Youths Arrested in Brownfield Burglary Round-Up
Police solved six burglaries after a lead on eight youths from Brownfield Junior High School. Teens confessed to breaks at Quick Shop Spadnut Shop Earl's and Frontier Gun Shop with $11 cash a cake a watch and knives taken. Seven youths detained with bonds set at 1000 for those 17 or older.
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Brownfield
Quick Shop
Earl's Laundromat
Mildred’s Laundromat
Swap Shop
Frontier Gun Shop
Brownfield Junior High School
Farmer Fallout Radio Series Part One from Brownfield FFA
Three Brownfield High School FFA members Buzz Steele Joe Holcombe and Donny Goodpasture discuss rural civil defense and fallout shelter needs in a radio presentation prepared for a two part series. The group notes the importance of sheltering livestock water and land recovery for national rural recovery.
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Brownfield High School
Buzz Steele
George Steele
East Lons
Joe Holcombe
G. W. Holcombe
South Third
Donny Goodpasture
Dolphus Goodpasture
Tahoka Road
Huntsville
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Brown
Donny
Buzz
Brownfield Ffa
Joe
Cotton harvest counts rise as referendum nears in Terry
As of Thursday Terry farmers reported 135 572 bales of the 1961 cotton crop. TEC Mer Joe Spears estimates 150 000 bales for the season, with Yoakum and Lynn counties posting high totals. Terry voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide on marketing quotas and price supports while ASC sites list polling places.
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Terry
TEC Mer
Joe Spears
Texas Employment Commission
Austin
Lynn
ASC
Carl
Pete) Golden
Terry County
Meadow
Farmer's
Challis
Pleasant Valley
Union
Johnson
Newsom
Pool
Pool Community Building
Wellman
Farmer's Co- Op
Tokio
Tokio Gin
Lahey
Lahey Gin
Golden
Secretary of Agriculture
Honor Roll List Released From Two Schools
Principal Jim Cherry reports a second six week honor roll at junior high with 45 names led by top ten percent honorees including Dianne Mc Pherson Linda Mackey Sherman Kirschner Nancy Turner and others. Principal Byron Rucker lists 48 high school honor students including Rod Moore Ron ny Gaasch Charlotte Martin and Emily Risinger See No 2 Page 5.
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Jim Cherry
Dianne McPherson
Linda Mackey
Sherril Kirschner
Nancy Turner
Marcia Adams
Jon Awbrey
Gloria Gilbert
John Marchbanks
Carol Stewart
Jim Newton
Kathy Darwin
Martha Thomas
Terri Henderson
Dee Ann Boston
Danny Decker
Kenny Peters
Linda Campbell
Janie McNutt
Ann Wheeler
Byron Rucker
Rod Moore
Ronny Gaasch
Charlotte Martin
Nancy Benson
Annetta Britton
Betty Sue Hook
Emily Risinger
Patricia Turner
Petty Named to Committee on Saving Taxes
Speaker James A. Turman announced Rep. Olen Petty of Levelland as a member of the House Committee on Saving Taxes. Petty, a first-term representative for the 98th District, joins six other lawmakers to study methods for reducing government costs and eliminating waste. The group will examine state operations, summon witnesses, and suggest revenue-saving measures ahead of the next session. The committee includes George L. Preston, Maco Stewart Jr., J. W. Buchanan, Jake Johnson, Raul L. Longoria, and Vernon Stewart Jr.
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House
James A. Turman
Rep
Olen Petty of
Levelland
Petty
Terry
Yoakum
Hockley
Cochran
Texas
Rep. Petty
Turman
Tex
George L. Preston
Paris
Maco Stewart, Jr
Galveston
J. W. Buchanan
Dumas
Jake Johnson
San Antonio
Raul L Longoria
Pharr
Vernon Stewart, Jr
Wichita Falls
Safety Sunday urged Texans to drive safely and repent
An editorial outlines Safety Sunday as a Texas wide drive led by Gov Price Daniel and church groups to lower year end traffic deaths below 2254 from 1960. It includes Billy Graham message on highway safety as a spiritual problem solvable by repentance and Christ like living to change hearts and driving behavior.
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Price Daniel
Texas Department of Public Safety
Christ
Credit Club Yale Party Tuesday in Brownfield Bank
Brownfield Credit Managers Club schedules a Christmas party at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Directors Room of First National Bank. Members and guests will exchange small toys to be donated to Brownfield Goodfellows. The regular luncheon is at noon in the Pioneer Flame Room.
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Brownfield Credit Managers Club
First National Bank
Brownfield Goodfellows
Pioneer Flame
Hungarian doctor denounces socialism at Brownfield Rotary
John Alpar from Amarillo urged businessmen to oppose welfare state ideals. He argued liberalism leads to socialism, cited Hungary’s 1956 revolt, and warned that free services destroy patient dignity and motivation.
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John Alpar
Brownfield
Amarillo
Hungary
Alpar
Wolf
Rat
Ag Group To Meet Four County In Brownfield High Cafeteria
Agricultural workers group will convene its December session at 7 a.m. Tuesday in Brownfield High School Cafeteria. A special Christmas program with entertainment is planned. Members are urged to bring a friend.
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Four County Agricultural Workers
Brownfield High School
Fraternity Honors 27 Texas Tech Students in English Honor
Lonnie Wheeler of Brown Field is among 27 Texas Tech students initiated into Sigma Tau Delta honorary English fraternity. Initiates must be juniors or seniors majoring or minoring in English with a 2.2 GPA. Wheeler is son of Mr and Mrs L H Wheeler of 906 East Repute.
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Lonnie Wheeler
Brownfield
Texas Tech
Sigma Tau Delta
L. H. Wheeler
East Repute
Funeral Attendance For M B Hamilton In Rotan
Mines. Gus Pollard and Ber tie Stewart of 804 Pecos Drive traveled to Rotan on Wednesday to attend funeral services for their brother in law M. B. Hamilton.
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Gus Pollard
Bertie Stewart
Pecos Drive
Rotan
M. B. Hamilton
World's Largest Nuclear Carrier USS Enterprise Debut
Floyd A. Tucker, son of J A Tucker of 116 West Broad Way, serves with the crew that commissioned the USS Enterprise the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier. The ship is the world's largest moving structure at 1,123 feet long 257 feet wide and over 85,000 tons displacement.
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Floyd A. Tucker
J. A. Tucker
West Broadway
Enterprise
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