The End Is Not Coming Next Tuesday Editorial
Readers are urged to doubt end‑of‑world rhetoric about America’s fate. The piece argues the U S economy remains the world’s strongest and most mature, with services expanding while inflation remains an issue. It cites Vietnam war costs and congressional spending as inflation sources and notes rising labor force participation, concluding the economy will continue to improve and won’t end next Tuesday.
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America
U.S
Congressional
Congress
Enduring Faith and Transforming Hope Amid Sinful Humans
A reflection on salvation through Christ and the belief that even those deemed weak or sinful can be radically changed into admirable people, highlighting mercy, redemption, and the transformative power of faith.
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Christ
Timothy
Jet Journey to the Stars Celebrates Travel
Open Forum letter from Cheryl Robinson recalls a trip to Disneyland Knott's Berry Farm Universal Studios Marineland and Movieland Wax Museum plus her first airplane flight. She thanks those who helped her win and expresses great enjoyment of the experience.
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Ledger
Trust
Disneyland
Knott's Berry Farm
Universal
Tax fairness urged as Missouri Senate faces tax inequities
A Missouri Star editorial blasts the Senate for decades of property tax inequities harming urban schools and shoring up rural counties. It recalls 1967 and 1969 House efforts for reassessment and urges a tax overhaul by public pressure, noting recent birthday mentions for local residents.
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Kansas City
Missouri Senate
Senate
Jefferson City
Missouri House
House
Missouri
Dear Ann Landers Readers Debate Encore Applause
A reader group from Harrisburg praises thanking a husband after lovemaking. Ann Landers pleads caution: standing in bed is risky, other advice stands. Readers also commend therapy access for those with little money and share a grateful testimony to county social/mental health services.
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Ann Landers
Durham
E.D.P
Harrisburg
Leg ulcers and vein issues prompt surgery talk
Reader asks about leg ulcers lasting a year and a possible graft. Doctor explains stasis from varicose veins as a common cause, mentions rest, leg elevation, and potential treatments including ligation or stripping of superficial veins, injections, or even sugar or dried blood cells. Advises second opinion, ideally from a vascular surgeon, before surgery.
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Dr.Thosteson
Dillon
Thosteson
Chronology of Mexico area ads and notable July events
A compact chronicle of July notes across years 1877 to 1972 in Mexico Missouri. It lists local advertisements from The Ledger in 1877 including multiple merchants and professionals, then shifts to social and civic items from July 11 across decades: trips to Florida and St Louis, Chautauqua activities, triplets birth in 1947, church leadership changes and Red Cross roles in 1967, soil conservation work and new club members in 1957, a 1972 report from the Miami Beach convention, and Audrain County political developments with subdivision proposals.
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Ed Woodruff
John Stonage
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Schuchmacher
T.B. Buckner
J.W. Daniel
Macfarlane and Trimble
Forrist and Fry
J.W. Reed
Thomas Flint
Humphrey and Keeton
J.W. Lanius
W.E. Starr
Florida
Caroline Steinman
Rose Eleanor Wright
Mary Virginia Melson
Susie Mundy
Blanche Roberts
Mildred Buffington
Bert Mortimer
Jean O’rear
Mexico
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LB. Hawthorne
H.M. Bartels
F.M. Lowe
T.J. Hoxsey
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Sportsman's Park
Gene Garrett
Fred Thompson
Robert Field
Buddy Brown
Charles Hill
Bobby Bratton
Claude Creed
Marvin Dodd
Wellsville
Audrain Hospital
Harry Wayne
Bonnie Sue
Connie Sue
Philip Byron Carlisle
Judy
Joy
Omaha
Neb
Owensboro
First Christian Church
Charles Gage
Red Cross Blood Program
Highway 54
Rex Johnson
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Soil Conservation Service
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E. Love Street
Audrain County Soil and Water Conservation District
Opal Olson
Loretta Hilty
Suzanna Bunge
P.L. Ingebritson
George McCord
Hendricks St
Wilson's Hilltop
Kentucky St
Bennington St
Gallaher
Arcadia
Mexican Ledger
Washington St
Audrain
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Channel listings mix and scheduling confusion reported tonight
A chaotic air schedule lists programs across channels 2 to 17 with films, comedies, games and documentaries. Notable items include Meat at 7 on Channel 9, a two hour cattle process documentary, and a mix of soaps, game shows, and older films across NBC CBS and ABC venues.
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White Sox
Yankees
Orioles
Shields
Yarnell
NBC
Charles Bronson
Maude
QAI BO
Chris Moore
Das-Wits
Mary Hartman
San
Kojak
Tuesday Television Ledger Listings and Highlights
Channel 17 hosts Phil Donahue with Milton Friedman at 6:00 pm plus a 6:30 pm Cards vs Phillies. A western hour pilot at 7:00 pm features Royce guiding a mother and children on a wagon journey. Wolf Trap offers Panoy ballet at 7:00 pm. Sleeper and The Gondoliers headline late movies and operatic fare. Channel 9 features The Soft Skin at 12:30 pm and The Perfect Furlough at 1:00 pm, with a broad mix of cartoons, game shows, soaps, and news throughout the day.
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Rob Reiner
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Royce
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Galina Panoy
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One Life
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Bozo
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Partridge Far
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Eyar Beepenen
Mike Douglas
Merver
ABC
Kojak
Zoom
Weatherscan
Donahue
My Three Sons
Chris Moore
Cross Wits
Mary Hartman
Fernwood
Hollywood
Cardinal Baseball
McCloud
Jeffersons
MacNeil-Lehrer
Opera Theatre
Doris Day
Rumor of War May Become CBS Miniseries
CBS shows interest in adapting Philip Caputo's Vietnam memoir into a six to eight hour miniseries. Producer Chuck Frien cites the Vietnam film surge and fading public pain as reasons networks warming to the topic. Caputo, Chicago Tribune reporter, narrates his Vietnam service from 1965 to the fall of Saigon.
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ABC
Vietnam
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Chicago Tribune
Moscow
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Caputo
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Sun Marine Expeditionary Brigade
U.S
Saigon
Fries
Lee Harvey Oswald
Francis Coppola
Aaron Priest
Coppola
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