and Brandon Cruz. Feldman misfire in The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine fuels doubt about a Feldman series.
Mexico Ledger lists mailing rates by region and subscription lengths, plus delivery options and armed forces rate. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 8:40 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday.
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