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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1971
Page
2
An editorial argues Mexico needs more industrial expansion and explains how site selectors judge towns. It stresses community attitude, labor quality, schools, hospitals, police and fire services, and graft-free government as key factors. The piece notes many industries could fit Mexico, urging residents to present a pro industrial stance.
Nehemiah 4 4 reminds that the wall project succeeded through collective effort. The message applies to Christian cooperation doing great things for God in homes cities and nations.
Harold Tompkins argues in Open Forum that bond issues for a new junior high school street improvements parks and higher city salaries will benefit the community. He cites salary gaps between cities and questions opponents who defeated a one cent tax, urging growth and local spending despite population decline.
The Pearl Motor Co. lot collapse on Jefferson and Love Streets injures nothing major. a new Butck wheel sinks in car. A trailer fire at 811 W Breckenridge injures a five year old Martha Sue and her mother. both treated and dismissed from Andrain Hospital. Also dated notes on new county revenue collector Joe L. Andrein, Nowell-Wetterau grand opening, council candidate filings, Southern Bank officers, and a tax pamphlet giveaway by Mexico Savings Bank.
A nine-year-old girl asks why she feels drawn to a deceased boyfriend's headstone and fears she is nuts. Ann Landers explains guilt underlies the compulsion and recommends discussing with a therapist if visits persist. The column then shifts to a reader in Fort Lauderdale upset by a rival hostess's 14 egg angel food cake, saying the guest should have asked to bring dessert but noting it spoiled nothing. A third letter concerns babysitter boundaries and potential teen pregnancy, with advice that hosts are not responsible for consequences and to hire a new sitter.
Dear reader questions discuss post C section vaginal birth feasibility and risks. A prior C may not preclude future vaginal delivery if the original reason was pelvic or placenta previa, though scar tissue does not typically cause miscarriage. Normal delivery is often safer but C section remains prudent when indicated.
Greetings note lists celebrations for Stanley Eubanks Mrs L B Friday Charles Stroker John Hawkins Norma Johnson Lisa Groves Alvin Dale Freeman Alby M Badlesse Jr James L Taylor Edward William Meyer Eva May Phelps John McCown Karen Ruth Williams and Forrest Jennings with Sunday cake and candles.
Nixon news conference disrupts TV schedules across NBC CBS and ABC as reruns fade and new plans emerge. NBC shifts Ironside time to accommodate the address while CBS delays Jim Nabors Show and a film feature. ABC preempts Make Room for Granddaddy with Dan August. Barbara Anderson and Leslie Warren exit popular series as Mission Impossible continues with Nimoy. CBS plans The American Revolution project starring Peter Ustinov April 6.
Channel lineup includes KTVI and KTVO in St Louis Ottumwa stations Kinoxty in St Louis KED TV KHGA TY KORMW TY in Columbia Hannibal and Weer TY in Quincy Limpl also listed in St Louis with varied call letters and towns across the region.
Lew Ayres stars as a heart specialist in The Guardian while The Interns airs at 6 30 p m on Charinels 4 and 7. David Frost talks with Robert Mitchum at 7 30, then Beware of the Watchdog with Robert Stack at 7 30 on channels 6 6 10. CBS Movie The Biggest Bundle airs at 8 on channels 4 7 13 along with a parade of game shows and classic dramas including Dark Shadows, Gilligan’s Island, and Flipper through the night. The schedule features Dick Cavett with guests Howard Cosell and Sugar Ray Robinson discussing the Ali Frazier fight, Joan Rivers subbing for Johnny Carson, and Merv Griffin with Merle Haggard Tammy Wynette and Lynn Anderson. Midnight movies and late news conclude the lineup.
A dense TV guide lists noon basketball games Memphis State versus Louisville on channels 3 and 5, Michigan State versus Michigan at 1 on channel 10, and Oklahoma versus Kansas on channels 7 and 8. It also notes golf and CBS events, interviews with Frazier and Ali, and a Missouri Forum interview with lieutenant governor candidate Jack Schramm.
Sunday schedule features Camera Three two part film series The Magic of Peter Brook at 7:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on channels 4 and 7. Sen Henry Jackson Faces the Nation at 11:00 a.m. on channel 4 and 11:30 on channel 7. NBA Knicks vs Celtics at 1:00 p.m. in Boston on channels 2 and 3. Canadiens vs Red Wings at 1:00 p.m. in Detroit on channels 4 7 13. Plus golf Coral Eastern Open at 2:00 p.m. on channel 10 and children’s film festival at 3:30 p.m. on channels 4 7 13.
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