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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1971
Page
2
A narrator recalls a child burned by a firecracker and argues for strict laws banning fireworks in cities. The piece advocates county state and federal fireworks bans to prevent injuries and frame the Fourth of July as a day of rest and patriotism rather than tragedy.
The quotation recalls John 20 10 and the empty tomb moment when the disciples left for home. It frames spiritual reality as every tomb emptied by resurrection and invites rejoicing in the living arising from the dead.
A Kentucky Department of Public Safety commissioner voices outrage at motorists who complain of tickets for speeding on Interstate 64. He urges stricter enforcement after fatal crashes, condemning reckless driving and threatening to reveal the human cost of speeding. He targets a critic who wrote about tickets and defends troopers’ duties.
Mexico Ledger lists mailing and home delivery rates for Mexico Missouri and surrounding counties with annual, monthly, and per-copy prices. It also provides office hours from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekdays and 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturdays.
Dear Ann Landers offers life saving tips for hikers and a teen pregnancy adoption plan. The column covers staying in lighted open areas, carrying a whistle, signaling fire, and not blaming the lost for danger. It also advises adoption for a 17-year-old unwed mother and addresses a neighbor’s cat dispute with legal options.
Dear Dr Thosteson explains that a ruptured eardrum can impair hearing if the rupture disrupts the tiny middle ear bones. He notes that chronic middle ear infection and yellow discharge can persist even after rupture healing, affecting school performance, and recommends seeing an ear specialist to treat infection and assess hearing.
Recreation Director Joe Bailey counted 111 cars and about 400 picnickers around Plunkett Park lake while a new $7,500 shelter house funded by Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lawrence was erected to seat 160 with 20 tables and room for 80 more.
A Sunday birthday gathering celebrated Harold Gayle Stephens Mrs Frank Boswell Tom Dodson Mrs Edgar Sims Clarence Gould George R Sullivan Glenn Werner and Cynthia Diane Dubbert with cake and candles.
NBC veteran Aline Saarinen becomes the first woman bureau chief in Paris or any overseas TV news bureau. widow of architect Eero Saarinen, she began on the Today Show in 1962 as culture and manners expert, expanding to cover conventions space shots and Vietnam. She recalls turning down CBS offer after a private talk with Fred Friendly at a dark Ninth Avenue restaurant.
Erroneous listings show varied program blocks across KTVI KTVI KBOX style tags with boldface names. The page catalogs movies, talk shows, and local weather with times, channel numbers, and host credits, noting mistaken entries and upcoming film titles such as An American Dream.
The guide lists Wimbledon finals telecasts at 11 30 am 1 30 pm and 4 00 pm along with baseball Pirates vs Cubs and coverage of Le Mans and National Air Races. It also covers Doris Day and Nixon special programs plus a long movie and cartoon schedule across channels with times from 5 45 am to 12 30 am.
The Sunday guide features Gospel Look Up and Live at 9 30 a m on several dates, Discovery recreating the Declaration of Independence at 10 30 a m, Winton Blount as new USPS director on noon slots, Cardinals vs Padres at 2 30 p m, U S meets USSR track events at 2 30 p m, and a 6 p m U S Air Force choir concert. Also listed are film showings from noon to late evening with multiple classics and contemporary titles, plus cartoons, sports, and news segments across channels.
The text discusses Reuven Frank NBC News president liking a proposed assignment. It notes the narrator’s view of timing and Paris location, with references to broadcasting blocks on CBS ABC and NBC. It mentions a journalist with French language skills and plans to cover politics from Paris half the time.
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