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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1973
Page
2
The piece argues the Super Bowl may be the year’s best game due to strong teams rested players coaching leadership and high motivation. It highlights compensation in prize money fights for pride and edges of inches that decide outcomes.
A brief devotional reflection cites Matthew 14 23 where Jesus prays alone on a mountain at evening. It urges daily quiet time to renew body and soul through silent communion with God, following his example.
New York AP reports Phase 3 of economic policy blends manda tory and voluntary tools. The administration retains wage and price controls with room to act, while reducing bureaucratic red tape. Inflation pressures persist despite a lower national rate, as a December surge in wholesale prices signals ongoing volatility and risk to growth.
A short ledger page entry from the Mexico Missouri newspaper dated Saturday January 13 1973 lists local notices and market data. It records figures and brief items typical of a ledger page in a small town publication.
A reader asks if provocative slide images at a dinner party were in good taste. Ann Landers rebukes the husband for crude humor, advises saving such images for male company, and commends restraint. Other letters discuss family priorities and listening, with final reflections on kindness and a new year.
A columnist answers reader questions on gonorrhea treatment and reporting, mongolism myths, a birthmark removal, weight loss drinks, and bunion surgery. Advice urges medical care, defends patient privacy, and emphasizes delaying embarrassment rather than care.
Birthday greetings are extended on Monday to a long list of residents including Bobby Mann Mary Poland Warren Thomas Williams Charles Duckworth Mrs. Grover Wright and many others. Additional Tuesday greetings go to Robert Hayden Mrs George Gardner Jimmy Kennedy Cynthia O Bryan and several more.
TV listings detail children's theater on Channel 5 with All About Me a fantasy tour inside the human body. CBS Children's Film Festival on Channel 4 shows Tymancha's Friend. Basketball on Channel 7 and 8 features Oklahoma Iowa State at 2. Pro Bowlers finals air at 2 30 on channels 2 3 17. CBS Golf Classic times vary on channels 4 13 and 7 Snead versus Snead at 4.
TV guide style item listing the Wide World of Sports segment with Murphy and Jones, Harlem Globetrotters versus Boston Shamrocks, various movie airings from 1940s to 1970s, shows on Channel 4 and Channel 11, special specials and public notices, plus NBA and NFL game coverage, and a detailed schedule across many channels including Channel 10 and Channel 17 with times, programs, and performers.
The Mexico Chamber of Commerce through executive vice president Mike Morris sent a letter of congratulations to the Frisina Theatre Co Springfield Missouri commending improvements at the Liberty Theatre in Mexico. Officers of the First Presbyterian Church were installed by Rev Robert R Collins including trustees elders and deacons. A black and white spotted mare donated to a March of Dimes auction was announced. Three Wellsville Army men, Enslen Mikel Oliver, reunited in Germany with Lebron Sickendick in Frankfort. Venus seen near the moon reported by locals. Weather strip installation assignment at University of Missouri Columbia awarded to Collins Brothers Co.
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