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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1977
Page
2
The editorial urges pride in how Mexico appears to residents and visitors. It emphasizes cleaning streets and parks, improving downtown and riverbank areas, and integrating neglected spaces into public maintenance to attract investment and enhance civic life. Traveling salesmen and new businesses are cited as key contributors to a town’s vitality.
A short devotional prayer invoking Psalm 19 7 praising the perfection of God's law. The speaker asks for grace to grasp the law's supreme standard and ends with an Amen request for divine knowledge.
As cooler weather nears, Kansas City Star readers hear that insulation choices thickness and installation affect protection from the elements. Denver officials seek federal guidelines for cellulose fibrous glass and plastic foam to curb fire and disease risks. industry argues safety exists already, while regulators vow close monitoring and cautious consumer choices.
A reader reports stress incontinence among teens and seeks guidance from Ann Landers. Doctors explain bladder control issues tied to weakened pelvic muscles, with advice to empty the bladder regularly and to exercise control. Additional letters touch on a grandmother’s concerns about her daughter’s unstable home life and an invitation to obtain The Bride's Guide.
Dear Dr Thosteson and readers explore asthma basics, extrinsic and intrinsic types, and child treatment. Emphasizes family cooperation, environment control, activity guidance, and cautious use of epinephrine theophylline cromolyn and steroids. Advice includes avoiding aspirin, stopping smoking, seek local Lung Association resources and a booklet on emphysema.
Saturday wishes go to Mrs. Clarence Beatty and a group including Bob Hawkins Delores Clark Shepherd James Travis Ronald Belcher James Lloyd Ham Larry Peters Karen Sue Moore and Robert Clithern. Sunday wishes go to Robert Eugene Smith Martin Dale Silver Michael W Hightshoe Mary Williams Byron Franklin Gilbert Clarence Bradshaw Jr Elwood Smiley Mrs John A Johnston Dottie Detten wanger Paula Jean Bounds and Arthur Todd.
A chronological compendium notes appointments and civic events from 1877 to 1972 in Mexico Missouri. It covers church leadership changes, school building progress and road work, new traffic officers, highway patrol headquarters, housing trends and prices postwar, a coal bin fire at Hardin Junior High, resident relocations, a theater production and upcoming Red Stocking Follies.
Channel lineup notes erroneous listings from several stations. The article details prime time movies and shows including The Making Of Star Wars at 7:00 p.m. on channels 2 3 and 17, Wonder Woman at 7:00 on channels 4 and 7, Sanford Arms and related series, plus racing and soap operas across Missouri stations with multiple time slots and film titles.
Channel 9 features a noon profile of veteran journalist IF Stone. NCAA pregame shows at 12:30 with Alabama vs Nebraska and Iowa State vs Iowa. Red Sox at 1:15, Boston Pops repeats at 3 and 7. Includes boxing, golf, and various film and news programs across channels with multiple time slots and features.
AP reports CBS debuts a new Logan's Run TV version in a Fugitive like setup. Lead fugitives Gregory Harrison and Heather Menzies flee a regime that confines life to thirty years, driving a tense pursuit across a dystopian world.
A Star Wars style science fiction plot unfolds in The Domino City future where births are matched by departures and Sandmen enforce a great sleep. Harrison pursues Heather with danger, while NBCs Sanford Arms reboot draws praise for pace and acting. A CBS Radio 50 year retrospective airs Sunday.
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