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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1972
Page
5
March brings a busy sports season at MHS with golf tennis track baseball and fans urged to support over 200 participants. The editorial invites all students to engage and cheer as spring competition emphasizes sportsmanship and encouragement from the sidelines.
Music blends of rock and country grow as artists fuse roots with pop. The Byrds Poco and Flying Burrito Brothers helped popularize country rock in the late 1960s. Merle Haggard Kris Kristofferson influence Nashville sound enters Grateful Dead and Dylan projects. Ringo Starr Beaucoups the Blues sold well as Nashville ties deepen.
The speaker notes a return to roots in music and suggests well known artists like Bob Dylan Neil Young Poco and the Byrds helped shed the hillbilly stigma. The comment reflects a broader trend toward recognition of country and western as mainstream.
Spring brings pollution concerns and a push to curb car use. Mexico High School promotes bicycling with an 18 bike rack outside Publications, urging riders to obey traffic rules, use signals, and equip bikes with lights and mirrors. Authorities offer safety tips and emphasize eco friendly, economical exercise over driving short distances.
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