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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1977
Page
2
A May 11 1977 editorial argues Missouri needs jobs and links job creation to corporate profits. It cites a survey on profit margins, compares 5.2 to 5.4 and 10.2 starting in 1950, and warns that low profits hinder hiring. The piece advocates a business climate and taxation that preserve profit to spur investment and employment.
A devotional passage proclaims blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. It asserts God is within and around us, while prideful, selfish, and cynical people cannot perceive Him. Pure hearts, the text says, are the key to recognizing divinity everywhere.
The Washington Post notes how soybeans drive inflation as demand rises globally and supply fears push prices higher. It recalls past embargo lessons, cites Bob Bergland’s rejection of an export ban, and frames the moral question of feeding a growing world while containing U.S. costs. Birthday mentions conclude the item.
A collection of letters and responses from the Ann Landers column covering marital sex matters, gifts etiquette, medical questions, and wellbeing. The page includes advice on communication with spouses, handling embarrassing gift returns, neck spine pains, and panniculitis, with guidance from Dr Thesteson and general tips on life balance and kindness.
A column discusses niculitis and its inflammatory symptoms with uncertain causes and corticosteroid trials, notes allergy reactions to seafood, and addresses keloid formation in teenagers seeking ear piercing. It also covers cortisone hair growth and promotes Dr Thosteson's arthritis booklet with mail-in request details.
The A P Green Fire Brick Co. has optioned the W C Stewart farm, home to Green Hills golf course, at 175 an acre for six months on a 164 acre tract. It also optioned the Herman Apel farm of 80 acres south of Rush Hill at 100 an acre.
A collage of channels lists movies shows and news. John Wayne’s Cowboys and Donovan’s Reef appear alongside The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy and Nixon tapes coverage. Prime time features CBS NBC ABC offerings with cartoons talk shows and boxing events.
AP television writer Jay Sharbutt reviews the four part English dramatization of Dickens Hard Times set in Coketown. The cast includes Sissy Jupe by Michelle Dibnah, Gradgrind portrayed by Patrick Allen, Louisa and Tom by Jacqueline Tong and Richard Wren, Bounderby by Timothy West, and Mr Sleary by Harry Markham. The program, directed by John Irvin, recreates Dickensian detail though some dialogue quality may vary.
Ardell of Dye senool Catherine Ann Wyss and Myrta Joe Day noted in area schooling. Bud Rodes elected president of Cerebral Palsy School board on May 11 1967. Rev Jeff Marsh to transfer June 1 1972 to Cape Girardeau Farmington district superintendent role. Leonard Mills farms south of Benton City with four jumping mules Pepper from Appaloosa mare bred to white jack capable of 52 inch jumps and three others at 40 inches in coonhunting training.
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