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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1972
Page
3
Editorial warns about the damage of rumors and urges verification before sharing. It notes no major downtown stores closing and four industries considering Mexico as a plant site. Governor Warren Hearnes is described as respectful toward Mexico and Mexicans.
A reflective note cites Proverbs 2 20 about walking in the way of good men and keeping the paths of the righteous. It adds a saying a man is known by the company he keeps and asserts kindness and honesty are contagious.
A Ledger editor shares a February 20 1972 accident on Love Street where she fell after encountering an iron pipe. She suffered a broken elbow a bruised knee and hand and was cared for by neighbors and the Magnus and Crow families. She credits kindness received and notes kidney machine funds from coupon donations helped two patients through the Kidney Foundation of Eastern Missouri and Metro East.
An abstracted page item from the Mexico Missouri Ledger dated Friday February 25 1972. The readable text covers community notices and brief local items typical of a small-town newspaper page four.
Readers clash with Ann Landers over a bisexual man who left the gay world for marriage and kids. A mailbag of advice follows on cheating poker, hostile cards, and harassing notes, advising confrontation, discretion, and blocking mail to stop the abuse.
Five underage friends fear crabs after swapping clothes and close contact. Dr Thosteson explains crabs spread via eggs glued to hair shafts, not washed away, and recommends Kwell by prescription plus careful use of drugstore options. Cautions that laundering helps but transmission can occur through worn garments and bedding.
Yesterday in Mexico on Sunday February 25 1962 NFC chapters in 13 Missouri counties chose Harold Northcutt of Mexico and Harold Landrum of Bellflower to the area grain bargaining panel. Also Sgt. Walter Wheeler has been ordered to Fort Bragg for pre Vietnam training after leading the Fusileers to state titles and an inaugural parade trip.
Sunday birthday wishes go to Barbara Cooper Elmer C Fetterhoff Frank Clark Richard Dwayne Dawson Mary Elizabeth Harris Mrs John Wagcott Charles W Wilson Donna Mae Dry Frances Menefee Mrs Everett Young Laura Rollins Napier George Yancey Elizabeth Kelly Williams Thomas Menefee Billy Earl Johnson Warren Erdel Conklin and Mrs William F Smith of Rush Hill.
TV channels list with channels, shows and times across St Louis Ottumwa Hannibal Columbia and Quincy. Highlights include Jacques Cousteau hour with dolphins at 7 on channels 2 3 17 and Bill Cosby drama To All My Friends On Shore at 7 on 4 7 13. Chronolog at 7 30 on 5 8 10 covers war effect on Vietnam youngsters and navy escorts with a nuclear arms cartoon.
A dense listings page outlines Nixon China coverage at 6 30 am on Channels 2 3 with Curiosity Shop at 10 am on 2 3 17. Features include You Are There at 11 30 am for The Mystery of Amelia Earhart and Kids Cinema For Boys Only Is For Girls Too at noon on 4 7 18. Local sports include Memphis State Tulsa at 12 pm on 3 5 Indiana Purdue at 1 pm on 10 Kansas State Oklahoma at 1 pm on 7 8 MU Tigers Kansas at 3 pm on 5 7 8 and Wisconsin Illinois at 3 pm on 10. Pro golf and bowling programs, film titles, and awards shows fill the afternoon with extensive channel listings across 2 3 4 7 8 10 11 13 17. A Missouri Forum on governor candidate Joseph Teasdale is noted at 6 pm on 8 with many film and sports slots, broken washing machines on Archie, and various television movies and documentaries throughout the day.
The major networks outline Nixon China visit coverage from tonight through Saturday afternoon with CBS NBC and ABC schedules while Cynthia Lowry notes Nielsen trends show big audiences for popular shows like All in the Family and Flip Wilson. Seasonal program length is shrinking as midseason replacements fail to gain traction.
Mexico Ledger lists mail subscription details including rates by region and duration, plus office hours. Subscriptions vary for Mexico and surrounding counties, with separate out of state and armed forces pricing.
Hollywood shift as TV leans back to homegrown faces after blockbuster movie stars falter. ABC’s James E. Duffy notes branding and concept trump signing big names, with Fonda, MacLaine, Quinn canceled. Garner and Curtis uncertain.
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