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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1976
Page
2
The editorial argues Carter’s openness and frequent interviews keep him close to voters. It cites the Playboy interview and Jody Powell's defense that honest campaigning may include missteps, yet the core goal is sustained transparency.
A reflective statement on faith hope and charity citing First Corinthians 13 13. It argues that love is the greatest of all goods and frames loving as the ultimate good beyond faith and hope. The piece emphasizes charity as the supreme virtue guiding human conduct.
The letter cites a Kmox radio editorial urging a Constitutional Amendment prohibiting abortion, arguing it is a universal human issue beyond sectarian lines. Karen Wilbers invites readers to a public program with Dr. Joe Meisner on September 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Farm & Home Blog to discuss abortion and euthanasia.
Mexico Ledger announces publication details and subscription prices for daily editions, with rates by carrier and mail for various regions and armed forces, plus office hours and postage information. The notice lists local and out of state pricing and delivery areas with monthly and yearly figures.
A reader mailing column summarizes letters about marital tension with an overbearing husband and a neighbor in a laundry room. Advice touches on share of chores, handling drunk drivers, and handling freeloading neighbors. It includes a note about requesting Ann Landers material and a booklet on alcoholism.
Reader letters discuss sassafras tea once used as a spring tonic, its safrole content and FDA scrutiny, and the advice to stick to approved medicines. The column also answers eye and skin concerns with practical guidance.
A composite note recalls Audrain County taxes rising 8.4 percent with the library levy to 20 cents, plus historical items from Sept 29 dates across years. Mentions of music club attendees, auxiliary firemen training in 1958, Vandalia Chiefs Band leadership, United Daughters of the Confederacy installation, Missouri Military Academy delegate, Sunrise Christian Church homecoming, Old Age Assistance move in 1936, Canton resident in Mexico for engraving, Baptist Association delegate election, MU extension courses, and a $37000 annual bonus at A P Green Fire Brick Co.
Greetings note extends birthday wishes to Mrs Burr Crawford Jewell Cleeton Alan Coatsworth Mrs Charles Armstrong Charles Fox William Francis Walker Betty Adams Larry Curtis Christina Griffith William Allen Duckworth Jr Nadine Pittman Louise Baysinger on Friday Today's birthdays also mark Stanley Kramer 63 and Michelangelo Antonioni 64 with brief age mentions
Erroneous listings note unreported channel changes. NBC 7 PM features Francis Gary Powers story with The Majors as the American pilot. Nova 7 PM studies Netsilik Eskimos. Chekhov’s The Seagull on Theater In America 8 PM. Alice a new two act comedy 8:30 PM. Charlie’s Angels 9 PM Mission Impossible style plot. Movie block includes Flat Top 1 PM Channel 11 and Soldier In The Rain 7 PM. Night Train To Munich 3:05 AM.
TV guide style rundown lists programs and times for Channels 4 7 13, noting The Waltons at 7 pm Hawaii Five-O at 8 pm Hollywood Television Theater at 1 am, with Eva Marie Saint in The Fatal Weakness. Includes Sesame Street, Today, CBS News, and other morning to late night offerings.
NBC sets eight part Captains and the Kings saga at 8 p.m. with promoters of the Kennedy era immigrant Irish tale. Nancy Walker stars a comedy at 8 30 p.m. Channel 11 airs Soldier In The Rain with Steve McQueen and Jackie Gleason at 1 p.m. A 1972 Hunters Of The Wild documentary airs at 7 p.m. on channels 11 4 7 13. Death Takes A Holiday is shown at 11:30 p.m. on channels 4 7 13 and Stolen Hours with Susan Hayward airs at 1 15 a.m. on channel 4.
AP Television Writer Jay Sharbutt notes ABC topped the premiere week ratings with 11 of the 20 highest shows, NBC had six, and CBS three, but scheduling confusion from longer episodes and the Ford-Carter debate muddied trends. Crazy Week spotlighted ABC's Happy Days as the top-rated program at 24.7 million homes, while NBC's Big Event faltered with about seven million.
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