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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1975
Page
2
An editorial contrasts good and bad TV football coverage focusing on camera work from a kicker to whole formations. It emphasizes drama over color shots, post play action, replays, coach and quarterback commentary, and calls for football knowledgeable directors to cover games.
A short devotional note cites Matthew 24 42 urging readiness for the Lord's coming. It emphasizes divine surprises and to respond with gladness and joy when gifts arrive.
A reader chapter from Ann Landers covers three letters about bisexuality, marital strain, and guidance. The first describes a wife who is liberated and maintains an affair while married with children. counseling urged more exploration. The second asks whether to discuss spousal infidelity with a priest or eldest son, with advice to confront the husband first and then seek spiritual counsel. The third recalls a boyhood card game turned money stakes and urges cooler behavior, promoting a teen guidance booklet offer.
A three year old grandson cannot talk. The child lives in an unhappy, strict home where the father sometimes threatens the boy to coerce eating. The boy grunts, is very bright, and seems to understand but does not speak. Grandparents’ likely bias in reporting is noted. An emotional issue or hearing disorder could explain the lack of speech. The doctor suspects an emotional factor given the home environment.
A father scolds a silent child at the table, urging speech evaluation. A reader asks Dr Thosteson about early arthritis signs, with guidance on diagnosing and managing rheumatoid arthritis. Birthday notices list several names and ages including Tom Clark and Ray Charles.
Yesterday in Mexico on September 23 1965 Denver Hudson was elected president of the Mexico Kiwanis Club at the noon meeting succeeding Clarence Torreyson. Fred Hanter becomes vice president Byrnes Hawthorne is president elect Randall Weber secretary J Ashburn J T Pratt and Kenneth Hayes are board directors.
An open forum letter argues Audrain County should approve ambulance service on September 29, outlining the need and urging a yes vote. The editor Latney Barnes is cited, along with local booster efforts and community encouragement for support of the district plan.
Mexico Ledger lists publication details including daily except Sundays and holidays, address at 300 N. Washington St., Mexico Missouri. Rates: single copy 15 cents. carrier in Mexico and nearby towns 2.25 monthly. mail rates by county and state vary. armed forces rate 1.50 per month. Office hours 8 to 5:30 weekdays and 8 to 3 Saturday.
A fragmented list shows channel numbers paired with station names and cities including Hannibal Columbia St Louis Quincy Jeff City and Columbia again. The text hints at an internal mapping of channels to communities with notes about time or section markers.
TV listings feature Merv Griffin guests Orson Bean and Sally Quinn at 3:30 p.m. on Channel 5, plus dramas Police Story and Marcus Welby M D, many movies and late news. The schedule lists Dragnet, The Next Victim, and The Mob with various channels, times, and notes on returns and weather segments.
Channel lists show Robin disguises and nefarious deeds at 7:00, Tony Orlando guests with Anne Meara and Hal Linden, doctors at Doctors Hospital with a staph outbreak at 8:00, and a Frederick Wiseman welfare documentary at 8:00. Starsky and Hutch escort at 9:00, Kate McShane and Petrocelli cases on 9:00, Carson returns, and late-night talk plus movies fill the schedule with multiple channels and programs across the day.
New York AP outlines a biannual Fearless Forecast predicting which of 26 regularly scheduled TV series will last a season or more. It lists Saturday to Friday projections for shows like Welcome Back Kotter, Starsky and Hutch, Ellery Queen, and Doctor's Hospital with brief notes on expected duration and outcomes.
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