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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1975
Page
2
The editorial urges Mexico to grow by extending city limits south, west, and north, arguing orderly growth hinges on expansion. It cites a Chamber survey favoring new schools, streets, and downtown improvements, and urges annexation to sustain industry and services for the next quarter century.
A brief meditation on Psalm 66:19 noting that God hears prayer and that knowing someone listens brings value in a world of indifference.
Open Forum Editor asserts Ruffian’s Belmont Park death embodies the peril of competitive instinct. The piece reveres the mare as a creature of beauty and questions whether humanity’s quest for supremacy and power will lead to its own destruction.
A compact overview of game laws explaining seasons limits and licenses. It notes that regulations aim to balance harvest with wildlife conditions and brood stock, with strict and relaxed rules as populations dictate. The Missouri Department of Conservation tracks brood stock and young to set yearly harvests.
A reflective note on inflation as language shifts from "a hundred Willers' Later Usey" to "a million dollars." The piece contrasts past caution in youth with modern grander expressions and questions the changing value scale over time.
Reader letters discuss alcoholism denial and a definition from Dr. Will Menninger. Ann Landers weighs in with the classic definition and notes booze wrecks careers and marriages. The page also riffs on terms for professionals and a jab about household labor.
Reader questions include vinegar as a weight loss method with cautions about tooth enamel and ulcers, plus guidance that dieting must reduce calories. Dr Thosteson debunks the vinegar myth and stresses no health magic to slim.
A listing shows station channels and call letters for regionally grouped TV outlets including Columbia, St. Louis, Quincy, and Jeff City with associated sequence numbers and notes indicating multiplex or market identifiers. The fragment documents channel numbers 7 through 17 and identifies Khya ty Hannibal Komu tv Ketc ty St. Louis Weem ty Quincy Kel ty St. Louis and Kebj ty Columbia with a parenthetical note about a 6 On See Ty.
TV listings show ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS with multiple time slots across dates 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 17. Highlights include Julie Kavner in a game show on ABC Afternoon Playbreak at 12 30, Gladys Knight and the Pips summer series at 7, and a remake of David Copperfield at 8.00. Also featured are Peter Paul and Mary special, John Lennon guest on the commuter show, and numerous film titles such as Tokyo Joe Luv Riffraff and The Paleface with various airings through the night.
Highlights include Haunts of the Very Rich debuting on ABC summer film series with seven character studies. Listings show film airings at 7:00 and 7:30, plus pilots Home Cookin at 8:30 and various morning and afternoon programs across multiple channels and dates. The schedule features The Paleface The Pumpkin Eater The Woman on Pier 13 Around the World in 80 Days Blood and Lace and more with additional talk shows and news programs.
Frank Kostelecky and family move to Mexico to take the new post as manager of the Missouri Cities Water Co. He previously worked in engineering at the Arizona Water Co. in Scottsdale. Elvis Presley film Tickle Me now showing at Little Dixie Drive-In Theater with co stars Julie Adams Jocelyn Lane and Jack Mullaney.
AP reviews a 2 12 hour dramatization of the 1969 trial of Abbie Hoffman and seven radicals for conspiring to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Co produced by BBC and Time Life, it uses verbatim transcript excerpts and features strong performances despite some pacing flaws.
Greetings mark a Saturday birthday list for Robert Stevens Jim W Johnston Larry Shupert William Young Jerry Williams Elmer Stevens Mike Pickett Christine Mosley Susan Gardner and Ivan Anourth Jackson. Also noting composer Jerry Herman turning 42 and writer Saul Bellow at 60 with a reflective thought on life and patience.
The Mexico Ledger lists publishing details, pricing tiers for subscriptions by region, and office hours. Rates cover Mexico and trade area towns at 2.25 per month, Audrain and nearby counties at yearly, semiannual, and quarterly prices, and other Missouri counties or out of state with respective yearly and shorter-term options. Office hours run 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sunday.
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