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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1976
Page
2
The piece argues that television news provides a colorful headline but omits nuts and bolts. Time constraints force a partial view, risking over simplification and misleadability. Readers should seek fuller context beyond TV summaries to form informed opinions.
A devotional reflection cites Psalm 99 2 praising mercy and faithfulness as a steadfast God in changing times and unrest, affirming praise and trust in divine guidance through dawns of turmoil.
Ledger readers share thoughts on Feb. 26 editorial The Need To Believe ANN TEAGUE of Laddonia praises the piece and hopes Americans can improve by believing daily Charles Gorman questions Missouri pronunciation noting Saint Louis and Paris do not end with i and suggesting a dictionary check He asks where the columnist got the idea.
Readers debate jail for small pot possession with states shifting to fines Oregon Colorado Alaska Ohio California Maine cited. Ann Landers rejects legalization but supports fining casual users. travel marriage tips advise cheerful support and affectionate gestures for traveling husbands.
Readers ask about dreaming frequency and its possible therapeutic value. The doctor explains dreams occur in sleep cycles, estimate 20 percent of sleep, and recall is better when awakened. In another question red, bright red skin spots on the abdomen are likely benign hemangiomata, not cancer, and can be masked cosmetically. avoid medical gossip and consult a gynecologist for confirmation.
Merlyn Anderson of Mexico named to lead the 1966 Community Chest drive. Chamber of Commerce warns residents about magazine solicitors and advises verifying identity before signing or paying. Also notes Girls State delegate Joyce Kuhlman and alternate Cheryl Sullivan from Mexico High School.
Birthday greetings today to George Davis of Troy and Leo Britt. Friday greetings to Mra J W Stowers, Jim C Whitaker, Sandra Jean Sudbrook, Venton Hays, Cherita Wrinkle, Dale Swapter, Jacqueline Toston, Edward A Juenemann, Marion Lovelace, David Fairley, Mrs Herbert Plunkett, Elsie Rodgers, Larry York, Carol Rivers, Sheryl Miller, Laura Jane Collins, Mrs Augusta Goodman, Debbie Culver and Terry Dale Carlyle.
A dense listing outlines tonight's TV slate across channels 2 3 4 5 7 9 11 13 17. It highlights programs such as The Toothpaste Millionaire Starsky and Hutch The Six Million Dollar Man and The Entertainer with Jack Lemmon plus features Images Of Aging and Pygmalion plus many movie airings and late night newscasts.
The original Entertainer set in England during the Suez crisis becomes a Santa Cruz 1944 rewrite focusing on Archie Rice and family. Lemmon shines as a cynical entertainer though a flop who never hits big, with Lada Thompson’s Phoebe strongest supporting. Farewell to Manzanar, set in a California internment camp, offers Emmy-worthy Yuki Shimoda in a poignant retelling of a dark chapter through Jean Watatsuki Houston’s memoir and John Korty’s direction.
NBC presents two major dramatic specials as Emmy consideration closes. Tonight The Entertainer stars Jack Lemmon as Archie Rice, a fading vaudevillian in a remake of John Osborne's work. Thursday Farewell to Manzanar recounts a family's wartime internment of 110,000 Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor.
Mexico Ledger notice lists publication details including daily schedule except Sundays, office hours from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday. It shows price structure for single copy, carrier, and mail subscriptions across regions, with rates for Audrain and neighboring counties and out-of-state, plus armed forces pricing.
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