Editorial: Industry jobs make a town prosper
The editorial argues industry jobs sustain a town by circulating money through local businesses and workers. It highlights Mexico’s two main industries fire clay and agriculture, praises the Florsheim plant expansion with community support, and urges continued local effort to attract and grow industry for broader prosperity.
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Mexico
A.P. Green
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Chamber of Commerce
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MMA
Audrain
Wetterau’s
End of Day Advice On Righteousness In Business
A quoted verse from Jeremiah 22 13 warns against building with unrighteousness and using workers without wages. The phrasing links moral conduct in daily life to business ethics and personal behavior, urging legitimate treatment of neighbors and fair work practices.
Irresponsible Tax Proposals Target Mining Newsprint and Ads
In the Missouri special session lawmakers push bills to end sales tax exemptions on mining equipment and newsprint and to impose a 3 percent levy on advertising and film leases. The piece argues such taxes would hurt growth, raise consumer costs, and depress overall tax revenue, citing Iowa’s repeal as a warning. It urges responsible members to defeat the measures.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Iowa
Missouri General Assembly
Ann Landers Letters Aims to Comfort Mourning Parents
A reader from abroad recalls the death of her baby and asks why neighbors did not offer condolences. Ann Landers notes actions speak louder than words and explains presence can convey sympathy without explicit words.
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Ann Landers
America
Allergy to Orange Juice Cited as Cause of Chronic Cold
Mrs. JS reports a boy with a perpetual cold improved after eliminating orange juice which he drank constantly. Dr. Thosteson notes hidden allergens vary and lists common foods and items that can trigger allergies. A teenage girl asks about early irregular menses and tampon safety. the doctor deem s irregularity common and tampon use safe. Readers’ birthday wishes and names are noted.
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Jill
B.B
George C. Thosteson
M.D
Dr. Thosteson
Reverend Ivan Donaldson Jr. on Channel 12 Friday at 6 PM
The Rev. Ivan Donaldson Jr of Global Harvester Foundation will appear as musician and chalktalk artist on Channel 12 this Friday at 6 00 PM.
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Ivan Donaldson Jr
Global Harvester Foundation
TV nets orchestrate women at home in a colorful lineup
AP TV critic notes a coordinated Sunday schedule aimed at amusements for all dayparts. Parades in the morning, football and kiddy shows in the afternoon, then evenings skew toward feminine audiences with a film musical and a star studded Festival at Ford's. The critic praises Festival at Ford's for its visual and musical richness while criticizing some animation as primitive.
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NBC
CBS
Ford’s
Lincoln
Camerot
Alfred
Merlin
Camelot
Ford
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Washington
Nashville
James Stewart
Andy Williams
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Bobbie Gentry
Dionne Warwick
The
Supremes
Pearl Bailey
Dolly
St. Louis Station Reports Unreported Changes
Erroneous listings indicate unreported changes by the station, with notes mentioning Ottumwa and St. Louis. The text references SE Lewis and unnamed channels, suggesting schedule or lineup updates not yet published.
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Ottumwa
St. Louis
Television Listings and Pro Basketball Matchups
TV listings show the world champion Knicks facing the Bucks in Milwaukee at 1 30 p m on channels 2 3 13 with Disney UNICEF special at 6 30 p m on channels 2 3. The first of a two part documentary To All The World's Children profiles three children from Paraguay Ceylon and Kenya on Discovery. Other programs include Mondays Can Be Fatal at 6 40 on channel 4 7, CBS Movie The Last Challenge with Glenn Ford and Chad Everett at 8 00 on channels 4 7 13, Ford's Theater special at 9 00 on channel 3 Tom Jones guests at 9 00 on channel 2 Florence Henderson Harry Secombe with Dick Cavett Phyllis Diller Mike Douglas Bewitched Gomer Pyle Gilligan Santa Claus CBS News NBC News and a packed slate of NFL and variety programming across channels.
