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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1969
Page
2
The piece recalls the December 7 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and follows through WWII wars in Korea and Vietnam. It cites American resilience, humanitarian aid, and the nation’s commitment to justice and mercy while noting ongoing criticism.
A message urges Americans to defend freedom and honor those at Pearl Harbor. It cites criticisms at home and abroad and calls for vigilance against a future attack. It honors crew aboard the U S S Arizona and other ships at Pearl Harbor.
Editorial notes that Christmas carries universal power felt in homes worldwide. It argues Christianity shapes conscience and civilization, urging renewal beyond December and urging the spirit of Christ ianity to be practiced year round.
One year ago city manager Jake Geron read a FBI commendation for Captain J. T. Churchwell and Lt. Lee Bartlett Jr. at a city council meeting. Five, ten, twenty, and more years back list assorted local doings from farm allotments to Santa visits and oil reports across Terry County and Brownfield.
The Tex Anns will give a halftime show at the University of Oklahoma Texas Tech basketball game on Monday night December 8. They plan a precision line drill to Georgia Girl and a jazz routine to The Old The group will be accompanied by the college band directed by Jack Nowlin. Mrs Mary Shea is director of the Tex Anns and they are invited to perform February 14 at Texas Tech University.
A Texas farmer’s wife recounts returning a gift on December 1 after buying it November 28. She sought a refund of the purchase price but the owner refused to return the state tax, claiming it as his. A courthouse inquiry and a city tax official’s verification followed, ending with the owner angrily handing back the tax amount, sixty two cents, and telling her not to return.
The document outlines an IPI driven classroom process from unit selection to mastery testing. It covers diagnosis, prescription writing, implementation, ongoing evaluation, and post tests with an 85 percent mastery threshold. Contact Leo Lambert for more information.
In Our Town, Dr Russell Deter’s Thursday high school talk reassures parents about modern youth. He urged kindness to parents as teens shape adults. Kiwanis members received a poem urging self examination of blame for today’s generation.
A columnist muses on barbers and hair cutting costs while joking about tipping, then urges Christmas Seals donations to fight tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases. The piece closes with lighthearted daffynitions about common terms.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Hester welcomed sons and daughters during the Thanksgiving weekend. John Garrison of Arlington Donnie Hester of Brownfield and Dwain Hester of Meadow joined relatives. Raymond Houtchins and children Rodney Rene and Rhonda of Lubbock visited the Houtchins home in 1009.
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