Missing Brownfield man identified after burial as John Doe
Anita Franco recounts that Larry Franco vanished November 2 1998 while in Fort Worth and was found Thanksgiving Day in a Hood County field buried under the name John Doe. Dental records and clothing led to his identification in July 2001 after a long, unsolved search by family and investigators.
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Brownfield News
Brownfield
Larry Franco
Fort Worth
Franco
John Doe
Anita
Acton
Hood County
Anita Franco
David Franco
Gift boxes sent to Terry County military members
A Terry County Military Support Group wrap up a months long project delivering 38 care boxes to service members nationwide. The effort at Faith Family Center collected food snacks and personal items with letters from local students and was supported by numerous residents, clubs, and businesses.
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Faith Family Center
Terry County Miliary
Terry County
Mary Jane Brown
Shannon Davis
Kelli Mendez
Alice
Reidge Butler
Gloria Salas
Kim Bayless
Gary
Colene Cook
Amalia Moya
Don
Millie McWhorter
Katrinka Park
Sabrina Andrews
Susie Munoz
Les
Dale Britton
Renae Jourden
Marie Panez
Area offices filing opens Monday for Terry County
Filing for county and district offices begins Monday December 3 and runs to 6 p.m. January 2. Primaries are March 12, 2002, with the general election November 5. Eight offices are up for election including District Clerk Paige Lindsey and County Judge Doug Ryburn. Also listed are County Treasurer Bobbye Floyd, Constable Kenneth Tuttle, County Clerk Ann Willis, Justice of the Peace Mike Bennett, Commissioner Precinct 2 Dale Andrews, and Commissioner Precinct 4 John Franks.
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Terry County
Paige Lindsey
Doug Ryburn
Bobbye Jo Floyd
Kenneth Tuttle
Ann Willis
Mike Bennett
Dale Andrews
John Franks
Rural Texas aims power shift by numbers and trios
A columnist warns that metro growth from census figures benefits urbanists and weakens rural Texas. He criticizes Attorney General John Cornyn, Land Commissioner David Dewhurst, and Comptroller Carol Keeton Rylander as city-centric leaders who push Republican rule at the expense of rural voices. The piece laments losing political influence in Austin as rural areas fear decline.
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Austin
Texas
John Cornyn
David Dewhurst
Carol Keeton Rylander
Sticks
West
West Texas Voice on Capital Focus and Bush Library Choice
The author criticizes Austin bias in Texas politics, arguing Houston and other metros dominate funding for infrastructure and redistricting. West Texans urge locating the George W Bush Presidential Library at Texas Tech in Lubbock, challenging Austin’s bid and urging regional influence.
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Houston
Metroplex
San Antonio
Austin
Plains
Capital
Texas
George W. Bush
Texas Capital
University of Texas
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Tech
GWB
Austin Way
Hannens
Today’s Issue at a Glance Obituaries Extension Meeting
A concise page summary lists sections on local obituaries, the Extension meeting agenda, area events, and page references for sports tournaments and basketball results. Readers are guided to Page 5 for basketball games, Page 9 for tournament standings, and Pages 11-12 for classifieds.
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Rhett Green
Cubs
Sundown Roughnecks
Rotary Lions Club
Kermit
Local Forecast Weekend to Monday Temperatures
The forecast shows Saturday with 57 and 30, Sunday 64 and 29, Monday 68 and 34, Tuesday 62 and 37. Skies remain clear with no precipitation expected through the period.
West Texas redistricting pits Walker against Jones in Terry County
A federal panel upheld the Legislative Redistricting Board map forcing Terry County into House district 85 with Delwin Jones, pairing Gary Walker with Jones and shifting representation toward Speaker Pete Laney. Walker plans to run against Jones, who seeks re election, while Laney calls the plan anti rural. The dispute centers on West Texas representation as the 2003 deadline approaches.
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John Trischitti II
West Texas
Austin
Legislative Redistricting Board
LRB
House
Senate
Terry County
Gary Walker
Delwin Jones
Lubbock County
Gaines, Yoakum
Cochran
Hockley
James ‘Pete’ Laney
Walker
Jones
Laney
Delwin
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