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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1974
Page
2
A column argues against revoking Honorable Discharges for veterans arguing it would undermine pride in service. It explains five discharge levels from Honorable to Dishonorable and notes amnesty for draft dodgers should not erase merit. The piece warns against making any service records secret.
A meditation on Romans 13 10 asserting that love for people prevents harm and sustains ethical conduct. The message emphasizes sincere care for others as the surest basis for living righteously.
Reader letters cover celibacy in marriage and legal separation, a resentful wife, a conflicted teen, and drug questions. Ann advises the minister wife to seek a judge if necessary, affirms a separated couple’s woes, counsels the teen through rough years, and promotes a drug education booklet with a mail order offer.
A patient asks about seborrheic dermatitis causing facial redness and scalp irritation with guidance that greasy skin favors the condition, cleanliness helps, and a dermatologist can tailor lotions. Another reader seeks acne guidance and is directed to a booklet on controlling acne and blackheads for treatment options.
Fulton and Callaway County residents defend local pride as Columbia Daily Tribune criticizes regional development. The piece argues outsiders misread the area, noting Callaway's self-reliance, local issues from crime to governance, and steadfast resistance to outside judgments while embracing the coming power plant and economic opportunity.
Farmers and agricultural spokesmen tout efficiency but USDA notes a first decline in agricultural productivity in a decade, due mainly to weather. Growth from mechanization, seeds, fertilizers, and management may be offset by higher inputs on more land and lower yields. Prices rising, urging lawmakers to keep farming costs down to control supermarket prices.
FICTION Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Le Carre Centennial Michener The Dogs of War Forsyth Watership Down Adams Jaws Benchley NONFICTION All the President's Men Bernstein and Woodward The Woman He Loved Martin The Memory Book Lorayne and Lucas You Can Profit from a Monetary Crisis Browne alive Read
In yesterday’s Mexico report the Audrain County party committees opened local headquarters with Democrats at the former Dr. Ed S. Wallace quarters and Republicans at the Morris building. Other notes include tributes to George Hagan for 36 years at Flor sheim Shoe Co and Tom Fennewald winning the two row mounted picker crown at McCredie’s Missouri Corn Picking Contest. FFA members led by Joe Offutt participate in Safe Corn Harvest for the sixth straight year. James Offutt, Toronto native, returns to work for A P Green Refractories as manager of domestic and Canadian affiliates. Judge and Mrs. Spurling were honored by United Cerebral Palsy Central Missouri for their CP support. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Mundy return from a South American trip.
A sequence of broadcast station identifiers is provided including Ktvi St Louis Ottumwa Kmoy-tv St Louis Kid-tv St Louis Khqu-tv Hannibal Komu-tv Columbia Kete-tv St Louis Weem-tv Quincy Kol St Louis Kreg-tv Jeff City Kebj-tv Columbia with an added note that 17 corresponds to 6 On Sep Tv.
Nightly schedule shows Jamestown and Williamsburg profile with Alistair Cooke. ABC and NBC offer movies The Stranger Within and The Disappearance of Flight 412. Multiple channel varied programs include news, game shows, comedies, dramas, and a 1966 comedy Not With My Wife You Don't.
A dense rundown of Channel 2 3 17 programming includes Afterschool Special Sara's Summer Of The Swans at 3:30, Men Who Made The Movies Howard Hawks clips at 7, In My Balloon balloon fiesta highlights, ABC Movie Death Sentence with Cloris Leachman, and Evening At The Symphony with the Boston Symphony. Channel listings show classic films, game shows, and live news through late night with Phil Donahue and Carroll O'Connor style fare.
Public Broadcasting Service debuts Zee Cooking Show a weekly 14 week program for children ages eight to twelve. Four young chefs and host Colette Rossant guide omelet making and kitchen basics with a playful, nontechnical approach designed to show that cooking can be fun and quick.
Mexico Ledger lists publication schedule daily except Sundays and holidays at 300 N Washington Mexico Mo 65265. Rates include 15c single copy and postage, with yearly and half year subscriptions across counties at varied prices. Office hours are 8 to 5:30 weekdays and 8 to 3 Saturday.
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