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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1976
Page
2
A reader urges a community cleanup as spring nears. The letter asks Mexico area residents to spare a weekend for litter removal along Old Molino Road and nearby roads, proposing a landfill courtesy and a post cleanup wiener roast. It encourages wide participation and civic pride.
A devotional note centers on Micah 7 7 urging believers to look up wait for God and trust. The message frames a troubled heart finding solace in divine attention and salvation through patient faith and prayer.
A digest of past March 19 events lists former city manager Calvin Lakin returning from Afghanistan as a Public Administration Service representative, visits by Glenn Hocker and Sallie Ruth Ekern in Iran, preschool enrollment at Hawthorne School, and local civic milestones from 1956 to 1926 including Masons honors, PTA delegates, Legion District gathering, auctioneering moves, dairy association talks, Missouri Military Academy awards, and school district grants.
Bicentennial Commission chairman William S. Lowe announced decorative scrolls for the town memorial. Gifts of 5 dollars for adults, 50 cents for younger students, and 1 dollar for high school students fund inscriptions across schools. Scrolls will be placed in a time capsule to be opened in the Tricentennial year.
Readers seek guidance on nude photography at work and controlling a photographer spouse. Advice covers setting boundaries, locking doors, and potential drastic steps. Additional queries address elevator fear physics, pregnancy driving risks, and using Ann Landers’s new drug booklet.
A reader describes a three month gnawing stomach discomfort after meals and questions whether gall bladder disease or peptic ulcer could be the cause. Dr Thosteson recommends GI tract X rays, notes constipation or nervousness as possible factors, and advises a second visit for more evidence before rushing into tests.
Fragmentary text describes an offer to buy and an alteration method. Repeats phrases about an offer to sell or buy and a percentage style indicator. No clear names, places, dates, or actions detectable for a full summary.
A fragmented prospectus shows contact at Edward Jones and Co. John Minor listed with address 1095 Washington, Mexico, MO 65235 and phone 314 61 2980. Numbers like monthly interest ranges $000 to $50,000 appear garbled with stray codes and postal details.
Mexico Ledger lists publication details for a daily newspaper, office location at 300 N Washington St in Mexico Missouri, postal and circulation information, subscription rates by region, and office hours from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm Monday through Friday and 8:00 am to 1:00 pm Saturday. It notes second class postage and rate schedule for various counties and service areas, including armed forces subscriptions.
Class AAA semifinal between Towa State high school boys basketball at 7:00 PM on Channel 3. Class AA championship at 8:40 PM on Channel 3. Evening features Donny and Marie guests, Milton Berle, Anne Meara and Nipsey Russell at 7:00 PM on Channel 2, with Seuss cartoon Horton Hears A Who airing on Channel 4, plus various movie and variety slots across stations 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, and 13.
The page lists NCAA tournament games on Channels 5 and 8 at 11:00, 1:00, and 3:00, Minois High School hoops on Channel 10 at noon and 7:00, Iowa State boys basketball at 6:30 on Channel 3 with Class A and 8:30 Class AAA, plus film, theater, and talk show lineups across channels 2 through 17. It notes Kids hunt a toaster in The Giant Eel, a Czech film at noon on four dates, and tax benefits for seniors at 12:30 on the 17th, with boxing, Truman programming, and various movies and documentaries scheduled throughout the day.
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