One Term President Debate and British System Comparison
The editorial compares the US four year presidential term with a parliamentary system like Britain. It argues for stronger accountability through frequent elections and more direct leader accountability via press access. It notes Nixon should read papers, hold more press conferences, and highlights the First Amendment difference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Senate
Cambodia
Nixon
Legislative Branch
House of Commons
Europe
Jacob and Esau proverb on blessing and sonship
A brief reflection notes that Jacob used a trick to obtain a blessing, while asserting God desires to grant sonship and honor without subterfuge, contrasting voice with hands and citing Genesis 27:22.
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Jacob
Esau
Open Forum Editor notes on taxes streets and city plans
In a Letter to the Ledger, David Lee Black voices support for a California trip and thanks Jay's IGA Foodliner for a boys and girls contest. He argues Mexico city officials mis-spent funds on meters, urges better street repairs, questions a new school tax, and notes rising water and power costs affecting middle class taxpayers. Mrs. Helen Lunceford contributes concerns about taxes and livability.
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Ledger
California
Jay
IGA
David Lee Black
Missouri Cities Water Co
Missouri Power and Light
Helen Lunceford
Gray St
Birthday wishes for Ethel Schrader and others in town
Greetings extend this Saturday to Ethel Schrader Barbara Jean Throckmorton Mrs Ray Martin Mrs Mercide Hartley Brad Eric Mosley Troy Lance Collens Mrs Thelma Adams Danny Newsom Lillian Salmons Roberta Lou Powell Claude Ball Farber Bobby LeCount Mrs Joe Davidson Tim Wehlewald Tracy Ruth Woodruff and her father Bill Woodruff Also noting today singer Tom Jones aged 33 poet Gwendo lyn Brooks 56 and violinist Jaime Laredo 32
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Schrader
Barbara Jean Throckmorton
Ray Martin
Mercide Hartley
Brad Eric Mosley
Troy Lance Collens
Thelma Adams
Danny Newsom
Lillian Salmons
Roberta Lou Powell
Claude Ball of
Farber
Bobby LeCount
Joe Davidson
Tim Wehlewald
Tracy Ruth Woodruff
Bill Woodruff
Nose shape, vanity, and wedding etiquette debated
Dear Ann Landers columns debate vanity and surgery for noses. A reader praises a hook nose, while another discusses parental invitations and wedding plans. A 42 year old asks if a $50 birthday cap signals stinginess, with the columnist offering a practical view.
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Ann Landers
Ann
A.N.B
Cyrano
Shreveport Dear S.1
Reader questions on iodine, nails, and lung scars
Dr Thosteson answers readers on iodine risks from tincture and iodized salt, nail care without razor cuts, birth control pills and sterilization myths, causes of lung scar tissue, and a booklet offer on beating headaches. The letters mention goiter prevention, acne links, and skin eruptions.
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George C. Thosteson
M.D
Thosteson
1. S
Dr. Thosteson
S. S
T.E.N
Friday Ledgerland Station Listings and Highlights
Merv Griffin shows Sammy Davis Jr and Totie Fields at 3:30 p.m. from Las Vegas. Regis Philbin's program features Mac Davis at 6:30 p.m. Channel 9 offers stock market tips at 6:30 p.m. Billy Graham special tape airs at 7:00 p.m. A Cardinals Braves game in Atlanta starts at 7:00 p.m. and a dense, fragmentary schedule covers news, reruns, movies, and sports across channels with various times and titles.
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Merv Griffin
Sammy Davis Jr
Totie Fields
Las Vegas
Regis Philbin
Mac Davis
Channel 9
Billy Grahm
Cardinals
Braves
Atlanta
America
Watergate
CBS hires educators as consultants for children's TV
CBS Television hires Drs Gordon Berry of UCLA and Roger Fransecky of Cincinnati as consultants on children’s programming. They will advise on concepts to commercial content and study the total package including clustering and placement of ads, while facing mixed reactions from ACT.
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Jay Sharbutt
New York
CBS Television Network
Drs
Gordon Berry
Roger Fransecky
CBS
Federal Communications Commission
Berry-Fransecky
ACT
Evelyn Larson
Fransecky
University of Cincinnati
Berry
Ucla
Bill Cosby
Local rail line names list across Missouri cities
A fragmented OCR item lists several Missouri locales and possible station or line names including Hannibal Quincy St. Louis and Columbia with several others such as Khoa-ty Kete-ty Weemrty. The readable text suggests a transport route reference or list of place names without full context.
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Hannibal
Komuty
Columbia
St. Louis
Weemrty
Quincy
Watergate hearings pre empt ABC affiliates tonight
TV listings note Watergate hearings disrupt Channel 2, 4, 17 from 9:00 a.m. with Channel 9 taping coverage later. Barbara Walters hosts Not For Women Only at noon. New craft show debuts on Channel 9 at 2:30 p.m. followed by 2:45 p.m. lessons. Numerous movie and show times follow across stations 2, 4, 9, 11, 13, 17 with diverse programs and late-night airings.
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Watergate
Regr
Wees
Dinah
School
Sesame St
Dr. Brothers
Pyramid
Reed Farrell
ABC
Channel 9
Barbara Walters
Crewel
Mike Douglas
Somerset
Mr. Rogers
Gilligan
Johnny Quest
Big Valley
Elec Co
Merv Griffin
Beaver
Showtime
Perspective
ABC News
Mexico Chronicle June 7 1923 and 1953 notices
Entries note Miss Carolyn Ann Garrett graduating from Colorado University at Boulder and Miss Tomile Abboud earning a Missouri arts and sciences degree. The Little Dixie District Boy Scout camporee begins at Diggs Wildlife Area and runs to June 9. Also listed are church appointments, a Homecoming at Centennial Baptist Church, Bert Mortimer named Mexico city police court judge, Beta Sigma Omicron sorority convention in Mexico, and Elks convention invitation by Mexico Chamber of Commerce.
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Carolyn Ann Garrett
Colorado University At
Boulder
Clark Garrett
N. Clark St
Gene Garrett
Little Dixie District
Diggs Wildlife Area
Martinsburg
Paul Metcalf
Paris
Paris Methodist Church
Mexico
Olivet
Bethel
Littleby
Centennial Baptist Church
Tomile Abboud
T.H. Abboud
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Missouri
Cottey Junior College
Nevada
A.S
Bert) Mortimer
Lakenan Barnes
E.A. Shannon
Beta Sigma Omicron
Hoxsey
Bush Atchison
San Francisco
Harry Atchison
Mexico Chamber of Commerce
Joe C. Davis
Poplar Bluff
Mexico Ledger Classified Pricing and Hours Notice
Mexico Ledger lists circulation rates including in area and out of state subscriptions with varied yearly and semiannual costs. It also details single copy price ten cents and carrier rates two dollars per month, plus weekly hours from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and 3:00 to 3:00 p.m. Saturday.
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Mexico Ledger
Washington &I
Mexico
Audrain
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