Editorial says South Vietnamese in Laos Cambodia hold off enemy
The piece argues the enemy is not winning the Vietnam War and credits South Vietnamese forces with successful operations in Laos and Cambodia. It highlights the Laos campaign aimed at destroying Ho Chi Minh trail networks, the impact on enemy supply lines, and the role of air power and upcoming South Vietnamese elections. Major battles may follow as both sides react.
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Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Hill 31
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Mos
Dr. Thesteson
Hopewell Baptist Pastor Calls for Living by God’s Will
Rev Weldon Forman of Hopewell Baptist Church asks believers to seek God’s will for daily life and to gain strength to live it, reflecting on Matthew 6 10 and offering spiritual guidance.
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Weldon Forman
Hopewell Baptist Church
Shipman wins Missouri Scholastic Art Award for Song of Death
Jim Shipman of Mexico High School earns the Missouri Scholastic Art Award for a brush and ink drawing titled Song of Death after entering the January competition on advisor Evelyn Sweitzer’s guidance. Also noted are a large intramural basketball program led by Bob Gooch and plans for 15 new Audrain County steel bridges at a total cost of 16,250.
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Jim Shipman
Missouri
Mexico High School
Evelyn Sweitzer
Bob Gooch
Mexico
Little Dixie
Mother Nature
M. A. Gibson
Missouri Power and Light Co
Guy Pitts
Westminster College
Pitts
Fulton
Audrain County
McKinney
Pan-American Bridge Co
Birthday wishes across city on weekend and weekday
Centralia residents send greetings to a list of honorees for birthdays with Saturday and Friday observances. Belated wishes are extended to George Sheets Jr on Wednesday, alongside other local names including Mrs. Frank Kramer Barbara Shaw and Jacqueline Toston.
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Frank Kramer
Howard Clayton Dillard
E. E. Sinclair
Barbara Joan Shaw
Harry W. Cornelison
Frederick R. Alkire
Milton Paris
Lucian Earl Bird
Virginia Duckworth
Nora Gibbons
Jane Smoot
William H. Black
Walter Burkett
Vicki Lynn Simmons
Centralia
Cecil Gallop
Jacqueline Toston
Anxvasse
George Sheets Jr
Mexico Ledger Local Rates and Office Hours Framed
Mexico Ledger lists publication details including daily schedule with Sundays and holidays off. It outlines pricing for single copies, monthly, and yearly subscriptions by county and state, plus armed forces rate, and specifies office hours and address.
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Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
Ann Landers on VD Suspicions and Help Resources
Dear reader urges teens with possible VD to seek free clinic testing at County or City Health Department. Warns of epidemic spread, outlines gonorrhea and syphilis symptoms, urges openness about contacts, and notes treatment with penicillin before damage occurs.
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Ant Landera
V.D
Ann
Los Angeles
McKenzie Pollack
The
American Social Healthssociation
United States
American Social Health Assn
U.S
What A Heart Pacemaker Does Dear Dr Thosteson
Dr Thosteson explains how a heart block is treated with an implanted pacemaker. Tiny internal devices provide electrical impulses beneath the skin, reducing infection risk and allowing battery changes without open heart surgery. Potential improvements include external regulation or radio energy harvesting, though trials continue.
Television Listings Highlight Tonight's Variety Hour
Tonight features Flip Wilson with Rev Leroy guesting at 6 30 on channels 5 8 10 plus Lena Horne Ray Stevens and George Carlin. Jim Nabors with Johnny Cash and June Carter at 7 on channels 4 7 13. Ironside puzzler at 7 30 on channels 5 8 10. David Frost women's program at 7 30 on 11 with Barbara Loden Genevieve Gilles and Gerry Grainger. CBS shows cinema and crime dramas across multiple hours with Travis Logan D A Vic Morrow and more.
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Flip Wilson
Rev. Leroy
Lena Horne
Ray Stevens
George Carlin
Jim Nabors
Johnny Cash
June Carter
Ironside
David Frost
Travis Logan
D.A
Vic Morrow
Dean Martin
Orson Welles
Petula Clark
Norm Crosby
Leonard Barr
Huble Blake
Dick Cavett
Birch Bayh
Bette Davis
Arte Johnson
Tony Randall
Johnny Carson
Bing Crosby
Smith & Jones
Beaver
Family Affair
ABC News
CBS News
Aanu Xine
NBC Nws
Lucy
Peyton Place
Dick van Dyke
Merv Griffin
Friday Ledgerland Station Listings and Highlights
TV guide style listing shows The Manly Art at 6:30 p.m. on channels 4 7 detailing drugs in pro sports and The Interns at 7:30 p.m. with guests David Frost photojournalist David Douglas Duncan Bill Mauldin Arte Johnson Gail Fisher Ella Mitchell Alex Taylor and more. The Broken Puzzle features Governor running a state gangland style on Name of the Game at 7:30 p.m. across channels 5 4 10 with Gene Barry.
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Manly
David Frost
David Douglas Duncan
Bill Mauldin
Arte Johnson
Gail Fisher
Ella Mitchell
Alex Taylor
Gene Barry
Benny and Young viewers laugh at ages and TV jokes
Cynthia Lowry notes Jack Benny's NBC special keeps generating laughter with age jokes and violin skill. Friends like Phil Harris Lucille Ball and George Burns appear in spoof sketches as John Wayne and others join. The piece contrasts Benny’s humor with Robert Young's mild comedy special and notes Dr Seuss' The Cat in the Hat program.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
Jack Benny
NBC
Benny
Phil Harris
Jack
Lucille Ball
George Burns
John Wayne
Robert Young
CBS
Marcus Welby
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