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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1974
Page
2
A citizen urges residents to stop blaming others for litter and start actions to clean Mexico. Proposes school projects, civic club campaigns, business cleanliness, and ongoing community campaigns to establish a habit of keeping the town tidy, while praising the town’s good people.
A call to stand for Christ and declare faith publicly. The message urges believers to confess Jesus as Lord and to spread a contagious, glorifying belief to the world as reflected in Philippians 2:14.
In a Ledger open forum, Lester M. Huenefeld of New Florence writes to Mrs. Helen Luneceford. He states he is a Republican and rejects hiding, urging forgiveness and national unity as a Christian nation. He notes Republicans and Democrats err, advocating constructive civic dialogue.
Kansas City Star notes Gen. Creighton W. Abrams emerged as a contrast to the war’s darkest episodes. As commander in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972 he returned with his honor intact, a respected officer who disdained the era’s tarnished brass and public controversy.
The item lists Monday and Tuesday birthday greetings for numerous individuals from Farber and surrounding areas. It then discusses General Abrams, noting his leadership in Vietnam and at home, his role in shifting the Army to a professional volunteer force, his focus on racial tensions and drug issues, and his death at 59 from lung cancer. The piece closes with a brief Mexico Lectory newspaper data block detailing publication info and subscription rates.
A reader letter column features advice to a reader drama about family guilt and hostility toward parents. An anecdote on hitchhiker safety contrasts with a suicide note and a Rabbi thanks Ann Landers for ecumenical prayer discussion. The note ends offering a booklet on limits to necking and petting with request for 50 cents.
Dear Mrs M S C asks if pinched nerves have a cure for back and leg pain. The doctor explains a pinched sciatic nerve may stem from spinal pressure, shots don’t cure it, and treatment hinges on diagnosis. Recommend specialist referral, possible braces or surgery, and caution against chasing quick fixes. The column also clarifies vitamin C and calcium are not cures or vitamins for breast cancer risk.
Today's guide lists Nebraska vs Wisconsin at 12 45 p m on Channels 2 3 and 17 with pregame at 12 30. baseball at 1 15 on channels 5 8 10 with pregame at 1 00. CBS Sports Spectacular at 1 00 on channels 7 13 and 3 00 on 4. US East German dual swimming, American Lifestyle at 3 30 on 13. Wide World of Sports preview of All Foreman match at 4 00 on 23 17. Health at 5 00 on 8 about children s diabetes. As In The Family at 7 00 on 4 713. Mary Tyler Moore date at 8 00 on 4 7 13. NBC Movie Oklahoma Crude at 8 00 on 5 8 10. various other listings including football 7, Canada 5, and World of Sports on 7 23 17.
Channel guide lists tonight includes C Scott and Faye Dunaway oilfield drama, Nakie crime series at 9 on channels 2 3 and 17, Steve Lawrence joins Carol Burnett at 9 on channels 4 7 and 18. Movie line up spans Henry Aldrich 1942 at 4am, Blondie Takes A Vacation 1939, Buck Privates Come Home 1947, Mr Hex 1946, Dr Cyclops 1940, Ten North Frederick 1958, Oklahoma Crude 1973, Pursuit to Algiers 1945, Fifty five Days At Peking 1963, Clear And Present Danger 1970, Way Out 1966, The Silent Gun 1969, Souls At Sea 1937, The Mummy's Ghost 1944, Lonely Profession 1969, The Savage 1953, Random Harvest 1943. Ends with Profane Comedy 1969.
A dense Sunday TV schedule lists Notre Dame vs Northwestern football at 9:00 a.m. on channels 5 8 and again 10:30, plus Cardinals vs Redskins in Washington at noon with pregame at 11:30, and Miami vs Buffalo Bills in New York State at 1:00 p.m. Also notes ABC CBS PBS specials and various talk shows and movies across channels.
A busy broadcast rundown lists films and TV programs with times and stars including Charlie Chan in Panama with Sidney Toler, Raiders of Red Gap, The Intruders, Death Of A Gunfighter, Tarzan's Three Challenges, and Dante's Inferno, plus a long slate of newscasts, sports, and variety features across the evening.
Yesterday In Mexico reports cadet Harry Hoyt a Springfield Illinois four year senior named cadet captain and commander of the ROTC unit at Missouri Military Academy. The Centralia council closed an alley for Tom Dawson’s motel and restaurant project north of town.
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