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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1972
Page
2
An introductory note explains this is the first in a series of guest editorials. Each writer is chosen for the office they hold or seek, and readers are invited to consider their opinions as their own. The Ledger thanks the contributors for sharing commentary with readers.
A nation faces a serious drug problem with illegal narcotics and legal drug abuse. The piece urges strong school education, better proceeds against drug paraphernalia, trained police at all levels, and cross government coordination to curb supply and demand, warning that an addict free America requires unified action.
A reflective note on Psalm 119:90 praising God’s faithfulness to establish the earth and bless humanity despite human fickleness and disobedience.
A reader questions inheritance based status and a correspondent urges viewing merit over noble lineage. A reader recounts a box of old photos with former loves ending in laughter and advice to store memories. Another asks how to handle church gossip about a minister’s daily visits to a widow over three years. The response: mind your own business.
Patient reports barber's itch lasting over two years starting behind the right ear with pimples and itching. Doctor cautions against delay and outlines hygiene steps, possible causes, and treatments including sterilization, hot boric acid packs, antibiotics for bacterial forms, and antiparasitic ointment for fungal forms.
A letter discusses barbers itch and erysipelas. It explains barber’s itch origins, naming shifts, and cleanliness. Erysipelas is described as a streptococcal skin infection affecting any part, common on the nose and cheeks, with fever, chills, rapid onset, and treatable with antibiotics.
Yesterday in Mexico a portrait of James Rosa by Thomas Sully was donated to the Audrain County Historical Society Museum. Donors Mrs. Wilbur W. Hubbard and Wilbur Ross Hubbard of Washington DC memorialize their mother, Mrs. Etta Ross Hubbard. Also, Terry H. Everman received two awards from Leaver-Bird Agency of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance for service and underwriting excellence.
A two hour color program The Mind of Man airs at 7 p m on Channel 9 revealing two experiments in New Delhi and New York where scientists suggest conscious mind control over bodily functions. The piece notes potential impacts on disease treatment and cites a yogi in an airtight box and a New York patient lowering blood pressure.
Channel 9 ongoing Welfare reports analyze work at 7:00 p.m. A Moon of the Wolf film with Janssen and Rush airs at 7:30 on channels 2 3 17. Hawaii Five-O features Shatner at 7:30 on 4 7 13. The Trail of Tears drama with Cash Palance and Cotten airs at 7:30. Bold Ones drama and other schedule notes follow with multiple broadcasts and local program details.
Mexico Ledger lists publication details including non-Sunday schedule and postage rates. It notes office hours from 8:00 a.m. to 9:40 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday.
The page lists station call letters and channels for St Louis Ottumwa Columbia and more with schedules for The Rookies crime drama Gunsmoke BBC Mind Of Man KC Chiefs vs Saints football and various talk shows and cartoons across channels 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 17 including NBC Movie Seinfeld Price Right and Merv Griffin with times around 7:00 PM and 8:00 PM and weekday afternoon fare.
TV listings feature Mia Farrow in See No Evil described as a highly frightening thriller. Bill Cosby’s 9 pm guests include Anthony Newley and Tim Conway. Jules Feiffer profiles air at 9 pm on Artists in America. Other clips include Two Loves with Shirley MacLaine, Between Midnight and Dawn with Mark Stevens, See No Evil again, Mail Order Bride with Buddy Ebgen, Boy Ten Feet Tall with Edward G. Robinson, The Big Circus with Rhonda Fleming, Canyon River with George Montgomery, and Girls In The Night with Harvey Lemneck.
A Wednesday birthday list extends wishes to Carl R. Anderson Miss Irene Dahl Ruth Kent Mrs Dee Allen James Schutte Randy Brown Albert C. Bartels Howard James Pauline Barnes Shirley Lucas R C Prater Gary Glen Garrett and Philip Yount. Today also marks the 61st birthday of Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Eric E Williams and the 34th birthday of sports broadcaster and former baseball player Phil Rizzuto.
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