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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1968
Page
5
Brownfield Texas weekly issue lists subscription options. Carrier boy monthly rate is sixty cents with six months at 3.90 and yearly at 7.80. Rates vary by regions Terry Yoakum Gaines and other areas with six months or one year terms.
The piece discusses a dispute between Gallup and Harris over GOP frontrunners Nixon and Rockefeller. It notes polls vary by sampling factors, suggests Congress might probe polling methods, and argues convention outcomes depend on delegate strength rather than early poll results. Rockefeller’s popularity isn’t guaranteed among delegates.
At the San Antonio World’s Fair a second version of the film and live act Laterna Magika draws crowds alongside the original. The 47 minute show blends film and stage with light effects as audiences try to tell film from live action. Roy Nogers and Dale Evans perform August 12 18 at HemisFair Arena for 15 shows fresh from Harrah’s Reno.
Ten year recap notes bank upgrades at Brownfield State Bank and Trust, Wheatley School opening, hamfest, dog show by Piggly Wiggly, stadium fence contract, court appeals in Harrison case, immigration moves from Italy, first annual tennis tourney success, and local building permits. Also mentions X‑ray week, meat strikes, dope arrest, draft registration prep, and community leaders’ activities.
A wife wakes her husband with orange juice and cheerful breakfast bets, prompting his shock. A clipping with the headline Divorce Linked to Poor Breakfast claims wives who withhold nourishing morning meals may push toward divorce. The note ends with an unprintable letter to Dr. A D Register and a return to coffee and cigarettes.
Highlights list all 14 proposed constitutional amendments with summaries of changes in public retirement rules welfare limits university fund investments and tax measures. The article also notes GOP and Democratic convention activities, Governor Connally budget actions, and a court ruling involving Harris County GOP certification.
A compact digest lists notable August milestones: Social Security Act signed in 1935, atomic bombs dropped in 1945, Bell’s distance relay in 1876, early animation in 1914, Hawaii annexation in 1898, Black to Supreme Court nomination in 1937, Cortez conquest in 1921, New Hampshire separation in 1692, Civil War casualty General Lyon in 1861, Panama Canal opening in 1914.
The piece argues Paris negotiations are not peace talks but a wartime tactic by North Vietnam to gain a respite from bombing. It questions U S policy and election year politics with Rusk and defense officials denying any real peace straws and predicting no troop withdrawal before 1970.
A preacher urges faith in Christ and God as the source of strength, courage, and hope. Believers are urged to trust in tomorrow’s sun, pray in fear, seek guidance, and hold to belief to avoid bitterness and feel God’s presence.
Roy Scudday recalls a bird dog named Sam in a hunting trip with four hunters. Sam points in a ditch, yields a quail rush, and bounces away unseen, leaving hunters to end the day disappointed as the clock nears five.
The narrator finds Sam the dog back at the station wagon with the tailgate open. Sam sits calmly, wagging his tail and smiling as the humans unload birds. He says he worked hard all day and offers to wait in the car while they hunt, citing a rental contract. Sam has better sense than most.
Marines in DMZ outposts screen underground movies for 15 to 20 troops in bunkers while Thai Lai Elementary School completes its year despite VC harassment. At Da Nang a seventh Marine Regiment unit kills four NVA in a bunker encounter. Marine CAP efforts repair and supply Thai Lai as a prayer battalion from Barry College aids Marines with rosaries and Mass for the 3rd Battalion Ninth Marines.
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