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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1974
Page
2
The piece argues that Missouri’s March 4 55 mile per hour highway speed limit will slow daily travel from Mexico to St Louis and require new trip planning. It urges acceptance as fuel shortages and layoffs hinge on energy saved, though warns drivers may face more accidents from longer trips and distracted driving.
A noted heart specialist speaks of rapid recovery for a heart patient and says men who walk with God regain strength swiftly. The remark echoes Isaiah 40 31 about renewal and lifting up as eagles.
Open Forum Editor laments ERA myths and urges NO vote while referencing Harvard authority and civil rights law. Mrs Charlton Hillis defends free speech, cites Soviet statism critique, and warns against jailing ideals. Readers urged to inform and mobilize against ERA.
Friday wishes go to Mrs A A Fen newald Curtis Kelly Mary Bussen Mrs Carl Crews Charles Wilson Hinson Richard Moore Cindy Browning Auxvasse Hubert Tolson Wallace Spurling F A Wyatt Mrs Wiley Talley Herbert Plunkett Beverly Smith Dorothy Talbert Deloris Henderson Mrs Harry Tompkins Bill Stubblefield Martha Swaim Mrs Carol Wright Eugene Collier Ronnie Thomas Mrs Bruce Byars Georpenta Kerkis
Kirksville bankers say criticism of IRS collection practices is rising after a local merchant reported the IRS ordered a deduction from his checking account without consent. Banks are bound to obey IRS orders and could be liable if they refuse. The issue, tied to IRS power to seize property, prompts a sixth district inquiry led by Congressman Jerry Litton into the agency’s powers and procedures.
The Ann Landers column responds to readers on gender talking dynamics at parties, marriage fatigue and divorce. A Distaff Dora reader criticizes her view that men discuss substantive topics while women gossip, while Landers notes intelligence spans genders and shares advice for a teen-turned-adult pattern of repeated marriage dissatisfaction. She suggests self-exploration and promotes her Booze and You teen guide with a request for a stamped self-addressed envelope.
A reader asks about living with a pacemaker after a heart slowdown and fears about future failure. The doctor explains pacemaker stability, battery replacement timing, and frequent checkups. reassurance follows that many patients use the device safely and activity need not be restricted.
A cluttered TV schedule lists multiple station callsigns and channel numbers for St Louis Ottumwa Columbia and nearby cities with entries like Harintbal See Tv Weather LY channel hockey Blues vs Penguins and guests Sonny and Cher Joe Namath and the Righteous Brothers plus an ABC Movie The Hellstrom Chronicle and a King Lear theater special. The listing notes unreported changes and references programs across stations with confusion over times channels and program titles.
NBC presents A Case Of Rape at 8 with Elizabeth Montgomery. Horror Hall Of Fame features Vincent Price at 10:30. Movies include Experiment In Terror at 1 and Where Angels Go Trouble Follows at 3. Other programs span The Al Mayberry 17 Phil Donahue, The Southern Star, King Lear, Cry Wolf, Ride The High Wind, The Bishop Misbehave, plus several newscasts and films on multiple channels.
Family emergency almost derails John Boy's commencement during The Waltons at 7. Channels 4 7 13 carry the show while Flip Wilson Lena Horne Tony Randall and Bob and Ray guests appear on other channels. CBS Movie Wild Rovers stars Holden and O Neal at 8.
Miss Myra Spencer, to graduate from Mexico High School in May, enrolled as a freshman at Southwest Missouri State College in Springfield. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Spencer of 927 S Western St. Mexico. Ronnie Crowdis was elected Mexico High School student council president for 1964-65 with Betty Pierce as vice president, Jackie Batty as secretary, and Warren Hagan as treasurer. Renting of 50 housing units in Garfield Heights public housing area will start today, announced by L. A. Daugherty, director, with applications for all units made. Melvin Ward recently underwent major surgery.
The Mexico Ledger reports routine items from Audrain County including dog control enforcement plans to net about 100 stray dogs this month, and attorney Everett S. Van Matre announcing his candidacy for representative from Audrain County. It also notes visits from federal officials to support Mexico High School’s Dixie Grey Band trip, a county roundup of rural students, and business news on Walter J. Sannebeck and Co. selling their meat shop and grocery after 13 years. Irvin Maddox travels to Hot Springs Arkansas, and W C Schuette of Audrain markets three decks of Brisge of Dat Bisawl.
AP writer Jay Sharbutt profiles Chuck Barris, noting his anti ties stance and sabbatical from television. He discusses Barris’s second novel The Game Show about a packager who boosts ratings by killing contestants, and plans for a film adaptation. Barris emphasizes entertainment over exposes and cautions against overpersonal investment in projects.
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