Editorial on Missouri name pronunciation and spelling
The piece urges Missouri lawmakers to adopt a spelling or pronunciation change similar to Arkansas. It criticizes common mispronunciations such as Missourah and Missoureee, cites historical parallels, and calls for action by the General Assembly and Gov. Bond.
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General Assembly
Missouri
St. Louis
St. Lew-vee
Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeee
Paris
Hayteee
Lew-zee-anna
Louise-zeee-anna
New Arkansas
New England
Arkansas
Bond
Enduring faith message on a new creation in Christ
A devotional line cites 1 Corinthians 5 17 claiming that in Christ a man becomes a new creature not merely clothed anew but transformed within every coat of life. The verse emphasizes inner renewal over surface change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Jupiter Jolt Predicted As Planets Align In 1982
An editor's note warns of a Jupiter Jolt when all nine planets align on one side of the sun in 1982. NASA scientists caution about potential disasters from Jupiter's gravity and belt activity, suggesting massive earthquakes could follow Earth’s slowed pace. Senator Moss seeks more NASA details.
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Bowling Green Times
National Space Agency
NASA
Planet
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Space
Frank Moss
Utah
James Fletcher
Letters On False Premise Kansas City Times
The Kansas City Times reports on a nationwide scare caused by a two page mimeographed flier about child and family legislation. The piece misleads readers into believing a charter of children's rights exists in the Mondale Brademas bill and promises government control over children. The act would focus on day care for working mothers and welfare mothers with oversight of health, while budget limits hinder passage this Congress.
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Kansas City Times
Midwest
Southwest
Washington
Walter Mondale
D-Minn
John Brademas
D-Ind
Mondale
Brademas
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Congressional
Mondale-Brademas
Ann Landers Letters Column Highlights Prompt Advice
Readers share moral questions and experiences in Ann Landers style. Letters cover marital friction over perceived aggression at a party, smiling and mood impact, age misperceptions of only children, and parenting guidance including a sex education booklet offer from Ann Landers.
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Ann Landers
Margo
P.O
Elgin
Illinois
Bromides and ulcerated veins in reader questions
In a medical Q A column a reader explains bromoderma from bromide overuse and the need to avoid such preparations. Additional letters discuss an ulcerated ankle vein possibly needing an Annaboot dressing and vein removal, a cystic middle ear mass likely requiring surgery, and color of urine variations.
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G.L
New Mexico City Manager Takes Post in Mexico
Yesterday in Mexico covers J. Neil Nielsen's first day as city manager, a Democratic candidacy filing by Mrs. Ralph Cornett for Audrain County recorder, a proposed 20 lot subdivision plan with Mars Street extension, and related local developments including bids for road resurfacing, a training clinic, and new business openings.
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J. Neil Nielsen
Mexico
Ralph Cornett
Audrain County Recorder
Planning and Zoning Commission
Mars Street
Audrain County
King Roads
R.L. Terry
Montgomery City
Macon
Great Rivers Boy Scout Council
Walker Motor Company
Mexico Motorsino
Karl Rask
Montgomery Ward
M.H. Kelly
John Epple
Columbia
Eugene Field School
Board of Education
PWA
L.M. Gamble
Mexico Country Club
Sam Sharp
Television Schedule Chaos At Midweek Listings
A dense listing details channels KTvi KTVO KMOX and others for MASH Adams Chronicles and Country Music Festival plus movie airings, soap operas, game shows, and news broadcasts across multiple stations with erroneous entries and schedule notes.
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Trapper John
Adams Chronicles
John Quincy Adams
David Birney
Barbara Mandrell
Tom T. Hall
TV Listings and Highlights From Channel Schedules
A dense TV guide style listing outlines channels and program highlights for multiple stations. It catalogs films and shows with titles such as The Hunchback Of Notre Dame and What a Way To Go, plus a long roster of soap operas game shows and newscasts. It includes times, channel numbers, and notes on quality.
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Fort Holman
James Coburn
Audrey Hepburn
Sonny and Cher
Shirley MacLainé
Blue Knight
Petracelli
Eddie's Father
Porter Wagoner
Ironside
Bionic
ABC
Tony Orlando
St. Louis
Prairie House
Judd
Tigers
Baretta
Phil Donahue
Chico & Man
What Is A Farmer Consolidated Electric Gleams
An extended portrait of farmers as a diminishing, versatile, hardworking class. They adapt with makeshift fixes, teach responsibility, endure weather and pests, and endure jokes and political scrutiny, yet most men still see themselves as farmers at heart.
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Consolidated Electric
Birthday greetings for many listed individuals this Thursday
Today marks birthdays for Desi Arnaz aged 59 and Jennifer Jones aged 37. A Bicentennial note recalls American Marines capturing a British fort in the Bahamas two hundred years ago.
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Desi Arnaz
Jennifer Jones
Bahamas
Mexico Ledger Publication Rates and Office Hours
Mexico Ledger lists publication schedule excluding Sundays and holidays at 300 N Washington St. Mexico Missouri. It details single copy and mail subscription prices for Audrain and surrounding counties, other Missouri counties, and out-of-state, plus armed forces rates. Office hours run weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday mornings.
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Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
APO
M A S H writer Gelbart exits show after fatigue
AP reports Larry Gelbart, 48, will leave the CBS series M A S H after four seasons to work on other projects. He cites battle fatigue and notes the season finale episode about the 4077th’s leaders as a turning point. Gelbart helped adapt the story from the novel and film and oversaw writing for 97 episodes. He will pursue a film Double Feature and Broadway play Sly Fox.
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Jay Sharbutt
NEW York
CBS
Col. Blake
Trapper John
Larry Gelbart
4077Th
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
Gelbart
Sly Fox
Broadway
M-A-S-H
Gene Reynolds
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China
Nassau
Kalamazoo
George C. Thosteson, M.D
Dr. Thosteson
Ktvi St. Louis
Ktvo Ottumwa
Kmox
Ty St. Louis
Mike Douglas
Somerset
CBS New
NBC
Khga
Hannibal
Kemu
Ketc
Wgem
Quincy
Kregty
Jeff City
Tv 12
Massachusetts
Psychology
Open University
Eddie
Laverne Weatherscan
Shirley
Julie
Hollywood
Hee Haw
Adams
Rowan and Martin
Barbara Feldon
Hong Kong
Crosby and Hope
Red River
Channel 2
Dean Martin
Welby
M.D
City of Angels
Mass
Wednesday
Ledger Tony Orlando
Jerry Lewis
Anne Meara
Tiger Turn
Karl Boehm
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Danny Thomas
Ryan's Hope
Jim Landy
Lucy
Jim Landry
Gen. Hospital
Merv Griffin
Pyramid
Bonanza
Electric Co
Neighbors
Gilligan
Guiding Light
Shontinis
Doctors
Newset
Hospital
Zoom
All In Family
Gamer
Other World
Consequence
One Life
Flintstones
Mary Elizabeth Turner
Wilma Landers
Sam Bentley
Terry Ann Johnson
Arthur Helwig
Eldean McCoy
Arthur J. Adams
James Kable
John Bell
E. B. Turner
John C. Cline
Jennifer Ann Mozeée
James House
Clifton Long
Mexico Ledger
Hogan's Heroes
Lawrences
Coty Dana Chanel
Shulton
Faberge
Lanvin Revlon
Max Factor
Prince Matchabelli
Hourigant Ogilvie
Charlie Jontue Aviance
Jovan Nuance
Lawrence Drug CO
S. Washington
Walgreen Agency
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