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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1971
Page
2
A reverent editorial echoes Thomas Paine, arguing freedom requires effort and payment. It condemns government “nothing for something” schemes, urges readers to recognize hidden costs in welfare and taxes, and stresses the high price of freedom paid by those who fight for it.
A meditation on John 20 29 asking whether belief requires visible signs or can stand on its own. It contrasts Thomas startled doubt with those who believe without seeing and invites readers to consider the nature of faith and evidence.
Monroe County appeals warn that the new Missouri House districting will favor cities and heavily populated areas with 88 members from dense centers versus 75 from rural districts. They urge rural representatives to stay vigilant to protect outstate Missourians from biased benefits.
The piece argues that U S draft evaders and war deserters abroad tend to seek return home after conflicts end. It cites Korean War cases, Vietnamese era attitudes, and two Long Island youths who hijacked planes to Cuba, finding Cuba undesirable and longing for prison in the United States. It concludes that America remains preferable to Cuba China Canada or Sweden for those discontented with exile.
A reader asks Ann Landers for advice after a neighbor invades privacy, another argues for high school smoking rooms, and a wife suspects her husband of infidelity. Ann defends no smoking in schools, suggests bathroom monitors, and urges trust in marriage while warning about air of modern trends.
Dear Dr Thosteson outlines tic douloureux or facial neuralgia, its sudden stabbing attacks along the trigeminal nerve, possible causes such as dental malocclusion or nerve tumor, and treatments from nerve-deadening injections to medications like Tegretol and even nerve surgery for permanent relief. Attacks may subside or worsen with time. stopping meds can trigger recurrences.
Jay Gourley of Mexico was named area chairman for the 1962 Missouri Heart Fund drive by state Heart Fund chairman M. Graham Clark. He will lead the campaign in Callaway Montgomery Audrain and Monroe counties. Linda Jolly, daughter of Dr and Mrs William H Jolly of 9 Park Circle, is among 39 candidates for Sigma Delta Chi Miss Mizzou at the University of Missouri in Columbia.
Fragmented list of TV stations with call letters and cities including St. Louis Hannibal Jefferson City Columbia Quincy and Ottumwa. Mentions erroneous listings and unreported items plus a Teletype News changes note and Weather News entry.
Television guide summarizing tonight’s schedule with Adam 12 changing pace drama at 7, Peggy Lee and Carol Burnett with Dom DeLuise and Harvey Korman at 7 on channels 4 7 13, NBC Mystery at 7:30 with June Havoc as McMillan & Wife chase dognapers, David Frost hour at 8 with Rosalind Russell, Medical Center at 6 drama Circle of Power, plus Night Gallery Dick Cavett and Woody Allen segment, Merv Griffin guests Joan Crawford Clint Eastwood, plus serials and movies including Shanghai Story Lisa Beau Geste Kangaroo Love Me Tender and Return of the Gunfighter.
A dense schedule rundown lists Channel 3 5 and 11 programs with films, game shows, and news. Highlights include Sesame Street spinoff previews, Sixty Minutes, Flip Wilson debut, David Frost interviews, Wayne Newton Dean Martin tribute, and Perry Mason. Multiple channels broadcast cartoons, dramas, and movies through the day into late night.
NBC offers a light hour with Copenhagen acts including acrobats jugglers and animal shots from Italy while Ed McMahon translates. The Cannon series returns with high violence and a private eye enduring bullet wounds and a doomed ghost town heist. Marcus Welby M D. sketches melodrama as Owen Marshall visits a homicide trial ending Thursday on ABC.
Greetings celebrate birthdays for Don Conklin Patricia Lynn Johnson James W Paschal Lyndell Galloway Lori Ann Staehle Mrs Margaret McMurtry Pew Mrs John Anderson Donald Hampton Vivian Case Kathy Lynn Sublette Pam Penny Howard Bob Brown Mrs Thomas L Morris Richard BE Curtis Mrs Madge Parker Esther Denise Webber. Today also marks Mickey Mantle turning 40 and Jerry Orbach turning 36.
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