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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1973
Page
2
Editorial argues the cease fire ends U S direct combat in Vietnam but war continues in reduced form. It warns of ongoing prisoner losses and propaganda by communists, urges world pressure on them, and calls for stern aid restrictions until every missing American is accounted for. It also questions domestic antiwar motives and loyalty.
A short religious reflection notes that bread nourishes the body but true life comes from God's Word. It emphasizes spiritual vitamins from scripture as essential beyond physical sustenance. The passage cites Matthew 4 4 and frames life as a temporary house for the soul.
Open Forum Editor Requests help tracing Debo family history across Missouri Kentucky Virginia and Texas. Seeks information on lineage births deaths marriages of Debo individuals connected to Audrain or Callaway Counties Missouri. Contact Darrell Debo Box 66 Burnet Texas 78611.
Amman dispatch says King Hussein and Queen Alia will visit the United States next week. The king is to call on President Nixon at the White House and meet with State Department and Defense officials in talks planned for Tuesday.
Birthday greetings go to Loretta Ward Susan Bishop Mrs Ralph Toulson Jr Joyce Cook Earl R Jackson Jerry Crockett Lydia Mae Davenport Melvin Eugene Nelson Connie Christine Bradley Garnet Peck and Mrs Clyde Posey. Actor Fritz Weaver turns 47 Victor Mature 57 John Forsythe 55 today.
The user asks about the funeral march played when President Johnson's body was carried into the Capitol. The piece commonly cited is Chopin's Piano Sonata in B-flat minor, movement three, performed as a dramatic arrangement by the US Army band.
A mixed selection of Ann Landers letters covers fashion hazards with four inch platform shoes and back strain, a wife wanting a future family clashing with a husband who dislikes kids, and a woman frustrated by unsatisfying sex despite her husband’s appeal. Advice urges counseling, honesty, and explicit communication, plus promotion for The Bride's Guide with mail-in request.
A compact medical Q A outlines parathyroid glands as calcium and phosphorus regulators, releasing a hormone to shift calcium from bone to blood when low. Hypoparathyroidism causes nervous system symptoms, possible seizures, treatment varies from calcium and vitamin D to parathormone, with bone calcium loss as a risk.
Yesterday in Mexico Tuesday Jan 29 1963 Alf L Elliott president of Western Stove Lining Works has been elected to Citizens Savings Association board R M Breid re elected president of Audrain County 4 H Foundation board Miss Mary Lou Welschmeyer appointed supervisor of customer relations in Corning Glass Works Home Economies Dept Pete Erdel and Sons named dealer for Stan Norst farm equipment from Fort Dodge Iowa Thursday Jan 29 1953 Pvt Paul E Menefee home on 10 day furlough from Japan since June 7 1951 newly redecorated Keeton Motor Sales open house today through Saturday Rev Jerrell E Fisher pastorate at Friendship Baptist Church Jan 29 1923 Wells Scott Abstract Co records 205 dated 1837 ten months to a year seven workers Arthur Stanford traded Bean Creek area farm for Cleve Smith general store moving to Mexico Harold Rixey to join Mexico Intelligencer as city editor Eleven crapshooters arrested fined 5 dollars and costs in city court.
Erroneous listings show Kivi St Louis and KTVO Ottumwa stations in multiple rows. Crowne LV and KMOX TV St Louis appear with Ked TV St Louis. Notes mention unreported changes by KEMU TV Columbia and KREG TV Jeff City. Weather line references WGEM Quincy and KHGA Hannibal.
TV listings show Margaret Hamilton and Matt Dillon in prime time with Gunsmoke at 7 on channels 4 7 13, and Lawrence of Arabia, Diary of a Mad Housewife, plus The Best and the Brightest book Beat and a Cavett appearance. Movies include Kitty, Dear Brigitte, and Breath of Scandal among others with multiple Westinghouse time slots.
TV guide style summary detailing the East West NHL Allstar game at Madison Square Garden on Channel 11 at 6 30 p m and a slate of films and series across networks NBC ABC CBS and more including Baffled Birds of Prey The House That Screamed and Torpedo Alley with cast names Leonard Nimoy David Janssen Kim Novak Eli Wallach Robert Culp and Spencer Tracy plus multiple daily programs and game shows across a packed schedule.
AP profile of Frank Mariano, veteran ABC Vietnam reporter and pilot, who returns to Saigon to cover the cease-fire as a peace correspondent. The piece notes his two wars, the adopted child Buttons, and the perennial pull to finish an unfinished story as journalists hope for a shift from fighting to peacetime reporting.
Mexico Ledger lists delivery and mail rates by area, including local 10 cent single copy price, 2.00 per month carrier rate, and annual mail prices for Audrain and neighboring counties, other Missouri counties, and out of state. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturdays.
Chicago readers are invited to claim a free, non-operating Beltone hearing aid model. The ad promises no cost or obligation, no wires, and a discreet one-unit aid weighing under a third of an ounce. Send for Dep. 9771 at Restone Electronics Corp., 4201 W Victoria, Chicago.
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