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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1973
Page
2
Costs are high and draw criticism, yet medical progress over 20 years slashed death rates for polio whooping cough dysentery and other diseases. Since World War II open heart surgery grew, kidney and heart transplants emerge, new drugs and tech aid care, signaling a medical revolution despite rising prices.
Cited proverb from Proverbs 26 20 notes that without talebearers strife ceases and a person who masters speech moves toward peaceful relations. Emphasizes restraint in communication as path to harmony.
A reader asks if facial features reflect character. Ann Landers says no. Another writes about a troubled marriage and legal rights, with guidance to seek counsel. A teenager seeks advice on dating boundaries, then on discovering a hidden prior marriage. Ann urges open conversation and self-advocacy.
A reader in her 70s asks about exercise and diet to help heart failure. The doctor notes heart failure varies by severity, with reduced reserve power. Specific exercise plans require a personal medical exam, tests, and doctor guidance.
A reader criticizes earlier Open Forum pieces for muddled left right labeling and asserts Communists and Nazis as socialists. The letter discusses abortion ethics and urges action, praising Missouri figures and highlighting civic engagement while urging letters to Congress.
Birthday wishes extend to Shirley Ann Murray and many others with celebrations on Monday and Tuesday. A long excerpt provides medical advice on heart health by Dr. Thosteson, emphasizing safe exercise, balanced diet, salt intake when applicable, and signs to stop activity, plus instructions to request his booklet from The Ledger.
fragmented OCR text lists multiple TV and station codes across cities including St Louis Ottumwa Jefferson City Columbia and key numbers. readable items show channel identifiers Ktvi Ktvo Kmoxty Ksditv Kebj tv with values like 2 3 4 5 13 17 and notes on locations.
Television listings show Jennifer And Me on NBC at 10:00 a m and The Yellow Slippers on CBS at noon. Basketball across ABA and college games runs from 1:00 p m to 3:30 p m on multiple channels with notable matchups including Memphis Tams, Indiana, Oklahoma State, Nebraska, Kansas State, and Northwestern versus Michigan State.
A dense schedule lists camera Three at 7:30 a.m. on Channel 4 Balinese dancers, Latin music by Sivuca at 10:00 on Channel 7, and two-hour World Tennis Championship finals from Chicago at noon on channels 5 8 and 10. NHL hockey Chicago Black Hawks vs Bruins at 2:00 p.m. on channels 4 8 and 10 in Boston, plus classic films The Blue Angel on Channel 9 and several sports programs including USA indoor track and the American Grand Prix in Winterhaven Florida.
Chronicle of March 3 items notes Dr R L Searfoss invited speaker at Nebraska Optometric Association seminar in North Platte, Dr Ralph Woodward preaching in Mexico, a memorial hand bell dedication for Martha Miller, and local notices from 1963 and earlier including Taylor Sewell filing for city council and local moves in Mexico. It also mentions Anna Payne’s Who's Who recognition and DeWitt Masters’ appointment to Fulton School for the Deaf board.
Missouri Military Academy served as referee at a two day basketball tournament in Fayette with games held yesterday and today. Jean Nidetch wrote about the event noting 54 percent SPER ER REND in relation to the competition.
Mexico Ledger lists publication details including nonSunday/holiday schedule, address at 200 N. Washington St., and pricing by mail and carrier. Rates vary by region with monthly and yearly options, plus armed forces rate, and office hours from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 3:00 p.m. on Saturdays.
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