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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1971
Page
8
Reader letters share practical tweaks from Heloise style advice. A reader reports success splitting cake mix with a yeast leavening add in one portion for lighter texture. Other letters advise ironing prayers, rubber bands on feather dusters, and stainless gravy boats to reduce spills and breakage.
Puzzle items and clues appear with scattered readable fragments listing across and down entries. Names, numbers, and partial word hints form a cluttered list of crossword prompts and possible solutions from the AP News features page.
Fashion blurb promotes polyester fabrics for humidity friendly wear and introduces Pattern 9212 with multiple half sizes. It lists pricing 75 cents per pattern with 25 cents for Special Handling, and provides address for Marian Martin Pattern Dept in New York. Also touts Spring Summer fashions and sewing books offered by Air Mart.
Fifteen governors gather in South Sioux City for the 10th annual Midwest conference. Missouri Governor Hearnes defends farm subsidies as essential alongside federal aid, warning their removal could hurt farmers and towns. Nebraska Governor Exon proposes a federal food and fibre board to depoliticize farm policy for the Agriculture Department.
LSD prophet Dr Timothy Leary has applied for political asylum in Switzerland. He has been jailed in Lausanne since June 30 awaiting extradition to the United States where he is a fugitive from California for illegal marijuana possession. Swiss lawyer Horace Mastronardii sent the request claiming political persecution. Officials indicated asylum is unlikely.
Dr Daniel Ellsberg, a regular at a Cambridge bookstore, stopped in this week to buy a paperback copy of the Pentagon papers and autographed two copies for the staff. Store owner Sheldon Cohn confirmed Ellsberg admitted leaking the papers to the press.
Audrain Historical Society invites the public to visit the museum at Robert 8. Green Memorial Park daily from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free Tuesday through Sunday. The exhibit highlights saddle horses, Graceland home legacy, and a large Currier and Ives print collection with dolls, period dresses, antebellum furniture, and more. Members welcome gifts aiding tax deductible memorials.
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