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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1972
Page
2
The Institute of Life Insurance polled 3,000 youths aged 14 to 25 in 72 locations. Most favor marriage, family, savings, and stable jobs over counter culture, with six in ten saying they would save $3,000 windfall and invest, others spending on a car.
A devotional meditation cites Psalm 91:11 about angels and God's ever presence. It emphasizes the consolation that believers are never alone and that God promises never to leave or forsake His own. The message highlights the Holy Spirit as the continual companion and guide.
Education and rehabilitation replace penalties as officials seek better ways to curb drinking and driving. Wisconsin judge William G. Callow notes no reoffenders among 67 students in a self-analysis based course, part of a growing national effort backed by 31.5 million dollars from the U S Department of Transportation through 1971. The Phoenix inspired program runs four 24 hour evening sessions over four weeks, focusing on self analysis of life patterns and underlying causes of drinking.
Yesterday in Mexico Mrs. Talmadge Smith returned to Lexington after visiting her sister. Miss Martha Staley traveled to Aspen for a week. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Green of Columbus with daughter Nancy visited A. P. Green. Raymond McCarty left to enlist in the Army. Dick Shuckenbrock named acting FSA supervisor. Masons attended Cooper Lodge Centennial in Boonville. Mexico Public Schools approved faculty revisions and accepted E L Barrett’s resignation. Buford Thomas of Aurora appointed to replace him.
A birthday greeting lists Mrs. H. A. Gorrell, John H. Throckmorton, Mrs. George Schutte, Mrs. Jimmie Houf, Clyde Edward Hook Jr. of Vandalia, Robert H. Shulse, Robin Deanne Peck, Mrs. Austin Braden, Charlie Doerge, Phyllis Chase, Charles Anthony Webber, Paul McDonald, and Mrs. Will Berry.
Dear Lake George parents ask how to handle a 17 year old son who ran away to be a hippy and now returns hostile and unreliable. Landers counsels patience, therapy, and possible detention only if unmanageable, urging a caring intermediary and noting minors cant be thrown out. Also letters about neighborhood horn noise cite no arrests and end with playful celebrity quips.
A reader asks if rapid heart beat can be hereditary and doctor notes anxiety caffeine thyroid issues as common causes for teens. Another letter explains massive heart attack, its artery obstruction, and urges an educational booklet to explain heart function. A third asks about kidney danger signals and a child’s bowel habits with guidance on diaper use and bed wetting.
TV schedule notes channel 9 6 00 pm State of the Union analysis of the presidents message with panelists Tom Wicker Charles Evers Carl Madden host Sandy Vanocur Robert MacNeil. Aretha Franklin and George Carlin with Flip Wilson on channel 5 8 10 at 7 00 pm. biographical drama To Be Young Gifted and Black on channel 9 at 7 30 about Lorraine Hansberry. multiple Westerns dramas comedies and movies across channels with Miss Piggy?
TV guide style listing shows Pete Dixon boxing on Room 222 at 8 00 with CBS Movie Something Evil starring Sandy Dennis as a troubled woman. Don Rickles episode at 9 30 previews a mid season series pilot while Roger Touhy Gangster and Robin and the Seven Hoods fill afternoon slots. Sports and local ads mix with Ask show notes and car listings.
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