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N.Y. Knicks
Bucks
Milwaukee
Sunicef
Discovery
Paraguay
Ceylon
Kenya
CBS
Glenn Ford
Chad Everett
Weatert
Tom Jones
Florence Henderson
Harry Secombe
Dick Cavett
Phyllis Diller
Mike Douglas
Bewitched
Gomer
Somerset
Gilligan
ABC News
Santa Claus
CBS News
NBC
Dick van Dyke
Flintstones
Daniel Boone
Hospital
World's Children
Virginia Graham
Beaver
Dennis Morgan
David Janssen
Qeark Opry
America
Big Valley
Patridge World
Perry Mason
Sea’ Hunt
Hitchcock
Army
Navy
Louisville U
Wichita State
Wichita Crash Fund
Notre Dame
USC
Wide World of Sports
Phoenix Auto Racing
Jerry Lewis
Josie
Dr. Doolittle
Superman
Globetrotters
Pink Panther
Hot Wheels
Archie Corky
Eaver
Monkees
Missouri Insurance
William Y. McCaskill
Andy Williams
Jimmy Durante
Rick Nelson
Linda Ronstadt
Gannon
Tony Franciosa
Johnny Cash
Lorne Greene
Cass Elliott
Kris Kristofferson
Tim Conway
Judy Carne
Merv Griffin
Bill Fields
James Cagney
Algiers
Basil Rathbone
Leo Gorcey
Johnny Crawford
St. Louis
Andy
Movie Williams
Porter Wagoner
Jetsons
Hugh Lewis
Tan
Skipay
Magic People
Farmpeace
Wataoors
Missouri Forum
Wilburn
San Diego
Chargers
Chiefs
Kcre
LA Rams
49Ers
San Francisco
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy
Puernal Light
Maimonides
Cordova
Butch Cassidy
Walt Disney
Ed Sullivan
Cory Previn
Buck Owens
The
Buckaroos
Joan Rivers
Norm Crosby
Jim Bailey
Lohman
Barkley
Dick Jensen
Albert Lucas
Saturday Channel Lineup and Highlights for Ledgerland
A dense listing of TV times and programs across channels including news, weather, sports, movies, and children’s programming. Highlights feature college football coverage, pro football clips, animated shows, and a Telethon, with schedules spanning morning to late night and numerous named programs and actors.
Sunday’s Ledgerland Station Lis Telethon and TV Highlights
The CP telethon on Channel 3 runs from Saturday night into the morning with various programs. Met Opera soprano Judith Raskin performs Knoxville 1915 on Channel 4 at 7:30 a.m. and John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson discuss Home on Channel 7 at 10.00. Also schedule notes include concerts, film features, sports, and Ed Sullivan guests. John Wayne special mentioned.
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Camera Three
Channel 4
Judith Raskin
Knoxville
John Gielgud
Ralph Richardson
Cortes
Metropolitan Museum of Art
G. Marshall
Notre Dame
South Vietnam
NY Giants
Redskins
Washington
Philadelphia Eagles
Cardinals
St. Louis
Sing Out Sweet Land special parade through history TV program
A featured Sing Out Sweet Land special airs at 7 30 with a parade and more than two dozen guests tracing American history. The evening includes The Car Petbaggers film times and multiple guests such as George Gobel Glen Campbell Tim Conway and others across channels and dates. The schedule lists epilogue programs like Marcus Welby M D and Bold Ones and a benefit night for the Wichita State crash fund with Kate Smith Tiny Tim and Minnie Pearl among others.
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Sweet Land
ABC
The
George Peppard
Carroll Baker
Glen Campbell
George Gobel
Alan Seuss
Sonny James
Tim Conway
Edgie Gorme
Steve Allen
Marcus Welby M
Wichita State Crash Fund
Kate Smith
Christmas lights and Santa arrive for Mexico shoppers
Crowds of 3500 to 5000 gathered at the Jefferson Street courthouse side in Mexico on Friday night for Santa Claus arrival, downtown lights, and opening of the Christmas shopping season. Winter winds cool Ledgerland as temperatures drop from 72 to 38 degrees. A civil defense committee led by L B Hawthorne is planned in 1950. Community Chest solicitors aim for 15000 for six local agencies with Carl Burchfield as drive chairman. Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, aided by teens, staged a variet y show at Presser Hall.
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Jefferson St
Mexico
Santa Claus
Ledgerland
L. B. Hawthorne
Civil Defense Committee
George R. Sullivan
National Civil Defense
U.S
Carl Burchfield
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
America
Presser Hall
Orpheum Theatre
American Legion
Sunshine Orchestra
Fred A. Morris
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Deadly Game
Mary Tyler Moore
Tan Tyson
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Robert Ryan
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Dick Keete
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Minnie Pearl
John Wayne
George Montgomery
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Debbie Reynolds
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