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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1968
Page
4
Local Brownfield newspaper lists publisher Boy Scudday and editor Billie Norman with billing lines for subscriptions. Rates show carrier and mail options, including monthly and yearly plans across Terry Yoakum Gaines areas and other locations.
An editorial extols pride as the key to mobilizing Brownfield residents for civic projects. It lauds leaders and followers, notes past city pride in Dallas and the Marine Corps, and urges participation in events like the farm tour sidewalk sale football season and Harvest Festival to spur development.
Mayor Don McClatchey of Olney says the town needs leaders and active followers to survive urbanization. He notes the slogan get out of the way warns against interference while urging involvement from bankers, ministers, teachers, and locals to build a climate of growth and progress.
McCarthy attracts Democratic and independent support as he shifts from protest to a serious contender. Humphrey’s camp worries over his lack of electrifying appeal and seeks public debates to showcase his stance on key issues while Treasury officials stress dollar stability.
Texas frontier tale of Matilda Friend in Legion Valley near Lyn don Johnson’s ranch. During a Comanche raid she barred the cabin door, fought with a rifle, survived arrows and scalping, then crawled three miles to safety with a wounded arm and side. She later bore a second child and lived 42 more years.
A sermon discusses recognizing sin and reframes the Ten Commandments as negations. It cites Jesus’ command to love God with all the heart as a positive standard and argues true love leads to a life free of sin rather than mere avoidance.
Paul Eggers of Wichita Falls presses campaign for Texas governor as Democrat Preston Smith conducts 31 meetings with delegates across 31 Senate districts seeking input for the party platform. The piece notes Eggers’ regional tours and Smith’s grassroots approach contrasted with 1960 Nixon-Steger dynamics.
Washington columnist argues indicators show North Vietnamese forces may launch a major offensive by mid August timed with the Democratic National Convention. Analysts cite a 60,000 troop buildup over two months, a belief that Hanoi seeks a decisive breakthrough, and possible postoffensive negotiations if the attack fails.
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Raymond Mouley reflects on Rexford Tugwell and the Brains Trust during the 1932 Roosevelt campaign. He lists key participants, notes ideological rifts over planning, and concludes Roosevelt’s restraint helped lift the Great Mood, while Tugwell later regrets some choices.
Nguyen Thieu, a rural farmer near Phu Bai, relies on a CAP rice banking system for sustenance as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces press for food and threaten the village. Marines of MAG 36 aid construction of a new six room schoolhouse, raising over 33 500 dollars for three hundred village children amid ongoing conflict.
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