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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1977
Page
2
A reflective editorial contrasts reactions to the question about origin. It argues that a stranger who has never heard of Mexico, Missouri reveals insecurity and snobbery, while one who is familiar yet curious shows openness and thoughtfulness. The piece extols hometown pride and warns against urban indifference.
A reflective note on how God reveals Himself, stressing His chosen time and method. It urges quiet listening over loud demand, suggesting personal stillness can yield clearer understanding than striving for immediate answers. Applies timeless scriptural perspective to contemporary faith.
Mexico townspeople and Audrain Historical Society receive thanks for hosting Up With People. Readers express appreciation to host families, service groups, and local businesses while hoping the town enjoyed the visit and program. Other letters thank organizers of Handi Shop and Benton City Center remodeling efforts with invitations to view progress.
A reader asks if his 5.2 monthly sexual frequency with his wife is normal. Ann suggests romance upgrades like getaways and novelty. A senior caregiver laments burnout caring for domineering parents, seeks coping help, and laments social isolation. Other letters seek tomato ripening tips and drug information, with a plug for Ann Landers’s drug booklet.
Dear reader describes sudden itchy red patches that fade after scratching. Dr Thosteson suspects hives from a food sensitivity and advises avoiding irritants, using calomine lotion, and identifying triggers by diary. He notes many readers’ itching questions and illustrates detective work in diagnosing rashes.
The piece notes rising land prices threaten farmers who cannot pay higher taxes or resist market offers. From 1970 to 1977 farm asset values nearly doubled, with land driving growth. A Kansas City Fed economist sees a possible tapering boom, offering small farmers hope to stay in or enter farming.
A townsend birthday note extends well wishes to Robert Alan Health Valerie Werner Garry Moeller Ben Johnson Lesley Lee Runde Mrs Rachel Sweezer Carolyn Sue Crum Martha Jean Newsom and Mrs Clark Stephens. The message lists eight names plus two married titles in a friendly birthday greeting.
TV guide style list shows multiple channels with programs for 7:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. including Country Music Hit Parade taped in Nashville hosted by Jimmy Dean, American Short Story drama with The Jolly Corner and Parker Adderson, plus Code Name Diamond Head movie starring Roy Thinnes. Also notes substitutions, baseball game Cards vs Reds, and Nova Mars life theories.
A dense OCR fragment lists film titles such as Race With The Devil Hells Angels On Wheels Waltz of the Toreadors Pork Chop Hill and Please Stand By For Murder with times 10:30 and 2:40 a m plus a long daylong block of soap operas cartoons games and newscasts covering channels and programs from 12 noon to 1 am including The Gong Show Sesame Street All My Children News casts and various classics. The text mixes music and show timings with many abbreviations and repeated program lines.
The items report J. Moore joining J. H. Bickley in a Mexico grocery venture. Road right of way easements for Highway 54 near Laddonia completed, paving the way for a May bid and hard surfacing. WPA sewing rooms in three cities produced 760 garments in April for distribution by Paul Fletcher, with MMA cadets returning from an eastern tour.
The piece blends a music chart from The CastBox Magazine with a collage of local items and notices. It cites a top ten of songs by Campbell Eagles Cole Sayer and others, and records several 1947 1957 1967 1972 local events including visits, farming ads, prom themes, library board election, corporate appointments, highway line changes, police staffing, fashion show notes, and a convention election.
CBS’s The Waltons returns next fall with the family intact after Diana Hyland’s death and Richard Thomas leaving. Lorimar’s Lee Rich confirms the series will continue, focusing on the Walton clan through the war years and preserving the homestead as the core setting.
Publication details show daily edition except Sundays and holidays at 300 North Washington Street Mexico Missouri. Rates vary by region and duration with military APO pricing and monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual options. Office hours listed as 7 30 a m to 5 30 p m weekdays and 7 30 a m to 1 00 p m Saturday.
Sealed bids are invited for construction and placement of concrete forms for box type drain inlets usually 2 by 3 feet with 6 inch walls. Bids on unit price basis only. Send to City Hall 114 South Rollins Centralia Mo 65240 labeled Concrete Forms. Bid opening 7:00 p.m. May 9 1977. City reserves right to refuse any or all bids.
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