Mexico Town Edits Show Bustling Downtown Renewal
A measured editorial lauds Mexico's ongoing downtown modernization with repainted façades and refurbishments from the Paul building to the Buie and Barnes properties. It extols the city's strong industrial base, high paying jobs, and diverse sectors including refractories, Florsheim Shoe Co., Wetteraus, agri business, and progressive farming, urging pride in growth and attractiveness.
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Mexico
Paul
Richards
Barnes
Jefferson St
Buie
Missouri
Florsheim Shoe Co
Wetteraus
Enduring Faith Reflections On Praise And Blessing
A devotional meditation explains that recognizing personal blessing prompts praise. Awareness and appreciation lead to a natural response of gratitude, aligning heart and spirit with praise to the Lord.
Civilization Is A Copper Wire Danger To All
The letter warns that rioting and sabotage could collapse modern civilization if electricity fails. It argues homes rely on power and trucks for food and warmth, and a city like Boscobel would face shortages without trucks or electricity. It contrasts modern dependence with hardiness of ancestors and calls out the risk to large cities.
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Hannibal Courier-Post
Boscobel
Wis
Dear Ann Landers Columns on Moles and Sudden News
A reader questions why a prominent woman tolerates two facial moles, and Ann Landers responds that the wearer may not mind them. A Green Bay reader defends nighttime death notices by professionals, calling the questioner harsh. Sy Summers advises delaying early skipping for a precocious young girl, urging continued schooling with intellectual stimulation rather than advancing grades.
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Ann Landers
Green Bay
Green
Osteoporosis its behavior and treatment advice
Dr Thosteson explains osteoporosis as bone thinning from calcium balance shifts with age. Hormone influence, diet rich in calcium and protein, sodium fluoride may raise density, activity with fall prevention, and pain relief for fractures. Reader questions on canned foods pose no health risk if cans are intact.
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Thesteson
R.V.A
Mexico Savings Bank opens centennial with period displays
Visitors to the Mexico Savings Bank Centennial Open House on May 20 1961 will be greeted by staff in 1660s period costumes as the bank building shows a fresh interior paint job for its 100th anniversary. Delegates to the Missouri Association of High Twelve Clubs arrive for a two day state convention at Burroughs Masonic Temple. Carl Lawrence and Lynn Fulkes are crowned king and queen of the Junior Senior Prom with attendees Dooley Kam marmeyer Susan Schanbacher George Cline and Ande Lowe. Baccalaureate services for the 89 graduates of Mexico High School were held at Emmons Hall with Rev. Walter Brown delivering the sermon. The Sensation from Art Simmons Stables won the final division of the five gaited championship at the Chicago Horse Show after winning the preliminary class earlier in the week. Mr and Mrs Hume Long hosted a family dinner for Sgt Richie Long at Fort Sill. Audrain County farmers plant corn in good weather predicting a large crop. Miss Thelma Harrison becomes mathematics and physics teacher at Perry High School with a salary of 1400. Sixty two diplomas awarded at McMillan with Elizabeth White named valedictorian. Jay W. Hudson of the University of Missouri delivers the commencement address.
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Mexico Savings Bank
Bank
Missouri Association of High Twelve Clubs
Burroughs Masonic Temple
Carl Lawrence
Lynn Fulkes
Dooley Kam
Marmeyer
Susan Schanbacher
George Cline
Ande Lowe
Mexico High School
Emmons Hall
Walter Brown
Art Simmons
Chicago
Hume Long
Sgt
Ritchie H. Long
Fort Sill
Audrain County
Thelma Harrison
Perry
Elzen Harrison
McMillan
Elizabeth White
A. C. White
Jay W. Hudson
University of Missouri
Teletype News Weather Listings and Erroneous Entries
A fragment listing television stations in Missouri and nearby areas with channel numbers and notes that weather and listings may contain errors from unreported changes by the stations. It mentions Hannibal Khy aty Koru ty and others in Quincy St. Louis Jeff City Mexico and more.
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Hannibal
Columbia
Wgem-tv
Quincy
Kpl
St. Louis
Kreg-tv
Jeff City
Mexico
Television listings tease final Nabors episode and mighty lineup
Broadcast guide notes Jim Nabors presents the series finale at 7 p m on channels 4 7 and 13 with a rerun spotlight on Frank Sutton Karen Morrow and Ronnie Schell Also listed are Ironside Make Room for Granddaddy and a slate of movies and shows across CBS NBC and ABC including Chamber of Horrors Singin the Rain and The Unforgiven with times running through late night and midnight airings.
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Jim Nabors
Frank Sutton
Karen Morrow
Ronnie Schell
Ironside
Montreal
Granddaddy
Hans Conried
David Frost
Andy Williams
CBS
Chamber of Horrors
Patrick O’neal
Merv Griffin
Glen Campbell
Johnny Carson
Jack Jones
Norm Crosby
James Mason
Sidney Poltier
Parick O'Neal
Gene Kelly
Burt Lancaster
Hugh O'Brian
James Stewart
Friday Ledgerland Station Listings and Highlights
Evening guide to reruns and specials across networks. Highlights include Andy Griffith rerun, David Frost 90 minute special with Bette Davis, CBS movie The Cool Ones featuring Roddy McDowall, NBC News Special Venice Be Damned, and assorted daytime cartoons, games, and soap operas with a city arts survey narrated by Jose Ferrer and appearances by Carson Ball and Merv Griffin.
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Andy Griffith
David Frost
Bette Davis
CBS Movie
Roddy McDowall
NBC News
Venice
Jose Ferrer
Johnny Carson
Lucille Ball
Debbie Reynolds
Merv Griffin
Aretha Franklin
John Agar
Peyton Place
Dick Cavett
TV host Ernie Ford leads mixed NBC special Sing America Beautiful
AP review notes Tennessee Ernie Ford offers urban chic and rural charm in Sing America Beautiful. Diahann Carroll delivers standout numbers while Tom and Dick Smothers provide light comic bits. The program, a varied mix, occasionally saccharine, aims to celebrate broad American music and family themes. The piece also covers Public Broadcasting profiles of families of three young people killed violently, plus TV star pay trends and a birthday list.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York (Ap
Tennessee Ernie Ford
NBC
Danny Thomas
Public Broadcasting
Vietnam
Philip Gibbs
Jackson State University
Mississippi
Allison Krause
Kent State
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Kmox-tv
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Gilligan
Showtime
Major Adams
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Smith & Jones
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Dick van Dyke
Dan August
Adam
Buck Owens
Dean Martin
Perry Mason
Lucy
Ledgerland
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Heart
Peter Sellers
Jackie Gleason
Edmond O’brien
Christopher Lee
Guiding Light
Gomer
Ocw
Rim
ABC News
CBS News
Hollywood
Mome
James DeClue
Pamela
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Joe Hatfield
Robert Hatfield
Edward Coldwell
Richard Pearson
Cheryl Mitchell
Melody Cheree
Wallace Druger
Lawrence Drug
Sturgeon Horse Arena
Sturgeon, MO
Timberlake Park
Cadek
Monroe J. Cassens Spacemaker Building Systems
P.O. Box
Callis Farm Service & Supply Inc
Paris
Carroll
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