Letter to the Editor on a Brownfield drug dealer tragedy
A mother recounts her son Michael Wayne Sanders death from heroin in 1986 and a note from 1985 written in St Luke's Hospital Phoenix. She accuses a Brownfield Texas dealer of supplying drugs and warns of more children becoming hooked or dying. She asks if the dealer could recognize Michael in his casket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Wayne Sanders
Michael
St. Luke’s Hospital
Phoenix
Arizona
Brownfield
Texas
Change through voting in the Dena Gore case
A column argues for legal reform through voting, blaming faulty laws and the appeals process for dangerous outcomes. It urges readers to register and vote to influence statutes, judges, and jury service, warning against apathy and its role in perpetuating problems in the justice system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Clark
State Supreme Court
Raymonds Ramblings on Movies and Music Through the Ages
The piece traces how film and music taste shift across generations from classic movies to jazz in the thirties and fifties rock in the sixties and seventies metal in the late seventies to eighties. It notes aging audiences and lasting popularity of different genres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Ellington
Benny Goodman
Little Richard
Chuck Berry
Pearl
Janice Joplin
The
Who
Madonna
Falco
Prince
Loverboy
Belinda Carlisle
What became of Stephen F. Austin Jr.
Talk of Texas letters note Stephen F. Austin Jr. was not the founder’s son but his nephew James B. Austin’s son. Born 1828, he lost his father early and was raised by Aunt Emily Austin Bryan Perry. The uncle considered adoption but never did. Stephen F. Austin died December 27, 1836 at 43. his nephew died less than two months later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Ferguson
Lufkin
Texas
Diboll Free Press
Stephen F. Austin, Jr
Stephen, Jr
Stephen
James B. Austin
Emily Austin Bryan Perry
Stephen F. Austin
Nuclear waste plan sails to Texas desert dump site
In a satirical dialogue, officials joke about locating a nuclear waste dump in Texas despite practical and ethical issues. They dismiss federal land limits, environmental concerns, and East Coast origins, proposing Texas as a distant, unobtrusive “desert” solution while mockingly weighing voters and long term disposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Energy
Noah Candeux
Ray
Nevada
Speck Debuts For Braves In Moralizing Game Note
In a baseball season with teams facing endings, Atlanta Braves use reliever Cliff Speck for his first major league appearance in the eighth inning against Houston. The piece reflects on perseverance, likening Speck’s 13-year minor league trek to life lessons and the true value of striving, not just winning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Braves
Braves
Houston
Cliff Speck
Speck
Cooperstown
Bolivia and United States launch cocaine trade front
Bolivia invites U S assistance in a drive against cocaine processing centers in the Beni region. Bolivian police and U S support troops with Black Hawk helicopters conducted raids, seizing a processing center a small airplane chemicals and one suspect. The effort aims to root out the drug trade at its source and expand to other countries like Colombia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivia
U.S
Black Hawk
Beni
Columbia
Born again testimony and town concerns shared by readers
A former teen reporter describes a transformative religious conversion at a church altar on July 14 1985 and baptism on June 29 1986 while also urging community action against a proposed high level nuclear waste repository in Deaf Smith and Swisher Counties. The letter urges informing neighbors and gathering more information on atomic reactors for future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Angie McKee
Angie Wood
Country Press
Satan
Bobby
God
Jesus Christ
Texas
Deaf Smith
Swisher
Terry County
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Lovington Daily Leader
Dena Lynn Gore
Raymond
By Raymond Holguin
Talk of
Jack Maguire
Kelly
Kelly Sinclair
Utah
California
Lobach and
Aymariya
Peebles
Garry Peebles
Fort Stockton
Jesus
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